video production and photography

There are images from performances at the NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL 2008 through the links further down this page.
Finca films is a "not for profit" video production company based near Cambridge in East Anglia. We have wide experience of live event videos and full length documentary productions. Through our Apple Mac based editing suites we also specialise in video editing and DVD authoring.

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122 youth companies applied to perform at the festival and the 34 groups chosen will be presenting their work with Youth Dance England at The Peacock Theatre. Each night will present a different mix of styles and companies ranging from small all-male street dance groups to larger groups using contemporary dance and physical theatre.

NATIONAL YOUTH DANCE FESTIVAL

There are more photographs of the performances at the Peacock Theatre and at the Purcell Room, CLICK on the links in the right hand column.
Images from the performance at the Peacock Theatre, London on the 13th July 2008
All the photographs and the contents of this page are © copyright Arvon Wellen 2008
the videos were shot by Alessandra Wellen and Arvon Wellen
All the photographs and the contents of this page are © copyright Arvon Wellen 2008
the videos were shot by Alessandra Wellen and Arvon Wellen
2500 audience members at the Peacock Theatre and Purcell Room saw what a powerful force youth dance can be and members of the public strolling around the Southbank Centre could not avoid the spectacular dance pieces taking place around them. Whether they stumbled upon a large scale workshop in the Ballroom, a piece of site specific work in the Powder Room or the spontaneous dance piece that took place in a fountain – the festival demonstrated the breadth of youth dance practice and the quality of work that is being produced by young people, indeed the future of dance.
Photographs taken by Brian Slater and DVD’s by finca films of the performances can be purchased from early September from YOUTH DANCE ENGLAND.
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• educational video production
• dance video
• company and educational training videos
• documentary video
• event video
• DVD and CD authoring
• photography

Finca films is a not for profit video production company in East Anglia, based near Cambridge. We have wide experience of video production, editing and DVD authoring.

In addition to our work with individuals, Finca Films has worked with National as well as community based projects. These include, performance, dance, theatre and workshops in schools. We have also worked on a number of heritage films.

Our experience of both video and photography is broad. We normally shoot with two (sometimes three) cameras and we pay particular attention to video editing and the authoring and presentation of our DVDs and CDs.

Working with the community. We have been commissioned to make a new documentary film about the community

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by ADeC - Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire: http://www.adec.org.uk/

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Photography and event video

A large proportion of our work relates to dance and we will be at the Peacock Theatre, London in July to film the performances for Youth Dance England. We will also be at the Purcell rooms at the South Bank.

JOHN LOWE AT LANTERN DANCE

John Lowe shot to fame with his performance in the Stone Flower ballet. British national newspapers and television crews from all over the world sought him out, and he had a wonderful tale to tell.

photographs copyright © Arvon Wellen 2008

Regional Dance Platform 2007 the Junction, Cambridge

114 dancers from 9 youth dance companies came to The Junction on 3rd March to take part in workshops and then perform their dance pieces to a sell-out audience. The event was part of a selection process for the National Youth Dance Festival being held in Manchester in July.
The groups selected to go to the national event will be notified in early April and the list will appear on the Youth Dance England website: www.yde.org.uk

From Fenland to dry land

The latest heritage film facilitated by ADeC and produced by Finca Films has now been completed after eight months. For more information and photographs follow this link: HERITAGE FILM

(left) how the film was made.

Finca Films with the assistance of Alessandra Wellen and Lara Jones held a series of indroductory workshops.

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Leader plus
Little Downham young people
the Orchard Little Downham

The film was partly funded by the Arts Council of England, the European Union, DEFRA (the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and ADeC (Arts Development in East Cambridgeshire).

"The film obviously had the professional touch for our interest was constantly maintained with a regular flow of very varied and fascinating interviews that were as informative as they were entertaining. These were combined with attractive views of the village, villagers and village events all of which caught the heart of the village spirit that the interviewees described so fondly."
Rosemary Westall

For the full review go to the LITTLE DOWNHAM PAGE

A VIEW FROM THE CLOCKTOWER

A VIEW FROM THE CLOCKTOWER

A one hour long documentary, facilitated by ADeC and produced by Finca Films, about life in the Fenland village of Little Downham was completed in 2006. For more details about the making of the film.

GO TO THE LITTLE DOWNHAM PAGE

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finca films production team with young people being interviewed for Radio Star at the location of
"A View from the Clocktower".

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