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County Kent's greatest ever streaker comes out of retirement for one last streak

project created by brunswickstudios, project category Film/Video
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Synopsis:

Recently retired and recently divorced, Bernard has little to look forward to. That is, until his best friend Clive suggests he rekindles his former passion: streaking.

Now ‘Kent’s greatest streaker’ is coming out of retirement for one last streak – ‘The Big One.’

Years since his last ‘run’, Bernard is out of shape and out of practise. With Clive’s help, he begins a rigorous training regime.

Meanwhile, struggling journalist Jenny is looking for her big break. After hearing a rumour Bernard is back in training, she might just have the scoop she’s been looking for.

As the big day draws closer, Jenny starts to uncover the true story behind Bernard’s odd hobby and what Bernard and Clive truly mean to each other.

A comedy of friendship, passion and, above all, baring the truth.

What have we produced so far?

Rohan Tully the director and Steve Marshall the DOP have worked together for the last year on documentaries and commercial projects. The subjects have ranged from motor racing to fashion. This is their first collaboration on a fiction based project, an area they have wanted to break into since they started working together.

How close is "Bare Facts" to getting produced?

Rohan and Steve are used to commercially based deadlines and as such have set a strict schedule for the film's completion.

The locations have already been scouted and they are currently working on the final bit of casting. The first day of principal photography will be on the 2nd of March and the shoot will last three days.

The film will be completed and ready to submit to Rushes Soho Shorts on the 5th April 2012.

This will be the first of many film festival submissions.

Why do we need your help?

We have currently managed to enlist a collaborative group of creatives. This ranges from the production team, to the actors and other companies providing us with various support.

Our own studio is supplying the cameras, which are two new RED EPIC cameras and RED prime lenses. We are also supplying the post-production facilities.

We need to raise money for extra kit (such as lighting) and location costs as well as transport, accommodation and amenities for all the kind collaborators who are taking part in this project.

You too could be a collaborator by helping us raise these funds and make this project a reality!

We have a lot more details available on the web-site. We promise to keep you updated on the film's progress on our site and through our social media pages.

Our first donation

Posted on 03/02/2012

Huge thank you to Lily Osborne who has become the first person to donate money in our fundraising campaign.

Video Blog 1: Location Scout

Posted on 03/02/2012

Hi guys, Quick update for today. Here's the first of our videos blogs, straight from Sandwich, Kent! We shot it whilst on our location scout earlier this week. Check it out here: http://youtu.be/uFkYa5xihuE

Location scout of Sandwich and Deal Pier

Posted on 03/02/2012

Hi Guys, So we went on our first location scout on Monday the 30th. This part of the pre-production process was invaluable and really helped us gather an overall feel of the surroundings our character would find himself in. We had scouted the Barge online, but really had to get onboard and see whether the visualisation in our mind matched those of the physical location. The name of the town itself “Sandwich” and the historic value it had were also possibly attractive locations. On a technical side Steve Marshall, the cinematographer of Bare Facts, wanted to see how feasible it was to shoot inside the barge. Although it is definitely a tight space to work in, he concluded it would definitely be worth a squeeze to use that as one of our prime sets and that we would just have to work around the space, or lack of. We had a good walk around the town and introduced ourselves to a few of the local residents who we found very helpful and interested in the project. After a good scout in Sandwich we headed down to Deal, which is about 7miles away and would provide the second main setting for the training of our main character “Bernard”. Deal was chosen due to it being the closest seaside town sandwich, and with the use of Google View I had a good “pre-scout”, a luxury most shoots didn’t have in the past. It lies on the English Channel eight miles north-east of Dover It is a former fishing, mining and garrison town. Deal Castle stands proud among the remnants of the garrison town, and initially was one of our possible shoot locations. Another pleasant surprise which we spotted on google view was fishing boats still operating from Deal beach. Seeing the boats and the setting was much better in person, and knowing there is still a fishing community left over from the old days was fantastic. These two communities will hopefully provide a great backdrop to our film Bare Facts. Thanks for reading and please keep following our progress. Cheers, Rohan
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Mark Ayres 20
Lesley Ayres 20
Mandy-Jane 20
LilyOsborne 10
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6 weeks 18 hours ago

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