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Four years of blogging.

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In The Bishops Garden

Helped setup stall and installed a sound loop at the New Writing Partnership event held at the Bishops Garden at Norwich. Captured some good speakers on tape such as Jane Griffiths (pictured above)

Tom and Muriel

People looking at the exhibition of both Tom and Muriel Mallin work at the Factory Studios.

Sargeant Mallin productions

In the arts factory over three weekends during Norfolk Open Studios.

The Soundbooth

Here is an early view of the sound booth area we are using in the Arts factory

Lost and Found

An installation that myself and Rupert Mallin are constructing. This during the period of Norfolk Open Studios at the Factory Studios at Hall Road Norwich.

Sargeant Mallin

Further development to our poetry films we have been developing Me and Rupert will be presenting the following.

From the 17th May for three weekends at the Arts Factory (Old Bally Factory), Hall Road, Norwich a mixture of installation, film, audio, text and more.

May 21st from 5pm we will be appearing as part of the "LATE SHIFT" at the Sainsbury Centre.
A film and performance.

I went to Ipswich and I got this T shirt

It fits

Guess which one was wednsday, thursday and friday?

Guess which one was wednsday, thursday and friday?

Blast this week

This past few days myself and Rupert Mallin have been facilitating a film making workshop at Ipswich. This was part of BBC Blast! which had setup in the surrounds of Christchurch park. As shown in the picture below. Which was of the final performance and showing of work at the end on friday.

If you click on the link below this clip was shown on local tv about Blast! in Ipswich.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7390249.stm

Next week they are at the Forum in Norwich.

Alan is off to Hull

'I'm Leading A Quiet Life on Alan Road' has been selected for
screening at GLIMMER: the 6th Hull International Short Film Festival
between 15th-20th April

The film will be screened as part of the British Competition and be
eligible for the GLIMMER British Film Award which comes with a prize of
£500 sponsored by Hull Trains,

The exact dates of the screening will be confirmed in the next couple of
weeks.

fiftysevenpence

www.fiftysevenpence.wordpress.com a blogging venture of Film, Audio, Slide Shows.

Alan is off to Athens

That is to the Athens Video Art Festival 08 11th -12th-13th of April.
Other puns at the end of a long road when it shows there.

Goaded Earth

Another collaboration. Not a poetry with film or a film with poetry but a poetry film.

Nearly there...

The next poetry film is close to the boil. Well I said that on Sunday but then I found something else to put in the pot. Just a few more amendments and edits here and there and it's cooked. Put announcement here so I know I've got to finish it asap this week.

The Factory

Sunday was spent making a poetry film with Rupert Mallin at the Factory Studios in Norwich. An assortment of found detritus which makes up his poem was used for the filming. No actual toys were hurt in the process. Finding a totally quiet area to record the poem was difficult so we used the outside ambient noise of a Norwich sunday morning as part of the process. Which meant getting the the vocal performance as one take in circumstances. No editing afterwards. Which I like as it captures everything that is human and therefore makes it real. Yes the voice is an instrument in itself. I like using the video camera as a multi media recorder. Audiowise a suitable microphone improves the sound quality from the internal noise of the cameras itself. Lending it to be used as an audio recorder which doesn't taint the audio recording process. Much experimentation was also placed on the visual aspect as well. This poetry film (which is the second one so far) is an ongoing collaborative process. I've just got to get some more footage of drains and such like and then edit it together.

I'm leading a quiet life

Poetry film about the first impressions of an East Anglian town in winter.
Written and narrated by Rupert Mallin.

A 1000 works...

.. at the Factory Studios Norwich an exhibition of works by Muriel and Tom Mallin. Went today and what a varied collection of good work in a variety of forms. Well worth a visit.