News  :: Filmmakers of All Ages Bag Cash at The Big Pitcher :: (1299 Reads)

Posted by admin on Friday, November 16, 2007 - 01:36 PM

Seven would-be filmmakers went home with a smile and £100 apiece after winning over the audience at The Big Pitcher on Sunday 11th November at Falmouth's Princess Pavilion.

Lured in by the money - or in several cases by the chocolate on offer to those with the daring to take to the stage - around twenty hopeful pitchers put their ideas to the crowd at the eagerly anticipated event. The competion was compered by Simon Harvey of o-region, with Olly Berry of The Ark faced with the unenviable task of recording the rapid-fire proposals on his trusty flipchart. The Big Pitcher's youngest ever entrant was Matilda Scott, aged 7, whose vision of child explorers plunging through a floorless wardrobe into a mysterious garden beyond, leads us to expect great things from her in years to come.

The winners, whose films will be screened at next year's Festival, were as follows:

Alfie Munden - Delete:  A man is drawn to the edge of madness when he discovers that deleting friends from his phone has terrifying real-life consequences.  Sponsored by Location Solutions

Alex Brown - World in a Corner:  Alex's singing won the crowd over to his idea for a 3 minute film looking at corners of all kinds. "The great thing is, the song's already done!" exclaimed a delighted Alex.  Sponsored by Deco Films

Shauna Osborne-Dowle - Fruity Affairs:  Plenty of squashing is in store when the marriage of two kitchen implements goes off the rails.  Sponsored by The Ark

Candy Kemp - The Cleaner:  Looking through the eyes of a woman as she cleans second homes, steadfastly ignoring the chatter of her employers.  Sponsored by Kneehigh Theatre

Hilmare Hotz - Sea Change:  An organic swirl of colours, images, the sky and the sea. "I only did it for the chocolate, and now I've got £100!" said Hilmare.   Sponsored by o-region

Dan Harvey – Dish Pig:  A kitchen porter, infuriated by the wasted food left on the plates he washes, begins a rampage of force-feeding and murder.  Co-funded by Ben Read, of the Melting Pot Arts Cafe, with the £15 left over from his 2006 winner "The Magic Car"

Kerri Scott – Carwash:  What happens when people in a car go through a carwash with the windows closed…and then with them open.  Sponsored by Cornwall Today