I
teamed up with fellow snapper Steve Barber and outdoor
industry professional Debbie McGowan to make a film for the
Kendal Mountain Festival -Adventure Film Academy 48 hr Film
Marathon. Debbie came up with a great story and after some
panicked searching for locations and cast we made
“Bored Meeting”
Steve and I decided to sign up for the festival in the
summer but were short of a story, things were getting a bit
scary with a week to go and no definite story in place,
when I by chance bumped into Dave, Debbie’s Husband.
I mentioned the festival, he told me that Deb was wanting
to get involved and had a great story idea but had nobody
to work with. On Monday afternoon of the festival week, the
team was formed.
We shot in the Lake District National Park offices on
Wednesday evening and roped in Debbie’s husband David
and the LDNP Chief Exec. Richard Leafe to feature in the
meeting scenes. At the last minute we eventually found our
leading man, Steve Mason. He agreed to come on board on
Tuesday evening, less than 24hrs before we started
shooting, and gave a fantastic performance.
Kate Jarvis at the Forestry Commission very kindly closed
off a section of the North Face Trail in Grizedale which
was a huge help.
The entire film was shot and edited in 48 hours then shown
to a full house at the Brewery 3 hours after being
submitted. We had a great time making it and needless to
say we were over the moon to have won on our 1st attempt.