Young Irish Film Makers

This week the camera class were told to make a photo essay which could be turned into a documentary. This was to contrast the difference between shooting stills and cinematography as well as introducing them to world of non dramatic film making.

The best ideas that we came across were James Dorans idea about Grafitti in Kilkenny and Raindrops by Lukas Harman. The last two will be shot over mid term on Film Makers cameras.

I also shot two films one of the subject of Homework and the other on Obesity. These were done to show the importance of cutaways and how to shoot interviews. By taking these simple subjects it demonstrated how a good cameraman can make anything interesting by shooting it in a visually dynamic way. Camera movement, lens shifting and variety of angles were all used to make more interesting shots.

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"Please Say Something"

Two Irish animation short films Old Fangs and Please Say Something have been selected for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Both Films have Kilkenny connections.

Old Fangs is directed by Adrien Merigeau and produced by Carton Saloon (The Secret of Kells). Cartoon Saloon was created by former members of Young Irish Film Makers and, of course, the famous producer with the hat, Paul Young. The film was produced under the Frameworks short animation scheme funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB), the Arts Council and RTÉ.

Please Say Something is directed by former YIFM member, David O’Reilly, and won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale Film Festival earlier this year. The film is also set for theatrical release in Germany next year.

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Congratulations to all at Cartoon Saloon on their Oscar nomination for The Secret of Kells!

Director Tomm Moore was a member of Young Irish Film Makers for many years as well as fellow Cartoon Salooners Ross Murray and Ross Stewart and Skunk Fu! TV series director, Aiden Harte.

After college they gathered fourteen of their friends together and created Cartoon Saloon through participation in a three year FAS scheme in Young Irish Film Makers set up by Oliver Clancy and Michael O’Meara. During their time here they developed the early concepts for Rebel, the early name for the film that was to become The Secret of Kells.

Tomm and his team had a real struggle over many years to put all the elements of The Secret of Kells together and there were times when it looked like the film would never happen. But they stuck with the task and now we can see their completed vision, The Secret of Kells, in all its luminous beauty.

Well done, Tomm, from everyone in Young Irish Film Makers. Your vision and creation of The Secret of Kells is an inspiration to all our young members and a wonderful gift to the world.

Every best wish for an Oscar win in 2010. And then five in a row!

Mike

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