Welcome back to Gloucester Independant Film Festival with your hosts Megan & Jordan!
In this second instalment of the behind the scenes interviews, the Acting Up girls sit down with the incredible creatives behind ‘Two Big Feet’, the festivals winning feature film, and ‘Don’t Give Up’, nominee for best music video!
‘Two Big Feet’ is an improv comedy about two best friends, one down on his luck and craving some cryptids - the other trying to make his friend happy before he inevitably makes him sad. They are joined by the creator of the film, Noah Stratton-Twine (who basically did everything bar act in it), and lead actors/producer/exec producer Ollie Woolf and Luke Rollason! Discussions include dripping in the gorilla suit, CLOWN SCHOOL!, the nature of improv, composition, gorilla sightings and origins, bold editing, micro budget manifestos, shooting what you need and hitting the marks (or not).
They then sit down once again with Videographer Ross Goatman to discuss his experience creating the music video for the drum and bass tune ‘Don’t Give Up’ by Dr Meaker, ft Tenisha Edwards & Celestine! The video is a direct reflection of the lyrics - written during Covid - re-contextualised for the present day. Discussions include sitting with the song and lyrics, birds eye shots, consistency and self criticism, guerrilla (not gorilla) film-making, creating narratives, virality vs artistic integrity and effective collaboration.
Enormous thanks to:
@nhoast @ollie_woolf @lukerollasonisaclown @thatsthefish
@satyrmediauk
@joshylee_ @oscarwenmanhyde @gloucesterfilmfestival @glosguildhall
Apologies for sound issues! x

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Welcome back to Gloucester Independant Film Festival with Acting Up!

For the first instalment in their series of interviews, Megan and Jordan sit down with the incredibly talented film makers behind this years entries for Best Short Documentary.

First up, Director Sam Pope and Producer Tom Crawford of Imaginary Man Productions to discuss their truly heartwarming documentary ‘The Little Cinema in Gloucester’ which premiered at the festival! The documentary takes the audience to the Sherborne Cinema - a tiny building filled with enormous passion - and introduces you to the wonderful people behind it, Mark and Sammy. Discussions include the cinema cat, capturing the essence of a place, creating the soundtrack, avoiding comedy while keeping quirks, being selective with footage and creating a story not an advertisement.

Next the girls speak with Joe Murphy, Director and Editor of ‘Milking the Dog’, a hilarious and inspiring documentary that follows Stand Up Comedian Phil as he works passionately on his craft to make it through a gong show. Discussions include how to find a subject and capture them respectfully, the emotional barrier that is the camera, subjectivity, comedy, and the power of the audience and leaving room to breath.

Massive thanks to:

You can find us as @actingupthepodcast on all socials ;)
We are @megan_alderson_ & @jordan.skids
Artwork by @those_who.try
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We are so back! Post the slightly depressing ageism episode and being professionals at Gloucester Independent Film Festival 2, Acting Up are back with a BITE… Another episode of the ‘Just Two Besties and Their Special Interest’ genre, this week Megan and Jordan are talking vampire media, and they’ve prepared their whole mortal lives for this.

Discussions include would you accept the dark gift? Eczema, skinniness and vampirism and the media that most impacted your hosts and the culture. The media discussed includes Twilight (DUH), Lost Boys, Interview With the Vampire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and more.

Jordan delves into the concept of immortality and delivers a sort-of brief history of vampires. Megan explores how vampires transitioned from scary to sexy and how cultural perception shifts when GOD FORBID women have hobbies. Then of course, it’s time for a deep dive on the cultural impact of Twilight (which much like this podcast, came from a dream) and the birth of Supernatural Romance as a genre.

Tangents include Gibby singing, Cassandra Clare and incest, Jordan is the new Renfield, Megan is cancelled and singing the entire Twilight soundtrack.

TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN!

You can find us as @actingupthepodcast on all socials ;)
We are @megan_alderson_ & @jordan.skids
Artwork by @those_who.try
Wanna be on the pod? Email actingupthepodcast@gmail.com 🃏