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\nDylan said:<\/p>\n
A new documentary film reveals life in New Brighton in the 80s and 90s, including its famous funfair and landmarks including the legendary Chelsea Reach nightclub.<\/p>\n
Framing New Brighton has been made by Wirral-born filmmaker Dylan Cubbin.<\/p>\n
The 24-year-old spent two years on a passion project to capture a time using images spanning two decades.<\/p>\n
The short film shows New Brighton through the lenses of three photographers: Ken Grant, Alex Hurst, and Tom Wood.<\/p>\n
Their photos of everything from the beach and prom to holidaymakers, arcades and nightlife are combined with interviews and archive footage to create a snapshot in time of the place and people.<\/p>\n
\nDylan said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe film looks back to a time before regeneration, when families visited to escape the city and young people flocked to the Chelsea Reach for a night out,\u201d<\/p>\n
Dylan, who lives in Wallasey Village, was inspired to make Framing New Brighton by his own love of film and his hometown.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing from the Wirral I\u2019ve always been interested in photography of the area, I discovered Ken Grant\u2019s photography on Instagram and was blown away by these photos of a place I love from a time when I wasn\u2019t around,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cI naively thought maybe there\u2019s a film idea in this, so with a budget of about \u00a320 I optimistically started off with one idea and then it went down other avenues. I found Alex and Tom and I was lucky enough that the photographers all agreed to collaborate with me.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three photographers\u2019 work is from different periods \u2013 Tom Woods focuses more on late \u201880s, Ken is early \u201890s and Alex is late 90s early 2000s.<\/p>\n
\u201cKen\u2019s are mostly around the beach and the prom, Alex\u2019s are the Ferris wheel and arcade, and Tom\u2019s are more the nightlife.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing their different photos I was able to highlight specific parts of town, so it covers different places and decades but New Brighton itself is always the main character.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dylan studied film in Liverpool, where he met filmmaker Dan Draper, who also creates documentaries. They worked together on Liverpool Story last year, and Dan supported Dylan with Framing New Brighton, which was his first major solo project.<\/p>\n
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With access to the three photographers\u2019 work, Dylan set about tracking down some of the subjects featured in them to interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was quite lucky because with Facebook and a bit of digging we were able to find some of the people and they\u2019re very proud to be in the photos so they were more than happy to get involved in the documentary.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaul Chase, owner of the Chelsea Reach, is one of those in the film and he talks all about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI was too young to remember it so that was another fun thing about making the film: I was discovering this whole world that I\u2019d never seen before and it was such a popular place that anyone I talked to about it would tell me their memories of nights out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Framing New Brighton is having a series of screenings across the region, starting with its premiere at the Plaza in Waterloo on Tuesday September 24.<\/p>\n
That night, along with the first of five screenings at The Light Cinema, New Brighton, has already sold out. FACT, Liverpool is showing it on Wednesday November 19 with a Q&A and Open Eye in Liverpool will have talk and screening on December 4. Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.\u00a0
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