{"id":2409,"date":"2013-07-18T07:38:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T06:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2014-04-26T22:30:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T21:30:44","slug":"reinventing-the-portmanteau-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2013\/07\/reinventing-the-portmanteau-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinventing the Portmanteau Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2412\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/t_is_for_toilet1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2409]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/t_is_for_toilet1-594x306.jpg\" alt=\"t_is_for_toilet1\" width=\"594\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/t_is_for_toilet1-594x306.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/t_is_for_toilet1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/t_is_for_toilet1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">T is for Toilet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/ElectricSheepPodcastPortmanteauFilms\/electric_sheep_podcast_portmanteau_films.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a> Alex Fitch talks to two directors of short films \u2013 Lee Hardcastle and Mitch Jenkins \u2013 about contributing to longer portmanteau works. Lee discusses his seminal short &#8216;Pingu\u2019s The Thing&#8217; and &#8216;T is for Toilet&#8217;, his contribution to the new horror movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2013\/04\/18\/the-abcs-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>The ABCs of Death<\/i><\/a>. Mitch talks about his collaborations with Alan Moore on the photo novella <i>Unearthing<\/i> and series of short films <i>Jimmy\u2019s End<\/i>, which he\u2019s currently using a kickstarter campaign to fund its concluding chapter &#8216;His Heavy Heart&#8217;. (Originally broadcast 12 July 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM)<\/p>\n<p><i>The ABCs of Death<\/i> is released on DVD\/Blu-ray in the UK on 22 July 2013 by Monster Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;His Heavy Heart&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1288561702\/alan-moore-and-mitch-jenkins-his-heavy-heart\" target=\"_blank\"> fundraising campaign<\/a> ended on 17 July 2013 and successfully raised its funding goal.<\/p>\n<p>Director websites: <a href=\"http:\/\/leehardcastle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Hardcastle<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchjenkins.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Jenkins<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">For more info and formats to stream\/download, visit <A HREF=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/ElectricSheepPodcastPortmanteauFilms\" target=\"_blank\">www.archive.org<\/A>.<\/div>\n<p><I><B>Podcast produced by Alex Fitch<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/ElectricSheepPodcastPortmanteauFilms\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast: Alex Fitch talks to two directors of short films \u2013 Lee Hardcastle and Mitch Jenkins \u2013 about contributing to longer portmanteau works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-radio-and-podcasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMSoh-CR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44,"url":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2008\/10\/cutting-edge-animation\/","url_meta":{"origin":2409,"position":0},"title":"Cutting Edge Animation","author":"Alex Fitch","date":"October 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom Humberstone and Alex Fitch chat about the early films of David Lynch, which mixed animation and live action to beguiling effect + Virginie S\u00e9lavy interviews Charles Burns.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radio and Podcasts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Radio and Podcasts","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/category\/radio-and-podcasts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Peur(s) du noir (Charles Burns)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/events_burns-594x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/events_burns-594x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/events_burns-594x445.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":984,"url":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2011\/10\/wicker-treeburied-land\/","url_meta":{"origin":2409,"position":1},"title":"Wicker Tree\/Buried Land","author":"Virginie Selavy","date":"October 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In this special Halloween-themed podcast, Alex Fitch talks to three directors who have made films about man's relationship with the land: Robin Hardy, Larry Fessenden and Steven Eastwood. 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