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Last week’s previews of ‘In Transition 2.0’ went really well, and one of the conditions for those places that hosted previews was that after the film they recorded some quick vox pops with people about their thoughts on the film. These are now starting to come in from around the world, and we are editing the highlights together and will be posting them here over the next few days. Let’s start with what people had to say after the screening at the Barn Cinema, Dartington.
Last night saw the synchronised previewing of the new film ‘In Transition 2.0’ in communities around the world. It was shown in Lewes Town Hall, The Dukes in Lancaster, at the Watershed in Slaithwaite, the town building in Wayland, US, in the office of Project Lyttelton in New Zealand, in the fire station in Moss Side, a front room in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, US, a Hindu temple in Tooting, a school in Finsbury Park, a hall in Tokyo, Japan, in ‘Cinema Paradiso’ in Auroville, India and in a village in Portugal. Only one screening was cancelled, in Monteveglio in Italy, where -15° temperatures and snow storms forced them to postpone. I was at the Barn Cinema in Dartington, along with around 200 other people, to celebrate the birth of the film.
‘In Transition 2.0’ contains some stunning animated sequences, which bring certain sections of the film to life, and make explaining some complex issues such as peak oil and climate change, and the economic ‘leaky bucket’ idea, far more easily understandable. They are the work of filmmaker and animator Emilio Mula. He also painstakingly created the opening sequence by building up the letters of the film’s name in herbs and spices on his kitchen table. I asked him 5 quick questions about his involvement in the film.
Let’s start this month’s round up in Derbyshire, where Melbourne Area Transition have received planning permission to install 48 PV panels on the roof of their local 12th century church, and there they now sit, in their energy-generating splendour. Here’s a short film made by Chris Bird (author of the Transition book ‘Local Sustainable Homes’ who blogs here) where MAT’s Graham Truscott gives him a tour of the roof.
In the third of our series of short podcasts talking to the key creative people behind the making of ‘In Transition 2.0’, I ask 5 quick questions of Rebecca Mayes, whose beautiful and entrancing music runs through the film. How did she get involved? What does she think of the film? What more can she tell us about the video she is making that she wants people involved in Transition to be part of?
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