What’s more, you too can be involved! We’ll be aiming to shoot the video between 7th-9th June in Derby and we’re looking for actors and extras to appear in the video. If you’re available and would be interested appearing in a video that will be played around the world, we’d love to hear from you! Simply e-mail chrisbevan89@gmail.com with your name and we’ll add you to the mailing list! The date will most likely be 9th June but if you are free on the 8th too there are opportunities for larger roles. The scene will be a large party and we need as many people as possible to get involved, so don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re also looking for help with the art department including props, food, tables and costumes so let us know if you can help with that!

Footage recovered from incident location #30976202

Location: Elmeswood, UK

CONDITION: DETAIL MISSED

Team: Jerry Dog Productions
Title: A Detail Missed
Line: “He’s hyperactive, rude, arrogant and a real pain in the ass”
Prop: “Labelling: We see a character writing ‘Revision 0.9″” on a white CD/DVD disk”

• Directed by Christopher Bevan
• Produced by Christopher Bevan, Karl Poyzer & Joseph Maudsley
• Starring Joseph Maudsley, Lucy Varney, Karl Poyzer
• DoP & Camera Operator – Karl Poyzer
• Sound Mixer – Phil Arnold
• 1st AD: Mark Player & Jason White
• 1st AC: Olga Mesmer
• Sound Design: Karl Poyzer

Thanks to Owen Tooth, Rosie Shilling, Grant Murphy, Gemma O’brien, Joey Boyd, Martin Harvey

A YSP Media, Anglo Klaxon Pictures & Jerry Dog Productions film.

Every one of our backers will now get an exclusive postcard from the crew but we’re aiming to keep going until the very end! If we can reach $2500 or even $3000 this would be an incredible feat and and allow for even more funds to be put into supporting our cast and crew. You can be sure that any contributions will make a big difference to the film and everyone involved.

And now the rewards! If we hit $2500 we’ll enter every backer into a draw with the prize being dinner with the director and writer of the film in Derby (travel expenses not included). And if we hit $3000 we’ll be holding another prize draw with the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to the premiere of Caught in the Headlights in Derby at the QUAD! So keep sharing the campaign and you could be in with a chance to win these exciting prizes!

So please if you’re still undecided, visit www.indiegogo.com/cithfilm and take a look at the video and have a read about what we’re up to. We’d also really appreciate anyone who is able to share and spread the word of our campaign. We’ve got a few days left to hit our final goal, let’s go for it!

Cast

• Keith – Neal Higham
• Chris – Joe Maudsley
• Clarissa – Lucy Varney
• Damo – Martin Harvey
• Mikey – Adam Poyzer
• Julie – Sharon Holland

• Director – Christopher Bevan
• Writer – Adam Lock
• Producers – Christopher Bevan & Adam Lock
• Executive Producer – William Kubiak
• Associate Producers – Lynn Adams, Jane Lock, Xiomara Araujo, Carlos De Abreu, Kimberley Fyles, Steve McGill & Derek Nicholson
• Director of Photography – Karl Poyzer
• Editor – Silvia De Abreu
• Production Designer – Felix Harber
• Sound Designer – Benjamin Hodge
• Lighting Director – Grant Murphy
• 1st Assistant Director – Jason White

In the role of Clarissa, we’d like to welcome Lucy Varney to the cast. A young actor with huge ability and talent, Lucy has starred in a wide array of short films and theatre performances. Most recently she joined the cast of the Tom Wadlow directed feature film Wasteland from Derby based Light Filmsafter starring in a lead role in their previous short film Shelf Stackers. The brains of the gang, Lucy’s character Clarissa may be street wise and quite savvy but she too goes along with thieving and abuse. She’s also the common sense of the gang, the realism & the sanity. Clarissa is kind of contradiction in that sense but a key member of the gang who sees the problems of her friends but is too young and immature to do anything until it might be too late.

Joining Lucy as the final member of the gang is Martin Harvey who’ll play Damo. A filmmaker, artist, musician and actor, Martin is versatile performer with past experience in several short films including Stupid Cupid and his self-directed short film Ninja Society. His character Damo brings a kind of comic relief to the gang but he’s also the innocence and the naivety. He looks up to gang leader Chris and follows his actions & way of life but he doesn’t really care for it. His childish actions prove his immaturity but this also the reason behind what he does; he’s a misguided teen who finds a role model in the worse person possible. As an actor Martin has shown that he can tackle both serious drama and comedy with the combination of these two making him the ideal actor to play Damo.

Finally we’re happy to announce that Adam Poyzer will take on the role of Mikey. The brother of the film’s director of photography Karl, Adam previously appeared in the 2010 short film Falling and will play a key role in shaping the events Keith runs into during Caught in the Headlights. Mikey’s actions finally kick Keith’s life into gear and force him to make change and we’re excited to welcome Adam to the cast!

With Neal Higham (Keith), Joseph Maudsley (Chris), Lucy, Martin & Adam now in place as part of the Caught in the Headlights cast, we now have just 3 supporting roles left to announce for the film with 1 confirmed and the remaining 2 in negotiations with YSP Media. Stay tuned for these announcements in the coming week as we race towards the shoot in early March! Be sure to follow the film on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cithfilm.

