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==Production== | ==Production== | ||
Checkmate was based on an incomplete short story written by [[Sanat Misra]]. During the first day of the 2011 [[YSTV Summer Camp]] Sanat decided that it would be a good idea to film the story for YSTV. He roped [[Steven Perring]] on board, as he was busy filming the [[Man Man]] spin-off Multiple-Personality Man with [[Michael Miller]. The script was written by Steven in one afternoon and after much argument about how questionably homosexual it was, and whether it should end with a kiss, the script was finalised. | Checkmate was based on an incomplete short story written by [[Sanat Misra]]. During the first day of the 2011 [[YSTV Summer Camp]] Sanat decided that it would be a good idea to film the story for YSTV. He roped [[Steven Perring]] on board, as he was busy filming the [[Man Man]] spin-off Multiple-Personality Man with [[Michael Miller]]. The script was written by Steven in one afternoon and after much argument about how questionably homosexual it was, and whether it should end with a kiss, the script was finalised. | ||
Filming happened during the second week of the Summer Camp, with the main cafe scenes being filmed one the river balcony of the City Screen cinema after [[Sarah Pickles]] and Steven talked them around to letting us film there. The filming schedule was tight, with much of the filming occurring between 8am and 10am before the cinema opened. Other filming locations in the city of York included Coney Street, the Starbucks on Coney Street, the New Walk, and the York Designer Outlet (posing for a US mall). Montage scenes were also filmed at Bishopthorpe Palace, and in a cornfield near the A64. | Filming happened during the second week of the Summer Camp, with the main cafe scenes being filmed one the river balcony of the City Screen cinema after [[Sarah Pickles]] and Steven talked them around to letting us film there. The filming schedule was tight, with much of the filming occurring between 8am and 10am before the cinema opened. Other filming locations in the city of York included Coney Street, the Starbucks on Coney Street, the New Walk, and the York Designer Outlet (posing for a US mall). Montage scenes were also filmed at Bishopthorpe Palace, and in a cornfield near the A64. | ||
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The triple storyline confused many of those who watched it, and led to some very imaginative reasons why coffee cups kept appearing and reappearing in the shot. Similarly, the unusually long lift scene led to many suggesting that Vanbrugh College had a Empire State-sized tower block just out of view! | The triple storyline confused many of those who watched it, and led to some very imaginative reasons why coffee cups kept appearing and reappearing in the shot. Similarly, the unusually long lift scene led to many suggesting that Vanbrugh College had a Empire State-sized tower block just out of view! | ||
Checkmate | ==Legacy== | ||
[[File: checkmate_emf_badge.png|thumb|Checkmate as played at [[EMFCamp 2016]] on the festival badge]] | |||
Checkmate is the most watched video of all time on the YSTV website, and as of May 2017 had surpassed 20,000 views.<ref>https://ystv.co.uk/watch/drama/Checkmate/</ref> Witnessing it remains a common rite of passage for new YSTV and [[URY]] members. | |||
Checkmate also sparked much imitation with a member of Filmmaking Soc creating a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9LKZ2L7HUQ theatrical trailer], | Checkmate became so famous that it was the theme of the 2012 YUSU Elections, with both Sanat and Michael presenting. Meanwhile at [[NaSTA 2012]], many members of NUTS got thoroughly over-excited at meeting everyone! It has also sparked much imitation with a member of Filmmaking Soc creating a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9LKZ2L7HUQ theatrical trailer], [[The Lemon Press]] suggesting a follow up with the title 'King Me', and [[University Radio York|URY]]'s computing team recorded a parody radio drama entitled [https://ury.org.uk/uryplayer/podcasts/814/ Game, Set & Match], which was broadcast on 24th June 2013 as part of [[Lloyd Wallis]]' show, Lloyd himself starring as "Person B". There also exists a particularly cutting "Directors Commentary" with "Steve" and "[[Matt Johnson]]". | ||
[[ | Whilst interviewing the cast of Avenue Q a special shout-out/promo to 'Checkmate' was filmed and is available [http://vimeo.com/42779765 here]. At [[EMFCamp 2016]] [[Robert Walker]] successfully played Checkmate on the festival badge.<ref>https://twitter.com/Rrah99/status/761922219383648256</ref> | ||
As of 2021, thanks to the heroic efforts of [[Marks Polakovs]], you can watch Checkmate over telnet by running <code>telnet checkmate.ystv.co.uk 42069</code>. | |||
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