OFFICIAL PREMIERE
Friday 10th
November, 2006
Whitehawk Primary
School
Brighton, East Sussex
All photographs by Aphra Darlington
OFFICIAL PREMIERE
Friday 10th
November, 2006
Whitehawk Primary
School
Brighton, East Sussex
All photographs by Aphra Darlington
Before the premiere started,
a segment about ARP
was
aired on BBC South
Today at 6.30pm...
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Guests on the night included
cast and crew,
such
as lead actors Brinley
Powell (left) and Tom Jacobs (above)...
...supporting actress
Jo Mulvey (above left)...
...and associated family
and friends, film lecturers and students,
film
industry personnel
and local business people and dignitaries
including
the Deputy
Mayor and his wife (above).
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Guests were then ushered
in small groups to the extensive air raid shelter that still remains in
the
school
grounds, hidden
under a hill, consisting of long, almost never ending tunnels, that
used
to house
600
students, but now
filled with a growing collection of 1940s memorabilia. The
tours
were taken
by
local historian and
author David Rowland and the school's caretaker Dudley Button,
who
provided interesting
wartime commentaries.
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At the end of the tour,
the guests found themselves being led up into the upper level of the
school
where the school
hall had been transformed into a 120-seat cinema.
Every
seat had a copy
of a souvenir 1940 newspaper to read...
....while waiting for
the
remaining
guests still
on the air raid shelter tour to arrive...
The cinema hall begins
to fill...almost to capacity, with 110 in attendance.
Using the school's digital
projector and large screen in conjunction with a sophisticated stage
setup
(including
electric curtains,
spot lights, strobe lights etc operated by Oli Mox!) the premiere
was
well presented in
full surround sound
Local actor and musician
David Marx was an entertaining host,
introducing
speeches
by...
...Whitehawk School Head
Teacher Mr.Peter Glue...
...who thanked Dudley
Button and David Rowland
for
the hard work in
organising the air raid shelter tour...
...and finally Director
Daniel Parkes introduced the film.
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Left: Brinley nervously
watches as the film begins, surround by his family.
The
premiere included
screenings of the film teaser, the feature film,
and
an in-depth making
of documentary (right).
ARP crew members... Camera
operator Simon Clark (left)
and
lighting director
Chris Neilan enjoy the show
Afterwards, Deputy Mayor
Bob Carden reflected
on
his own connections
to the film
The night ended with a
surprise live performance of the film's original song
"Silver
Screen" by Deborah
Ram, supported by Itsuka Parkes
on
acoustic guitar and
Daniel Parkes on keyboards
Guests were able
to see first hand a selection of props from the film,
including
the large 250kg
German bomb (above).
From
left: Zoe Warnett,
Michaella Warnett,
Tom
Warnett and Katie
Downey.
The technical genuis behind
the audio-visual effects
of
the evening, Oliver
Moxley, takes a well deserved break.
Director Dan Parkes and
MC David Marx discover there really is a bomb in the house...
Director Dan Parkes chats
with members of the audience,
as
seen through the window
of the now destroyed model house.
Mission accomplished.
A
tired Dan and David
at the end of the evening.
The premiere was also
the official launch of the DVD
which
is now available
to buy-online.
The following day (11
Saturday, 2006)
The
Argus printed an
article on the premiere...
CLICK ABOVE TO SEE THE ARGUS ARTICLE (Please note: The original article was in full colour) |
Photographs courtesy of
Aphra Darlington
TV
news item courtesy
of BBC South Today
Newspaper
article courtesy
of The Argus
© 2006 Parkes Productions
