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DV Camera Skills Development Workshops
Twenty places are now available on our popular DV Camera Workshops, taking place in Barrow-in-Furness on 15th & 16th March for those with some experience and 29th & 30th March for beginners.
These workshops will provide 2 intensive days of practical tutoring with a professional camera operator in the creative and technical aspects of shooting on digital. Participants will gain the ability to use digital video cameras creatively and confidently, whilst also learning key production skills.
The beginners course will be led by professional camera operator Emma Dalesman (Wire in the Blood, Trial and Retribution, Waking the Dead) and will cover the fundamentals of shooting on digital.
The course for those with some experience will demonstrate more advanced camera techniques including lighting and will be led by Broughton-based camera operator Jane Rousseau, whose credits include 24 Hour Party People, League of Gentlemen, Cutting It and Brookside.
Course fees for successful applicants are fully subsidised
Applicants must be aged over 18 and living in Cumbria
Deadline for applications:
Advanced Friday 7th March
Beginners Friday 21st March
To request an application form or if you have any questions please contact Anna on 01229 839983 or email shorelinefilms@gmail.com
In your application please include your statement, which should be no more than 1 page and if possible a current C.V.
The Greasy Pole
We’re delighted to announce the instatement of the Egremont Greasy Pole as the first public sculpture by Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller, and Alan Kane, who have a long association with the town through its inclusion their ‘Folk Archive’ collection.
As part of the town’s annual Crab Fair, locals competed to ascend the Pole and win the prize (usually some meat!) located at its top. It was removed for safety reasons from the town centre in 2003 and it’s now replaced by an updated carbon fibre version.
This commission will establish the Pole in the Egremont’s Market Place, operating as a significant contemporary work of art, heritage artefact, iconic landmark and sporting apparatus. The new Pole is constructed of advanced and low maintenance materials with the main structure fabricated in carbon fibre by the one of UK’s leading racing yacht mast manufacturers, Formula Spars. In addition it has a decorative collar which prevents the structure from being climbed outside the Crab Fair, yet can be ritually raised to its top at the start of Crab Fair week, in order to hold the prize.
A big thank you to Chris and Bob at Muncaster Watermill
Chris and Bob from Muncaster Watermill saved the day when Egremont's Christmas Tree was unable to be delivered by presenting Egremont with the beautiful tree pictured above. With kind thanks to Graham Bell and Frank McCracken for helping to put the tree in place.
Egremont Torchlight Parade 2pm 25/11/2007
Shoreline Films
Digital Cuts Editing Workshops 2007
Ten places are now available on our popular Digital Cuts Editing Workshops, taking place from 12th – 16th December.
The course provides practical training and hands-on experience of digital editing techniques using industry standard software – Avid Xpress DV, Pro and Final Cut Pro.
Trainees will cover the technical and aesthetic practices of editing and dependant on experience, will edit together short film rushes produced by Shoreline which they can then compare to the ‘director’s cut’.
Led by professional editor Jonathan Ley, recent winner of the Jim Poole short film award, there will be a masterclass followed by a series of workshops, demonstrations and one-to-one practice.
Course fees for successful applicants are fully subsidised
Applicants must be aged over 18 and living in Cumbria
Deadline for applications: Friday 30th November
To request an application form or if you have any questions please contact Anna on 01229 839983 or email shorelinefilms@gmail.com
In your application please include your statement, which should be no more than 1 page and if possible a current C.V.
Florence Mine Heritage Centre.
The Centre Closes:
WCMRG have now moved their entire collection and its showcases from Florence Mine Heritage Centre.
We have tried to work with the mining company and others for 19 years, but have had to accept that our aims are too diverse to work, and the cost of keeping the mine free of water, too great to be viable.
For those not aware of it; it costs around £2k per week to pump the mine, and at around £50 a ton obtained for ore, the mining company would have to mine 40 tons per week before it could make any money. I don't know what they mine on average, but I estimate a maximum of half that figure.
Indeed, the mine manager in a recent press interview quoted 500 tons per year, which equates to around £25k, when pumping costs around £110k a year.
NOBODY is going to pay that sum for no return, so reluctantly we've had to accept that the mine will have to flood. The mining company have bravely tried to carry on, but WCMRG has had to move out, and are now storing their property until another option becomes available. How long this will be, we do not know.
We have, following some comments made by the mine manager, donated around half of our cabinets to Haig Mining Museum, who are also storing some others for us. The Beacon has accepted back its items, which were on long term loan to us. A number of items unlikely to be used in any new venture have been given to local charities and schools. Everything else is in a secure storage unit nearby.
Our relationship with the mining company remains cordial, although somewhat strained, and, following an extensive audit of what remains, we remain open to discussions on displaying parts of our collection in a number of local venues, providing they meet security needs, and the stipulations of our charity's constitution.
WCMRG bears no-one ill-will, and is a charity with defined aims, which it must abide by. We cannot ignore our constitution, and are legally bound to abide by it. Accordingly, we cannot deviate from the wishes of those who state in writing, their wishes on donated items or funds, however much we still wish for Florence Mine to remain open.
We have not moved out without a lot of heartache and soul-searching, but have done so, following months of stress and sleepless nights. We wish the mining company well in their lone endeavours as they continue to try and find funders to support their enterprise.
Dave Banks
Hon Sec
WCMRG
Egremont Town Archive Requests Articles, Photographs and Memorabilia.
This is to compile an extensive Archive that will represent Egremont over the last eleven centuries, as the collection grows we would exhibit it locally until the time came where we would have our own museum.
This will have its own virtual museum, www.townarchive.co.uk
Obviously original items would be hugely appreciated, either as a donation to the Egremont Town Archive or on loan. However we have the ability to copy printed materials and photographs in addition to photographing memorabilia, allowing you to retain your original.
We would be happy to do this recording at our office or in our own home, which ever is most convenient.
We are also looking to establish a collection of voice recordings, describing the Egremont and its characters.
If you have any items of interest or any questions, please contact the Egremont Town Archive on 01946 824 052 or archive@visitegremont.co.uk
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