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Title: GUIDMAN OF BALLENGEICH, the

Reference number: 8170

Date: 2000

Sponsor: scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund for Scotland's Year of the Artist Residency Programme, J. Sainsbury PLC. [scottish Screen]

Producer: Jessica Langford

Production company: [ Raploch Animation]

Sound: sound

Colour: col

Fiction: fiction

Running time: 14.00 minsc

Description: Historical (!) drama by children at Raploch & St. Mary's Primary Schools, Stirling, led by animation in schools pioneer Jessica Langford, using stop frame and cut-out techniques. [synopsis from VHS sleeve notes]

Note:- this tape version includes a documentary covering the making and screening of the film.

The Guidman of Ballengeich was produced for Scotland's Year of the Artist Residency Programme. This award was made jointly to Stirling Council Children's Services and The MacRobert. The project was also sponsored by J. Sainsbury PLC. The scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund.

scottish Students on Screen (SSoS) is a one day festival designed to foster stronger links between education and the moving image industries. It is managed by BAFTA and funded by scottish Screen, and has been running a innovative programme of events since 1999. Features sessions, screenings, workshops and masterclasses providing all you need to know about getting into the industry

Credits: St Mary's R.C. Primary School Primary 7: Nikita Gibb, Andrew Duncan, Sinead McGowan, Jason Sneddon, Kevin McGeoch, Craig Wilson, Toni McGowan, Kevin Leyden, Darren Morton, Lewis McGowan, Jamie Lee McGeoch, Michael Coyle

Raploch Primary School Primary 7: Allan Craig, John Bonner, Lorna Braid, Mary Anne Carrick, Ross Carroll, David Cornell, Sean Curran, Charlene Devine, David Goodwillie, Ross Hilson, Aaron Hobkirk, Ricki Hobkirk, Alex Hutchinson, Janane Hutchinson, Craig Kelly, Carrie King, Andrew McCallum, Lee McCallum, Laura McKenna, Brian Millar, Siobhan McPhee, Caitlin Marshall, Siobhan Moxley, Simon Mullarkey, Jerri Neil, Natalie Raybold, Natasha Raybold, Thomas Robertson, Ashleigh Roy, Arron Smart, John Strickland, Kelly Syme, Amy Tasker, Dean Taven, Elizabeth Walker, Nichola Wilson

Raploch Primary School Headteacher Anne Stewart
Primary 7 Class Teachers Aileen Ferguson and Carole Campbell
St. Mary's R.C. Primary School Headteacher Mary Coyle
Primary 7 Class Teacher Tom McGhee

project co-ordinator Sue Gutteridge
Children's Services, Stirling Council
Elspeth King, Director
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Dance Allan Irvine, MacRobert, Jeanette Brimer, Mary McKinley, James Ferguson

Songwriter was Ewan McVicar
Lady Gethin was played by musician Jan Green with Raploch Primary School violinists Natalie Neilson, Lee Anne Paris, Ashley Boon, Claire Dugui
Technician Tony Burns, MacRoberts
'Stirling Castle' played by Pipe-Major Sandy Davidson M.B.E.

The Guidman of Ballengeich was produced for Scotland's Year of the Artist Residency Programme. This award was made jointly to Stirling Council Children's Services and The MacRobert. The project was also sponsored by J. Sainsbury PLC. The scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund.

animation co-ordinator Jessica Langford
ass. Mary Morrison, Rebecca Skinner
p. Jessica Langford
© Wintonhill Animation 2000

Documentary produced and directed by Crispin Hayes and Glena Rome, Commissioned by Stirling Council Children's Services
Thanks to the Staff, students and artists at Raploch Primary and St. Mary's School. Film and Video Access Centre, Edinburgh.
music (excerpt) Martyn Bennett. Deoch an Dorus. Swallowtail
OMNI Presence Copyright 2001