A while back I posted a YouTube clip of Kevin Smith, and was prompted by a reader of the Blog to the DVD from which it was ripped. I promptly got hold of it and spent and evening chuckling at his anecdotes. The DVD set is a series of recorded seminars, filmed in America where [...]

I was recently forwarded this story by a friend, and it shows that Youtube can get your filmmaking career noticed, and also grab the attention of Hollywood. Their micro-budgeted "A Dog's Breakfast" has not only sold to MGM Studios worldwide, but spun off a pilot development deal with NBC/Universal. Hewlett (of TV show Stargate fame) [...]

Always on the look out for new ideas and ways to fund, I met with a Bollywoood producer. We came up with a concept that actually is quite interesting, though a practical nightmare. Essentially, shoot a movie twice – once with Brit actors, and the same movie again, but with Hindi actors. Literally do a [...]

I recently came across this 20 minute video with Kevin Smith from ‘Clerks’ and his entertaining stories from when he worked on a version of Superman in the mid 90′s. It’s really worth 20 minutes of your day. Enjoy. Chris Jones, Film Maker and Author www.livingspirit.com mail@livingspirit.com  

Driving down my high street yesterday I noticed a Prime Video Store was closing down. Another stark reminder of the huge changes the film and TV business is going through. Other distributors tell me that Blockbuster are likely to be gone within a year – you can already see they are trying to diversify by [...]

I have been looking, yet again, into the current state of online content delivery and how it impacts on my great love in life, movies. When is the Internet really going to change the way we view movies? I mean really change it. And I came across a great quote that for me really summarises [...]