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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:

Forest Gump

| Quentin Budworth

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It’s before 9am early on saturday morning we’re at the Hull park run in East Hull the largest park run in the country. It’s just getting light. I’m in here to meet The Martindale family who have arranged to do a Forest Gump shoot with me.

Paul Martindale is in costume, he’s very tall and has a newly acquired Caveman wig and beard from Amazon. Sarah Martindale is wrangling Paul’s beard and putting the final touches to his Forest Gump character.

I shout to the group of runners warming up – ‘who wants to be in the picture’. Everyone gets in position, there are some hi vis jackets, we get them to the back of the group.

Some final adjustments to Paul’s caveman wig which has a life of it’s own and is having a diva moment, I get the final thumbs up from a relieved Sarah, shout to the runners to get ready and take this picture.

 

 

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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Feedback for Hullywood Icons

| Quentin Budworth

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I’m asking for feedback and comments for the website and evaluation work for the Hullywood Icons. Please comment on the online, projection and participation elements of the project. Comments can be long or short. If you are a Hullywood Icon and would like to say how your involvement in the project has been that would also be lovely. If you want to comment on how I worked with you as an artist that would also be appreciated. Emails to quentinbudworth@yahoo.com or comment on this blog post.

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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Trainspotting

| Quentin Budworth

The door opens to a flat in a state of great disrepair near Pearson Park, I am greeted by a smiling Sarah Jayne Curry who says I’ve been playing with coffee, her arms are stained brown with it, we go upstairs and make this picture …

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Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald in her acting debut. Based on the novel of the same name by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.

The Academy Award nominated screenplay by John Hodge follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film are exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in “culturally rich” Edinburgh.

The film has been ranked 10th by the British Film Institute (BFI) in its list of Top 100 British films of all time. In 2004 the film was voted the best Scottish film of all time in a general public poll.

With thanks to Barry Weldon for his digital edit on the final image.

 

 

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.

Dr No – James Bond

| Quentin Budworth

When Emma Palmer who runs the Hullywood Icons twitter account contacted Peter Levy with a tongue in cheek challenge to see which icon he would like to be she didn’t expect him to reply and for the shoot to take place the day after. Things move very fast in the magical world of Hullywood. Peter decided on Sean Connery from Dr No and the Hull Marina as a location. A toy gun was quickly acquired and Peter bought himself a new dinner jacket and we were ready to roll. John Box was kind enough to bring his convertable down for the shoot as Peter’s real car is a rather unassuming Ford.

At 10-30am on a glorious january morning we made these images of Peter as Sean Connery. The whole thing was filmed by Simon a broadcast journalist working on City of Culture for the BBC and then I had to dash back to my home to develop the image in time for Look Norths evening broadcast.

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Here’s the long shot:

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