Film Forum West Midlands

(via Sarah Arnesen & The Light House) Local filmmaker, Nerina Villa, has been commissioned by Screen West Midlands to make a short film and is looking for participants from the general public to be stars of her production. Nerina is an experienced documentary director who has made films for Channel 4 and regional ITV and has been shortlisted for a Royal Television Society Award. Her new film is called Ladies Loos and takes a comical look at what girls get up to in toilets, revealing why they never go by themselves and why they always take so long. The production team for Ladies Loos has already filmed at Gatecrasher and the Custard Factory in Birmingham with great success using Light House’s new HD camera equipment. Nerina said,

You can go in to the ladies loos and talk to a complete stranger about anything, knowing the moment you walk out you’ll never speak to them again. We are now looking for pairs and groups of girls to be filmed on their nights out. If you always seem to have a dramatic night out and someone ends up in the loos crying, or arguing, or worrying about boys, then maybe you could be part of the film! So if you’ve got a birthday or hen do or just a big night out please get in touch and be part of our short film!

Ladies interested in taking part in the film should email Nerina Villa at: villaspeedy@aol.com

Oliver Jones of BetterFeelingFilms has put a call out for a DP and some one for sound for a feature film that he’s shooting over the summer. The film is a comedy drama that focuses on an up and coming faux rock band from Birmingham. It follows their trials and tribulations and their relationships with one another and those around them.

I would love to have someone on board who I can work closely with. It’s collaborative, not paid, but we might able to sort something out. We also need someone for sound.

We have a weekend shoot on the 11th /12th July zombie shoot (a film within the film) then the main shoot is from the 4th-22nd August. So it’s quite intense but we are only doing 6-7 hr filming days. The shoot also involves music videos and short zombie/film and TV segments (it all makes sense).  So it should be a fun shoot.

If you’re interested and would like to get stuck into a project over the summer get in touch with Oliver at:

oliver_jones_37@hotmail.com