Archive: Keswick Film Festival - 10 Second Film Workshop

10 Second Film Workshop

At the 15th Keswick Film Festival our friends Carl Hunter and Clare Heney from Edge Hill University joined forces with Channel 4 to host a 10 Second Film Workshop. Armed only with phones and iPads, budding film-makers shot and edited 10 second films inspired by the poetry of the Romantics in the grand setting of Greta Hall, an 18th century mansion which was home to the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Dame Janet Suzman, the noted actress whose career has included working with directors such as Peter Greenaway and Federico Fellini, dropped in at one point.

The Films

#1 Two dear names carved upon the tree ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#2 How could I but rejoice? ~ Dorothy Wordsworth from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#3 How could I but rejoice? ~ Dorothy Wordsworth from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#4 My eyes make pictures when they're shut ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#5 My eyes make pictures when they're shut ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#6 How could I but rejoice? ~ Dorothy Wordsworth from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#7 And in their colouring as gorgeous as the heavens ~ Thomas De Quincey from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#9 The west wind ruled with gentle sway ~ Dorothy Wordsworth from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#10 Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities ~ Thomas de Quincey from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#11 My eyes make pictures when they're shut ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#12 Sweet garden-orchard, eminently fair ~ William Wordsworth from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

#13 Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities ~ Thomas de Quincey from Keswick Film on Vimeo.

More Info

Channel 4 supported the workshop as part of 9·88 Films, an ultra-short filmmaking challenge which invites anyone living in a Commonwealth country to submit a film which lasts no longer than 10 seconds. The winning films will be used in pre-feature screenings across the country and the winner will receive a number of industry-standard prizes to help with their future film-making.

The workshop formed part of Edge Hill's links with both Channel 4 and Keswick Film Festival, building on the University’s growing reputation in the film industry. Edge Hill has already forged important links with the Ann Arbor Film Festival, one of America’s longest running independent film festivals, and this latest partnership further demonstrates the commitment of the Media Department to build on their strong links within the film festival industry.

To find out more about studying film and television at Edge Hill University, visit ehu.ac.uk/studyfilmtv