May 29,
2010
We have finally found the time and established a simple workflow for
embedding meta data to flash or any other video files. All
videos being hosted on this site (28 in total) are now accompanied by
meta data, which helps with search engine optimisation. We
have
also added our latest 2008 - 2010 showreel to the front
page, and put our older 2005 - 2008 showreel on the Films page. There is an
official showreel in the works that will cover all that we do.
Don't forget to subscribe to our frequently updated YouTube channel...
May
21,
2010
The final stage of website updates is now complete, with four new pages
added to the Services section: Instructional,
Drama,
Music
and Graphic Design.
We have also added our Health and Safety Policy to the About page and added links to
these pages on all other relevant pages. If you discover a
broken link please do let us know!
May
18,
2010
New updated video clips have been to the following pages: Weddings, Showreels and Films.
The latter contains a 2 minute highlights video of material
we
have worked on between 2008 and 2010. It was created
initially as
part of a business proposal that can be found here: http://bit.ly/9l3iIV
May
12,
2010
A final official version of the trailer to our award winning
independent feature film Ambleton
Delight has been launched on YouTube and elsewhere.
The film itself has also been showing during the local
Brighton Fringe Festival.
March 22,
2010
We now have a Twitter account to keep you up-to-date with any
newsworthy events as they happen. A live feed has also been
added to the key pages of this website.
March
06,
2010
After winning the Best Film award we have decided to celebrate by
releasing a 7 episode series of hgh definition 'How to Make a
Next-to-Nothing Budget Feature Film' video blogs in the
weeks leading up to the presentation of the award on April 24th. Each
video explores in total 40 vital factors involved in low budget film
production by means of interviews with key members of cast and crew,
excerpts from the film itself and behind-the-scenes footage and
photographs.
March 01,
2010
In April 2009, Chris Martin and Mick Dawson set off from Choshi in
Japan and rowed 6000 miles to San Francisco’s
Golden Gate Bridge, becoming the first ocean rowing
boat ever to complete this feat.
Upon their arrival back in the UK, Parkes Productions Ltd were assigned
to go through the 20 hours of onboard footage and put together a
teaser/trailer of their epic journey, detailing the challenges, the
sealife, the depravations, the dangers and the humour of their record
setting voyage. The result is the trailer '189 Days in May'
that you can see on YouTube
(below) and here
on this website. The music is composed by Iain Cameron.
February
24,
2010 Parkes Productions' film Ambleton
Delight
has won a Best
Feature Film
award at the British
Independent Film Festival 2010. The film will be screened
directly after the awards ceremony (which is
at 7.30pm) at 8.30pm
on the 25th of April, 2010. At least two members
of the production team will be present to accept the award, and a clip
(possibly from the soon-to-be released Making Of) will be
shown. Tickets for the day's programme are only £5.
The festival programme is here: http://britishindependentfilmfestival.com/2.html
You can purchase tickets here: http://britishindependentfilmfestival.com/3.html September
21,
2009 Ambleton
Delight
-a feature film produced by the Parkes Productions team, continues with
its success on the festival circuit, with several selections,
screenings and awards, including Best UK Feature,
and Best Actor
in a Leading Role.
Find out more here.
September
21,
2009 We have launched a completely
revamped Services
section with the catchphrase 'We
just make it look expensive'
-in response to feedback that our work looks so good but it must be
very expensive! Which is a great compliment, but also a
little
misleading. The new services area contains not only pricing guides but
also many examples clips.
This
is part
of a general clean up of the site to keep it current and user friendly.
Since we cannot test it on every system, if you discover any
issues, corrections, missing links etc please do let us know!
September
7,
2009 We have now updated our
flash player so that it has a new interface and also -most
importantly!- has a full screen button, allowing you to view the video
in full screen mode. Any issues, please report via our contact page. September
3,
2009 A new password protected client area
has been added to the site to allow secure and private review of
productions with a view to feedback and approval.
September
2,
2009
Ambleton
Delight has been officially selected by The International Film
Maker Festival 2009 (26th -29th October 2009).
It has also been nominated for an award in the following catagories:
* Best Actor in a Leading
Role -JOS LAWTON
* Best Actor in a
Supporting Role -BRIAN CAPRON
* Best Actress in a
Supporting Role -KRISTINA ANNE HOWELL
* Best Soundtrack
-IAIN CAMERON
So congratulations to Jos, Brian, Kristina and Iain. Since George
Clooney and Steven Soderburgh are also nominees, you are in good
company!
All the nominations can be seen by visiting the official website -just
click the image below:
September
1,
2009 Ambleton
Delight has been officially selected for screening by the Norwich Film Festival 2009.
The film is also one of only three selected nominees for Best
Picture. The festival describes the film as 'one of the best feature films on
the festival circuit this year.'
It will be screened after some short films at 7.30pm, Tuesday
22
September 2009, The Forum, Norwich. Tickets are £4.
Click the link below to visit the website for more information.
August 10,
2009
A
new and exciting
blog has been launched on our Ambleton
Delight feature film site. The Recipe
to
Ambleton Delight: The making of a next-to-nothing budget feature
will reveal how it was done, with tips, contacts, photographs,
production notes, links to free software, interviews, guest blogs and
video clips. Everything we would like to have known before we started,
but had to learn the hard way, so you don’t!