I’d also like to welcome onboard the production our new executive producer William Kubiak. We received an amazing contribution that really gave Caught in the Headlights a boost and I’m delighted to have Bill onboard. We were fortunate enough to meet at the Guerilla Filmmakers Masterclass in July 2011 during the 3 day course and networking events and it was fantastic to have the chance to gain his insight and thoughts. We’re so incredibly grateful for his support to our film.

Thanks to their contributions I’m please to announce that Lynn Adams, Jane Lock, Xiomara Araujo, Carlos De Abreu, Kimberley Fyles, Derek Nicholson & Steve McGill of Nottingham based music production company BND Music have joined the team as associate producers on Caught in the Headlights. Thank you to them for their support too, great to have you on the team!

We’re also delighted to welcome Derby based storyboard artist James Pyle to the team. He’s a fantastic addition to the crew and I’m looking forward to working with him on CITH.

Over the next day or so we’ll be announcing the next steps of the film but before we’ll be unveiling the final members of the main cast of Caught in the Headlights. We’ve been holding auditions for a few weeks and have had some difficult choices to make but I’m confident the cast we’ve chose will help us take this film to the next level.

Once again thank you everyone, it’s been a incredible ride so far and we’ve only just begun! To keep updated visit www.facebook.com/cithfilm for all the latest news on the progress of the film.

In the role of the taxi driver Keith we’re pleased to welcome Neal Higham to the cast. A talented actor with a wide range of experience, Staffordshire based Neal has worked in feature films including ‘Tortoise in Love’ and ‘L is for Lala’ as well as many short films over the last few years. When looking to cast the character of Keith we knew that the role would be challenging and crucial to the film’s success and in Neal we’ve found an actor who has the gravitas to carry this. Keith is a taxi driver dealing with a midlife crisis, he’s insecure, all alone and feels worthless, through the events of one night he decides to take a hold of his life once more, get back his masculinity, power, confidence and put his life back on the right track.

It was hugely important to us to cast an actor in the role of the main antagonist Chris that had the presence to give Keith the challenge that’s been heading his way his whole life. With this in mind we’re thrilled that Joseph Maudsley has joined Caught in the Headlights as Chris, the so called leader of a gang and the personification of all that’s bad in Keith’s life. Joseph has an electrifying presence on screen and has proved utterly absorbing in his past roles with credits on short films ‘Hiding Father Graham’ and ‘Jack’ as well as appearing in the upcoming feature film ‘UFO’.

With these two casting announcements, Caught in the Headlights is well on the way and we’ll be looking to announce additional cast members in the coming week so stay tuned for those! To contribute to and support Caught in the Headlights, please visit www.indiegogo.com/cithfilm.

The taxi company featured in the film is called Atlas Cabs.

We’re looking for something simplistic, creative and easy to read. These are the main criteria we’ll be judging the entries on and we can’t wait to see what you come up with. Take inspiration from taxis on the street at the moment and see if you can put a unique spin on them.

The short film is to be shot in Derby in March with a local crew and a quality cast from the region and beyond. The competition is open to everyone from seasoned graphic designers to first time artists and all entries will be posted up on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/cithfilm. The deadline for entries is 5pm on Friday 24th February so get your entries in as soon as possible! Please submit to cj_bevan89@hotmail.co.uk with just your name and where you’re from.

To find out more about the film, please visit our fundraising page at www.indiegogo.com/cithfilm or head over to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cithfilm.

Caught in the Headlights is the story of Keith, a taxi driver having a midlife crisis. Nothing is going right, he takes the night shifts to forget his worries and buries his issues. One particularly catastrophic night he decides to make a change and face his problems head on in the hopes of winning back a hold on his life. Directed by Christopher Bevan and written by Adam Lock.

As a result of this, we’ve now released the official poster for Caught in the Headlights as created by illustrator Arty Karpinsky and you can find more of his work at http://www.karpinskyart.com/.

Please keep sharing the campaign as we need your help and support to make this happen. The Indiegogo campaign has been an incredible journey so let’s keep it moving on up! Contributions start at just 60p or $1 and we really need your help to make this film happen. Please visit www.indiegogo.com/cithfilm to contribute or share our campaign. Thank you!

]]> http://yspmedia.co.uk/2012/02/cith-poster/feed/ 0 http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/food-waste-2/ http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/food-waste-2/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:49:51 +0000 YSP Media http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=2651 2 of 2 short videos created by Seed Creativity working with RSS, Derby city Council, Derbyshire County Council to inform the importance of reducing our food waste. This video was made be Seed Creativity with Christopher Bevan of YSP Media working as a freelance filmmaker for the purposes of the ‘Don’t Buy It To Bin It’ campaign.

The average family in the UK throws away a fifth of all the food that they buy either cooked and uneaten or uncooked. The amount of food waste thrown away per household is approximately £50 of food per month. If we stopped producing food waste in the UK this would have the same impact on Carbon Dioxide (a greenhouse gas) levels as removing 1 in 5 cars off the road. For more facts and information about Food Waste visit: www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

• Director – Dan Lamoon
• Camera Operator – Christopher Bevan
• Editor – Christopher Bevan
• Music – Mitchell Wade-Cole
• Animation – Matas Zaloga

A Seed Creativity Film