Posts Tagged ‘ Big Screen ’

Beeb tube

We mentioned that Big Screen Birmingham were to set up a YouTube Group for easy submitting. Well they have: From November 2007, Big Screen Birmingham will be situated in Victoria Square. Over the last three years it’s home has been next door in Chamberlain Square, and it has played host to over 800 short films. This is your opportunity to get your film seen in the centre of Birmingham. Your film can be about anything….drama, documentary, animation, experimental, anything….as long as it is suitable for a public space (i.e. no sex, no full frontal nudity, no swearing, no brutal violence). Upload your film here and the curator for the screen will be in contact if we have a slot for your film. nb. all copyright stays with the filmmaker, we just need your permission to screen the film. The filmmaker must also have full permission for any copyrighted material i.e music, used within the film. If you wanted your film on screen, but didn’t want to put it on YouTube I’m sure you can still contact the team directly.

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Big Screen to return

The ‘big telly’ in Chamberlain square is to be taken down sometime this month, and planning discussions have been going on as to whether it would return. We now hear that it will, in Victoria square in “mid November”. In other news they plan to make it easier for Brummies to get their films on the new screen – by setting up a YouTube group so people can upload films or clips and then they’ll contact you if it’s a go-er to sort out the copyright and all that. More news and linky when it’s confirmed, but it’s a great way to widen the talent base from the more conventional avenues of getting stuff shown.

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Pledge to Talk Like A Brummie and win

Pledge to Talk Like A Brummie and win

This Friday people around the country with be spending the day talking like a Brummie, calling each other “bab” and advising people to go “careful past your granny’s”. The campaign has built up with hundreds of pledges on myspace and facebook and there are people planning to spend the day talking like a Brummie from as far away as Australia, Canada and even Liverpool. One special event that is being held is a celebration of the Brummie accent in Chamberlain Square, from 12pm to 6pm on Friday people will be able to hear a panel of local experts, record their own favourite Brummie phrases and sayings for the BBC Big Screen and will have the chance to win special Birmingham prizes – get down if you can even if it’s “looking a bit dark over Bill’s mother’s”. The lovely lads at Bostin.org.uk – home of the T-Shirts that Adrian Chiles loves – have agreed to send a T-Shirt to one lucky TLABDay-er. All you have to do is sign up and pledge to Talk Like A Brummie on Friday on the site. You can even sign up for their newsletter for the chance to win even more Bostin stuff.

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Battle of the sands

Battle of the sands

Beach two : Originally uploaded by bounder. Despite the official opening, and the chance to see Mike Whitby in Bemuda shorts, being postponded due to inclement weather – Brum’s second beach opened today. In Chamberlain Sq, it does have water in the shape of the Joseph Chamberlain memorial and is slightly larger than the Bull Ring’s beach. Two scantily clad ‘Rio Carnival’-style dancers with headdresses were enjoying the sand, along with a class of schoolkids and a metal crocodile, while the big screen played soothing seaside scenes and (really) seagulls circled over the council house. (Is it just me, or do the rest of you whistle Vanessa Paradis’ no 6 smash -not the Taxi one- whenever you’re confronted with a bmi baby logo?)

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it’s not over till the fat ladies sing

The Big Screen is doing high culture this summer (a counterpoint to the beach ?) with three live showings of opera and ballet. The entertainment isn’t only on-screen as BBC WM’s Jenny Jones is compering live music at each. The first one up is this Thursday (31st) – Swan Lake by the Royal Ballet, which is preceded by: 6.30 Harmon8, students from the Conservatoire 17.15 Crossroad Collision – multicultural urban jazz 18.00 The Azaad Dhol Drummers – dhol drumming (unsurprisingly) 18.45 The Kevin Ashcroft Band – blues, ballads & rock n roll Opera follow on 13th June and 3rd July, and then it’s over.

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