British Musical Movie Me Me Me 2011
Storyline:
the latest graffiti artist. Not only does she does she find art student Johnny Bambino but they fall in love and her exclusive story on his increasingly ambitious public works brings him to the attention of record producer Ben Volio. In no time, Johnny has three consecutive number one singles and the Baby drawings are the toast of the art world with their social commentary and high profile locations. What can go wrong? Well, they haven’t seen the final Babydraw that Johnny is planning!
Three exceptional artists battle it out to discover who is the most witty, articulate and original performer in a competitive new generation of musical comedy.
Jane Fellowes is a work experience girl on Britain's biggest tabloid newspaper, the Moon, but Editor Marshall Artes decides to send her to find out the identity of Babydraw, the latest graffiti artist. Not only does she does she find art student Johnny Bambino but they fall in love and her exclusive story on his increasingly ambitious public works brings him to the attention of record producer Ben Volio. In no time, Johnny has three consecutive number one singles and the Baby drawings are the toast of the art world with their social commentary and high profile locations. What can go wrong? Well, they haven't seen the final Babydraw that Johnny is planning! Written by Paul Wiffen (director)
Movie Review by barnthebarn (Oxford, England):
On 9 May 2011
Second film from music producer Jonathan King and political figure/filmmaker Paul Wiffen, another musical, wider appeal than their first.
Story focuses on newbie at Britain's biggest tabloid, The Moon. Geddit?
Jane Fellowes, played with gusto by Scarlett Emmanuelle, a sweet, naive student, is tasked by editor, Marshall Artes to 'smash' open a huge story about a rising street artist, BabyDraw, who paints large babies in a Banksy type manner on to open spaces. BabyDraw's pictures are daft but this is the very core of the film. Why and how are media sensations created and what for, or more importantly, who for?
Attractive Scarlett Emmanuelle is here made up more like a WAG than a journalist, presumably intended to be a slight on the tabloid fixation with 'fake' women. Daniel Jefferson's Artes is a timely conflict between authoritarian leader and a man without any real idea of what he is doing.
The third band is 'The Sirens' a.k.a. 'The Angelettes' (three women, a kind of modern The Shangri-Las). The actresses Perry Kate Lambert (who also does the snippets of narration in the film); Suevia Perez-Castro and Ria Lopez star as Crystal Siren, Loud Siren and Baby Siren respectively and provide the film with a few 'fantasy' moments and it's most memorable song 'Don't Let Him Touch You'.
All three Sirens perform well but it is Ria Lopez, as weirdly the least used of the three, who has a screen presence combining a graceful aura with a subtle sexuality that allow her to become one of the best performances here. Her vocals are also spot on.
After a string of number one hits and with the media pimping his every move, Bambino decides to have one last attempt at creating the ultimate BabyDraw baby, his most controversial painting yet.
Thus the film takes perhaps a slightly surprising turn with a sudden short series of events that are unforeseen until now. After so many songs and so little drama it is no surprise however that the films' big finale is carried out at the speed of an express train with the viewer barely able to recollect what has happened previously before it is all over.
Director Paul Wiffen does a commendable job of linking the song performances with spoken script, rarely, indeed barely, does the film feel disjointed - even the rather irrelevant moments are never particularly laborious. Writer and Producer Jonathan King, who also features briefly in a rather cool religious parody scene, does a grand job of creating a daft but purposeful story with real vigour and some - though not all - brilliant songs. Meanwhile the comical miming of the songs works well as the comment that it is on the superficiality of it all but there is a slight yearning for a 'live' performed version, perhaps in the vein of 'Jerry Springer: The Opera'.
Overall, a highly inventive film with a wonderful array and diversity of creative people. None bad. Most good. Some exceptional. Put aside your prejudices - helped by the fact that this is free to view online - and watch this rainbow of a film.
So, there is my movie poster quote, 'Me Me Me', "A rainbow of a film".
Main Cast and Crew
Stars: Scarlett Emmanuelle,
Henry Stansall, Rupert Stansall,
Olu Ubadike,Vijay Patel And Others
Director: Paul Wiffen
Writer: Jonathan King
Produced by: Jonathan King
Paul Wiffen
Original Music by: Jonathan King
Cinematography by: Mike Connolly
Film Editing by: Paul Wiffen
Production Co: Last Minute Productions,
Revvolution Movies
Genres: Musical
Country: UK
Language: English
Filming Locations: Farringdon,
London, England, UK
Budget: £20,000 (estimated)
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