May
I introduce to you, the act you’ve known for all these years!
It
is with great excitement that we at Future Artists
are letting the world know we intend to make a feature length documentary film
about ‘The Beatles’, following their exploits
during the Hamburg years from 1960 through to
1962.
The Beatles ‘
Young and Reckless in Hamburg’ (working
title)
A
project that has been 6 months in development thus far at Future Artists HQ, we
feel it is the right time to let the world know what we are up to and why, and
we need your help!
Mark Ashmore the films producer has
this to say:
‘I grew
up as a second generation Beatles fan, with the stories of my parents,
listening to Beatles record, and hearing about the Beatles legacy.
But any music fan will always
seek out more knowledge and stories about the people behind the music and how
they developed as artists. It’s this ‘creative development’ that is at the
centre of the Beatles story we want to tell.
With no manager, PR team or
record label bosses standing over them, how did the Hamburg Beatles evolve into
the band the world still celebrates today, - this film will hopefully act as an
entry point for the 3rd and 4th generation Beatles fans
around the world, to get to know the legends behind the music in their
formative years.
The documentary film, produced by
Future Artists, will also be like no other before it, for the past 6 months the
Future Artists collective have been talking with Beatles fans around the world,
gathering insights, stories, images, memorabilia, art and collaborators, which
will enable the team to create a unique film that is thought provoking,
insightful and a re-imagining of Hamburg in the early 1960s.
We are approaching this project
with complete independence from the traditional film industry, instead we are
working with Beatles fans around the world to crowd fund and crowd source the
production.
Its our intention at Future
Artists to allow the true fans of an artist to enable that artist to grow via
collaboration. We now live in an interconnected world of social media, for us
this gives unlimited scope for new ways of working with members of our audience
who are also artists and media savvy.
Future Artists have done several
productions in this manner, but nothing as big as the Beatles Hamburg story,
this is a really exciting project to be working on, and to have the chance to
collaborate with millions of Beatles fans world-wide’
So
far we’ve had a huge response from Beatles fans across the world, people who
are keen to work with us and keep us heading in the right direction, we are
much appreciative of the help we’ve received so far!
Here
are some great examples of fan collaborations:
• Luc Porte, a Beatles
record/rarities collector from Belgium, has given us a sneaky peek of his
original Stuart Sutcliffe painting.
• Andrea from Hamburg has
directed us to her massively informative website loaded with Hamburg Beatles
archive information - http://anothergirl83.tripod.com/
• Mark Rehkopf from Adventure
Visuals, Ontario, Canada, has allowed us to use some of his stunning Beatles
artwork, as well as creating our first fan-made poster!
• We’ve been talking to Eric
Krasker, author of ‘The Beatles - Fact and Fiction’ and Hans Olof Gottfridsson,
author of ‘The Beatles - From Cavern to Star Club’, both offering their help
and wisdom towards the project, which is welcomed and appreciated.
So
if you want to get involved in this production, please register your interest
by heading to our Facebook group and introducing yourself.
Join
the discussion - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeatlesHamburgFilm
We
look forward to hearing from you,
The
Beatles Hamburg Team - Future Artists, Manchester, UK
You
can also Tweet us - @BeatlesHamburg
Or
get in touch via email - TheBeatlesHamburg@gmail.com
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