R&D materials, 16mm camera and film tests, November 11 2023

R&D materials, 16mm camera and film tests, January 27 2024

 

Original film shoot, Simon, in Available Light, March 2020, b/w reversal, silent, 3mins

 

New material and phantom words scene, 16mm, 2024

35mm colour stills, Luke Fowler, September 2024

 

50mm lens, Mark Vernon’s studio, Oct 2024

 

 

THE DISCO

A portrait of Simon Eilbeck
A film by Alex Hetherington

16mm colour and black & white, sound, 2024

© Alexander Films MMXXIV

 

Thank you:

Simon Eilbeck, Colin O’Hara, Luke Fowler, Catherine Street, Conal McStravick, Nat Walpole, Leyre Mann Vadillo, Mark Vernon, Ben Owen, Neil Simpson, Harry Ritchie, Lyndsay Mann, Lydia Beilby, Jim Lambie, Wendy Kirkup, David Upton at LUX Scotland, all at The Poetry Club/SWG3, all at CCA, and Offline, Glasgow, all at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh and Scottish Documentary Institute. Special thank you to Creative Scotland and Annie Hazelwood at CCA, Glasgow

Thank you to Kodak, Digital Orchard, Gauge Film and James Holcombe

Funded by Open Project Creative Scotland and supported by CCA, Glasgow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE DISCO
Music by David Toop, Henri Pousseur
Sound mix and mastering Luke Fowler

Sound recording, (Studio) Mark Vernon
Sound recording, (Tarot, Queens Park) Ben Owen
Sound recording, (Nov) Luke Fowler
Sound assistant, (Tarot, QP, Sept, Oct, Nov) Harry Ritchie

Second camera, Arri (September) Luke Fowler

Voice over: Text written and performed by Catherine Street; Extract from Simon Eilbeck’s essay LET’S GO SWIMMING: One man’s reflections on being gay and bisexual read by Simon Eilbeck

Main cameras, Bolex and Scoopic Alex Hetherington

Edited by Alex Hetherington

Colour stock processed by Kodak London, scan by Digital Orchard
Black and white stock processed and scanned by Gauge Film and James Holcombe

 

Filmed on location Glasgow, 2023–2024, Edinburgh 2020 (black and white HD reversal)