"A studio gives you the freedom to do everything, and to me everything is a tyranny." Harold Budd
Real Institute is locking up four teams in a magnificent mansion somewhere near Llangollen, North Wales, and not letting them out until they’ve made a film each!
And the teams’ lives will be made as difficult as possible while they’re locked up, with as many odd and restrictive devices as possible. They’ll have to play board games to win the film-making equipment they need, for example, or perhaps be forced to make their film in a shoe-cupboard.
Real Institute called for entries of teams of four ‘players’ made up of a mixture of experienced and virgin filmmakers. The Teams are now selected and include inmates from north and south Wales, New York and Switzerland.
The teams will be ‘locked’ inside a top-secret venue for four days during which they are obliged to produce a film. Though the location is secret, it is rumoured to be a luxurious eighteenth century mansion, with eighty acres of grounds and its own ghost.
Lodgings and food is provided to keep the teams alive, alongside access to film specialists including professional scriptwriters, editors, cinematographers.
The teams progress will be broadcast live on the internet and on a huge screen at the Royal Llangollen Pavillion.
Meanwhile, the general public is invited to make their own short films on the loose theme of ‘restriction’.
The films will be screened alongside those created at the secret location in a celebratory film finalé on January 13th at the Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen – an evening of short films, comedy compere, live music and food.