Plastic Arcadians.wmv

Plastic Arcadians {2010} is 45 minute jazz film, written, filmed and produced by sax player Christie Shaw {www.shawsax.co.uk}. A blues sax player feels trapped living in a small town in Wales, UK and decides to visit a magician to have a spell cast, which will change his destiny. The spell goes wrong and the sax player becomes trapped living in a model railway.

Also starring Paul Larcher, Jasper Hare, Brian Iredale, Andy Broad and Dave Bulbeck. This quirky tale, full of humour and is about ambition, childhood and life. It's a must see for saxophone fans, jazz fans and model railways and steam enthusiast.

It is suitable for all ages.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• steam
• train
• jazz
• saxophone
• sax
• shawsax
• blues
• hornby
• model
• railway
• llanharan
• porthcawl
• southsea
• jazzy
• avant
• garde

[waronchords]

The train sound effects are real life recordings of the exact train. For example, the hall class is a recording by STEAM SOUNDS.com of a hall class traveling through Wales in the eighties.

The background birds are a recording {by me} made in Lake Garda and the thunderstorm was recorded on top of a hill in Tuscanny, Italy. The school ambience was recorded outside a school in Val D'Isere in theFrench Alps.

[waronchords]

Just some facts:

It took me three months to build the train set.

I spend five days with little sleep filming the train set

At the start in Llanharan, my Grandads house was number 45 on Bridgend Road, he was a professional pianist, who played for Sherley Bassey, Tom Jones, Brotherhood of Man and many more famous artists

My uncle Billy bought me most of the train set from 1978 to the early eighties.

I really miss my mother, grandad, grandmother, Uncle Billy Auntie May and this film is my thanks

[MobiusRoom]

this is a rare gem.....unique and unusual.....great musicianship too.......enjoyed this immensely.....thankyou for this post......time well spent!......

[campinginthelakedist]

Great fun and some corking blues saxophone playing. Love the train soundtrack with the model railway.

[dosborne441]

I love this film! It's quirky and original. But I don't think it will get the same number of views as Rebecca Black

[dosborne441]

Includes the best chip eating on British film.