Wild River, Cold Stone - a film of Dartmoor by Chris Chapman and Kate King (three minute extract from the sixty minute film)
In July 2007 photographer and film maker Chris Chapman and film maker Kate King set up The Dartmoor Film Project to produce an independent film about Dartmoor.
The result of this two-year collaboration is the film Wild River, Cold Stone which charts the history of the moor and its people. A beautiful mixture of music, poetry, stories of life and landscape, it captures the true spirit of Dartmoor.
Chris Chapman's stunning camera-work, often the result of hours of patient waiting in all weathers, paints an evocative picture of Dartmoor in all its glory whilst acknowledging the adversities of life on the moor.
Avoiding the convention of a narrator, the story of the land and its people is told, without sentimentality, through the voices of archaeologists, historians, a geologist and those whose families have worked the land for generations.
Music
Extracts from "Dartmoor Symphony", "Requiem -- Well of Souls",
"Dartmoor Journey" and specially composed music by Nigel Shaw. Copyright: Nigel Shaw
"Kitty Jay" and "Cape Clear" by kind permission of Seth Lakeman. Copyright: Seth Lakeman
Poetry
Extract from "Dart" by Alice Oswald by permission of United Agents
on behalf of Alice Oswald. Copyright: Alice Oswald 2002
For an order form - please visit: www.chrischapmanphotography.co.uk and click on the 'Film' section of the website.
right at the beginning of the video at 0.09 to the right of the screen the rock formation could pass for a side view of Abraham Lincoln :)
Wabbajacky 1 month ago
i love the video here, beautiful. I have just read Alice Oswald's long poem, 'Dart', and was enchanted by it. I was wondering where you got the audio of her reading from, and if you knew how it would be possible to get hold of? I presume she recorded the whole thing. Thanks anyhow.
undergodot 4 months ago
Is this the same DVD that is included with the Dartmoor Symphony CD/DVD pack available from Nigel Shaw?
littlebritton1 7 months ago
Soundtrack is by Nigel Shaw who lives, teaches and makes flutes from the local wood around Dartmoor. He composes this spellbinding music and has had no formal teaching. Genius deserves credit. B
barbaraisherwood 1 year ago 2
pure and powerful
khi590 1 year ago