Lynne is new to film, having been a playwright for the last twenty years. Lynne is a purist when it comes to drama, believing creativity and originality are now dirty words; definitely in TV drama departments, increasingly in Radio Drama and with the last vestiges of heart, soul and gutsy writing being in small pockets of the theatre world.
Not the words of someone turned down by said companies but the words of someone who has walked away from what most drama has become; "plot driven, one dimensional, shallow crap, employing a circle of actors as if it were an old boy's club - something I want no part of. "Where there is originality and energy it really stands out and shows in stark contrast the dross that is the daily grind".
'Tramlines is very loosely based on someone I came across, a fellow alienated for no discernible reason, not badly treated but dismissed almost as a non person while all around him get on with their lives not realising the hurt they are inflicting. David and I have worked this project up from the roots and David has had some fab filmic ideas for the project.
David's interest in film stemmed from watching movies as a child growing up on a farm in rural Herefordshire. His interests as a viewer, observer and technician encompass radio, film and TV. He has studied how information is transmitted, how headlines are constructed and how what we are led to believe from the news media is manipulated. His collection of books on the entertainment industry has to be the most comprehensive anywhere outside of a designated library - and all are read. He knows his subject. David has studied film and film technique. He is the joker in the pack and likes a relaxed but conscientious mood on set. However his humour falls short at some of the pretensions of the industry and what it has become. "Notice the cuts in any film or TV drama now, very rarely does a shot last more than four seconds". "99% of people in film school (mine at least) wanted to make Alien or Zombie films - I felt like the alien for having ideas".
One of David's most memorable early films was called 'The Dig'. Asked by local history enthusiasts to document their mission to uncover a long buried castle, he got to the end of the film where not a sod was overturned "Rural Heritage would have none of it and stopped the dig!"
Lynne Harvey
David Bishop
Writer
Director
