Call us old fashioned, but we’re always quite keen on the idea of a world within a world, where assassins with superpowers protect us all against certain annihilation, especially if the idea has come from a comic book. So, with that in mind we turn to a few production notes on Wanted, which is due for release on June 27.
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For the third in the series of onscreen acting skills with Josephine Larsen, of the Advanced Acting Workouts she’s looking at camera skills and focus – of the actor not the camera, and that means staying in the moment, or some such. For the real gen, take a gander at the film.

Tune in next week for more.

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Talk of riding a bike in a forest need not fill you with Bat for Lashes-type fear, as a group of youngster from Bovey Tracey proved with their pedal pushing power during the making of their film at Haldon Forest Park t’other day.

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Film listings from throughout Devon and Cornwall

Check out these cinemas for what’s on

Barnstaple, Bridgewater, Dartington, Dartmouth, Exeter, Falmouth, Great Torrington, Helston, Ilfracombe, Lyme Regis, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Penzance, Plymouth, Redruth, St Ives, Sidmouth, Tavistock, Torquay, Truro, Wadebridge

BARNSTAPLE
The Central Cinema
Boutport Street Barnstaple, EX31 1SR
0871 230 3200

BRIDGWATER
Scott Cinemas Bridgwater
Penel Orlieu Bridgwater TA6 3PH
0871 230 3200

DARTINGTON
Barn Cinema
Dartington Hall, Totnes, TQ9 6DE
01803 847070

DARTMOUTH
the Flavel
Flavel Place, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9ND
01803 839530

EXETER
Exeter Picturehouse
51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter, EX4 3AJ
0871 704 2057

EXMOUTH
The Savoy Cinema
Rolle Street Exmouth EX8 1HP
0871 230 3200

FALMOUTH
The Poly
24 Church Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3EG
01326 212300

GREAT TORRINGTON
The Plough Arts Centre
9-11 Fore Street, Great Torrington, Devon
01805 624624

HELSTON
The Flora Cinema
Wendron Street, Helston, TR13 8PT
01326 569977

ILFRACOMBE
The Embassy Cinema
134 High Street, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 9EZ
01271 862323

LYME REGIS
The Regent Cinema
Broad Street, Lyme Regis DT7 3JB
0871 230 3200

NEWTON ABBOT
The Alexandra Cinema
Market Street Newton Abbot TQ12 3RB
0871 230 3200

OKEHAMPTON
The New Carlton Cinema
Market Hall, Market Street, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1HN
01837 658586

PENZANCE
Savoy Cinema Penzance
Causewayhead, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 2SN
01736 363330

PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Arts Centre
38 Looe Street, Plymouth, PL4 0EB
01752 206114

REDRUTH
Regal Cinema
Fore St, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 2AZ
01209 216278

ST IVES
Royal Cinema
Royal Sqaure, St Ives, Cornwall, TR26 2ND
01736 796843

SIDMOUTH
The Radway Cinema
Radway Place Sidmouth EX10 8LT
0871 230 3200

TAVISTOCK
The Wharf
Canal Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AT
01822 611166

TORQUAY
Central Cinema
Abbey Road, Torquay, TQ2 5NQ
01803 380001

TRURO
The Plaza
Lemon Street, Truro, TR1 2PN.
01872 272894

WADEBRIDGE
The Regal 1 & 2
The Platt, Wadebridge
01208 812791

The deadline for submissions to the next Cornwall Film Festival are looming. This year international films can enter the Another Country short film competition, with £1,000 up for grabs. The Early Bird deadline for international entries is June 17.

Cornwall Film Festival 2007 trailer

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If you youngsters shimmy and shake you can easily make a film for this year’s Screen Actions – that’s film making by young people for young people, in Cornwall.

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How many of you young aspiring filmmakers feel left out to dry by the time you’re 21? Never fear, it’s South West Screen to the rescue with an industry-backed Post Graduate Bursary Fund of £3,000

Three chunks of cash are available to talented, highly motived students “for whom the cost of continuing studies might provide a barrier to taking up a post graduate level vocational course”.

There are plenty more details on the South West Screen Training and Development page.

Just because today’s Sunday we thought we’d dip our toe into the wider world of cinematic wonder and bring you the trailer of the Oscar winning No Country for Old Men.

If you were to ask why, we would tell you that it’s because industry supremo and fave of the Coen brothers Roger Deakins was director of photography is from Torquay. But it don’t half help that he creates a beautiful and powerful images – lovefest over, sit back and take a squint at the tailer.

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Let’s catch up with Josephine Larsen, of the Advanced Acting Workouts. And find out what the heck is the difference between acting on stage and acting for screen. You could, of course, combine the two and end up with Mike Figgis’ Miss Julie. But we’ll leave it over to Josephine to give you the rundown.

Tune in next week for more.

