Monday 1st October 6pm-9pm – Fuel, (the basement), North Hill, Plymouth

Welcome back to openreel after the summer – We hope you had a blast!!

Please note the new venue, we are giving Fuel a go this Monday, we’ll be downstairs in the basement where it’s nice and dark so come and join us watching the films that you have made! You know the format you bring them we’ll show them.

Also there is still time to enter the MotionPlymouth film competition (just) and get your film shown during the Motionplymouth Moving Image Festival in November: www.motionplymouth.com Deadline for submissions is 1st October so get a move on.

There is plenty planned between now and Christmas so make sure you stay informed and keep in touch.

Be inspired and come along on Monday 1st October. Whether you want to screen last years final piece or show a work in progress or just sit back and be entertained we would love to see you downstairs in Fuel.

Once again during Wimbledon fortnight the BBC Big Screen Event are screening some of the films shown at Openreel and they have kindly sent us a schedule:

Tuesday 09.34 26th June
Sunday 12.59 & 16:00 1st July
Friday 11.34 6th July

On Wednesday 6th June Openreel was at the B-Bar, Barbican Theatre. We screened a full and varied program from:

UoP - Fine Art
Me, Sulk and TV Head by James Topple (21.42) A visualisation of a confrontational internal dialog between the film-maker and two alter egos that appear in his work from time to time; representing certain aspects of his personality.

4D – UoP - i-DAT
A Thread of Reality by Mike Hole, Stu Dyson & Martin Darby (02.04) The film is a hyper-real depiction of the news stories in the early 21st century that permeate our existence through ubiquitous new media. It reveals tentative links between the different threads that are coalesced by this new media.
Mount by Chris Baker (02:57) Using a mix of European fairy tale art and Japanese animation and traditional art, the film depicts the struggle between Pagan religion and Christianity. The ending seems unfair with one winning over the other and the progress of man being at the cost of the natural world.
Fate by Andrew Jinman & Bhaven Mashru (10:00) Using a script by Annabelle O’Donnell, the film follows the character of Gina as she goes through her typical monotonous depressing day where she conveys her thoughts by writing a diary.
Mix Me Up! by Mark Lyndon & Rupert Frankum (09:17) The film is a time-based  piece that depicts a multicultural society as a Rubik’s Cube; The film reveals views on multiculturalism via 6 different topics e.g. religion and sport. 6 individuals that represent different cultures within the UK present the topics to the audience. groups to be included in society, as a form of civil rights grounded in equality.
Player One by Ollie Carson (03:36) The film tells the quest of two children in search of their father. The film was made using Unreal Tournament 2004.
Memoria by Ryann Allahiq (04:19)
Once Upon A Time by Jamie Taylor & Chris Saunders (02:30) An urbanisation of the Red Riding Hood story. Paying homage to the original darker versions, the story tells of a girl in an abusive relationship. But is she really being controlled or is she manipulating the situation for her own ends. The film was made using the computer game Unreal Tournament 2004.
Parallel Universe by Simon Davies, Savvas Alektoridis & Carl Barnett (03:52) The film depicts a moment in time where parallel universes converge resulting in one person reacting to both by travelling between them and interacting with other people as if nothing has changed. The film was originally shown on two screens.

BA Photomedia – PCAD
Angles And Curves by Carrie-Ann Northam (12:17) A documentary charting the history of pole dancing and questioning its acceptance in today’s society.
Where I Want To Be by Selina Taylor (04:07) The film maker is exploring how she is never able to speak her mind and deals with it in the creation of a puppet called Lola who embodies the lust for acting out and speaking her mind. Part installation and part the making of Lola.
Xi You At The Party by Chris Atkins (11:14) Based on the Chinese book ‘Journey to the West’ the film retells the story by following a young woman in search of a rave on Dartmoor. On her journey she encounters a series of characters based on the archetypes in the book.

Fine Art Practices – PCAD
You And Me by Jon Glanville (02:59) The film is about loneliness and making an effort to generate a romance between two contrasting places using the unique communication of a rose in a wine bottle.

UoP – Media Arts - 3rd Year
Movement of Molecules by Graham Friend (04.06)
Forever Spiral by Aiden Corcoran (09.01)
Like Carl Said by Jemma Francis (03.26)
Beat- Breakers (03.37)
Carpe Diem by Ben Roberts & Rupert Lewis (07.57)
Fight by Ai Uchiyama (05.12)
Paper Souls by Martin Bennett (05.04)
Trinitarium by Marieta Fuertes (03.10)
Untitled by Andrew Zabiela (03.56)

UoP – Media Arts – 2nd Year
Prologue by Steve Smith (04.09)
Tariff by Tim Osgood (11.08)
Through Doors of Death by Adam Martin (08.40)
Sweet Dreams by Michael Whidden (03.42)
Darkness my old Friend by Adam Rumble (06.04)
Musta Metsa by Jamie Ball (06.40)

Amongst the audience were Beach Breakers Student Festival organisers who came with the intention of choosing some student films to show in the festival film tent and who have ended up selecting the full program and the local BBC who are currently selecting for The Big Screen Event in the city centre during Wimbledon fortnight. We will keep you posted with their choices and screening schedule when we have the information. There are further opportunities for these student films under negotiation with other festivals and possibly as far away as Bristol.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all these very recent graduates and wish them all the best in their chosen careers and to all the 2nd years: keep up the good work and we will see you next year.

