Showing posts with label cinema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cinema. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 April 2009

Secret Cinema


Nic sent through the final evaluation of the Living Cinema project at Tallis today. It makes for interesting reading and I'll bring a copy to our next meeting. In amongst the links to various websites that formed part of the research element of their project I found one for a project called Secret Cinema. Organised by a group called Future Cinema, Secret Cinema evenings involve a themed screening of a famous film in an unusual location. Recent events have included them taking over the Hackney Empire to screen the Marx Brothers’ Night at the Opera and a screening of the new Watchmen movie in transformed tunnels under London Bridge station.

The one that caught my attention though was Lindsay Anderson's If screened at Dulwich College. The film is about a rebellion at a boys' public school. Ushers seem to have taken on the roles of the main characters and the group obviously took full advantage of their surroundings to make the evening quite memorable.

I wonder if we could borrow this idea and have a film screening as part of our event in the summer. Which film would we choose to show? How might it relate to our central theme of creative learning? Where would we screen it and for whom?

Friday, 6 March 2009

Living Cinema

It would be great if every member of the Creative Tallis Action Research Group could attend this event. In a sense, it's a dress rehearsal for the "Food for Thought" installation in the summer. We also need some volunteers on the night to help with food and I'm hoping that the VJs will be able to give us an insight into the way they work. I will attempt to get a letter out to you all on Monday explaining everything. In the meantime, please show your parents the flyer and ask them if they want to come along and if they are happy with you being involved.