Twelve Seventy Trailer

http://greatlengths2012.org.uk/

The first people a visitor to the Olympic Park would encounter, once you have passed through security, are the bus drivers. Every site or office staff working on the park relies on the team of thirty bus drivers to ferry them to their place of work, and without them nothing could function. Sam [Semra Yusuf] is a Turkish Cypriot woman, resident in Newham, funded by the Olympic Apprentice Scheme to get her bus licence, and also a passionate long distance swimmer. On 12 August 2011 Sam swam the length of the bus route she normally drives, in the newly completed Olympic pool – a distance of 1,270 metres.
This is an excerpt from the resulting film documenting that Olympic swim, as well as her daily routine, her work, colleagues and the building of the pool itself. It is an insight into the workings of the park from the perspective of one individual.

FILM PRODUCED BY

NEVILLE GABIE & DAN FARBEROFF

DIRECTED BY

DAN FARBEROFF

NEVILLE GABIE

A PROJECT BY NEVILLE GABIE, ARTIST IN RESIDENCE ON THE OLYMPIC PARK

APPEARANCE:

SEMRA 'SAM' YUSUF
TOM KAKAYIRE
RAJA TANVEER
FAWAD ALI
BINAK SHALA
DARLINGTON GREENAWAY
NEVILLE CUNNINGHAM
MAGDY RAFLA
MAVIS MENSAH
JOHN ANDERSON
KEVIN NUNKOO
MIKE ELLIOTT
OLIVER CAMPBELL
ALFIE PHILLIPS
LORRAINE MARTINS

WITH THANKS TO:

ADRIANA MARQUES
SARAH WEIR
CLAIRE GEVAUX
SAM WILKINSON
SARAH BUDD
STUART FRASER
IAN CROCKFORD
MATTHEW BURKETT

AND TO ALL THE OLYMPIC PARK BUS DRIVERS

FILMING:

CAMERA (DV)

NEVILLE GABIE

CAMERA (HD)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY / 1ST CAMERA
DAN FARBEROFF

2ND CAMERA / STEADYCAM
TIM DOLLIMORE

3RD CAMERA / CRANE
DARREN PERRY

EQUIPMENT HIRE & TECHNICAL SUPPORT
THE MEDIA WORKSHOP

COMMISSIONED BY THE ODA

SUPPORTED BY

THE OLYMPIC DELIVERY AUTHORITY
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND
INSITE ARTS

© 2011 Neville Gabie & Dan Farberoff