Dancing the Way – Finding Flow
A film created in collaboration with Dance 4 Parkinsons Wells, Lerato Stanley-Dunn and Richard Tomlinson. It was produced by Kevin Redpath for Somerset Film. Dance 4 Parkinson’s Wells, are a unique group established and run by individuals living with Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions such as MS.
Over the last 3 years dance has brought us together to keep active, have fun, and support each other in living well with Parkinson’s. We firmly believe that we are more than our diagnosis. We made this film to inspire others to Live Well and Dance to their full potential.
Craft
A collaboration with artist Kate Lynch and South West Heritage Trust to create a series of short films featuring local artisans. The films accompanied Kate’s exhibition CRAFT, at Somerset Rural Life Museum.
The films depict the practice of six artisans and explore a range of themes including: sustainability, keeping traditional crafts alive, uniqueness and the profound difference between the hand crafted and the mass produced.
Commissioned by South West Heritage Trust.
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SPACERAFT
An animation made by young people from Street YMCA youth club.
This animation was developed through a series of creative workshops with Richard Tomlinson and Jasmine Otley.
During the course of the project participants storyboarded their film, wrote a poetic script, recorded their voices and learnt how to use digital animation software.
A Somerset Art Works project with Somerset Film and YMCA Brunel, funded by the Mendip Community Fund and Arts Council England
Street in the Park
A project managed by Activate Performing Arts, featuring professional dancers working with Remix and Premix (an inclusive youth performance company open to young people age 12 -19 both disabled and non-disabled from across Dorset) and other non professional dancers.
Filmed at locations across: Dorchester, Bournemouth, Bridport and Weymouth. There’s some amazing footage that demonstrates what can happen when you combine talented dancers with interesting locations.
The film accompanied a live online DJ event in the Summer of 2022
Making & Believing
From 2021 – 2024 this cross-artform Early Years programme brought together artists, educators, arts organisations, researchers and cultural centres in Somerset, Derby and Surrey.
It was motivated by the belief that the arts have a special educational role due to their capacity to develop imagination, curiosity and possibility thinking.
A programme of early years creative participation residencies and performance tours were led by Take Art in partnership with Derby Theatre and Surrey Arts with funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
The South West Heritage Trust
A selection of short films commissioned by South West Heritage Trust.
These films were produced for: interpretative material to accompany exhibitions at The Museum of Somerset, video installations at the Museum of Somerset and as educational resources.
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LANDANCE
Landance animates outdoor spaces with engaging and atmospheric live dance performances. Professional artists in dance, music and design develop the performances on site. This film features excerpts of Landance films made at a number of outdoor locations across the South West.
Circus Around & About
A film commissioned by Crying Out Loud and Take Art in 2022.
Circus Around & About was a pilot rural touring project aimed at bringing high quality, small-scale, family friendly circus to 27 village communities in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Somerset from July–September 2021.
Funded by Arts Council England, the project was delivered by a partnership between Take Art and London-based Crying Out Loud.
GLASS
A short film about a young woman called Jenna who visited Actiontrack Performance Company and recorded an amazing song called ‘Glass’.
Commissioned by Actiontrack and Take Art in 2021
Still / Sparkling
Still / Sparkling is a short film produced by: Grace and Growl Dance Company, choreographer Anna Golding and filmmaker Richard Tomlinson.
The film was shot and edited during the summer of 2017 and won Silver in the Pavilion Dance South West Joie De Vivre film competition!
Alice in Wonderland (excerpt)
An excerpt short film produced in collaboration with South Somerset Home Education Group. The film accompanied a live performance of Alice in Wonderland. The piece was shot on-location at Dillington House in South Somerset.
The Journey
Commissioned by Art for Life (Taunton and Somerset NHS). This project provided an opportunity for patients on the Children’s Ward of Musgrave Hospital to get creative with stop-frame-animation. Children used a simple stop frame application loaded onto an iPad. The portable nature of the project made it more accessible, the activity could literally take place at the patient’s bedside.
The journey is the story of two young children who are parted because one has to go on a long train journey. The traveller encounters all sorts of strange and wonderful worlds through their train window.
Question Time
Earlier this year I was thrilled to be asked to produce a music-video to accompany ‘Question Time’, a song from the new album ‘While You Still Can’ by Vinny Peculiar.
Question Time is a story song of sorts, a missing politician, the songs narrator under suspicion.
Glastonbury performer Katherine Ashworth played the part of a politician appearing on Question Time with impressive red finger nails.
We shot the piece over just two days in October!
More on Vinny at: https://vinnypeculiar.com
