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Hope it's ok to mention this in here?
As an former pupil in the 1970's at Birkenhead Institute, we were constantly reminded each November that our most famous 'old boy' was the WW1 war poet, Wilfred Owen. Over the last 8-10 years I've had an increased interest in visits with friends to the battlefields in Somme and Flanders, undertaking some research and establishing the resting places of most the 88 old boys of the school who fell in the Great War. This led more recently to setting up a film business with another school colleague and scoping a film about Owen, focusing on the last 18 months of his life. With little in the way of art grants available to us enthusiastic amateurs, we've raised some funds through the production of young actor's show reels, music video etc. together with a reliance on mostly self and crowd-funding to get the project completed.
The filming was shot in the UK with a small crew over a number of weeks in the summer and late winter of 2017 and then we've had close on three months of post-production to finally get it ready.
The next stage is submission to film festivals and our first experiences seem quite encouraging with acceptance into the festival itself, we should know the results of one towards the end of the Easter break. At this stage, most of us are in a state of shock and surprise in truth.
The film's title is taken from a line of one of Owen's poems, Exposure. The film is call 'The Burying Party'.
Below is a link to the short trailer we've produced.
Early days but wish us luck and I'm happy for any 'Fishies' to share with folk if it helps get the word out (again if agreeable with the Forum's management?)
As an former pupil in the 1970's at Birkenhead Institute, we were constantly reminded each November that our most famous 'old boy' was the WW1 war poet, Wilfred Owen. Over the last 8-10 years I've had an increased interest in visits with friends to the battlefields in Somme and Flanders, undertaking some research and establishing the resting places of most the 88 old boys of the school who fell in the Great War. This led more recently to setting up a film business with another school colleague and scoping a film about Owen, focusing on the last 18 months of his life. With little in the way of art grants available to us enthusiastic amateurs, we've raised some funds through the production of young actor's show reels, music video etc. together with a reliance on mostly self and crowd-funding to get the project completed.
The filming was shot in the UK with a small crew over a number of weeks in the summer and late winter of 2017 and then we've had close on three months of post-production to finally get it ready.
The next stage is submission to film festivals and our first experiences seem quite encouraging with acceptance into the festival itself, we should know the results of one towards the end of the Easter break. At this stage, most of us are in a state of shock and surprise in truth.
The film's title is taken from a line of one of Owen's poems, Exposure. The film is call 'The Burying Party'.
Below is a link to the short trailer we've produced.
Early days but wish us luck and I'm happy for any 'Fishies' to share with folk if it helps get the word out (again if agreeable with the Forum's management?)
