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Movie Blueprint New Cover Quotes!

Movie Blueprint New Cover Quotes!

By on June 27, 2007 in Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks

Out of the blue, I got a call from the publishers of The Movie Blueprint – they are shifting printers and have lost the digital files for the cover. So I seized the opportunity to redesign the cover, adding some of the quotes we got from reviews. I also thought, ‘I wonder if anyone has [...]

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Rocketboy rewrite begins

Rocketboy rewrite begins

By on June 27, 2007 in Rocketboy, Screenplay

I am working on the screenplay for Rocketboy today, and going over my notes from the reading last weekend. Two further things have since struck me. I can’t express just how valuable it was to hear my dialogue read out loud. It really does take on a new life – on the page and in [...]

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GONE FISHING Proposal final proofs before printing

GONE FISHING Proposal final proofs before printing

By on June 26, 2007 in Printing

I am just putting the final touches to my investment proposal for my short film, ‘Gone Fishing’, before I send it off to the printers tomorrow. It’s a fairly bold and unusual way of funding the movie, but I am hopeful that it will pay off. We are making up a full colour folded A4 [...]

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Rocketboy Readthrough

Rocketboy Readthrough

By on June 24, 2007 in Rocketboy

Yesterday we did an actors read-through for Rocketboy – organised by my good friend, casting director Cathy Arton, it was a long but revealing and emotionally overwhelming day. At Ealing studios, around 15 actors of all ages, sat in a large circle and performed the script. One actor read the ‘narration’ (descriptions and slug lines) [...]

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The Sky Is The Limit

The Sky Is The Limit

By on June 21, 2007 in Rocketboy

I have been researching into private rocketry for Rocketboy and saw a wonderful doc about Burt Rattan and his SpaceShipOne, and how he won the $10m X prize. This was a privately funded group of dedicated experts who built the first private spaceship, got it into space and then brought it, and it’s passengers back [...]

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Writers group therapy

Writers group therapy

By on June 20, 2007 in Screenplay

I am prepping for a big script meeting tomorrow. This is to discuss the script notes for Rocketboy that we got and how to advance to the next draft. I have been calling around all my screenwriter friends and convinced everyone to help me out by reading drafts, consulting on story and character, and even [...]

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Healthy Body… Healthy Mind

Healthy Body… Healthy Mind

By on June 19, 2007 in Uncategorized

The next two years are going to be probably the most important in my career. If I am going to really get myself into the position of director for Rocketboy, I am going to have to take care of something I have, sadly, neglected for some time now. Namely, my body. I am am overweight [...]

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FOUR EYED MONSTERS

FOUR EYED MONSTERS

By on June 18, 2007 in Uncategorized

Another breakthrough filmmaker is using YouTube as a viable way to market their film online. For the past week, YouTube has been playing Four Eyed Monsters, the first feature ever to have been shown on there for free. Four Eyed Monsters is essentially about two outsiders coming together and finding true love-without speaking to each [...]

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First script notes truly worth their weight in gold!

By on June 17, 2007 in Rocketboy, Screenplay

I got my first set of notes on the screenplay for Rocketboy, from Marc Samuelson today. I suspect this is an amalgamation of thoughts from himself, associate producer Jessica Parker and a number of readers. It’s five pages in length and very detailed. I was somewhat overwhelmed by the incisive, detailed and empathetic content of [...]

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Count down to Rocketboy begins!

Count down to Rocketboy begins!

By on June 13, 2007 in Rocketboy

And so it begins… I can’t say with who just yet, but my long term movie project, Rocketboy (previously titled Rocketman and Vampire Girl) has shifted several gears and I am much closer to it being made than I have ever been. Essentially, we have a serious and credible offer to make the movie, at [...]

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How To Make A Film Part 3 in Total Film-OUT NOW!

How To Make A Film Part 3 in Total Film-OUT NOW!

By on June 8, 2007 in Magazine Articles

The third and final part of Team Living Spirit’s series on how to make a film is out now and deals with the post production process, from editing and sound to getting a deal, going to film festivals and even self distribution. We hope you have enjoyed this three part guide to just getting on [...]

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How To Fund Your Film Seminar

How To Fund Your Film Seminar

By on June 7, 2007 in Training

Last night we hosted the ‘How To Fund Your film Seminar’ and it went down extremely well. Author Adam Davies spoke for a few hours on funding and the feedback was excellent. Personally, I also spoke about the short film I am making, ‘Gone Fishing’, whose purpose is to prove to financiers that I am [...]

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VADA TIZIANA VADA!!!!

VADA TIZIANA VADA!!!!

By on June 4, 2007 in Documentary, Training

This weekends Documentary Masterclass with Andrew Zinnes and Genevieve Jolliffe went down extremely well. Everyone got plenty out of it, and it looks like some very exciting new doc’s may come out of this session. Most notable for me was the extremely passionate and enthusiastic Tiziana Calleri, an Italian film maker and photographer who is [...]

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Sales and Distribution Tips

Sales and Distribution Tips

By on June 1, 2007 in Sales

I have been talking to Sales Agent and Author Stacey Parks about running a seminar later in the year, with her new book on distribution. She has her own subscription website too, www.filmspecific.com, and has free emails every so often. She holds teleconference calls too, and here are some of her pointers from the last [...]

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