Updated at
least every week, check it out and subscribe for the latest updates.
July 14,
2009 The Equipment
page has been updated to include new equipment, such as the
IDX X3 top light, and chroma key kit (below).
July
8, 2009
A
phase of website updates is
completed. This was mainly a general update of data and
formating, including adding captcha
technology to all online forms, also creating a design that keeps the
formating centered in widescreen monitors, and adding a script to
maintain compatibility with IE6 browsers. Hopefully
everything is
working -please let us know
if it isn't!
May
8, 2009 A brand new official trailer for
our feature film, Ambleton
Delight, has been released and can be seen in HD on Vimeo.
Let us know what you think! The version below has
been scaled down -to see the full resolution version click here.
June 2, 2009
We
are very pleased to announce that Parkes Productions
latest feature film, Ambleton
Delightis being prominently featured in
the latest JVC
Highway magazine!
Along with a front cover photograph from the kitchen shoot (featuring
Jos Lawton and Kristina Anne Howell in action, being watched by the
crew) there is a two page spread and article on the film on pages 12
and 13 inside, along with a selection of photographs. The
focus
is of course on the JVC equipment we used -specifically the camera and
monitor, but there is also information on the making of the film, and
on our production company. 20,000 copies of the magazine are
printed and are distributed through dealer channels, end users,
companies around Europe, and are also inserted into the Televisual
magazine.
You
can view a PDF version of the magazine by visiting this
page
-but you need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it (you most likely already
have it). There is also a form at the top of the page to
enter
your details to receive a hard copy.
Alternatively, you can download the full magazine PDF here or
view images of the front cover and the two page spread by clicking on
the relevant images below:
May 8, 2009 Parkes Productions Ltd and its
feature film Ambleton
Delight
are accessible from various quarters of cyberspace. Click on
the following links to see more of our work:
May 7, 2009 We can confirm that all scripts on
the
site - the
contact page, Talentbase and Quickquote forms - are now working
correctly.
After changing servers, it was finally discovered that they
were
using old php based scripting that was not compatible with the new
servers. But things should be fine now!
May 02, 2009 Ambleton
Delight, a new feature film from Parkes
Productions Ltd, has just received Best UK Feature Film 2009
at The End of the Pier International Film Festival.
Producer/writer Itsuka Yamasaki and director Dan Parkes were
present to accept the award. For more information, please go
to www.ambletondelight.co.uk.
April 25, 2009 Parkes Productions' new 112 minute
feature film, Ambleton
Delight,
is premiered to an audience of about 200 at the Ritz cinema, in
Worthing, West Sussex, launching The End of the Pier International Film
Festival. With red carpet, free champagne and well respected
actor Brian Capron (who stars as the village mayor) in attendance, it
was a night to remember, with cast and crew assembling
afterward
at the Burlington Hotel to discuss the finished film.
Photographs
from the premiere and information regarding the film can be
seen at www.ambletondelight.co.uk.
Premiere photographs available to see on:
April 10, 2009 We are presently shifting the
website to UK based web servers, and although there should be no
interruption to the website and/or e-mail addresses, at present the
contact page, Talentbase and Quickquote forms are not working.
This should be rectified within the next 24 - 48 hours.
January
2, 2009 The official website for the
feature film Ambleton Delight was launched at midnight on December 31,
2008. at www.ambletondelight.co.uk.
It contains information on the village and the film, including cast
biographies, production stills, desktop wallpaper and versions of the
trailer you can download (in full SD or HD, meaning you can burn it
onto a DVD to watch on your TV if you like). Since this
website has
only just been launched, we ask if you do have a chance to check it to
provide any feedback on typos, broken links or any other gremlins that
may have entered the system. The website also contains the new artwork
for the film, such as the film poster below.
December
24, 2008 There's been lots of work going
on behind-the-scenes at Parkes Productions over the last few months and
so we are very pleased to announce the first Ambleton Delight
film trailer is now available to view below. It has been
scaled down -to see the full resolution version click here.
In regards to the remainder of the filming, as you may know we are now
our final day of 10 days principle photography. We aim to
complete principle photography in early January and will be contacting
those required individually to confirm the final arrangements
.
Wishing you all a wonderful and relaxing break in whatever form that
might be!
It
was also an opportunity to try out a new piece of
equipment -dolly and track, which we found most useful.
To
maintain a clear legal standing, Parkes Productions Ltd has also
uploaded its comprehensive terms and conditions, which can be
downloaded in PDF form:
January 2007 Parkes Productions new revamped website
is launched. Links to
the
older website are still in place so you can view production stills from
A.R.P. We are also in the process of becoming a Limited
company and getting VAT registered.
December
2006
After
several weeks of moving, we
are now based in the
Brighton Marina! Click here
to find out more
November
2006
On
the 10th of November, A.R.P. was premiered to cast , crew and a total
audience of
110 at Whitehawk
Primary School. To see photographs from the event click here.
October
2006
Large
screen premieres
of several Parkes Production films take place both in Japan and New
Zealand.
