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Tuesday 7 June 2011

Film Director Swoops into Falkirk Campus

Scottish superhero film director Fraser Coull swooped into Forth Valley College’s Falkirk Campus recently to chat with students about making movies.

Students from the Creative Industries Department showed off their own films and coursework and asked the innovative director of ‘Night is Day – The Movie’ questions about his first feature film which is expected to be released soon.

Fraser said: “It’s a good start for their first films. They’ve really put some effort into them and they’re definitely impressive. Hopefully some of them will continue to make films as the industry really needs the talent. My advice…keep doing it, the only person that can stop you is you.  Keep practising until you’re perfect.”

Creative Industries lecturer John McCall, said: “I’m delighted with the students’ results.  There’s been a lot of hard work and it shows in the final products.  I’ve been impressed with how much technical knowledge has been gained and it can only get better.  Most importantly, I haven’t stopped laughing for months.”

Fraser, who owns production company Silly Wee Films, forged strong links with the College last year after approaching FVC lecturers Gavin Orr (Communications and Media) and John McCall (Sound Production) to tap into their expertise. They were happy to help and spent their summer holidays in 2010 working on the set of his film about Scotland’s first superhero, which is due for release soon.

The ‘Night is Day - The Movie’ creator tapped into their expertise, industry contacts and advice to help the film to completion throughout June, July and August of 2010.

The movie is based on the self-funded web series “Night is Day” which ran from 2006 until 2009 and sees a Scottish superhero battling the forces of evil.

Further FVC links with the film included Art lecturer Angie McLaren supplying artwork for an art exhibition scene as well as designing the set. Also, the artist partner of Communication lecturer colleague Rob McDermott (Lesley McDermott) contributed with some of her creations.

Fraser added: “Hopefully people will like it…it’s not your typical Scottish film - all drugs, drama and depression.  It’s exciting and it’s fun.  We’ve basically attempted to make an American blockbuster on a budget of £3000 and hopefully we’ve achieved it.

“I’d really like it to be sold around the world.  We already have sales agents and distributors interested in America, Canada and the UK.”  

John, who among other things played a role of a Scavenger Demon in the film, said: “One of the actors didn’t turn up one day so I had to step in as a Scavenger Demon, it was my job to beat up the superhero.  It’s something I never though I would do but I loved it.

“I like to keep a hand in the industry even though there’s not always a lot of time to do this when working full-time.  It’s good for keeping in touch with what’s out there.  It benefits the students big time, I feel I was able to bring a lot back into the classroom after working on Night is Day last summer.”

Night is Day Confidential Channel can be found on Vimeo.com

Tags: Creative industries, Current students, Falkirk

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