TAKOE organises a cinematographic school–GroupURA

         Hurray! In January  2010 with «The Theatre on Tea  Plant» the creative group TAKOE organises an experimental cinematographic company and a digital cinematheatre. The main perspective of the group is creation of an actual cinematographic company with its own actor database, administrative and production groups as well as  set of equipment for digital cinema production*. 

We are planning to shoot a number of non-commercial short films and take part in all the main cinema festivals* during the year. At  the same time an educative internet site  www.yra.od.ua  will come to life, where we'll publish all cinema educative references, lectures, lists of festivals and competitions,as well as news of cinematographic processes. It will enable all talanted peolpe ( directors, directors of photography, actor etc.) to get new knowledge and participate in the shooting  process in practice.

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ODESSA 2010 OR WHAT IS THIS FILM FOR

 

          The snow will melt off the city streets and it’ll get warmer day after day.

Winter will  be gone, the elections will also be through, and the people will finally get free from the lack of choice and will start to make new plans. All the coming year will depend on the way they feel while making these plans. How should we make the atmosphere, in which the greater majority of people start dreaming again and not just caring about their own asses?

How should we help Odessa get  its former ways and atmosphere?

I don’t know…but I do understand the way  to create a new one, more human and delirious. The city inhabitants should know that the outer disorder is the accurate porttrait of  their inner world. One should show a decent paragon and help them reach self identity with these streets. To start loving themselves and their personal space, take care of it and teach it to their  children!

TV raised envy in people. Envy made them forget about consious and aroused common hatred…people are unable to believe in their own power and became unable to dream! Thousands of talanted young people left this country, betrayed and lost their home but failed to find the promised miracle. How did it happen? It had been shown from the screens for decades, in thousands of Holliwood films!

 

          That’s why we need a film! A Film to beome the first little brick in the foundation of a new selfidenttfication of our city inhabitants. A film which is worth participation in world cinema festivals, the one which is depicting proudly and vividly all the local identity and specific features. The one to be able to announce the renaissance of Odessa cinametography. We should show the city being pure and friendly  so that all the foreigners wanted visiting us, the emmmigrants wanted coming back home, and every Oddesite had a sincere desire to support this image of the city !

 

I am aware that it’s almost impossible to shoot such a film at one go. But if we don’t start, this will never happen

SYNOPSIS

 

          Among street homeless people there is one who is unlike the rest company of the beggers, he is keeping aloof. Digging in litter bins, he manages to find interesting things, which he gathers in  a wonderful collection.

He drags this collection everywhere with him in his portable house, made of the table turned upside down. The man like a snail wanders about the streets, watching passers-by and window shops. Sometimes he is inspired by something, he takes a notebook out of his pocket and tries to note down all he has just seen.

Everything might be wonderful, but the drawings don’t satisfy him and the table is getting harder and harder each day. He throws away his drafts into the litter bin and  dreams about the wheels for his house and a new camera.

She is in love with him and his works. She keeps her eye for him, gathers his masterpieces. Night comes, when they both are ready to make a step.

 

 

INTENTIONS

     

       What I want to tell the audience with this film. Everything they lack for being happy is in identification of their inner nature as well admitting of what they are. The protagonists of the film unlike the ordinary inhabitants of the city are harmoniuos and don’t care about public opinion as for themselves. They are ingenuous as children, they do not care about material things. Notwithstanding the fact their needs are minimized to physiological demands satisfaction, they are more human and harmonious than the world that surrounds them.

But they are people, too. That means they have the same diseases that our society has. They cannot quit their habits and they also need  love.

The breaking point in the film is the night when the both main characters make a decision to do something for their dream’s sake.

He makes a step and refuses from all the things collected for years, having sold to people the things, which they had thrown away. She finds out the value of the works that had been found and has a sincere desire to share them with the surrounding world, she also wants to persuade “the artist” in the degree of his talent. She spends all collected money and devotes all her time to his exhibition organizing.  

 So what? As Eugeniy Grishkovets once said – here come Happiness!

The art finds an instant feedback in the hearts of passers-by just in the street, without tedious gallery pathos for narrow group of “connoisseurs”. And, certainly, at this very moment Love comes. What is happiness without love? The two worlds join together as in and yan, creating harmony. With no guarantees for the future. Although accidents also happen…

There are also some moments in addition. All the happening events are very much connected with the city peculiarities of Odessa. Odessa historical center, the Primorskiy Boulevard, Lanzheron, Moldavanka with its multi quartered Market- local architecture, air and inhabitants are important and authentic part of the film atmosphere. That’s why all the surrounding of the story will be shot in a documental way.  

I want to formulate the actors’ images, to sew their costumes in a somewhat grotesque way but at the same time to avoid the artificial manner. To make it in such a way the actors could go out in the street in the costumes and make-up and play scenes. At the same time to shoot what is happening and manage capture a sincere and natural reaction of the passers-by. Then the aim is to include some successful moments in the film in the background.

