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Title: FIRST REELS INTERVIEW: Chris Byrne, Sensoria

Reference number: 8099

Date: 1993

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Description: Raw interview footage with director Chris Byrne, concerning the short films produced as part of SENSORIA, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme.

Scottish Screen Archive does not currently hold the complete film (correct at February 2010)

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: [interviewee Chris Byrne]

Shotlist: Raw interview footage with director Chris Byrne, concerning the short films produced as part of SENSORIA, made under the Scottish Film Council and Scottish Television's First Reels scheme.

Tape 1
Discusses: SENSORIA is five short experimental films, two by Scottish based directors, and three by Italian directors, each short representing one of the five senses. They had three months to shoot and edit and this was first experience of a European co-production and also being a director for one of the films. Proof that a European co-production does not need to cost millions. [continued on Tape 2]

Tape 2
[continuation of above]