Unless you are a complete stranger to this blog (in which case, hallo, have a seat, lovely of you to drop in), you will be well aware that last year my brother and I took part in the Vauxhall Branchage 48hr Filmmaking Challenge. The five films made in the competition have been available to watch online for the past month or so at Mishorts and you have until tomorrow to watch them and vote for them. This deadline is looming…
At last! Your chance to watch and vote for my work! (I know you’ve been wanting to do this for ages…) Keen readers will know that at the start of October, Chris and I lead a fearless guerrilla unit into the hills of Jersey and made a short film called “Truth In The Valley” as part of the Vauxhall Branchage 48hr Filmmaking Challenge. Keener readers and those with their fingers on the pulse will already be aware that all five…
…Well, to be honest after that it’s all a bit of a blur. There was a long bit when Chris and I sat in a wind racked tent and cut together what we’d shot… then some of the following things happened: And then we went home…
It is early the next morning and at the filmmaker’s campsite, Rob Morgan is begging Nathalie Pownall for a cup of tea… Meanwhile, team Blaine is finally ready to return to the 1940′s…
The first half day had slipped through our fingers and there was nothing we could do until it was light again, so we went to Rebecca’s house and tried to plan the next day’s shoot. Jess had to leave the next evening by six so there would now be no room for error…
As usual the urges of the ticking clock had led us to go galloping off half cocked in pursuit of an idea that seemed less worth the effort with every mile of island we covered in our search for convincing Nazi uniforms. Feeling rather beaten, Laura took Chris and I to lunch at a great little restaurant on the beach near St.Ouens where he had this amazing fish and I had steak. Sat in the sunshine we finally drew breath…
We had drawn the title “Truth In The Valley” and the additional genre of “War”. So, for those of you not paying attention, we had 48hrs to make a war themed road movie called “Truth In The Valley” and which also featured, in some way, a Jersey cow. We failed to achieve this.
