The Microwave scheme was launched in 2006. It is about helping first time film makers and challenging them to shoot a full length film for maximum of £100,000. The scheme provides intensive workshops to a limited, hand selected, 11 short-listed film making teams. It is supported by 'Skillset' and the 'BBC'. They emphasise on 'tightly focused scripts ans short production schedules'
Film London can offer up to £75,000 per project in exceptional circumstances, however they usually offer aproximately £50,000 to shoot a full length film. Shifty's production team was awarded £50,000 from the scheme and had to find the other £50,000 from private investors.
Advantages of the Microwave scheme:
- The script is nurtured- (eg Shifty was monitered by Tony Rushton and the BBC writers room)
- They mentor you along the way (Asik Kapaul challenged why things were in the script to make them argue their case.)
- Theyare forced to film in a less technilogically way
- Many low budget films don't get distrubuted
- 'Metrodome' is a distrubution company.
- Shifty used a kill bill styled poster to grab attention.
- Shifty was released on 53 screen throughout the UK after being awarded £156,000 from the UKFC distrubution fund
All the films listed below were a part of the microwave scheme.
- Mum and Dad
- Shifty
- Freestyle
- The British Guide to Showing Off
- Foxglove
- Strawberry Fields
- Borrowed Time
- Ill Mannors
'Shifty' and 'Mum and Dad' were the 2 first microwave films. They did exceeptionally well as they were both picked up by major distributers. The producers of 'Shifty' were given the go-ahead after their participation in microschool. 'Shifty' was released in the UK on the 24th of April 2009. Sinse then Shifty has only got stronger.It was nominated for 5 BIFAs, including Best Actor and Best Achievement in Production, and the following year Creevy picked up the Best Screenplay award at the Stockholm Film Festival. As the 2010 BAFTA nominations were revealed, his star status was re-affirmedonce again. The Shifty team were delighted to learn that Eran Creevy is one of the five candidates up for the prestigious Carl Foreman Award – which celebrates an outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer.
The 2 producers were Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh- from the production company 'between the eyes'. They filmed it in 18 days. One disadvantage of low-budget filming is the uncertainty of location. For instance on the last day of filming they had planned to use a mates house, however their neighbours threatened to call the police, so a change of location was made. They ended up using the directors dad's house.
The 2 producers were Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh- from the production company 'between the eyes'. They filmed it in 18 days. One disadvantage of low-budget filming is the uncertainty of location. For instance on the last day of filming they had planned to use a mates house, however their neighbours threatened to call the police, so a change of location was made. They ended up using the directors dad's house.
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