British Summer Time
The great ‘British summer’ is a fleeting affair; it’s over before it even begins. But much like anything that alludes us, the magic of its temporariness persists and gives both hope, opportunity and nostalgia. For Tiny and Charlotte in British Summertime, this is the prevailing notion - that the chance they’ve been able to meet and connect is something truly special but it certainly won’t last forever.
This film was shot on a shoestring budget run & gun, on location in Margate, over the course of three jampacked intensive days. We battled with three types of weather which certainly evoked the underlying message of the story and gave us the true ‘British Summer Time’ experience. Our first day was battered by a storm and though we were filming in July, it easily could’ve been November considering the types of winds and cold hail we were dealing with, while trying to manoeuvre a large group of school kids between locations and shelter. Only on the third day did the weather start to improve, and by this point we had to grab all the shots that we could that would actually resemble that warm summertime feeling we were hoping for that - the magical and temporary British heat.
Ironically only a week later did Margate succumb to a vibrant heat wave that saw the beach become completely overcrowded. One benefit we did have from shooting in the abysmal weather was that the beach was completely empty so we were lucky to have the locations to ourselves.
The great ‘British summer’ is a fleeting affair; it’s over before it even begins. But much like anything that alludes us, the magic of its temporariness persists and gives both hope, opportunity and nostalgia. For Tiny and Charlotte in British Summertime, this is the prevailing notion - that the chance they’ve been able to meet and connect is something truly special but it certainly won’t last forever.
This film was shot on a shoestring budget run & gun, on location in Margate, over the course of three jampacked intensive days. We battled with three types of weather which certainly evoked the underlying message of the story and gave us the true ‘British Summer Time’ experience. Our first day was battered by a storm and though we were filming in July, it easily could’ve been November considering the types of winds and cold hail we were dealing with, while trying to manoeuvre a large group of school kids between locations and shelter. Only on the third day did the weather start to improve, and by this point we had to grab all the shots that we could that would actually resemble that warm summertime feeling we were hoping for that - the magical and temporary British heat.
Ironically only a week later did Margate succumb to a vibrant heat wave that saw the beach become completely overcrowded. One benefit we did have from shooting in the abysmal weather was that the beach was completely empty so we were lucky to have the locations to ourselves.
CREDITS:
Director : Vasilisa Forbes
Producer/Writer: Shobha Jone
Producer: Sam Brain
DOP: Ezequiel Romero
1st AD: Sarah Nocquet
Editor: Vasilisa Forbes
Grade: Ezequiel Romero
Sound: Geoffrey Papin
Assistant Producer: Elektra Lapavitsas
Cast:
Tiny - Indy Lawson
Charlotte - Phoebe O'Donovan
Max - Izaac Vaus
Miss Lawrence - Roisin Monaghan
Miss Johnson - Sarah Livingstone
Director : Vasilisa Forbes
Producer/Writer: Shobha Jone
Producer: Sam Brain
DOP: Ezequiel Romero
1st AD: Sarah Nocquet
Editor: Vasilisa Forbes
Grade: Ezequiel Romero
Sound: Geoffrey Papin
Assistant Producer: Elektra Lapavitsas
Cast:
Tiny - Indy Lawson
Charlotte - Phoebe O'Donovan
Max - Izaac Vaus
Miss Lawrence - Roisin Monaghan
Miss Johnson - Sarah Livingstone
