David Hutchison
from UK
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Interview: 10 questions
1. Tell me something about your life and the educational background
Brought up in a remote crofting and fishing community in the northwest of Scotland. I taught myself how to paint,draw and animate. I did the 1 year Post Grad in Electronic Imaging at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee to transfer these skills to digital media.
2. When, how and why started you filming?
I started “filming†when I was in my twenties using a bulky VHS camcorder. I animated peat cutting tools and a peat bank on a moor in Assynt. I wanted to create a peak stack of TV monitors and make a videosculpture.
3.What kind of subjects have your films?
Characters in my family, traditional and new stories.
4. How do you develop your films, do you follow certain principles, styles etc?
I do them with as liitle special effects as possible. I like to mix diofferent media… eg combining live action with animation and sculpture such as in my work “Kitschenâ€.
5. Tell me something about the technical equipment you use.
It changes depending on the project. I’ve used Mobile, VHS, Hi8 and Super 8 cameras. Software; Premiere, Soundforge, Painter, Flash and Maya
6. What are the chances of new media for the genre film/video in general and you personally?
Youtube and MySpace has turned everything on it’s head.
7. How do you finance your films?
In 1992 I got £500 from Scottish Televison toi make a short animation.
In 2003 I got £2000 towards the cost of an animation course at Escape Studios in London.
Apart from the above I do not have a budget and everyone that works with me does it for the fun/CV.
8. Do you work individually as a video artist/film maker or do you work in a team? if you have experience in both, what is the difference, what do you prefer?
Both. People inspire me so I would say that I prefer working with other people, especially musicians.
9. Who or what has a lasting influence on your film/video making?
John Waters, Buzby Berkley.
10. What are your future plans or dreams as a film/video maker?
To make Seordag TV into a series for TV and web.