Black Country Cinema

The Meeting

Director: Collective | Year: 2011 | Running Time: 72 mins

Following an initial phone call between two members of a film making group, the film enters into an old Edwardian house where a meeting is to be held. The large character of the house observes several mumbling conversations between the film makers who haven't met up in a long time.

Through quite static yet somewhat comical moments, we follow them around the house as they reminisce about their past, and discuss their philosophies of cinema...

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Michelle with one "L"

Director: Matthew E. Carter | Year: 2011 | Running Time: 34 mins

An experimental feature documentary, made up of just audition footage and audio production notes.

Analysing three actresses interview tapes as they all audition for the same supporting role in a feature film. Each actress has their own unique interpretation of the character and how she should be played.

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Shadows Set To The West

Director: Manjeet S. Gill | Year: 2012 | Running Time: 36 mins

Poetic documentary following a young woman's travels from a rural Indian village to an urbanised English city.

Shot entirely on a mobile phone and using only environmental sounds, the film intimately explores the drastic change of lifestyle many experience when relocating to the West.

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The Passing Spirit

Director: Manjeet S. Gill | Year: 2011 | Running Time: 53 mins

Growing up in an Indian family, it is not uncommon to hear of ghosts and black magic being used to explain unusual occurrences.

The Passing Spirit is a feature length cinematic documentary where I revisit a number of people I knew growing up, and ask them to tell me the story of their personal experience.

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Walk 17

Director: Collective | Year: 2011 | Running Time: 3:18 mins

We interviewed various people from the B68 area to find out how they start their week.

We came across a young part-time Postman who talks to us about a place he likes to visit whilst delivering on his route. The route he was on at the time was called Walk 17.

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Luv'in the Black Country

Director: Matthew E. Carter | Year: 2010 | Running Time: 14:44 mins

Luv'in the Black Country is a short cinematic documentary that travels down the romantic Black Country canals speaking to five different people who pass along the way about the first time they fell in love.

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I was diagnosed, but...

Director: Collective | Year: 2011 | Running Time: 2:20 mins

We asked several young poeple that came out of a diabetic clinic to continue a made up story, basing each of their inputs on their personal experiences with diabetes.

'I was diagnosed, but...' is currently being used by NHS Choices to help young people living with type 1 diabetes.

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Video Poems

Collection of various video poems | Year: 2009-2010

'Personal, instinctual & organic video poetry of everyday life'

Stemming from the idea that when used for what it is, a digital video camera can do things that larger film cameras can't, we created a series of poetic pieces about the Black Country. This allowed us as filmmakers to work alone and produce films that became personal and poetic expressions rather than collaborative and expensive productions.

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