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Variety took the view that there were 'many ways in which 'Castles in the Sky' adheres timidly to biopic om Mark Russell’s sugary score to Gill Horn’s elegant but unworn costumes. The film was previewed at the Edinburgh Film Festival in June 2014. He said, 'The time is right for a contemporary approach to this rich and under-reported vein of British history-it's not like other war stories-if anything it's more akin to a combination of The Social Network and Chariots of Fire than The Dambusters or Reach for the Sky.' Reception Producer Wheeler said that he hoped the film would illuminate the 'sex appeal' of science. Mark Russell composed the musical score, whilst the costume designer was Gill Horn. įilming took place in various locations on Scotland's east coast on Dunbar Beach and Hedderwick Sands in East Lothian, Newbattle Abbey and Arniston House in Midlothian, Gosford House in Longniddry, and in Edinburgh. Castles in the Sky is produced with Open University, BBC Two, BBC Scotland, BBC Worldwide and Creative Scotland with Glasgow Film Office, Robert Watson Watt Trust and Brechin Civic Trust. The director is Gillies MacKinnon and the writer is Ian Kershaw, who has previously worked on Shameless. It is produced by Simon Wheeler for Hero Film and Television with Arabella Page Croft and Kieran Parker as co-producers for Black Camel Pictures.

Julian Rhind-Tutt as Albert Percival RoweĬastles in the Sky was commissioned by Janice Hadlow for BBC Two and Kim Shillinglaw, head commissioner for science and natural history.

By 1939, Watson Watt and his team have developed the world's first Radar system along England's south east coast - a system that, in 1940, will be critical in winning the Battle of Britain. Hamstrung by a small budget, challenging technical problems and even a spy, Watson Watt also has to deal with marital problems.

This film charts the work of Robert Watson-Watt, the pioneer of Radar, and his hand-picked team of eccentric yet brilliant meteorologists as they abandon their initial direction of a death ray and struggle to turn the concept of Radar into a workable reality. Suspecting that a war is likely, the British War Ministry look to new and advanced inventions of their own. At this size, the installation begins to feel like a little city and poses interesting questions about the permanency of public art structures, the potential for our public spaces to change radically in very short periods of time and how post-pandemic, we may wish to construct and experience our cities differently.It is the mid-1930s and Germany is making rapid advances in weaponry, especially aircraft.

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The total footprint of the full version is 500 square metres. This is the tallest temporary structure that ENESS has created and it is designed to be modular. In terms of design, it is an exploration into inflatables as temporary architecture. The Sky Castle story was developed during lockdown as an expression of freedom from isolation and the positive clear skies that come after difficult times. A supersized, mega Sky Castle appeared in Shenzhen at the end of 2020 and other configurations at Illuminate Adelaide in mid-2021 and the Brisbane Festival 3-25 September 2021. Sky Castle launched in Fed Square in 2020 to celebrate Melbourne’s emergence from its 3rd lockdown. As more people join the journey, the contemporary score crescendos in intensity creating a lush, orchestral piece that is different every night as it responds to crowd flow and fluctuations.įor the first time, Sky Castle has now landed in Sydney, at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour for a limited time.

Light, colour and music have been orchestrated to evoke the joy and hope that rainbows bring after every storm. Sky Castle is a dreamy, interactive sound and light installation, featuring a cluster of inflatable arches that span in colourful symphony across public space.Īs visitors move through the arches, their movement powers and progresses the melodic xylophone soundscape stimulating colour changes in each arch.

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