While some people have the luxury of a tremendous budget in order to make a short film, others find it more difficult to scrape together ten grand or so. There’s a fine line between creativity and business in “Show Business” (it’s a single space, usually) and it certainly seems a reasonable generalisation to say that [...]
I’ve had an exceptional year. Things started a little shakily, with Seeing Smoke dragging on longer than any of us expected, but the success of Paul Blinkhorn’s Duty Calls meant that I could attend Festival du Cannes 2009 as a film maker. Combined with several camera crew roles on different projects, and 2010 is already [...]
I attended a fascinating own-it seminar this week – “The IP Pyramid” – which dealt with the ins and outs of copyright law within the media industry. It was presented by a media lawyer and a TV producer, and involved several case studies. As it happens, one of the case studies emerged from a conversation [...]
Sitting here in the UK Filmcentre, it’s hard to remember the last time I felt so contented. I have plenty of work to do, such as selling our short, trying to get funding for a couple of features, holding press interviews, garnering contacts and so on, but it doesn’t feel like work at all. Oh well, Duty Calls. [...]
I wasn’t expecting to get to Cannes this year. I had decided that funds were too tight, and I’d be better trying to just sort out my overdraft. Then we found out that Duty Calls had been put forward by North West Vision and Media into Short Film Corner, which changed everything. Paul had already [...]
Paul and I set off early for the networking event at The Trof in Manchester’s Northern Quarter on Sunday. Just as well, the trains weren’t running. In the end we arrived just on time. There wasn’t a structure to speak of, but it was a productive and enjoyable experience. It was just a shame about [...]
I completed shooting on Last on Sunday evening, and since then I’ve not stopped. It was a crazy few days, and the flat is a complete tip now! Gemma very kindly offered to help in an acting capacity, and the story took a new and interesting turn as a result. When I looked at all [...]
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