The origins of the name 'woofkitty' lie ultimately in the world of film-making. From their very own private Hollywood--Spilsby Road Studios--Dom and a few young, bright eyed friends began making short spoof films and animations starting in 1997. These films reached their zenith in the period when they actually had a video camera, and the first film to be recorded in this way (not including the Hinkins family holiday to Austria) was Dogzilla which we hope to present for you shortly. Starring Choya 'Misty' Charmain Hinkins as the beast, with Katie Odgaard as camerawoman, Dan Barrett as a cliff, and Faye From Next Door as the helicopters, it was Quite Good.
Over the next few years, Woofkitty pictures (as they so named themselves) produced over 12 hours of films, filling four videos, including the hit comedy Gimbo the Goblin (written by Duncan McCoy), Jurassic Pork: The Lost Bird, the Ovine-based children's series Wiggy Farm, as well as adaptations of The Hobbit, Voyages of Doctor Doolittle, and Swallows and Amazons (all three incomplete).
Following the production of their final feature length film, Explorers: The Movie (a joint effort with local explorer scout group, the Nomads), woofkitty pictures has been unable to illicit support to produce any more films, but following the anticipated change of location in the Autumn, new recruits may become available, and the script writing team is prepared for these circumstances.
For now, Dominic restricts himself to commissions from family weddings and theatre productions*, as well as ten-minute shorts with the only cast he can assemble at short notice: dogs and cats. Youtube is making this line of videos increasingly redundant as the internet rubs it in once more that there is no such thing as an original thought...
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