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action! Lights,
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Tim Leandro - shooting the dance sequence on the ‘Soup to Nuts’ documentary at the Goods Shed
Bob Hoskins and director Jan Dunn shooting Ruby Blue on the Broadstairs coastline
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anterbury has a heritage of fi lm and has been a training ground for
fi lmmakers since the 1940s. Michael Powell, half of the infl uential fi lm-making duo Powell and Pressburger, shot his much loved classic A Canterbury Tale in and around the city in 1944. Each of Canterbury’s three universities offer fi lm courses and it’s been like this for a long time – Canterbury Christ Church University’s media department celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2010.
You are likely to see a mob of eager students crowded around a camera and tripod when you’re out and about, or trying to poke a microphone in your face for an interview – usually when you’re late for something. I say this with affection as I was once one of these students. To delve a bit deeper, I spoke to some fi lm makers active in and around Canterbury. Glen Laker, who is Whitstable-based, has been making fi lms since graduating from the London International Film School in 1994. Laker
was winner of the BBC Scriptwriting Award in 2000 and has worked on short fi lms and feature fi lms. His recent short fi lm, The Painting, was shot in Reculver. I asked him about his style of fi lm making and how he gets his ideas. He says: “Ideas usually come when I’m not thinking about them. I’ll be working on a script at home, but am often on a train or pushing a trolley around the supermarket when the major plot developments hit me, so I always carry my phone to make notes. The two fi lms I wish I’d made are Seven and The Station Agent. They are dark and slightly quirky – and that probably sums up my fi lm making style.” Laker’s advice to anyone wanting to start out in making fi lms is to read and study the
actual scripts. This, he says, has been much more valuable than reading endless books on scriptwriting. He has honed his skills by learning fi rst hand how his favourite writers develop storylines. With the majority of UK studios and fi lm companies based in and around London, fi lm makers might choose city life as a preferable option over East Kent. I asked Mick Etherton, fi lm director and co-founder of local comedy and horror fi lm competitions 2 Days Later and 2 Days Laughter about why he likes shooting in the area. He says: “East Kent is a
great place to fi lm as there are so many varied locations all within easy reach. Castles and countryside, airports and beaches, woods and pretty
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