My First Completed Project

I was born in the Grimsby / Cleethorpes area but left there when I was young, so my only exposure to the area was on visits to see family. I do remember everything looking “grim”, in Grimsby, and the Cleethorpes arcades that were exciting as a child had started to lose their sparkle. Permission was obtained from the Docks Authority for filming, the licence cost £5! This video was made in 1988 (I was 27) even in those days the Grimsby docks had vastly less trade than in the 1950’s.

I was able to get the video digitised, so I can now share the video: Dry Dock (1988) – Recollections of Grimsby and Cleethorpes

I used a Panasonic 8mm tape camcorder and edited on to VHS tape with a JVC HQ video recorder and a simple video mixer. As a result, some of the edits are a little off and may be ragged. I have resisted the temptation to make any significant changes to the editing.

The music has been remastered: The original recording of the music in the first section (Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique) was not available, so a newer recording has been used that is at a slightly different tempo, so the edits do not property match the music. The other two tracks (Erasure – The Circus, and Pet Shop Boys – It’s A Sin) match the original recordings used. Any resemblance to Erasure’s official video (which also appears to have been shot in Grimsby and Cleethorpes) and this video is entirely coincidental. I had not seen the Erasure video until recently and some of the shots in it are remarkably similar to my video!

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