And there is one important detail – the sound. I want such a music that  would fully complete the film. It is to be very melodic, tender and performed perfectly, but with the help of the instruments that are slightly out of tune and somewhat odd.

The one thing that makes me glad is that there will be no problems with the pictures…

 

Aleksandr Milov

director

 

A Brief Biography

1979 - was born in Odessa (USSR)

1981 - 1985 Took an art painting of family library, domestic household items and neighbors porches.

1986 – was a director, a director of photography and an artist in short films “ Roboment” (feature film “Robocop”’s parody) and “Just Marpha” (sequel to a TV serial “The rich also cry”)

1987 - 1991 copied the wraps of all famous chewing gums, forged their originals. All the works were dispersed in private collections.

1992 – Listened a course in specialty “Animation artist” on the basis of Odessa cinema studio. Began writing poems. Went in for literature and extreme sports.

1992 – 1995 took an active part in making and painting boards for skate-board, issuing of exclusive comics an school wall-paper.

1995 – entered M.B. Grekov Odessa State Art School ( the department of Art Design). In the very same year took an academic period.

1996 -1999 – Took actor classes in Odessa Theatrical Lyceums. Founded and headed a local street art painting movement. Took part in a number of city “Graffity” competitions, after which was awarded with the Ukrainian President Prize and official license for painting the city fences with impunity.

Took an art tattooing at the same time. Got a VDNH ( Moscow) certificate for the best presentation of exhibition stand for English Transport Company «Wayfield». Worked as an art-director in an advertising company “Extreme design” where took a field of working out image ads for leading alcohol brands. 

Returned to M.B. Grekov Odessa State Art School – for a while but effectively - the department of Painting, where mainly was in charge of student creative activity.

2000 – 2005 went in for sculpture, architecture and interior design. Constructed and designed various public places, some of which are still an integral part of Odessa ( internet-café “Mouse Club”, restaurant “Paparazzi”, Store “Plasicine” , beaches “San Marin” and “Aquapolis”,  Store “City”, Studio “Radio Feel”, Night clubs “Coconut”, “Malibu”, “Solnechnoe”, “Club nichka”, art- café “Exhit” etc.) Found a studio of 3D Graphics and Animation “Catapulta”. Shot a few creative animation films, did directing and screenwriting for TV projects. For some  time worked as a director of photography – was shooting the concerts of visiting celebrities.

Invented the advertising for the radio. Took polygraphist activity. Founded own design studio. Got into the current and lost myself. Feeling tired of all the fuss, went off to the mountains. Took martial arts,  learning world philosophy works and traveling. Getting tired from the mountains, still not finding myself, got back to the city.

 

2006 –2008 learnt blacksmiths’ handcraft, art glass processing, coloured pane art, forming, fabrics modeling and theatrical make up. Transformed from the quantity into quality- took constructing of private houses. Simultaneously got a reputation of quite a good worker of identity and image advertising (portfolio of logos counts at about 300 different organizations).

Had a few big advertising companies, worked out my own style and the way of transmitting information. Founded a creative group “TAKOE”, within its framework made some video and animation advertising videos (for companies “T& D” and “Toyota”). Refreshed creative searching, so got back to painting and sculpture. Participated in Ukrainian- Japanese festival of modern art (Odessa) and exhibition in Museum of Modern Art (Kyiv).

2009 – made an animation “Pripevochka”, which took part in the show within the framework of Cannes Festival (France). Organized and designed the First Congress IPU (Ukraine). Made decorations for a few Alan Badoev’s musical videos.  Under the charge of “TIS” Company made a monumental statue of “ Iron Man” (highway Odessa- the Crimea, near the city Yuzhnyi). At present moment I am in shooting of a new short film and preparation of a personal exhibition.

 

Filmography:               

        1986            «Roboment» 4 min. (VHS)

                            «Just Marpha» 3 min. (VHS)

        1999           “The Boy Who Is Peeing” 2 min. (Plasticine animation)

        2002            «The Rope» 5 min. (DV)

        2003            “The Robot-Cunductor” 1 min. ( 3D animation )

        2007            «Flight to the Moon» 1 мин. (Plasticine animation )       

                            «The Camomile» 1 мин. (Draw animation)

        2008            «Т&D» 2 min. (Combined animation) 

        2009            «Pripevochka» 5 min. (Combined animation)

 

*DIGITAL CINEMA  and DSLR 

        In the end of  2008 on a world market new digital cameras appeared. These cameras are able to shoot a  Full HD video with a full variety of lens. As in the big cinema they use the same standard and the range of lens is less diverse, DSLR  was taken into account by all the proffessionals. Moreover, it decreased the expenses and the time consuming processes. During 2009 hundreds of musical videos, numerous  serials and short cinemas, as well as big cinemas were shot with these cameras.

          Lots of cinematographic equipment production companies started to produce equipment with DSLR cameras at reaonable price. It's this equipment we decided to use in our cinema production.