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Ruth Brain - Film maker |
Hello! My name is Ruth Brain (but my friends calls me Roof), and I live in the middle of nowhere. I’ve wanted to be a film director ever since I was little, and I’m very grateful that Digital Eden gave me a chance to improve my knowledge of the film-making process. Right now I’m just making little random movies for YouTube to practice editing (my account is PrincessPeachie, and the channel is called Peachie Inc.), but once I finish high school I’m going to art college to study filming! Apart from being a film maker, I’m a total computer geek…"
"I originally wanted my film, Music Maker to be made with real-life actors, but instead we decided it was best to make it as an animation. Alasdair (my film making mentor) had a beautiful idea to give the scenery a pretty patterned effect, with not too much colour but at the same time not completely black and white. We made the animation with a sort of ‘puppet’ style approach, where we moved their arms and legs and heads without really animating the limbs individually- it looks as if they were attached by strings. Alasdair Brotherston and I only had one meeting in person with each other, which was at the start of planning for the film!"
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Kate Fairclough - Film maker |
“I’m Quite Unique” was made by a group of young people from the Highlands – we applied through the Highland Muslim Educational Association (HMEA) – as we wanted to work to increase understanding and enjoyment of each others’ cultures within the Highlands – and to have fun making a movie too!
We met up one afternoon at a friends house and came up with the idea of a “Bollywood goes Highlands” type of movie and developed our ideas from there. We watched some “Bollywood” movies to get ideas for dance moves and listened to many different sorts of music to get an idea of the sort of thing we were looking for.
For most of us this was our first contact with any kind of film making – we found the whole experience great fun and hope to learn more about film in the future.
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Jean Mackay - Film maker |
The Janny’s Hoose is a healthy living centre based in the Merkinch area of Inverness. It was opened in October 2003. It is set up for the people of Merkinch, and mainly the parents of the children in the school.
The Janny’s Hoose runs activities and groups such as parent and toddlers, and arts and crafts. It also runs information sessions on topics that are important to local people. The Janny’s Hoose works closely with different professionals such as a dietician, health visitors and midwives. The Hoose also runs activities over holidays for families. You may be wondering what all this has to do with health? Simply happy people are healthy people! If you spare a little time to get rid of the stresses and strains of every day life, you can concentrate on enjoying yourself and having fun!
Our main reason for making our film was to show people what we do. We’re very proud of what we have achieved in the past three years. We wanted to show what it was really like in the Hoose so we decided to make a film with images of what we do as well as including the voices of group members to describe the project. We decided early on that we didn’t want the film to be scripted and that we wanted it to be as natural as possible. This led us to film what we were doing as things happened.
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Rachael Mill - Film maker |
Born in Inverness, Rachael Mill, 24, moved to Edinburgh where her studies in English Literature and History of Art helped her to develop her love for stories and images.
After completing her degree in the capital, Rachael returned to the Highlands, where she currently lives in Muir of Ord, Ross-shire.
Rachael is looking to further develop her passion for film-making and hopes to break through as a professional producer. The Seer, her film for the Digital Eden project has given Rachael the opportunity to showcase her work for the first time to a public audience.
Rachael has enjoyed the story of the Brahan Seer since hearing it in school. Digital Eden has been a great opportunity for Rachael to tell Coinneach Odhar’s story through the visual medium of film and to learn the various steps involved in the film-making process.
“I thought that there was something fascinating about a man who could see the future of the Highlands by looking through a hole in the stone”.
“I thoroughly enjoyed working on this project, with the help of my amazing team, and I am immensely proud of The Seer”.
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Vicky Stonebridge - Film maker |
Vicky Stonebridge, is a multi-tasking mother of three based in the north west coast village of Lochcarron. Though better known as a potter, she currently works as an Art worker with the Skye & Lochcalsh Young Carer Project; is a member of the Lochcarron Fire & Rescue Service; Teaches adult art classes & draws for various small press comic publications, her work has appeared in FutureQuake, Solarwind, Lost property & Action Stations. more information is available www.balnacra.com.
" for years I have wanted to learn how to animate & make the jump from telling stories in pictures, to making moving pictures, I’ve always imagined the animals & designs I draw swirling & dancing. In this project I took a recurring dream I used to have & mixed it in with a manga storytelling style, folklore & fairy stories, I wanted to capture the emotion in a simple way. I had no idea when I started what how to animate or achieve the pictures in my head, it was a matter of knuckling down & trying things as best I could. The deadline pressure gave the project its own unstoppable momentum, there was no time to go back over things or try different methods, this first version of the film captures the experimentation and learning process. " |
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Oliver Smith - Film maker |
Hi I am Oliver and I am 12 years old.
I have many hobbies/interests such as water sports, computing, riding, Pip my dog and space (especially Sci-Fi) but my real passion is anything to do with drama, films and especially animation.
In primary five, I used primitive software to create animated greetings cards, improve classroom talks and spice up the school website.
Last year I was fortunate enough to win an Albert for a live action short film called The Pillow Killers.
Making animated films brings together all the things I love doing e.g. computers, story writing, filmmaking and finally the performance.
My film is an animated spoof of the comedy MASH and the Smash Robots. I really enjoy Alan Alda’s work and this type of comedy about a serious subject.
One day I was watching a programme on old TV adverts and the Smash Robots came on. For some reason the operating scene from MASH came into my mind and the phrase ‘they cut them with their little knives’ sung by the Smash Robots. The idea transferred well to animation.
It was a steep learning curve but I got a real buzz from completing the film (my first) and seeing it up on the big screen. It was great to hear the audience laughing at the right times!
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