PPR Films

In April we became a little megalomaniacal and decided we weren’t just going to bring short stories to the 100 people that could squeeze into the living room at 475 King St, we were going to take our short stories to the WHOLE WORLD. And how? By using the wiley ways of the Internet. We loved what Take Away Shows and Shoot the Player were doing so much that we thought we’d rip off their style. So we decided to get some of our favourite writers to write short 500 word stories set in Sydney, throw them out into the location the story was set in, and get them to read it in front of a camera. The whole thing was going to be hooked up with FBi’s show All the Best, too, so that we could take the stories to the radio, as well as to the web. We were all revved up to do this and then…. We got evicted! Love lives imploded! People lost jobs! Others moved interstate! Basically, the universe kind of ripped itself open and swallowed all sense of time, stability, and possible-ways-to-get-things-off-the-ground, not to mention our film project.

Anyway, long story short, here we are, a long long way away from April and still, pretty much, in the same place we were then.

But we’re back on our metaphorical bikes now, and ready to give you a possibly-not-so-steady stream of short films.

Here are two.

A New Man, by Jason Childs, was the first  film we made for the project. We spent all day filming, got harassed by transit officers, but over all had a pretty darned good time. SUPER MASSIVE THANKS go out to — TK Arnold – video artist and all round kind gentleman, Amelia Schmidt – writer, editor, website setter-upperer and all round plucky individual, Jason – writer, editor, thinker, CoD player, and all round good cooker of mushrooms, Lucy – film editor, tech person, organiser of EVERYTHING, and all round person of good visual taste and Marika – film maker, film editor, singer, and all round generous heart –  who gave up their Sunday to shlepp around with a heavy chair and get told what to do.

The next film is completely different in style. This was taken on Lucy’s SLR camera at PPR #17 on August 16 at our new digs in St Peters. It’s Luke Carman reading at a hundred miles an hour. It sizzles.

We hope you like our wee films. If you have any hot tips for us, or really want to see your favourite writer reading out and about town, please do let us know.