New Project - Blu Tack Advert

It came to our attention yesterday that blu-tack were holding a competition that specified that the public were to create the next blu-tack advert. It could be anything from live-action to animation. So far, we haven't really had a chance to discuss what we should do but, we are definately going to enter the competition and try to win.

The prize is £2000 worth of computing and film equipment that would be incredibly beneficial to us. And if we don't win but become runners up instead we get our hands on £200 worth of equipment which would still be beneficial to us!

Castelletti

Castelletti is a gripping tale that follows the interrogation of a 1940s gangster named Antony Castelletti. This work of fiction was written and directed by Michael Dodds, aided by a small team consisting of 5 other members. The majority of the camera work was undertaken by Oliver Watson with the rest done by Matthias Fischer, Harry Grieve and Neil McGlashan.

The film took a reasonable short time to create. The film process began with the pre-production work in September 09 - October 09. Filming then commenced once the storyboard had been created and locations had been confirmed along with acting roles. The filming of the short film took approximately 2 months, October 09 until the middle of November 09.

The editing of the piece was a painstakingly difficult yet enjoyable process. A lot of care was put into the editing by Michael and Oliver. Due to the extremely low budget we had to download pre existing sound effects for gun shots and even Officer Fischer's footsteps at the beginning of the film. This took 2-3 weeks for the team to finish which meant that the film was finished before Christmas. It also meant that some of the team got a copy to show to family.

Although a few copies of the film exists it has been sworn to stay off YouTube until the confirmation that Group 6 has won from the competition that it has been entered in. The idea of the competition is simple. Young film makers who have made a short film (around 5 minutes) can enter their piece to be shown at the International Edinburgh Film Festival. However, due to the large amounts of entries that they receive a jury has been formed, of which 2 members of Group 6 are part of, in order to judge the films and pick the best ones to be shown. An extract of Castelletti has been submitted as the full length version is 12 minutes long and was not an acceptable length for the competition.

Let's hope that Group 6 can win their first premier at a prestigious event but hopefully not their only premier there!

First Post

Hello. I have created this blog so that members of Group 6 Productions can easily keep track of what is going on for us. Also it will allow us to easily advertise our films to readers or internet users that have found this blog accidentally.

So without further ado lets introduce the current members of Group 6 Productions.

Michael Dodds and Oliver Watson. Both aspiring film makers. Currently they have made a short film, around 12 minutes in length. This will premier hopefully at the International Edinburgh Film Festival. After the festival the film will be uploaded on youtube for the public to enjoy and critique.

Michael previously created an earlier short film, 'The Classics Reloaded', which is essentially a selection of clips from famous films that have been spoofed. It is a humorous piece that I am sure that the many who watched the film enjoyed. The film can currently be viewed on youtube.