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Title: FOLLOW THE MOONSTONE

Reference number: 4720

Date: 1996

Director: d. Mike Alexander

Sponsor: BBC Scotland and the Scottish Arts Council in association with The Scottish Film Production Fund and NVC Arts

Producer: Mike Alexander, Douglas Eadie

Production company: Pelicula

Sound: sound

Original format: 35mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 30.00 mins

Description: A performance based, interpretative film of a modernist suite by Norway's Henning Sommero, specially composed for Shetland fiddle virtuoso Aly Bain and rooted in traditional Scandinavian and Scottish melodies. Features the ensemble performing intercut with land and seascapes from these areas. [synopsis from Scottish Screen Catalogue of Short Films 1993 - 1999 "Kicking Up A Storm"]

Credits: exec. p. John Archer, Eddie Dick
associate p. Aly Bain
d. of ph. Mark Littlewood
music recording Philip Hobbs
film. ed. Fiona MacDonald
production manager Eric Coulter
ph. Martin Singleton, Alan Stewart, Grant Cameron, Oliver Cheeseman
continuity Lucy Enfield
make-up Kate Elliot-Muir
production co-ordinator Miglet Crichton
production accountant Hilda Booth
focus pullers Alick Fraser, Alan McSheehy, Lewis Buchan
grips Terry Pate
gaffer Mark Ritchie
production stills Ken Mellin
dubbing mixers Broneck Korda, Henry Dobson
sd. assistant Simon Chirgwin
assistant. ed. Alex Broad
electricians Stuart Farmer, Dennis Borland
clapper/loader Ken Simpson
unit runner Andrew Torrance
title design Paperdraft
laboratories Soho Images
neg. cutters Tru-Cut
edited on Heavyworks at Digital Facilities Ltd.
Follow the Moonstone is available on CD and cassette from Whirlie Records
A Pelicula Film for BBC Scotland and the Scottish Arts Council Lottery Fund in association with The Scottish Film Production Fund and NVC Arts

Shotlist: REEL 1 - 2
credits (0.40) Scandinavian Folk Suite Till Far ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing, intercut with mountainous landscape and lochs/fjords? (3.51) Julverset gvs Kyleakin Bridge to Skye, shots of colourful houses on stilts bordering lake (Norway or Shetland?) (7.07) Vib ad Lib ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing (11.08) Salme gvs snowy island scenery with boats moving in and out of harbour (Norway?) (14.30) Eklunapolska III ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing (16.25)

REEL 3
Scottish Suite Captain Campbell ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing, intercut with waves crashing on shore, coastlines and birds, harbours with fishing boats (2.34) John Roy Lyall ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing, intercut with l/s open landscapes and fields with tractors and general farming activity (5.35) gvs livestock auction with slow motion c/u peoples faces (7.52) The Hurricane ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing, intercut with gvs coastline and boat on water (9.40) Herr Roloff's Farewell ints Aly Bain and BT Ensemble performing, intercut with gvs harbour (Kirkwall?) and slow motion c/u fishermen (12.45) ecs (13.40)