Don Fardon’s I'm Alive by Tom Kingsley
Jimmy Brown - 26th May 2010
A hit for Don Fardon back in the 70s and used in Five Alive's 'dancing dodo' tv commercial, the drinks company thought it would be exciting to make a fullscale music video of it - and what a cracker.
A hit for Don Fardon back in the 70s and used in Five Alive's 'dancing dodo' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qQIOHJxqAUc" target="_blank">tv commercial</a>, the drinks company thought it would be exciting to make a fullscale music video of it - and what a cracker. "The week before the shoot, hoodlums broke in and stole all the copper pipes - so the whole ground floor was under an inch of water. A few days later, the miscreants broke back in and set fire to the place - possibly an over-enthusiastic attempt to get rid of the flood damage. Then they celebrated by having a fight with lots of margarine. Their weapon of choice: Bertolli. "But Sam and Arthur tidied it all up, and so the actual shoot went just fine. The old people had a grand time trotting around all day, Don Fardon popped round and had a cameo as the gardener, and amazingly we didn't have to cut any shots. Proper ballet dancer Patrick Wood was clearly brilliant in the lead role, Denzil Armour-Brown lit everything beautifully and speedily, Jim Cole ran the set like clockwork, while if Tamsin Glasson hadn't been producing I don't know what would have happened".
"The week before the shoot, hoodlums broke in and stole all the copper pipes - so the whole ground floor was under an inch of water. A few days later, the miscreants broke back in and set fire to the place - possibly an over-enthusiastic attempt to get rid of the flood damage. Then they celebrated by having a fight with lots of margarine. Their weapon of choice: Bertolli.
A hit for Don Fardon back in the 70s and used in Five Alive's 'dancing dodo' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qQIOHJxqAUc" target="_blank">tv commercial</a>, the drinks company thought it would be exciting to make a fullscale music video of it - and what a cracker. "The week before the shoot, hoodlums broke in and stole all the copper pipes - so the whole ground floor was under an inch of water. A few days later, the miscreants broke back in and set fire to the place - possibly an over-enthusiastic attempt to get rid of the flood damage. Then they celebrated by having a fight with lots of margarine. Their weapon of choice: Bertolli. "But Sam and Arthur tidied it all up, and so the actual shoot went just fine. The old people had a grand time trotting around all day, Don Fardon popped round and had a cameo as the gardener, and amazingly we didn't have to cut any shots. Proper ballet dancer Patrick Wood was clearly brilliant in the lead role, Denzil Armour-Brown lit everything beautifully and speedily, Jim Cole ran the set like clockwork, while if Tamsin Glasson hadn't been producing I don't know what would have happened".
"But Sam and Arthur tidied it all up, and so the actual shoot went just fine. The old people had a grand time trotting around all day, Don Fardon popped round and had a cameo as the gardener, and amazingly we didn't have to cut any shots. Proper ballet dancer Patrick Wood was clearly brilliant in the lead role, Denzil Armour-Brown lit everything beautifully and speedily, Jim Cole ran the set like clockwork, while if Tamsin Glasson hadn't been producing I don't know what would have happened".
A hit for Don Fardon back in the 70s and used in Five Alive's 'dancing dodo' <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watchv=qQIOHJxqAUc" target="_blank">tv commercial</a>, the drinks company thought it would be exciting to make a fullscale music video of it - and what a cracker. "The week before the shoot, hoodlums broke in and stole all the copper pipes - so the whole ground floor was under an inch of water. A few days later, the miscreants broke back in and set fire to the place - possibly an over-enthusiastic attempt to get rid of the flood damage. Then they celebrated by having a fight with lots of margarine. Their weapon of choice: Bertolli. "But Sam and Arthur tidied it all up, and so the actual shoot went just fine. The old people had a grand time trotting around all day, Don Fardon popped round and had a cameo as the gardener, and amazingly we didn't have to cut any shots. Proper ballet dancer Patrick Wood was clearly brilliant in the lead role, Denzil Armour-Brown lit everything beautifully and speedily, Jim Cole ran the set like clockwork, while if Tamsin Glasson hadn't been producing I don't know what would have happened".
Jimmy Brown - 26th May 2010
Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- Tom Kingsley
- Producer
- Tamsin Glasson
- 1st AD
- Jim Cole
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Denzil Armour
Wardrobe
- Stylist
- Hannah Glossop
Choreography
- Choreographer
- Alex Reynolds
Editorial
- Editor
- Tom Kingsley
Grading
- Colourist
- James Bamford
VFX
- Post Producer
- Munky
Agent
- Director's Representation
- VCCP
Jimmy Brown - 26th May 2010