Fastnet - 'cutbacks' window

'cutbacks' is David Quin's satirical internet series. Started in 2009, the series has shamelessly lampooned Irish political and public figures and hit big viewing figures during the recent Irish Presidential campaign. Several short films have emerged from the ‘cutbacks’ series. ‘Mister Heaney, a wee portrait’ won Best Animation at the 2010 Galway Film Fleadh and ‘leitronium’ won the Irish Consulate Award at the 2012 Chicago Irish Film Festival. Both trophies are displayed in this window, along with a cardboard factory set and a Seamus Heaney mask from ‘leitronium’.

 

Mister Heaney on Silver Strand, Sherkin Island, Cork

 

cutbacks - President Michael D. Higgins

 

The cutbacks series is available at... www.youtube.com/cutbacks 2010

 

The cutbacks short film 'leitronium' is available at... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KFBR_hUV1s

 

The cutbacks short film 'Rinkydink and The Salmon of Knowledge' is available at...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7m7yJJm38w

Fastnet - 'To Forget' Window

'To Forget' was David Quin's first stopmotion short film, produced in 1991 on 16mm film. The film was 15 minutes long and received an Arts Council Film and Video Award.

 

To Forget - The Fool and Rosa

 

The film told the story of a fool who wandered the world in his unhappy attempts to forget the love of his life, the beautiful Rosa. This film was heavily influenced by the 1991 Gulf War. This window also features some of David Quin’s sculptures, three figurative works and an abstract ‘Tall Tower’.

 

To Forget - A Death of The Fool

 

To Forget - War Machines

Fastnet - Dunin and Circus Window

In the late 1990's RTE decided to replace the perennial 'Bosco' series with a new pre-school series called 'The Morbegs'. David Quin produced three series of inserts for The Morbegs 'Dúnín', 'Circus' and 'Machines'.

 

This window features sets from 'Dunin', as well as stopmotion characters from 'Circus' and 'Dúnín, including the largest stopmotion character we ever built, the giant Deirdre.

Dunin - Deirdre The Giant

 

Dunin - Gruigeach

 

Dunin - Queen Minnie

 

Dunin - Luchin the magical mouse

 

 

 

 

Fastnet - 'T'was a Terrible Hard Work' Window

'T'was a Terrible Hard Work' was a short film funded by the Frameworks scheme (RTE, Film Board, Arts Council) in 2009 and produced by Steve Woods. 'T'was a Terrible Hard Work' told the story of coal miners from Sleveardagh in County Tipperary, in their own words. The voice for the film emerged from a schools project run by David Quin's wife, sculptor Katy Goodhue.
 

 

T'Was a Terrible Hard Work - drilling

 

'T'was a Terrible Hard Work' won Best Animation at the 2010 Corona Fastnet Film Festival and is also featured in The 2013 Fastnet Film Festival Horsebox, interpreted by local artist Deirdre Cairns.

 

T'Was a Terrible Hard Work - tub of muck

 

 

More info at... http://www.davidquin.ie/projects.html



 

Fastnet - Bosco and Bailebeag Window

This window shows models from Quin Films earliest stopmotion projects. Jim Quin started animating stopmotion series for RTE in 1976, starting with 'Bailebeag', an ambitious series in Irish and English. Jim Quin then animated hundreds of inserts for RTE's Bosco series, including 'Tongue Twisters', 'Gregory Grainneog', 'Aesop's Tales' and 'Faherty's Garden. 'Gregory Grainneog' was the first Irish claymation series. Some characters from RTE’s ‘Muintir na Móna’ are also shown.

 

Bosco - Tongue Twisters

 

The characters for Tongue Twisters, Muintir na Móna and Aesops were designed and built by Monica Mc Cormick.

 

Bosco - Faherty's Garden - Cornelius The Crow

Many of the original Bailebeag sets were constructed in the woodshop in The National Film Studios in Bray, Co. Wicklow, truly miniature film sets.

 

Bailebeag - Jimin and Sean

Bailebeag was revived in 1984, with new models and a stopmotion system based on one developed by Oliver Postgate (of 'Bagpuss' and 'Clangers' fame). The ‘Uncle Benny’s’ garage in the window was built in 1984 by Paddy Glynn. David Quin designed and constructed all of the Quin Film's stopmotion models from 1984 onwards.

The 2013 Corona Fastnet Film Festival - Schull County Cork from 22nd to 26th May!

The 2013 Corona Fastnet Film Festival (in Schull County Cork from 22^nd to 26^th May) has invited me to look at ‘aspects of Irish Animation’. I will be chairing a round-table discussion of Irish Animation studio heads and practitioners. We’re hoping to get Boulder Media’s Rob Cullen, Brown Bag Film’s Darragh O’ Connell and possibly Paul Young from Cartoon Saloon. The discussion will be entitled ‘Irish Animation – Boom or Bubble?’

I’ll also be doing my presentation ‘The Anatomy of an Internet Series’ and one of my stopmotion short films will be featured in the Festival’s prestigious ‘Horsebox’ screening booth, the film interpreted by local artist Deirdre Cairns. Finally, models, props and characters from my stopmotion short films, TV series and other projects will be displayed in themed shop windows around the village of Schull. I’m exhausted already.

Here's me last week, on a recce in Schull with some of the Festival Committee...

 

Internet - No Breaks Allowed!

Having been interrupted by flu over Easter, cutbacks video production was seriously curtailed... Subscriber senzers69 noticed...

senzers69 5 days ago

It seems like ages since you posted a video Cutbacks, this is the internet no breaks allowed!!!lol, good to see you back at it.

Thanks senzers69!