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- Quartet
- Red Carpet
- Lapland
- The Stairs
- U. I.
- Tresses
- Storyboards
- In Production
- About Playback
Stairwell
A boy a girl a beat...
'Stairwell' is a short film exploring the built environment and the stairwell as an unacknowledged meeting place. The soundtrack features Reuben Alfred-Lecky AKA 'The Maverick' in a fusion of beat boxing and tango. The project was choreographed by Kelly and Kieran Daley-Ward and features dancers from Ricochet Street Dance Company.'Stairwell' was commissioned by Wandsworth Arts and selected for the British Urban Film Festival 2010 and the British Shorts Film Festival at Sputnik Kino, Berlin 2011.
Quartet
An urban choral piece
Four vocalists were filmed at different times taking the same walk around the vicinity of Kings X station. The four films were then matted together in post-production creating random moments of dissonance and harmony resulting in this urban choral piece. 'Quartet' features Kings X as an arbitrary meeting place where people walk side by side without acknowledging each other. The film is about giving this transient place a moment to itself.'Quartet' was commissioned by Sound and Music, in association with no.w.here, for The Sound Source and screened at Kings Place in May 2009. Supported by Awards for All.
Red Carpet
Camera, star and fan
At the 2008 BAFTAs we queued for 5 hours to get a place in the pens surrounding the red carpet. An experience shared with hundreds of photographers and autograph hunters. We filmed the rapture of fans and rigour of camera men to document the love affair between camera, star and fan.
Lapland
A roadtrip
Video short for the Guardian online filmed during a Lapland roadtrip with journalist Matt Carroll.Click to view the film on the Guardian website.
CCTV Stories
The Stairs
Security cameras track a man as he climbs a long staircase. At the top people wait in anticipation - but what are their intentions?London is the CCTV capital of the world. They say you are photographed 300 times on your journey to work. For the most part, CCTV cameras capture unspectacular comings and goings - nothing particularly heroic or criminal. CCTV Stories scrutinises these benign moments and finds poetry and pathos forming a portrait of a city and its people.
CCTV Stories
Unidentified Individual
Security cameras track a mysterious figure through city streets but who is watching whom?London is the CCTV capital of the world. They say you are photographed 300 times on your journey to work. For the most part, CCTV cameras capture unspectacular comings and goings - nothing particularly heroic or criminal. CCTV Stories scrutinises these benign moments and finds poetry and pathos forming a portrait of a city and its people.
Tresses
Rehearsal - Journey - Performance
Three short films document a walk through Spitalfields market parading artist Meschac Gaba's amazing hairsculptures.This work was commissioned by inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts) to celebrate the opening of their new building in Rivington St, Shorditch East London.
Storyboards
Animatic
The above animatic was made for the project 'Stairwell'.Stills
Extracts from 'The Sourcerers Apprentice'.
Extracts from 'The Matador' - Out of body sequence (floating dolly/pan).
In Production
Our current projects
- Promotional videos for www.london4kidz.co.uk
- Documentation of Warhol installation at Rabih Hage Gallery.
About Playback Films
Playback Films Ltd was set up by Phil Poppy in 2009 to produce Arts related content for the internet and develop TV and feature film projects.Some of the people we work with...
InIVA (Institute of International Visual Art), Wandsworth Arts, Society for the Promotion of New Music (Sound and Music), Rich Mix, Ricochet Street Dance Company, Rabih Hage Gallery...Phil Poppy
Phil is a film maker with a Fine Arts background. He has made many short films as well as working as a freelance cameraman.Phil also works as a music producer and is the co-founder of the "Tala Quintet" which has been released through Island Records. As a musician (saxes, keyboards) Phil has toured & recorded with many bands playing anything from rock to jazz.