Blind Date

A film by Keith Lawes. On a blind date its first impressions that count, but just how far should you go. A touching tale of unrequited love and wurlitzer organs. Directed by Keith Lawes. Starring Mawgan Pengelly and Rachel Jones. Made entirely within Adobe After FX on a budget of £30 (mainly for booze) and a lot of nights in. Shown at many film festivals including Edinburgh International. All enquiries or for copy of the DVD Spinningcatprods@aol.com. Enjoy.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Funny
• Animation
• Comedy
• Romance
• Fantasy
• 3D
• Surreal
• After
• Effects
• Blind
• Date
• Keith
• Lawes
• Mawgan
• Pengelly
• Rachel
• Jones

[mawgan]

Should make it clear this took 6 months to do working in spare time only (usually evenings) after long days at work! Very much a low budget affair!

[mawgan]

This was made by Keith Lawes using Adobe After FX and a very small green screen... the live action elements were shot over a 6 month period (total time about 5 evenings!) and the animation took about 6 months total. This has been shown at various film festivals in the last year or so, including The Edinburgh International Film Festival, The Latitude music festival and The Purbeck Film Festival.

[ny1news]

Let's see: no one in the audience; a lonely, probably broke organist; a ridiculous instrument in a weird, alienating location; yep, sounds fairly true to life re. the theatre organ scene! Oh wait - the one person in the audience was under 80. That was definitely unlike real life.

[samueladams7]

Just LOVE the "Jelly roll" surround and the mechanical do-hickies...Well done!!

[Steebz]

delightfully weird

[NightShadowTN]

That was a great video, and one of my favorite pieces on the organ, Wurlitzer preferred is "Im confessin". Great Job!

[keithlawes]

Well spotted. Actual Leicester square surrounds are circular, but after effects can't do curved surfaces, so photoshopped them to make them angulare! Was also going to get them to change colour like the real thing but never got round to it!

[acchos]

i see Leicester square had a big influence on the surround!

[WillardPugh]

Nigel Ogden, the presenter of TOE and a delightful chap, has been very kind to use tracks from my Oakland (CA) Paramount Theatre CDs from time to time. I hope he likes the newest one, using music from my YouTube vids (check 'em out---whaddaya think?). As for playing the real thing, contact me privately (info on my channel) and I'll point you in the right direction! Or, when I play down in Worthing next April you may come as my guest!

[keithlawes]

Glad you liked it!!

What's your involvement with "The Organist Entertains". Its this prog that inspired the film. Heard a wonderful piece one Tuesday evening, and just got this mental picture of a single woman in a deserted theatre being played to by a bloke on a Wurlitzer.

Main pieces are from "A tribute to Jesse Crawford" by George Writght. A gorgeous CD. Played the two secondary pieces myself and would love to have a go on a real theatre organ. How do you go about that?

[WillardPugh]

This is an amazing piece of work---bravo! However, I do take some exception to the ending. Speaking as one whose work has been featured often on "The Organist Entertains" (the radio programme, not Kieth Lawes' handsome CG marquee), I must say that a well-chosen selection of songs---played personally to impress the object of amorous intentions---has never failed to win the girl.

There's magic in them thar keys...

[RonRizzy]

BRILLIANT! The CGI animation and the story line are great, and the GW music in the background fits everything. Very much like a good silent film. Props to you!