'Bedroom Radio' film screening Thursday 5th February 7.30pm
The Halt Bar 160 Woodlands Rd. Glasgow G3 AUToNOMi ltd 3/ 34 albion st glasgow g1 1lh f/t +44 (0) 141 341 0237 m +44 (0)7887 931 251 @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.autonomi.tv ////////////////////// 'Bedroom Radio' synopsis Filmed over a period of 18 months, Bedroom Radio is a story of Pirate radio broadcasting, Love, Life, and Death on a different frequency. Gary (DJ Allusion) and Yvonne (DJ Miss-Chief) are a young couple who live on a tough Paisley housing estate. Most nights they broadcast from their one bedroom flat on Gary's pirate radio station: Allusion FM. In a world where the drug dealer and moneylender rule, and where alcoholism and violence are an everyday reality, it is ironic that the only positive thing that this young couple can do for themselves is illegal. "When you run a pirate radio station you're not just up against the law -- you're dealing with the government." Pirate radio broadcasting is a criminal offence in the UK and although being a radio pirate carries with it the risk of either a hefty fine or prison sentence, the buzz of being a pirate has attracted a whole new generation of what Gary calls `Bedroom DJs' to the airwaves. Giving voice to the disenfranchised, these pirates are perhaps the real sound of Scotland's housing schemes. Bedroom Radio not only introduces the viewer to the DTI-dodging world of the pirate radio DJ, but more importantly opens the door onto a world, where (in Yvonne's words): "You are definitely written off before you start." Bedroom Radio is an intimate and compassionate insight into life on the wrong side of the M8's hard shoulder. It captures the highs, lows, dreams and tragedy of scheme life, yet remains a positive film about aspirations, hopes and dreams in a notoriously deprived area of Scotland. Bedroom Radio is conviction filmmaking at its best -- high energy, risky, rough, tragic and 100% human. Director/Camera: Doug Aubrey Producer/Location Sound: Marie Olesen Film Editor: William Summers Sound Designer: John L Cobban Executive Producers: Henry Eagles Robin McPherson Agnes Wilkie Production Accountant: Ian Reid An Autonomi film in association with Scottish Television Grampian Television and Scottish Screen. Bedroom Radio � 2003 //////////////////// Some background information from the filmmakers: We originally came across Gary and Yvonne while filming a C4 News story about the booming UK pirate radio scene. Although their lives have been far from rosy, these guys had a raw energy, a passion for each other and attitude we both instantly knew was worthy of a much longer film. In the course of the 18 months we spent with them, our enthusiasm and respect for Yvonne and Gary only grew. Their hopes became ours, their dreams, we felt, ones we could help realise and eventually, when tragedy struck, Yvonne's sadness was our sadness. A pain, which she has been brave enough to share with us on camera. Bedroom Radio was shot on a small Digital camera, which allowed us to follow our subjects in a far more intimate and non-obtrusive way than we would have been able to do with a larger camera or more formal production. The small camera and two person crew made it possible for us to sneak in and out of tower blocks and schemes, respond quickly to events as they unfolded, and also to get to know Gary and Yvonne intimately. Editorially it meant the story could unfold for real without relying on third person narration or setting up 'what if scenarios'. Our aim was to let them tell their own story in their way, without voice-overs and without being judgmental about their situation. In so doing a film has been created which combines great observational documentary with real life drama. We wanted to go well beyond the limited vision of a docu-soap and into an area of conviction filmmaking, where given real-life time becomes drama. Bedroom Radio we hope is one of those rare things in factual filmmaking these days: a film which seeks through an intimate and personal story to reveal a bigger picture about life on the edge in modern Scotland. Doug Aubrey Marie Olesen October 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been sent with an unregistered version of MaxBulk Mailer MaxBulk Mailer is a new easy-to-use mail merge software for Macintosh Get MaxBulk now at : http://www.maxprog.com/shareware/MaxBulkMailer.sit ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
