Crow’s Eye Productions

These inventive short videos were the inspiration of Nick Loven and created by his company, Crow’s Eye Productions.  

Please scroll down the feed to see the three short films: Mona Lisa, American Gothic and Girl with a Pearl Earring, or go to the menu bar above to see the films and details on the making of them.

Crow’s Eye Productions specialise in period drama and museum films. To learn more about the company and its work, visit the Crow’s Eye website or visit the web site of their costume department.

 

Mona Lisa

Credits:
Director
Nick Loven
Producers
Nick Loven, Pauline Loven, Chris Roberts
Mona Lisa – Lydia Staniaszek
Leonardo Da Vinci – Jack Greene
Voice of Leonardo – Dante Ferrara
Costumes
Pauline Loven, Orchard House Wardrobe
Hair and Makeup
Emily Johnson
Music
Oliver White (House of Dog)
Filmed at Ashby Hall
Thanks to:
Keith Loven
Eran and Linda Bauer of Ashby Hall
Pauline Organ, St Edith’s Church, Coates-by-Stow
Bryony Jackson
Christian Knutsson
http://www.crowseye.co.uk
http://www.orchardhouselincoln.co.uk
http://www.danteferrara.co.uk
http://www.loven.co.uk

American Gothic

A fresh take on Grant Wood’s iconic Painting, American Gothic:

Credits:
Director
Nick Loven
Producers
Nick Loven, Pauline Loven, Chris Roberts
Cast
Crispin Foster
Marina Foster
Simion Foster
Louie Foster
Josie Foster
Danielle Foster
Jordan Laing
Costumes
Pauline Loven, Orchard House Wardrobe
Hair and Makeup
Emily Johnson
Filmed at Ashby Hall
Thanks to:
Keith Loven
Eran and Linda Bauer
Bryony Jackson
Christian Knutsson
Martha Milne
Jessica Strom, American Gothic House Center
http://www.americangothichouse.net
http://www.crowseye.co.uk
http://www.orchardhouselincoln.co.uk
http://www.loven.co.uk
http://ww1film.wordpress.com/

Girl with a Pearl Earring!

Imagining what it would be like if twitter was around in the 1660s. Recreating Vermeer’s famous painting Girl with a Pearl Earring as well as John Hayl’s portrait of the diarist Samuel Pepys.

Girl with a Pearl Earring – Louise Parkin
Samuel Pepys – Jason Hippisley
Directed by Nick Loven
Assistant Director – Chris Roberts
Costume – Pauline Loven
Costume assistant – Sam Green
Dresser – Bernadette Brennan
Make-up – Katya Arianna Giorgio
Runner – Patrick Kay
http://www.crowseye.co.uk
http://www.orchardhouselincoln.co.uk
http://www.loven.co.uk

For more of the making of the sketch, by period costumier and producer Pauline Loven, go to the heading above or  click here:

Making the clothes for American Gothic

An article on how the clothes were researched and recreated for the American Gothic video sketch can now be read here.

Making Mona Lisa’s Clothes clothes

An article on how the Mona Lisa’s clothes were recreated for the short video sketch can now be read here.

The videos

The Mona Lisa and American Gothic short videos, as well as being (we hope) amusing, illustrate the themes of Imagination Potential and Intellectual Property. Please click on the relevant tab to see the video again and to read a short article on how these themes are connected, both with each other and with the story in each video.  They were made by Crow’s Eye Productions, a specialist video making company from Lincoln.  See the Links for their web site.

 (photo courtesy of the American Gothic House Center)