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Catching The BIG Fish!

Catching The BIG Fish!

By on August 10, 2007 in Screenplay

Something I have been very fortunate to have in my life is a group of experienced and passionate film maker friends. I cannot stress how vital this is both to the execution of my own personal ambitions as a film maker, but also on a nitty gritty story development level. I just had a short [...]

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We need your help! PROPS!

We need your help! PROPS!

By on August 8, 2007 in Uncategorized

Things are going very well here at Living Spirit. We are just four weeks away from the shoot for ‘Gone Fishing’, (shooting on 2 perf 35mm), and now up in glorious Scotland. We are still a little short of cash, so if you want to contribute, you can get more information here… If you are [...]

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Take a peek at some of our Storyboards

Take a peek at some of our Storyboards

By on August 7, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards

I am getting very close to locking the storyboards now. I will be done by tomorrow. If you want to see how some of them look, I have put a few up on our site here. I will be pleased to get this behind me as it’s eaten up a whole load of time – [...]

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Organising My Shot List and Boards with SpringBoard

Organising My Shot List and Boards with SpringBoard

By on August 5, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards, Software

I have spent the whole day on Storyboarding again – not working with Gabrielle this time, but planning the shots and ordering them so that next time we meet, I am clear about every single shot and how it will cut with each shot on either side. I am used to doing a shot list, [...]

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Storyboarding Gone Fishing

Storyboarding Gone Fishing

By on August 4, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards

The last couple of days has been spent storyboarding with one of the most talented guys I have ever worked with, Swiss storyboard artist Gabriel Schucan. He is a very fast sketcher, and it’s wonderful to see the story come to life visually. The process itself has precipitated a script re-write as little problems are [...]

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Contriubuting Composer Writes a Cue For Gone Fishing

Contriubuting Composer Writes a Cue For Gone Fishing

By on August 3, 2007 in Music

Music is always a vital element of any movie, and I have often felt that it’s all too often used to prop up dodgy drama. There is that great Alan Parker cartoon that says something like, ‘the script is terrible, actors incompetent, director an idiot, editing is terrible – right we’d better fire the composer!’ [...]

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Location Moves To Scotland

Location Moves To Scotland

By on August 2, 2007 in Locations

Today has been a big day – the final prep meeting before we officially move into pre production, lock down and head out. Some big choices have needed to be made. Producer Ivan Clemments and I, sat around a table and worked through the script, budget and schedule. Passions ran high – after all, I [...]

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