hullywood icons

Hullywood Icons to be projected at Beverley Minster and St Mary’s Church

| Quentin Budworth

The Addams Family

| Quentin Budworth

I arrive a little early at Ye Olde Whyte Harte I am waiting for one of my favourite characters from film. Ona Kvedaravicius arrives, she is carrying roses, and looks stunning, she has to do her nails, we chat about the project, the character and her job. Her nail varnish dries, I relax this is shoot number 5 today and I’m catching up with myself.

We go to the plotting parlour,a group of drama students are working on their latest production. I explain what we are about to do and apologise for disturbing their meeting. Ona takes position the dress she has hand made for the shoot is stunning Morticia Addams is her favourite film character she represents freedom, individuality and permission to be an outsider.

I start to take photographs, my camera is going haywire the room is haunted and I am tired. I move furniture, Ona cuts the rose off from it’s stem, we laugh a lot, the students are bemused and then I get the shot.

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My favourite Morticia Addams quotes are:

‘Our credo: “Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc.” We gladly feast on those who would subdue us. Not just pretty words’.

and this one which is pure genius:

‘Don’t torture yourself, Gomez. That’s my job’.

 

Today is monday…

| Quentin Budworth

Well a busy old day lots of meetings about The Hullywood Icons the big news is about the Beverley projections a radio appearance on Beverley FM and a fortuitous meeting with Helen Watson and the vicars from Beverley Minster and St Mary’s. Tea and Christmas cake with project lamp man Tim Wall and his wife Jo and a remarkably productive trip  to Hornsea more about that later…

Two simultaneous projections one in Beverley Minster and one in St Mary’s:

Beverley 6pm-8pm Saturday 14th January inside Beverley Minster  and St Mary’s free admission.

Here is Les Drake’s footage of the Hull projections on Humber Street:

Some Like it Hot

| Quentin Budworth

It’s 4-30pm on the last day of the Made in Hull Event in Hull the launch for Hull 2017 – UK City of Culture , I’m running late something to do with a mix up over cemeteries with Jack the Pumpkin King,  and slow moving traffic this is Hullywood and life is frantic. I’m meeting Marty Hogg and her friend Jenny Lazenby who are recreating a scene from one of my favourite films ‘Some Like it Hot’ . They are women playing men playing women. I arrive on the station platform looking around franticly. Where are they? I’ve got to shoot Titanic next then Darth Maul and then Catwoman. It’s a 12 shoot day and I’m tired. I spot Marty sitting on hers case we head up to the far platform the light has gone and the battery in the flash (which I hate using is dead).

We make the photo interrupted by the station manager (god love her) who says Mr Budworth I know what your doing, I love your work I’m a big fan but you need to ask permission’ I smile explaining that I’m sorry and rushing and will ask for permission next time. She says no flash photography – I’m with her on that- she smiles and says carry on. We hug, I kiss her on the cheek and we get the shot.

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Cabaret

| Quentin Budworth

Here we have 54 year old Jo Richards as Sally Bowles played by Liza Minnelli  depicting a moment from the Mein Herr scene in Cabaret. Thank you to Pete the new manager of Ryders Club.on Coltman Street Hull for helping this to happen and to Nancy and Sharrell for their help styling Jo’s outfit.

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See Peter Levy’s Hullywood ‘James Bond’ shoot broadcast on BBC Look North 05-01-2017

| Quentin Budworth

When Emma Palmer who handles the Hullywood Icons twitter account cheekily tweeted Peter Levy with a challeng to creat his Hullywood Icon nobody could have predicted what happened next. See a Hullywood Icon in the making in this wonderful clip from BBC Look North. May thanks to Peter, Simon Annali, Martha and the BBC team in Hull for making this piece. As a direct result of this broadcast the website received 10000 hits yesterday.

Day 3 of Projections Silver Street

| Quentin Budworth

The crowds were amazing, we had a fantastic and enthusiastic response. We couldn’t access the first floor offices to draw the curtains so we had some gaps in the projection surfaces but we’re hoping we can remedy this tomorrow. We want it to be brilliant and will relocate if we can’t draw the curtains. This is after all is Hullywood and stars must shine!

Zebedee Budworth’s musical ‘Score of Scores’ had people dancing in the street not a small thing on New Years Day and opening night… Pete Massey Director, Yorkshire & The Humber at the Arts Council  mentioned the music as being fantastic.

At 4.pm on New years Day I released the Hullywood Icons film into the Twittersphere and Facebook realms with a digital release.

At 4:21 The Hull Daily Mail shared it on their website. You can read the article and see the film here . Please note the article incorrectly states that there are 40 Hullywood icons there are in fact over 120.

At 11:42 the Hullywood film release tweet was retweeted and the Hullywood Icons film was shared by Darren Henley Chief Executive of the Arts Council Arts Council leaving me feeling deeply honoured and supported. Delighted he is a Hullywood Icons fan.