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mutantfilm is an artist run production company founded by artist and filmmaker Pete Gomes in 1997.
In 2010, "PD" or "PrEditor" is current media slang for a combined Producer-Director-Editor.
PD's are individual or small crews working with minimal but high quality equipment producing film and television broadcast standard video and all types of cross platform work on full HD.
Recent video works include commissions from: Performa 09, Beaconsfield Gallery, Cornershop, English Touring Opera, Arts Council England and Channel Four
Still from Mike Kelley's A Fantastic World Superimposed on Reality from
"Performa 09 Provoking the Future" 2010
mutantfilm is flexible and expands and adapts for each project, customising for each specific film with additional equipment from our high quality base of:
Sony EX1 High Defintion Camera, Mac laptop, Shot gun mics, Radio mics and Digital sound recorders and full HD Final Cut Pro edit suite.
Some jobs require more cameras and more people, others might need a more experimental approach and more time. Sometimes, people want some sort of film, but don't know exactly what it is. Sometimes people know what needs to be filmed but have no idea how to do it. Each new video work is custom designed and directed to suit the specific individual needs of the work.
Still from "Performa 09 Provoking the Future" 2010
The approach at mutantfilm is distinct from more formal production outfits as I am a working and practicing artist and film maker.
The aim is to work along side other creative people who need moving images for all forms of documentation and presentation and who need a distinct approach that is sensitive to their subjects, artists and audiences.
Still of Joan Jonas from "Performa 09 Provoking the Future" 2010
As an artist, I have collaborated with many film makers, choreographers, opera directors, musicians, sound artists, composers, architects, media artists, painters, across the world, and have directed film and video work, commissioned by a wide range of arts organisations: Arts Council England, British Council, English Touring Opera, South Bank Centre, Thames Festival, Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, Performa 09, European Union, The London Institute, Laban Centre, Trinity College of Music, Southwark Council and others.
Stills from " John Wynne's 'Soundtrap' at Beaconsfield Gallery" 2010
My open starting point allows for a complete freedom and exploration of visual possibilities for each film. The visual style will be distinct for each project and sensitive to the specific needs of the works and projects; ranging from formal a documentary with interviews to an impressionistic poetic film or a combination of the two.
mutantfilm aims to apply creative ideas and produce film and video for other creative people.
Current work includes: John Wynne, Dominique Gonzalez Foester and PERFORMA.
mutantfilmATgmail.com Pete Gomes 2010
A recent video commissioned to document the installation of a new work by sound artist John Wynne - HD split screen with interval timers.
Bouncing off the Walls from mutantfilm on Vimeo.
Installation for 300 speakers, piano player, and vacuum cleaner. from mutantfilm on Vimeo.
'The Last All Clear' is a film and music project developed with Trinity College of Music working with the Isle of Dogs Music 50+ club, based on the Isle of Dogs.
The film uses singing and stories by local residents to explore their experiences during the Second World War. 'The Last All Clear' is a wartime song made popular by Vera Lynn.
"When they sound the last all clear, how happy my darling we'll be..."
Running Time 12 min
The Last All Clear from mutantfilm on Vimeo.