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The boy from Swansea who once said: ‘The function of posterity is to look after itself,’ has had a biopic made of his life, and – now here’s the fun bit – the director, John Maybury, will be interviewed on live satellite link up to be beamed and bounced around the whole of the Picturehouse empire.

love in the devil trailer

On Sunday June 22 there will be a special screening of The Edge of Love about the complicated love life of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, followed by a live interview and Q&A with director John Maybury.
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The filmmaking machine that is Elizabeth-Jane Baldry and the Chagford Filmmaking Group is winding up to set the gears in motion for its next endveavour, Peerifool, tomorrow. In the meantime, we got in touch with Elizabeth-Jane to find out more about her, her creative process, and what drives her and her team. You just have to listen to hear what we found out.

 

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Jonathan Dupont’s first film was a feature-length period piece while he was still at school (Torquay Boys Grammar School, the same alma mata as that most famous of DPs, Roger Deakins), and he’s currently planning to put together a cast and crew for his next feature, to be made this summer.

We caught up with him to gather together some of his ideas on film, the industry and the south west.

Q: Your first feature was To Swim With Angels, what was that about and did it change your approach to filmmaking?

A: To Swim With Angels was a medieval romance, Romeo & Juliet with more sword fights I guess. It was the first thing I ever finished so I’m not sure I’d say it changed my approach as such, but what it did impress on me was just how much you could achieve with (next to) no money. We had guards on horse back, castles, built a village, storms, umpteen locations… all the things the books tell you not to do.

Q: What have you been doing since then?

A: University, mostly.

I did make another feature at university called Autumn - a modern day Robin Hood destroys his life as he desperately tries to raise money for charity - but it was rather more small scale. We did get to film at the Oxford Union though for the ball scene, which was quite fun.

Q: What’s the next project?

A: It’s called The Machine in the Ghost. It’s the near future, and the first human genetic augmentations are on sale, although only affordable by the rich. Luke is the most advanced prototype in the world - and so when he goes on the run, his company are determined to get him back.

Q: Why a feature film?

A: I prefer longer stories, more sophisticated plots, deeper character arcs - same reasons I prefer a novel to a short story.

Q: What are the main challenges in putting a film together?

A: This sounds very glib, but the basics: writing the script and raising the money.

Q: Where do you show your films - what’s your experience of film festivals?

A: I’ve never been to one to be honest, although hopefully by the time this is finished in a year or so, that’ll have changed.

Q: Stylistically, where do you get your influences?

A: Normally, whatever I’ve watched last, to be honest. Even if you hated it, you think about how you’d have tried to do it better.

Q: Where do you see your career going, and would you be interested in staying in the south west?

A: Who knows?

The one thing I have thinking a lot about lately is that its easy to get pessimistic as it seems harder and harder to sell independent films or to make a career in the media - but, on the other hand, with the march of technology its never been easy to make any film you want to If you’re prepared to see a project through just for the love of it, there’s really nothing to stop you making whatever you want, wherever you want.

Q: A lot is being made of the South West being a centre for the creative industries. What’s your experience?

A: I’ve mostly done things on my own or with friends so far. I’d be interested in finding out more though.

Q: Indiana Jones or Prince Caspian?

A: Indy.

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Bunking off work for the afternoon and going to the pictures can never be condoned, but is always fun. That’s why it’s great that the cheeky crowd up at Plymouth Arts Centre have put temptation in all of our paths and started a matinee performance to its film programme.

Out of the Blue trailer

With an afternoon showing every day except Monday, for the bargain price of £3.50 what could be better [other than making your own films - ed]? And, the newly refurbished cinema apparently has leg-loads of room.

And we’re stuck in the basement with a bunch of Flicks magazines to get through, but is that a migrane coming on…

At 2.30pm today Out of the Blue; tomorrow Mister Lonely, Thursday, Out of the Blue; Friday Where in the World; Saturday XXY; and Sunday Where in the World.

For more details visit the Plymouth Arts Centre website.

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Do young girls nowadays have what it takes to outwit and ogre?

Well, if you think you could and you want to get into film, then pop along to the auditions for the Chagford Filmmaking Group’s next movie.

The group is looking for three heroines between the ages of seven and 13 to take on the role of ogre-outwitter in the fairytale Peerifool from the Orkneys. The auditions are on Friday June 6, between 4pm and 6pm.

Shooting dates are August 3-8, and lots of help will be needed, and all ages are welcome.

For more details call Elizabeth-Jane Baldry on 01647 433635 and visit the Fairytale Films site.

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Mark Wahlberg looks worried. He shouldn’t be, because as it happens, we’ve got our hands on some of the blurb surrounding the new M Night Shyamalan film, The Happening. We thought we’d share it with you guys because you just might find it interesting, what with the release so imminent an’ all and how M (as we call him) was the guy responsible for everyone seeing dead people a few years ago.

(and here’s a link to the Restricted trailer )

Sit back and enjoy.

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