The Bodysong website won a BAFTA Interactive award last night (Online Learning) and I met Simon, the Director, this morning. Simon conceived of the film (which had a six week cinema release in Dec 2003) as a film/web project. The website presents a 3D graphical browser of every scene in the film, arranged into thematic loops. Each scene also has a page of accompanying text which can be viewed online.
Notes on Bodysong. Budget 1.1Million from Film Four. Film Four, despite supposedly greenlighting the film/web concept then decided that they didn't have to pay for film (because "you can get the money elsewhere"). As a result, the site ended up being sponsored by The Hospital (Paul Allan's creative investor).
Notes on pitch. Liked the idea that this approach does not require film-makers to change their ways of working. Film companies are quite conservative.
Posted by .M. at February 20, 2004 06:07 PM