Weyfarers FIAE Videos

Tony Goodearl selected as the posh visitor bringing something to repair; Peter Frost forced into the role of Jay Blades on the BBC but ours was Greg Glades, father of Shay Glades. Peter was still writing part of the script when the shoot started and had no chance to learn lines, unfortunately.

Shot over two days mainly on iPhones for visuals and sound with outside temperature reaching 28° and over 30° in the shed, it became rather wilting but we completed all 33 shots, using Deepa’s workshop garage as well for two scenes.

Gordon Sutton as Sid ‘Specs’, the mostly blind watch repairer (and camera 1); John Smith as Dirk Ratchet, the camera ‘expert’ who uses his screeching lathe to make metal bits (also camera 2); Dick Grainger (camera 3) as Will Knott, useless woodworker and Deepa as the Guinness swigging wonky sewing specialist.   

Editing was first tackled by Gordon Sutton and the edit and individual shots were handed to Peter Frost when Gordon was on holiday. But the three different file types were not readable by Peter’s main computer, so he had to revert to a 13” Macbook which was not ideal and shunted clips back and forth on a portable drive between two machines. 

This part of the editing posed so many problems that it did lead Peter into Despair!

However, the team are all pleased and proud of the resulting comedy which was a lot of fun to make and gave our two newest members a practical insight into amateur video making with a tight timescale.