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Title: TWO DAYS IN SPRING

Reference number: 7841

Date: 1997

Director: d. Sarah Tripp

Sponsor: Scottish Screen, Scottish Television's First Reels Scheme, Glasgow City Council

Sound: sound

Original format: super 8mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 7.51 mins

Description: A couple singlehandedly try to save humankind in this stylish quasi-philosophical, sci-fi short. They closely guard a mysterious metal case while being pursued by authoritarian figures. This film experiments with voice over, quotation and metaphor and hails from an interest in performance and visual art. - Sarah Tripp, Director

Opening commentary for the film: "First of all, we think the world must be changed. We know that this change is possible through appropriate actions. The spectre of annihilation of humankind and of all life on planet Earth haunts us all. I am convinced that ours is indeed a time of crisis. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is, at last, compelled to face with sober senses, his real conditions of life in his relation with his kind."

First Reels - a joint short film initiative from Scottish Screen (and its predecessor body the Scottish Film Council) and Scottish Television. First Reels was launched during 1991 by Scottish Film Council in response to a perceived need for small grants to help young and first time film-makers to make or complete their first film or video project. Scottish Television came in as co-sponsor at an early stage and as well as contributing to half the funds they have given the scheme a tremendous public relations boost by running three half hour documentaries showing excerpts from the First Reels. Applicants were invited to submit projects in any format and on any subject they chose. All entries were considered by a jury and thirty five projects were given grants varying from £50 to £2000. On show at the GFT are a representative selection of the best of the films and videos supported by the scheme. [Editorial from Scottish Film Council held in paper archives]

Credits: Cast
Liz Reynolds, Adam Sinclair, Daniel Jackson, Ciaran McMenamen, Colin McCardle

voiceover Colleen Murakami
sd. rec. James Callaghan, Holger Mohaupt
sd. dubbing Angus McAllister
offline ed. Gary Scott, Tim Cullen
online ed. Will Bradley
props Tim Cullen
m. Evol Urbain
p. man. Richard Weeks
camera Jim Rusk

Thanks to Dan MacRae, Douglas Gordon, Hugh Hodgart, Nicola Joy Benedetti and Mrs Benedetti, Leslie Paterson, Cathy Wilkes, Doreen McCardle, Andy Drummond, Toby Webster, April Crichton, Judith Weik, John Clark, Peter McCaughey, Paul Cameron, Strathclyde Police (G&A Divisions), Railtrack, Safeway PLC, Taylor Woodrow, Glasgow City Housing, Glasgow Airport

Supported by GFVW [Glasgow Film and Video Workshop], Castlemilk Video Workshop, Clan Skates, CCA, Transmission Gallery, Blanx Film Stock Centre, Blackwatch Productions

Produced with the financial assistance of Scottish Screen, Scottish Television's First Reels Scheme and Glasgow City Council

© 1997 Sarah Tripp