B L O O D Y G O O D H E A D L I N E

“I had always been struck by the anonymity of the people in the orange suits. Yet in fleeting moments, as I passed them, or they passed me, foreign faces became familiar. Wanting to know more, I opened my window. As I got to know them, and heard their stories, I took a series of portrait photographs of these newspaper vendors on the streets of Dublin. Each portrait was titled with a short personal line from that day in their lives, acting as a counterpoint to the sensationalist headlines emblazoned on their orange suits. They had a story to tell. Bloody Good Headline is that story. ”

Paul Quinn Director & Writer

A film by Paul Quinn & Areaman, funded by the Irish Film Board, Reality Bites Scheme.

Winner, IFI Stranger Than Fiction Film Festival, Jury Award

Selected for Showcase of New Irish Cinema ‘ Flavours of the World’, New Directors / New Films FEST, Portugal / Dublin Doc Festival

Dingle International Film Festival, 2015 / Belfast International Film Festival 2015 / International Film Festival, Moscow, Russia 2015

“The power of Paul Quinn’s original idea was in the contradiction of these figures who we always see but never hear from. They are among the most visible characters in the city and the least audible. The nature of their work informed the nature of the shooting and in turn the pace and rhythm of our finished film. The lights go red and they walk. The lights go green and they stop. Occasionally they make a sale; mostly they do not. Mostly they walk, or they wait.

My ambition was to give these characters their voices in a way that doesn’t patronise or idolise them, but that honours their role as unique observers in the noise and chaos of a modern city.”

Tom Burke Director

“We are very grateful that the Irish Film Board / Bord Scannán na hÉireann decided to support Bloody Good Headline under their Reality Bites funding scheme.

The short documentary form is challenging but hugely rewarding. The challenge here was to make a film that features 4 languages - English, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish. The reward was the feeling that we were giving voice to people that are usually silent as we pass them by.”

Shane Hogan Producer

“Blood Good Headline presented a really unique and exciting sound design challenge. When myself and Tom first discussed what he was hoping the sound post process could bring to the film, he mentioned making a mix that was immersive and experiential; as viewers, we are always looking at these men as they work, making their way through the roaring traffic in their different parts of the city; the task was to reflect this from their point of view in the sound we shaped and crafted for the finished film.

My process after these initial discussions, was to visit each of these locations in the city and to record the range of sounds heard in each unique space. We knew we needed each location to have it's own distinct sonic character, to reflect it's reality, but also to compliment and underscore what each of the men discuss as their experience of their work and time in each of these assigned locations. We spent a good deal of time building the sound of each of these locations from many elements we could shape into a surround mix, to put the audience into these men's world.

When you work on material that is as rich, honest and interesting as the interviews each of these men give, and that is complimented by such a well paced edit and beautiful footage, it is important for the sound to add and work with the material on screen and to not get in the way of the powerful truth being shared by each of these men. I hope we achieved this in the final mix!”

Steve Fanagan Sound Post Production

Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board present
in Association with Areaman Productions
Bloody Good Headline

Directors

Paul Quinn & Tom Burke

• Producer

  Shane Hogan

• Directors of Photography

  Paul Quinn & Tom Burke

• Research

  Raissa Hogan

• Writer

  Paul Quinn

• Edited by

  Tom Burke

• Production Assistant

  Katherine Foyle

• Music Supervisor

  Gerry Horan

  ‘Weak’ composed by Brian Bolger
  Performed by The Dublin Guitar Quartet

• Title Design

  New Graphic

• Colour Grade

  Areaman Productions

• Sound Facilities

  Ardmore Sound

• Sound Post Production

  Steve Fanagan

  Irish Film Board

• Production Executive

  Emma Scott

• Project Manager

  Keith Potter

• Shorts Co-ordinator

  Jill McGregor

• Featuring

  Emmanuel Davila
  Vagner Inácio de Oliveira
  Lucas Guimaraes de Albuquerque
  Jadson Lima de Oliveira
  Jaroslaw Ksiazek

• Translations by

  Carol Cregg
  Michal Lemanski
  Raissa Hogan

• Special Thanks

  Nikola Sekowska-Moroney
  Carolina Cabral
  Jeri Cho
  Leonardo Balbinot
  Robinson Danilo Gesualdo

• Additional Thanks

  Demelza de Burca
  Graeme Wells
  Shimmy Marcus
  Jenny Duggan
  Howie Hogan
  Elizabeth Gormley
  PJ Burke
  Patrick Bolger