Wednesday June 6th
b-bar, Barbican Theatre, Plymouth
7pm

Call for submissions
Students from colleges and relevant courses at the Universities in the South West are invited to submit their final year pieces which we will screen in front of an audience of fellow students, lecturers and professionals within the creative industry. This is a great opportunity to showcase your final piece and show the city the talent emerging within the area.

We are also putting together a showreel: The Best of Student Film to be submitted to the BBC for screening at The Big Screen Event in the city centre during Wimbledon fortnight. So, if you submit your work to the Celebration of Student Film and your work meets the BBC’s family viewing criteria you could see your film on the big screen.

How to…

To ensure your film is shown at the best quality please submit it as avi or QuickTime data DVD to:

Openreel
Celebration of Student Film
c/o PL9 Design
PO Box 338
Plymouth
Devon
PL9 7XG
Along with the following details:

Name
College or university and Course title
Email address
Brief description of your film for programme (no more than 100 words)
Whether you will be present and if you are prepared to introduce your work yourself (although this may sound scary to some we make sure that it’s all very relaxed and friendly and there are advantages)

f your submitted piece is interactive or needs showcasing differently please include details of your requirements or contact us at info@openreel.co.uk

Deadline for submissions 25th May 2007

We are currently reorganising Openreel so it is unlikely to run monthly, but do not fear, Plymouth’s open projection night will still be a date in the diary, just not quite as regularly.

There will be no openreel on the first Monday in April.

We are having a Celebration of Student Film in May, date to be announced, giving final year students from colleges across the city the opportunity to showcase their final year pieces. So, calling all final year students, I am sure you are very proud of your final year project so this is your moment to show it off in front of an audience other than your immediate peers. So, if you ever wondered what PCAD or university students get up to or want to see work from a particular course then this is your chance.

There are some special invites going out to the media industry as well so, a great opportunity to network…. I am not going to say any more.

If you are interested in screening your work please contact us via the email: info@openreel.co.uk

Keep watching this space for the date of this unique evening: A Celebration of Student Film.

In association with Veritgo Films and Film4, MySpace want to make the world’s first user generated feature film. More details here - www.myspace.com/mymoviemashup

The third Birds Eye View film fesival starts on 8th March showcasing and celebrating the very best work from women filmmakers across the globe. More details can be found on their website - www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/2007/festival.htm

Next Openreel on Monday 4th December at Cuba, North Hill, Plymouth 6pm-9pm - Free

Openreel had a great day hosting the Motionplymouth film competition at The Arts Centre on Friday 17th November. We screened all the entries from 2pm and then treated the audience to 3 of our favourite openreel films before showing the 10 competition finalists at 7pm. Then it was on to the Theatre Royal for a VIP champagne party and award ceremony, where the short listed 10 waited with baited breath to hear who had won the first Motionplymouth film awards. There was a winner from each category (except Wildlife as there were no entries, disappointingly). These were: Changing Plymouth, Music Video, Mobile Movie and an Open category.

Finalists: (in no particular order)

Tim Coles – The Ringing
David Brooks – The Awakening
Stoke Damerele Community College, Year 9 – The History Lesson
Nick Ward – Denise at Sixteen
Simon Wright – A Place in Time
Derek Dickenson – A Tribute to Jago
Finbar Mallon – The Extra-ordinary light-bulb
Ben Cornish – At Any Time
Kevin Jarvis – Across The Universe
Oli Davis/Tom Fewings – Snowfingers

Congratulations to the Motionplymouth winners:

Changing Plymouth - Ben Cornish – At Any Time
Music Video - Kevin Jarvis – Across the Universe
Mobile Movie - Oli Davis/Tom Fewings – Snowfingers
Open - Nick Ward – Denise at Sixteen

A special mention goes out to Finbar Mallon for his film, The Extra-ordinary light bulb. Although he wasn’t a winner all the judges agreed his film was worthy of a runner –up place which hadn’t been in the original planning. It was a close call but after a long deliberation Nick Ward just pipped him at the post.

I hope this fantastic event has offered some inspiration to local film makers and will encourage you all to make movies – even with your mobile phone! We are already thinking about next year, so, get storyboarding and make a contribution to culture in Plymouth.

The running order for this month’s Openreel is as below. Don’t forget, we’re at the Arts Centre this month.

2.00-3.00pm

• Martin Willcocks
• Andy Staples
• PHI
• Mark Porter & Phil Bennett
• Jenny Copping & Anne-Laure Misme
• Finbar Mallow
• Ray Clarke
• Ross Graham
• John Beesley
• Ridgeway School
• Anna Keleher
• Matthew Turton
• Wendy Elford
• Hannah Guy
• Christian Sleep
• Oli Davis & Tom Fewings
• Chris Saunders

3.00-3.15pm

• Break

3.15-4.00pm

• Adrian Grosse
• Eve Woodbridge
• Dany Campos

4.00-5.30pm

• Eve Woodbridge
• Plymouth Music Zone
• Bill Wroath
• Elizabeth Jane
• Finbar Mallow
• Ridgeway School
• 4 Plymouth Artists

5.30-6.30pm

• Pick of this year’s Openreel

6.30-7.00pm

• Break

7.00-8.00pm

• MotionPlymouth finalists

As you will know, Openreel will be hosting the activities for MotionPlymouth at The Art’s Centre in Looe Street on Friday 17th November. Well, we’re pleased to tell you that it all starts at 2pm and runs until 8pm. We will be showing MotionPlymouth entries plus some films from previous Openreels so come along and watch it all on a big screen!!