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Killer Pike Arrives

Killer Pike Arrives

By on September 30, 2007 in Pickups, SFX, Shooting

Today I collected our three and a half foot animatronic – well actually, hand puppet – monster pike. It was made by effects guru Jenny Cochrane and it weighs A TON! This fish is never going to be seen out of water, only in the murky shallows as it battles with Young Bill. We will [...]

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Digital Effects Work Begins

Digital Effects Work Begins

By on September 29, 2007 in Post Production, SFX

We are now prepping for the Digital Effects that we need in Gone Fishing. This is a bit of a technical process. It starts with a chat with the FX guys, in this case, the amazing wizards from Men From Mars. We isolated the shots we need, in this case a shot of a worm [...]

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Jaws for Kids!

Jaws for Kids!

By on September 28, 2007 in Music, Pickups, SFX

Still working on music for Gone Fishing. We have entered that dreaded stage where we have fallen in love with the temporary music we used, and anything else, just does not do the same job. This is a typical problem and I am trying hard to stay focussed on a solution and not on what [...]

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Pickup shoot is planned for next Wednesday

Pickup shoot is planned for next Wednesday

By on September 27, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards, Cast, Offline Edit, Pickups, Shooting

I am starting work on one of my favourite parts of the film making process. The pickup shoot. This is a one day shoot with minimal crew where you get all those little shots you didn’t get during the main shoot, or new shots you thought up in the edit, so as to help tell [...]

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Second Edit refines Gone Fishing further

Second Edit refines Gone Fishing further

By on September 26, 2007 in Art and Stroryboards, Music, Offline Edit, Pickups, Post Production, Screenings

Last night I worked with Eddie Hamilton and we did the second cut of the film. This was to generally tidy, trim and make neat and perfect all the cuts in the movie. Also to add storyboarded shots that we will be filming next week in a pickup shoot day, and finally to tackle the [...]

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Music track laying

Music track laying

By on September 25, 2007 in Music

We are now adding music to Gone Fishing, and for part of the score, I am using music pulled from one of the unique music libraries here in the UK – Audio Network has thousands of tracks that you can use in your production, for a one off fee of £250 – all rights, worldwide. [...]

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Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass Graduate, Rob Goodwin on Gone Fishing

Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass Graduate, Rob Goodwin on Gone Fishing

By on September 24, 2007 in Crew, Professionalism, Shooting

A few years back, Robert Goodwin came on my two day film making seminar,  When I asked for help on Gone Fishing, he was one of the people who answered, and in fact, kept answering and giving me reasons why he should be involved. I managed to get the photographer to shoot some pics with [...]

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The budget is in…

The budget is in…

By on September 23, 2007 in Budgeting, Post Production, Shooting

Producer, Sabina Sattar, has spent the last week tallying up the budget. We have gone over budget. I knew we had so during the shoot as a number of problems came up and I just sanctioned them, saying we can figure out how to deal with it once we have it all in the can. [...]

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First test screening

First test screening

By on September 22, 2007 in Screenings, Screenplay, Training

Last night we held out first test screening for ‘Gone Fishing’. Blimey. What an evening. We had about ten people round and we watched it on my big video projector. This was an offline cut, with temp music and sound. After the film played, I asked a number of questions and we entered a three [...]

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Stills arrive

Stills arrive

By on September 21, 2007 in Budgeting, Publicity, Screenings

Traditionally, on low budget films, you always have trouble getting certain crew members. Stills photographers and sound recordists are usually toughest. We were very lucky as we had Ro Heap record the sound excellently, and Mark Reeve took the stills. I only just took delivery of Marks pictures and I am blown away. Not only [...]

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Picture lock on the first assembly

Picture lock on the first assembly

By on September 19, 2007 in Post Production, Shooting

I spent the whole of last night with editor Eddie Hamilton as we fine cut the first assembly of ‘Gone Fishing’. We have been cutting using a Dell laptop, digitising in offline media at DV50 from DVCam, and then using a 32” domestic telly as a preview monitor. It all works flawlessly. As I mentioned [...]

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Post Shoot Blues

Post Shoot Blues

By on September 17, 2007 in Post Production, Shooting

So the shoot is over and I spent a weekend in post shoot blues. As tough as a shoot is, the days after it can often be worse. There is also an inevitable pile of production problems, misplaced bits and bobs and dreaded bills to deal with. But most of all you miss the buzz, [...]

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The Final Day Of The Shoot…

The Final Day Of The Shoot…

By on September 16, 2007 in Shooting

I woke with very serious pain in my leg. At 5.15am, I wasn’t sure I would get through the day. But I knew I must. At 7am I hobbled onto location to find a largely new crew, reduced in size and looking at me slightly bemused – who was this guy hobbling onto set? What [...]

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Shooting Day 5

Shooting Day 5

By on September 15, 2007 in Shooting

This was supposed to be our final day of shooting, but it was now clear that we needed an extra day. Many people in the cast and crew chose to come back for the extra day, but some had other work they needed to do. I was touched by the enthusiasm everyone showed, especially those [...]

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Shooting Day Four

Shooting Day Four

By on September 14, 2007 in Shooting

The post mortem on Day 3 highlighted some key areas where we could tighten up the shoot. If we continued the way we shot on Day 3, we would need two weeks to complete. DP Vernon Leyton had a chat to his camera team and they worked out a few ways to move a little [...]

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