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hartlepool. Boy and Bicycle (1965). ridley scott. (filmed in hartlepool)
Boy and Bicycle is the first film made by Ridley Scott. The black and white short was made on 16mm film while Scott was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in London in 1962. Although a very early work - Scott would not direct his first feature for another 15 years - the film is significant in that it features a number of visual elements that would be become motifs of Scott's work. Shot entirely in West Hartlepool and Seaton Carew the film features the cooling tower and blast furnaces of the local British Steel North Works foreshadowing images in Alien, Blade Runner and Black Rain. The central element of the Boy and the Bicycle is re-used in Scott's advert for Hovis of the early 1970s. The film features Scott's younger brother Tony as the boy. Scott secured finance from the British Film Institute to complete the editing and sound in 1965 including a track by John Barry called "Onward Christian Spacemen" which originally appeared as the "b" side of the theme to the television series The Human Jungle . Scott wanted to use the existing recording by Barry, but the composer was so impressed by the young film maker he agreed to produce a new recording for the film at limited cost.
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2. (Notes On) Biology
Creativity and sheer inventiveness run rife as one student literally re-imagines his class notes into something extraordinary if not out of this world. As Albert Einstein once said, logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
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3. Certified
When a postman is invited into a solitary house to get a signature, he doesn’t expect to get the fright of his life courtesy of the little girl who lives there.
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The Girl and the little Boy - a short film (2009)
The film tells the story of a rational lawyer who begins a discussion with a girl that claims to be the owner of the sun. „Das Mädchen und der kleine Junge" erzählt die Geschichte von einem fest im Leben stehenden Anwalt, welchem ein kleines Mädchen mit ihrer lebhaften Phantasie in seinem routinierten Alltag und seiner rationalen Lebensweise einen längst vergessenen Blickwinkel eröffnet. "Das Mädchen und der kleine Junge" ist ein gänzlich privat auf die Beine gestellter Kurzfilm unter der Regie von Adam Janisch. Stoffentwicklung, Vorproduktion, Cast- und Crewcasting liefen über keine Institution, so dass sich vor Drehbeginn beim Warm-Up eine kleine Gruppe von Filmbegeisterten traf, die gänzlich unentgeldlich und aus reinem Interesse an dem Projekt bereit waren den Film gemeinsam zu realisieren. Das Budget war minimal und wurde ausschließlich für zusätzliches Equipment und die Verpflegung ausgegeben. Letztendlich führte das zu 7 erfolgreichen Drehtagen. Auch für die Postproduktion wurde das Team mit Hilfe des Rohmaterials von dem Projekt überzeugt und die finale Etappe konnte beginnen. Nach langer und intensiver Zusammenarbeit aller könnte unser kleines Projekt "Das Mädchen und der kleine Junge" am 18.04. 2009 in Berlin seine Teampremiere feiern. "Das Mädchen und der kleine Junge" lief unter anderem auf den Biberacher Filmfestspielen, dem Filmfest Weiterstadt und den EuroShorts in Warschau.
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5. Bombshell
Brother and sister left home alone on Bonfire Night decide to spend their time with some not so friendly friends. Instigated into carrying out a prank, they learn a valuable lesson.
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6. Mutants
Hormones abound for a young baseball team when loyalty to the coach and to the team is tested. Only a shocking reality check will put the kids back in their place.
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7. Soft
Life is hard when you’re being bullied. Life is harder when your own father proves to be incapable of helping you, in this gritty meditation on filial disenchantment.
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8. The Terms
Son hates father. Father hates son. What you gonna do?
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