In 2018, Evenlode Films and Productions produced an incredible and groundbreaking projection-mapping arts show for Armistice. Projected onto a building 10 x IMAX. This year we were shortlisted to the Finals of the #AVAwards 2019. Not your usual remembrance event for sure!
It was not only an awesome projection event, but we filmed and produced the 'Tommy Rap' for the BBC which reached 500k audience last year. Take a look
Or - with a little more time - check out the live event for Remembrance below - This starts with an explosion and ends... well, I guarantee (almost) that it will bring a tear to your eye when you hear the beautiful music by Tim Mountain played as the long list of names appear following the faces of those veterans in the windows. This was incredibly moving to produce and we were proud
Watch the animation version of the Tommy Rap below:
Tommy: Lyrics and spoken word by JPDL
fragile crimson petals, rise from disturbed earth
symbol of a forefathers actions that have earned
a place on your clothing, but also in the memory
of generations living life in traces of their legacy
we learned it in history lessons not necessarily
grasping the gravity of what they must of seen
to think the troops included around 20,000 teens
to think they left so soon engulfed in tinnitus and screams
survivors were subjected to the shell shocked day dreams
bomb blasts peppered them in scars psychologically
thunder of the war machines, unparalleled brutality
forty million casualties, civilian and military
splintered memories adrift in broken testimonies
minds shutting down and blocking out what was perceived
debilitating wounds of war, physically and mentally
from the trench they rose to Armageddon for their country
a fear of feeling fear its self, they couldn't be afraid
facing court marshals and stigma of the shame
some of them were fourteen.. told to be brave
stiff upper lip tommy, common play the game
when tommy went over the top he never was the same
tears are shed for tommy cuz he found a early grave
and we're here to commemorate the sacrifice he made
your name carved in stone tommy, that will never change
so the armistice was signed upon a hundred years today
but many conflicts followed on, tearing thru the ages
all over the planet this cycle of devastation
damages the human beings caught within its nature
devices made for killing have evolved and gained more power
but objectives on the battle field remain the same for soldiers
for those who are here for loved ones this eleventh of November
this poppy on the chest embodies that they are remembered
FILM AND PRODUCTION CREDITS
This Arts Installation was Produced and Directed by Evenlode Films and Productions. Credits to the many people involved in bringing this magic to our town include:
Director and Executive Producer
Timothy Mountain
Producer
Catherine mountain
Cast
Major: Mark Lester
Tommies: Matthew Nolan, Harry Charnley, Daniel Mountain
Nurse and Miss Hilda Maisey: Sophia Luciano
Tommy and French Soldier: Mark Page
Soldiers in Windows from Royal British Legion and Artillery Through the ages: Dave partridge, Chris Auker-Howlett, Chris Trenfield, Ray Parfitt, Rob Howells, Lynne Page,
Ghost Horse: Cord en Bleu, Cotswold Trail Riding
Animators/Illustrators
Senior Animator: Tim Mountain
Second Animator: Max Ashby
Senior Illustrator: Jasper Pearson
Student Animators from the University of Gloucestershire: Hollie Freeman, Chloe Lower, Aimee Scrivener, Shan Chupraditman, Natthan Wilson, Jonah Coates
Spoken Word Lyricist and Artist: JPDL - “Tommy”
Composers: Gustav Holst and Tim Mountain
Mars the Bringer of War - Gustav Holst
My Men - Tim Mountain
The Language of War - Tim Mountain
Willing Hands - Tim Mountain
The Last Toll - Tim Mountain
Tommy - Tim Mountain
Ascension - Tim Mountain
Musician/Artists
Spoken Word Artist: JPDL
Cellist: Rebecca Rose
Violin and Viola: Shulah Oliver
Choir: The Choir of the Cheltenham Ladies’ College
Conductor: Oliver Neal Parker
Script Writer
Catherine mountain
Poetry
George Cooper - “My Men”
Catherine mountain - “Ghost Horse”
Production Assistant / Art Direction
Jasper Pearson
Researchers
Catherine mountain
Jasper Pearson
George Cooper
Camera
Timothy Mountain
Camera Assistant
Gabriel Mountain
Film Editor and Sound Effects
Timothy Mountain
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