Head to the River - River Carnival
A film created with Carnival Arts Group for the Hereford River Carnival
"Join our six giant heads made by local artists and inspired by great Herefordians of the last 100 years on our whimsical trip through Hereford & down the Wye
Our six Carnival heads are (in order of appearance)
Frank Oz – puppeteer, actor & director (of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Star Wars Yoda fame)
Ronnie Radford – Hereford goal scoring legend whose golden goal sank the might Newcastle in the FA Cup
Dora Carrington – creative artist and surrealist landscape artist of the 1920s & 30s – a member of the bohemian Bloomsbury Group
Walenty Pytel – one of the world’s leading sculptors of birds & beasts known for his huge metal structures
Ellie Goulding – Herefordshire’s own international musical superstar
Kiko Matthews – adventurer and environmentalist on a mission to rid our waters of plastic"
Crew
Directed,Edited and scripted - Kie Cummings
Produced and Edited - Rich Hankins
Director of Photography - Andrew Berekdar
Assistant Camera - Michael Bashir-White
Story and concept - Rebecca Huggett and John Cartwright
Artistic Director - Rebecca Huggett
Original music arranged and performed - El Squid, Matt King, Leo Caithness, Nick Acons Thrane
Music Produced - Nick Acons Thrane
Hereford River Carnival Big Heads Film Project Co-ordinated and Produced - The Carnival Arts Group Rebecca Huggett and Leo Caithness
Cast
Walenty Pytel played by Alex Jones-Davies
Ellie Goulding played by Emily Brown, Lola Parkes and Zakk Kaye
Ronnie Radford played by Harvey Williams and John Cartwright
Dora Carrington played by Lola Parkes and Jayme Carter
Frank Oz played by Kelsey White
Kiko Matthews played by Lisa Reeves Robinson