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Title: REACHING FOR THE STARS

Reference number: 6914

Date: 1998

Producer: Dorothy Parker

Production company: BBC Scotland

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 27.45 mins

Description: TV documentary on the state of the putative Scottish film industry as it teetered on the cusp off taking off into a competitive international market in 1998. It examines the evidence of filmic talent Scotland has hitherto produced and presents the arguments for how such a grassroots base should be developed, or otherwise. Features many talking head interviews with various "media moguls", interior shots of the Odeon cinema multiplex, and an audience watching a screening.

[possibly, an off air recording?]

Credits: reporter Susan Donald
cam. Martin Singleton
sd. Stuart Gillan, Ian Leslie
post production facilities Jim Allison Editing
graphics Simon Smith
rostrum Malcolm Paris
p. ass. Jan Dingwall
exec. p. Val Atkinson
ass. p. Polly Philips
p. Dorothy Parker
ed. Neil McDonald

Shotlist: [shotlisted from VHS, manual timecode]

Frontline Scotland intro and v/over [0:00:38] int. foyer Odeon cinema, members of the public buying tickets and food [0:00:53] clip from 'The Full Monty', title, people in cinema watching, clip from 'Mrs Brown' [0:01:52] beachfront at Cannes, Peter Mullan on red carpet, paparazzi [0:02:12] presenter Susan Donaldson talking to camera in empty cinema auditorium [0:02:37] talking head John Archer, Chief Executive Scottish Screen, Glasgow Armadillo in b/ground. [0:02:56] talking head Chris Young, Film Producer [0:03:11] talking head Stuart Kemp, "Screen International" [0:03:23] clip from 'Trainspotting' [0:04:24] National Lottery advert [0:04:50] ext. Odeon West End cinema, Village cinema, talking head Tom Clarke M.P. Films Minister [0:05:20] clip from 'The Full Monty' [0:06:00] Fox Searchlight logo [0:06:15] talking head James Wilson, former production Exec, Fox Searchlight, now Dept Head Production Film Four. 'The Full Monty' clips in b/ground [0:06:27] cinema foyer, audience in auditorium [0:06:46] talking head James Wilson, cinema audience, c/u film running through the gate [0:08:06] clips from 'Regeneration', 'The Slab Boys', 'Stella Does Tricks', 'The Winter Guest', 'The Life of Stuff' [0:09:21] talking head Chris Young [0:09:40] talking head John Archer sitting in SCET cinema [0:10:25] film being laced in projector, talking head John Archer [0:10:53] cinema foyer, talking head John Archer [0:11:35] Scottish Screen stand at Cannes [0:11:43] clip from 'My Name Is Joe' [0:12:41] Cannes marina and beach [0:12:52] Ken Loach press conference [0:13:44] gvs shooting of short film 'Duck' starring Peter Mullan [0:14:37] John Archer at proposed film studio site at old Harland and Wolff shipyard, Govan [0:15:17] ext. Armadillo, Glasgow, talking head John Archer at Pacific Quay site [0:15:46] architects model of Pacific Quay including Science Centre and studio [0:16:29] int. cinema, footage of Scottish scenery [0:16:44] Robin Crichton inside his small studio at Nine Mile Burn in Penicuik, talking head Robin Crichton, ext. studio [0:17:52] talking head James Wilson int. cinema, production footage 'The Full Monty' [0:18:40] presenter ext. Odeon cinema at the Quay, Glasgow [0:18:51] talking head Willie Watt, Investor [0:19:38] Odeon advert, clip from 'The Full Monty' [0:20:16] talking head Tom Clarke M.P., c/u film running through projector [0:21:22] talking head John Archer [0:21:59] clip from 'Titanic' [0:22:34] talking head Stuart Kemp [0:23:06] pan Scottish scenery, Skye [0:23:23] talking head Lynne Ramsay, Screenwriter and Director [0:24:03] gvs scripts [0:24:14] talking head John McGrath, Director "Moonstone" Screenwriters Lab. [0:24:32] Lynne Ramsay at Moonstone writers workshop, talking head John McGrath [0:24:55] talking head Callie Khouri, Scriptwriter [0:25:37] clip from 'Gasman' [0:26:04] talking head Lynne Ramsay [0:26:32] montage of film crew on 'Duck' [0:26:55] Peter Mullan winning best actor award at Cannes [0:27:17] ecs [0:27:45]