''Trengellick Rising'' is an upcoming

Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language, Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a List of revived languages, revived language, having become Extinct language, extinct as a livin ...

short film written and directed by

Guy Potter Guy Potter (born 25 April 1992) is a British actor, director and producer. He has featured in film, television and stage alongside working under his company High Sierra Films. Early life Potter was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1992. ...

. The film was successfully funded via Kickstarter and has received support from Cornwall Council, Falmouth University and the Sound/Image Cinema Lab.

Cast

as Private Gerren Pascoe * Jeremy Manning as Jago Helghyer * Zennor Rose as Persephone Cadieux * Micheal Fenner as The Constable * Gwilym Evans as Jeffra * Bryn Evans as Branok * Kamil Simpson as Kensa * Arthur Southwick as Peran * Edie Moles as The Messenger

Production

Development

Development of the film began in late 2019, with Guy Potter writing the script as a follow up to his micro-short ''Prey'', a film created on assignment for Sundance Collab. Intending to expand on the format of ''Prey'', it was decided that Trengellick Rising should also be shot on Black & White 16mm film, and hand-processed in much the same way. This became an integral part of the ''Trengellick Rising'' production, which was then placed on-hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2021 it was decided that the film be performed entirely in

Kernewek Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family. It is a revived language, having become extinct as a living community language in Cornwall at the end of the 18th century. However, kn ...

, or the

. The script was translated by Cornwall Council and the ''Trengellick Rising'' fundraising page was launched on Kickstarter. On the 1 April 2021, ''Trengellick Rising'' was successfully financed through Kickstarter, achieving 145% of its target. The project raised £6,550 from 103 different pledges from all over the world.

Filming

Filming was set to begin in April 2021 in locations around

Bodmin Bodmin () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south-west of Bodmin Moor. The extent of the civil parish corresponds fairly closely to that of the town so is mostly urban in character. It is bordere ...

(including Jamaica Inn, Rough Tor, and Colliford Lake) as well as near Welcombe and Hartland in Devon. Filming on the project wrapped a few weeks later.

Processing and developing

In October 2021, Potter began to develop the footage by hand, in a makeshift darkroom at home. Mixing the chemicals and processing the film himself, he developed over 3,500 ft, over a kilometre of film negative. In an interview with

BBC Cornwall BBC Radio Cornwall is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cornwall. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Phoenix Wharf in Truro. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 12 ...

, he described this as “the hardest part of the production so far” but that the resulting aesthetic was “scratchy, raw and rough around the edges, much like the story itself.”

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt12411406 * Official Website: https://www.trengellickrising.com * Twitter Page
https://www.twitter.com/trengellickfilm
* Instagram Page
https://www.instagram.com/trengellickrisingfilm
__FORCETOC__ Upcoming films Cornish-language films British drama short films British independent films British historical drama films Films set in the 18th century Films set in Cornwall Films shot in 16 mm film