Filmmaker and founder of the Save Tin Pan Alley campaign Henry Scott-Irvine hopes to raise funds in order to tell the story of an area that's slowly being transformed by Crossrail. (Since 2012, at least 15 music businesses have closed their doors, including The 12 Bar Club, Enterprise Rehearsal Studios and a number of guitar shops.) He says the film will be 'a modern-day Canterbury Tale' told by ten people who have lived and worked in the street over the past century, with rarely-seen archival footage featured alongside their stories.
The aim is to raise at least £25,000 in a six-week period to cover copyright clearance costs for the archival footage, music clearances and post-production costs. In exchange for your support, funders will receive a range of reward bundles, including limited-edition guitar-shaped enamel badges, t-shirts, posters and tickets to concerts and screenings.
The crowdfunding campaign will go live on phundee.com from September 1. Sign up here to receive details on how to make a donation.