 Photo by Callum Mitchell.
The filmmaker Mark Jenkin is best known for the film Bait from 2019, which earned him a BAFTA. However as you will hear in this episode of Into the Mothlight Podcast, the journey that led to him creating this outstanding film is a long and interesting one. We look at this journey from his early days making a Derek Jarman inspired music video, to his time in the production houses of Soho in London, to his return to his native Cornwall and his debut feature, "Golden Burn" which won The Frank Copplestone First Time Director's Award at the Celtic Film and Television Awards in 2002.
In the week that Mark should have been wrapping on his latest feature ‘Enys Men’, a folk horror inspired tale set on a fictional island off the coast of Cornwall, we met online and also talked about shooting on and hand processing analogue film, his filmmaking manifesto, his experimentation within the form in cinema, and his work as Associate Lecturer in Film and Moving Image at Falmouth University. But we start , as mentioned, at the beginning of this journey and his first experiences with a super 8 camera. Some of the items of interested Mark mentions in the interview: ‘London’ from The Smiths, B-side to ‘Shoplifters of the World Unite’ from 1987 ‘The Garden’ film by Derek Jarman (1990) ‘The Queen is Dead’ music video from Derek Jarman - read more on the FLAMIN / Film Film London site The UK filmmaker / Director Jonathan Glazer ‘The Surfer’, the iconic TV advert for Guiness from 1999. EPK’s - Electronic Press Kits ‘Projections - A Forum for Film Makers’ published by Faber ‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey’ by Mark Cousins. Cinematographer Peter Smithson ‘The Lighthouse’ by Robert Eggers (2019) Kodak TRI-X Reversal Film - a high-speed, panchromatic, black-and- white film suitable for general interior photography with artificial light. 'Bait' is available from the BFI Player's Subscription service, and on DVD and Blue-Ray from the BFI shop here.
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Experimental film and installation artist Jason Moyes lives and works in rural Scotland and has been exploring the moving image since 2007. His work has been shown in the UK, North America, Europe and Asia. He is a founding member of the Moving Image Makers Collective.
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