Category: Documentary

North Devon Farmer Film Wins ARRI Doc Challenge

29/3/2018

North Devon documentary maker Martin Kemp has won the very first 2018 ARRI Doc Challenge film competition for his three minute film, Where the Land Falls. The film sees Ed Strawbridge, a third generation dairy farmer at Down Farm in North Devon, looking at photographs of his family by James Ravilious. Ed reflects on how farming life has changed during his lifetime.

As a supporter of North Devon Moving Image (NDMI) and former film judge himself (for our Wild Shorts competition) we are thrilled that Martin is sharing his film with us for the NDMI collection.

Martin Kemp, third from left

The theme for the inaugural ARRI Doc Challenge was “Millennial”. As the winner of the competition, Martin received a cash prize of £3,000. “For me, having the chance to play with the ARRI Amira for three days was an unmissable opportunity. It’s a wonderful camera and I very quickly fell in love with it. The challenge to shoot and edit a film in just three days is certainly tough but it’s a great discipline. Plus you have the privilege of being able to make the piece you want to make without commissioning editors!” said Martin.

Thank you Martin and well done. A great film and doing the job that Ravilious did with his engaging photographs - preserving North Devon stories on film.

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Down on the Farm - A Short film Commission from North Devon Moving Image

21/9/2017

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North Devon Moving Image (NDMI) has been wanting to produce a series of short documentary films about farmers and farming in North Devon for some time now. We have always known that there is an immense value in preserving local ways of life in moving image and the popularity of our Boat Stories series has proven this beyond measure.

When NDMI was launched one of our aims was to facilitate and encourage new film makers and provide work for local film makers and Down on the Farm seems like the perfect opportunity to launch our commission programme.

But first... we need some funding. We want to pay a realistic commission fee to our film makers, support them with mentorships from experienced professionals and celebrate the project with a red carpet public screening event. So what we would like is for you to tell us if you think this is a good idea and we will use this evidence to approach potential funders.

If you are a local farmer or historian, a member of the North Devon community or a film production tutor please do email project manager Amanda McCormack at northdevonmovingimage@outlook.com or click here to contact us with 'Down on the Farm' as the subject heading and let us know why you would like to support this project.

In brief, here's the plan (all subject to changes further to survey response and funding):

6 film makers/teams to produce one short film each
each film to focus on the story of a local farmer/farming family within the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
commission open to film makers aged over 18 resident or studying in UK
each film to be of 5 minutes duration
£1000 commission fee for each film maker
16 months to research, develop, produce and deliver the films
volunteers from the local community to act as Down on the Farm Angels - available to help with research and farming contacts
project dates to span 2018/2019
films to be shared on the North Devon Moving Image Youtube channel and website
a public screening, production team Q&A and celebration event at the conclusion of the project
copyright to remain with the film maker with NDMI licensed to distribute the films

Let's get Down on the Farm up and running!

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Celebrating our NDMI Academy Outreach Project in Barnstaple

1/7/2015

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Congratulations to our young film makers and thank you once again to our funders, Devon Community Foundation and North Devon Council, for making the NDMI Academy Outreach Programme an outstanding success. Not only did this project produce five individual, interesting and inspirational short films, the skills and confidence gained by the young film makers is a great measure of how beneficial film making projects can be.

A total of eleven young learners made five short films. Each group made their film using an iPad and professional sound recording equipment over 3 X 2 hour sessions. The film makers were given the freedom to choose their own subjects and made all the creative decisions for their productions.

We celebrated the end of the project today with an event at Petroc's Leisureline House in Barnstaple with a presentation ceremony, film screenings and a Q&A session with these talented young people.

Thank you too, to the other young learners at Leisureline House who helped out with photography and serving refreshments, the film contributors and to the staff who have helped to make this project run smoothly. Good luck to all of you on your next steps in education or the working world.

We hope to deliver more film making projects like this in North Devon soon, alongside continuing professional development (CPD) workshops to create sustainability for film making delivery in educational settings.

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NDMI Projects in the Pipeline

14/2/2014

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A Torrington Cavaliers big bonfire!

Following on from some positive feedback and great press coverage of our Clovelly Donkeys pilot film we are full steam ahead with plans for community workshops, film making and education for 2014 and beyond.

We are delighted to be able to offer work experience to a student from Pilton Community College in Barnstaple for work experience. We have a very enthusiastic student who has come up with a great idea for a short film for North Devon Moving Image (NDMI). During the week he is with us he will research, write, shoot and produce a short film. As well as production skills the student will be learning about promoting their work to the public.
Following a meeting with Torrington Cavaliers this week we are excited to let you know that we will be working closely with the well known local fundraisers to make a film about their next giant bonfire. Although this extravagant charity event will not take place until the summer of 2015, the building is due to start soon and NDMI will be there to chart its progress.
We are also really pleased to announce that we will be collaborating with North Devon artist Jo Bushell on the When I Was Your Age project for NDMI. This innovative intergenerational visual art and movement project is in the planning but we will let you have more news when all is confirmed.
At 150 years old this year, the Royal North Devon Golf Club in Northam is the oldest links golf course in the country and (once the weather clears up!) we will be meeting the oldest and youngest members to create a celebratory film.

We have plenty more up our sleeve too including the all important funding bids to bring these exciting projects to fruition.

One area we are keen to get going as soon as possible is delivering some documentary film making education in North Devon. We are currently looking for partners who can help us deliver film making workshops for children and adults in community or education settings. If you are interested in this please do get in touch.

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North Devon Moving Image CIC
Amanda McCormack, Creative Director

email: northdevonmovingimage@outlook.com
telephone: 01271 860610

North Devon Moving Image CIC is a Community Interest Company Limited by Guarantee
Community Interest Company No. 8737215