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The project has now benefited from grants from Norfolk Community Foundation, Cromer and Sheringham Crab & Lobster Festival and Norfolk County Council's Art Project Fund. We have finished our planned phase of operation and 40 films were completed. However, more films were still underway, so we have now decided to let the project run until May 2011, hoping for 50 films at our final show.
Closing Date for "Final Premiere" entries 1 May 2011
More Training Courses
After the two busy and successful camera techniques courses at Merchants' Place in Cromer we are now delighted to announce the wholehearted support of the BBC Voices, Community Training Unit in Norwich.
10 free places are available on the BBC One Day Production Course held at the Forum in Norwich .... camera techniques & editing plus a tour round the BBC facilities. Thurs. 7 April 2011
Contact nnfilmforum@live.co.uk now to book your place!
BENCHMARKS. This project was sadly not taken up, so if anyone wants to have a go... see the project brief page.
Norwich Big Screen... showing soon!
The BBC hosted Big Screen will be showing many of the films in the coming months and especially during the Cultural Olympiad Weekend 22-24 July 2011
First Cut Screenings: 25 films were ready in May 2010, they were shown during the Crab & Lobster Festival at two venues to a combined audience of 135. There was a hugely enthusiastic response.
Grand Premiere Screenings: 40 films were shown in October 2010 at the Coast Arts Festival. The Cottage in Cromer and Sheringham Little Theatre again hosted the events, and more than 180 people saw them... laughed, cheered, clapped and enjoyed themselves.
Christmas DVD Release: 35 films, 75minutes & only £5. The best value stocking filler in town! and a great fund-raiser for our local RNLI and the Crab & Lobster Festival. Sales will continue for the summer season.
Final Premiere Shows: 50 films should be completed for the last show, 22 May 2011 at Sheringham Little Theatre. This will be the final event of the Crab & Lobster Festival. Free Entry and the last chance to see this fabulous collection of wonderful community films all together on the big screen.
PRESS RELEASE
Got Something to Say About Living Here? This is your chance!
“2 Minutes of your time” is the Cromer and Sheringham community film-making project, and it’s open to all... pensioners, schoolchildren, fishermen, businessmen, migrant workers, runners, beachcombers, bricklayers, artists, surfers, singers, dreamers... you’re all invited to contribute. There’s a multitude of life experiences, opinions, skills and interests around every corner, and what better way to link them together than to create a community film.
“For those unable to handle equipment there will be help available. I’ll be happy to talk you through your ideas, and help you create your film. It’s really quite simple, and it’ll be a lot of fun.” says project leader Siri-Susanna Taylor “We will be running regular advice and editing sessions at Cromer Library soon, watch out for the posters or check out the web site for latest news.”
The films will be premiered at “The Crab and Lobster Festival” in May and the “Coast” arts festival in October. The project is organised by the North Norfolk Film Forum and aims to create a wonderful collage of life as it is lived in this area. Information packs are available in Cromer and Sheringham Libraries, at Merchants Place in Cromer and the Upcher Partnership in Sheringham. The website is packed with the latest news and information, as well as links to some of the films which have been made so far.
Films, and any enquiries should be addressed to either Merchants Place or the Upcher Partnership, to nnfilmforum@live.co.uk or through www.2minutesofyourtime.co.uk
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