Jam Packed
Phew! Been a busy summer set to continue into the Autumn and already planning Xmas. Hence no update here for a while. Didn’t get the Edinburgh for a recce. Didn’t have the time. Right now Mac and Fox are in pre-production on a new feature with I Like Films Me. ‘Frank’ is black comedy shooting in the Northeast in September.
Also in September The Mixer launches proper. Back in July we presented a benefit weekend to kit out this new venue in West Jesmond, where the Suggestibles will play every month as well as our regular Cumberland shows. We’ve been filling in a programme of events which will see regular stand-up, murder mystery, music, theatre, LiveOke and spoken word events – with the Ink Festival running there in November, plus a new outdoor Sunday Mixer Market opening September 26th. If you want to promote a night or run a groovy stall at the Mixer get in touch.
Since July we’ve been making several shorts for one of our favourite partners, Seven Stories. Currently we’re in production on a lovely film screening continuously early next year as part of their three month long Anthony Brown (Children’s Laureate) exhibition. In October we’ll be popping down to Canterbury to film the artist at work, then skipping over to Bristol with the Suggestibles, returning to the Old Vic after a great success last year in the Bristol Jam, then back to Newcastle for the Suggestibles part in the Juice Festival.
November will be edit, edit and edit, before December hurtles towards us with three Suggestibles Xmas Pantsos at Northern Stage, The Cumberland and the Mixer.
So if you see us and we look a bit knackered, you don’t need to tell us – we know!
Can Mr Capello beat the competition?
A few weeks ago Magic If produced a low-budget viral video to Mr Capello, a fantastic world cup anthem by Leeds indie band the Defenders. We had fun making it and it’s getting lots of support with 14000 YouTube hits, a big thumbs up from the Telegraph as a contender to be sung on the stands, a fab article in the Chronicle, plus the video’s been selected to play on the screens at Glastonbury. The video and versions of the song are dowloadable as a FREE Podcast on iTunes.
Most films we make have a long shelf life but this one is only gonna last as long as England stay in. Let’s hope the real Mr Capello can keep us in the competition!
The video features a double-take Capello look-a-like and follows the story of a young football fan trying to get a message to the England manager. In the making of the film we invited fans to upload a webcam or mobile phone clip of themselves singing along to the song to the Mr Capello Facebook group. Grown ups, kids, pets and even puppets got involved and play their part in the video. We couldn’t have made it without them and are grateful for their invaluable support in spreading the word.
Credits:
Tom Champion played by Jordan Skeels
Fabio Capello played by Michael McElhinney
Written and Directed by Bev Fox and Ian McLaughlin
Director of Photography James McAleer (Steadi-Red)
DP Assistant Rich Scott
2nd Camera Ian McLaughlin
3rd Camera Phillip Shotton
Edited by Nick Light, Bev Fox and Ian McLaughlin
SFX Ian McLaughlin
Lighting Davey Morgan
Runner Bradley Atwill
Produced by Bev Fox
Production Manager Frankie Aitchison
Mr Capello song written by Chris Charlton
Performed by The Defenders c/o Leeds Music Trust
Track produced by Jam Sponge at Cottage Road Studios Leeds
Engineered by Matt Peel
Shot on location at the Hotel Du Vin, Mal Maison and Quayside in Newcastle, The Sage Gateshead and the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds.
The Northern Anthem collaboration project was initiated and funded by Northernnet
Here we go!
At last the video is finished and online – phew! It’s been a long few weeks but it’s been worthwhile. Hope you like it -GO ENGLAND! Please share the film – embed, link, stroke!
Shooting Mr Capello in Leeds
We’re halfway through shooting ‘Mr Capello’ and we’re on fire! Sunday we got the bones in Newcastle, now we’re adding the flesh in Leeds this Saturday when indie band The Defenders will play their song live for the first time to fans for the shoot.
It’s happening at the Brudenelle Social Club in Hyde Park, Leeds LS6 1NY at 11am. If you’ve got an hour or so free, bring a flag or don an England shirt, ‘get behind the boys’ and be part of the best new World Cup Anthem there is. This is a FANTASTIC song!
You’ve also got until just Sunday to upload your webcam vid of you singing along to the demo clip of the song on Facebook to be included in the video in a new and wonderful way, as we race to get the track out there and sung on the terraces in South Africa.
Matt Bowman of the Pigeon Detectives says …
“This song is catchier than Three Lions, has more class than Vindaloo and a chorus that deserves to be shouted by every England fan on the terraces in South Africa!” Matt Bowman of the Pigeon Detectives
Press enquiries: Chris Dolan at Weber Shandwick / Email: cdolan@webershandwick.com / Tel: 07770 886 919
Mr Capello – be part of a World Cup Anthem
We’re thrilled to be making a comedy pop video to the new song Mr Capello by Leeds band the Defenders.
There’s no official world cup anthem and we need your help to make this the one they chant on the terraces. Here’s how to get involved:
Join the Mr Capello facebook group, listen to the song and record yourself singing along on your webcam, mobile phone or camcorder.
Plus in Mid may we need a huge crowd to perform in the closing moments. Subscribe to our posts or join the facebook group to find out where and when in May.
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World Cup Video
We’re making a World Cup pop video! And we need your help.
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Press Release
WOULDN’T IT BE MAGIC IF MR CAPELLO WINS BATTLE OF THE WORLD CUP ANTHEMS
A team of filmmakers from Newcastle are being backed by music heavyweights The Kaiser Chiefs, The Pigeon Detectives and Embrace to create the video to England’s unofficial World Cup Anthem – called ‘Mr Capello.’
With no official World Cup anthem set for this year, Newcastle film company Magic If is producing the video to accompany the ‘Mr Capello’ track to go up against the likes of Terry Venables’ tune and John Barnes’s re-recorded rap.
‘Mr Capello’ was written by Leeds-based band The Defenders with the support of the Leeds Music Trust (LMT) who helped the likes of The Kaiser Chiefs, The Pigeon Detectives and Embrace on their way to success.
Mr Capello will very much be a Northern Anthem and has been written, recorded and produced entirely in the North.
Ian McLaughlin, director at Magic If, said: “You can’t have a major World Cup tournament without a great song. The North is synonymous with fanatical football supporters and singing so it’s a natural fit to have a northern anthem.”
ENDS
Press enquiries: Chris Dolan 07770 886 919
NorthernNet 4 Hour Film Challenge – Watch the 15 films made!
The 4 Hour Film Challenge is just that – 4 hours to make a film from concept, to shoot, edit and delivery. We’ve produced 5 of these exciting events, where we give teams of film makers a suggestion, a pair of professional actors and a screening that very same evening. This time the challenge was sponsored by NorthernNet and was the biggest one yet with the event spanning three cities – Newcastle (Tyneside Cinema), Leeds (Round Foundry) and Liverpool (FACT) on Sunday 11th April.
This tri-dig-fest was made possible because of the NorthernNet MABs (media access bureaus), with superfast technology and editing facilities in the three venues, (there are fourteen others) connecting the North’s creative media society.
15 4 minute films were made by 15 teams of film makers and 30 actors. We always keep them on their toes and keep the suggestions secret, this time they had seconds to grab their favourite from an array of famous movie titles, such as Trainspotting, Duel and The Great Escape.
The results are fantastic and you can watch them all, including the winning film Jamais by Mook Films from Newcastle (they picked Lost in Translation), plus our short documentary on how all this was acheived at such high speed at our:
Listen to Suggestibles Podcast #1
1st in the 5 day series of Suggestibles Podcasts for the new Be Air Aware website.
A new podcast every day from 19th to 23rd April 2010
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