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Announcing some cast and crew!

Announcing some cast and crew!

By on August 31, 2007 in Actors, Crew

OK, it’s time we started to reveal who some of our talented cast and crew are going to be… First off, I am more than delighted to announce that seasoned DP, no British LEGEND, Vernon Layton, will be shooting ‘Gone Fishing’. This is awesome news as Vernon truly is an artist. Among many others Vernon [...]

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Perspective…

Perspective…

By on August 30, 2007 in Inspiration

I got a few responses from yesterdays blog and I just wanted to share with you one from a film maker I met on one of my courses a few years back, Oli Lewington… Hey Chris, I’m a long-time follower of your various activities – got the books, done the course, blah blah blah. I [...]

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Production hots up…

Production hots up…

By on August 29, 2007 in Production

Production is really kicking in now. Daily, hourly, even minute by minute, new crises arise as others are fixed. Often, it can get SO hard that you really ask, what on earth am I doing? And then you remember, ‘Oh yes, most people have real jobs!’ As I haven’t made a film for some time, [...]

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Second Unit on Gone Fishing

Second Unit on Gone Fishing

By on August 29, 2007 in Uncategorized

Shooting is getting closer and deals are being struck. We managed to get ALL of our 35mm camera equipment for free from Arri, saving us thousands. Not only that, but we managed to get a second camera body too, so we will have an active second unit for the whole production. Film maker buddy, Simon [...]

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Gone Fishing Colour Palette

Gone Fishing Colour Palette

By on August 28, 2007 in Production Design

I have just been working on the colour palette for ‘Gone Fishing’ with Emily Johnson, the production designer. We both felt that we wanted to somehow mirror the two worlds of the ‘fishing flashback’ with young Bill, and the world of Old Bill, the old man whose story it is, through careful use of colours. [...]

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Bury Hill – Main Location

Bury Hill – Main Location

By on August 27, 2007 in Locations

I spent the most of yesterday wandering around our main location for the shoot – Bury Hill Fisheries, near Dorking. This venue has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. First off disadvantages – it just isn’t as spectacular as we wanted. Second, there could be a lot of fishermen on the days we shoot, though [...]

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Dark midnight of the creative soul

Dark midnight of the creative soul

By on August 25, 2007 in Inspiration, Screenplay

I am suffering right now (well actually last night to be specific, but past it this morning) from one of the symptoms I discuss on my two day film makers course. It’s a common problem and it can be quite crippling. When you set out on any creative venture and think up some kind of [...]

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Casting Simon and Bill in Gone Fishing

Casting Simon and Bill in Gone Fishing

By on August 23, 2007 in Actors

I spent another whole day in casting – looking for the young actors to play the two young boys in ‘Gone Fishing’. I know we found one boy who was amazing, but until the parents and agents have agreed for him to play the part, I don’t want to say anything. Let’s all keep our [...]

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Scheduling

Scheduling

By on August 22, 2007 in Budgeting

I spent most of yesterday and last night updating the schedule, which has gone through several major revisions already. The first one was done by Producer, Ivan Clemments, who then had to leave for two weeks, and it was subsequently revised by Sabina Sattar, who stepped into his shoes as acting producer. The schedule then [...]

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Sound Recordist, Killer Pike and Killer Bunnies!

Sound Recordist, Killer Pike and Killer Bunnies!

By on August 20, 2007 in Crew, SFX

Great news today. Experienced sound recordist Adrian Bell has agreed to record sound on ‘Gone Fishing’. This is particularly good news for me as Adrian recorded sound on my first feature film, ‘The Runner’, the movie that inspired ‘The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook’! So terrific! Adrians website is here. He will be using hard drive [...]

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Killer Pike Effects

Killer Pike Effects

By on August 19, 2007 in SFX

I have been working out how do some of the visual effects for ‘Gone Fishing’. Of course having no money, it’s a sellotape and string affair. But, I now have recieved tremendous support from a special effects company called Men From Mars. These digital effects guys are real wizards and usually work on $50m movies, [...]

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Grading 35mm

Grading 35mm

By on August 17, 2007 in Post Production

I spent the whole of yesterday in the main grading theatre at Midnight Transfer in London. We were working on the final grade for a 35mm short a friend of mine produced (Director Andreas Wisniewski, Producer Claire Trevor Roper), and they had a little bit of budget available, so we could use these guys and [...]

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Production Designer Sabina Satta Joins LSP

Production Designer Sabina Satta Joins LSP

By on August 15, 2007 in Production Design

Yesterday was a great day! Sabina Satta, production designer extraordinaire, joined Team Living Spirit on ‘Gone Fishing’. Not only is Sabina a wonderful designer, but she is also a writer, producer and director. This will bring a wonderful and holistic approach to the design department. She fell in love with the project when she read [...]

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Casting The Big Names

Casting The Big Names

By on August 14, 2007 in Actors

We are currently working through the usual dance with agents and actors for our cast. The most important character is Old Bill, who the story follows, and we are looking to a warm and generous older classical Brit actor for this part. Without saying who is at the top or bottom of the list, you [...]

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Lynn 'The Fin' Hawkins, Channel Swimmer

Lynn 'The Fin' Hawkins, Channel Swimmer

By on August 13, 2007 in Inspiration

I am a great believer in what you give, comes back to you. But that is often in ways that you don’t expect. A friend of mine just, last weekend actually, swam the English Channel. Each year about 800 people manage to climb Everest, but only 200 manage to conquer the Channel. Lynn is one [...]

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