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Piracy and the complex problems we face…

Piracy and the complex problems we face…

By on November 30, 2008 in Piracy

After posting the video of the sales event at Memorabilia last week, I have had a lot of emails on the subject of piracy, copy protection etc. This was sparked by an event which I wrote this about… A guy I was speaking to said that he had Urban Ghost Story (a film I made) [...]

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Video Postcard from The My Hero Film Festival in LA (with some technical difficulties!)

Video Postcard from The My Hero Film Festival in LA (with some technical difficulties!)

By on November 28, 2008 in Festivals

(If you have problems watching this video you can also try here on Facebook of here on YouTube!) So thanks Kerry for once again, attending a festival for us, and for shooting it – though it’s clear there were some technical problems… Doh! Still, a great video document for everyone involved. I was particularly entertained [...]

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Chat track recording for the DVD release… all done!

Chat track recording for the DVD release… all done!

By on November 27, 2008 in DVD

Over the last couple of days I have been recording the commentary tracks for the Gone Fishing DVD (which you can now buy with the link to the left here). When I started to plan this, the first thing that I realised is that because Gone Fishing is only 13 minutes long, it would be [...]

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GONE FISHING WINS ANOTHER FESTIVAL!

GONE FISHING WINS ANOTHER FESTIVAL!

By on November 26, 2008 in Festivals

Can you believe! We have won another film festival! This weekend in Los Angeles, Associate Producer Kerry Finlayson attended the My Hero International Film Festival awards on all of our behalf, and she was delighted to collect the Best Narrative Film Award. This is a particularly wonderful award for us as the My Hero Festival [...]

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SELL BABY SELL!

By on November 23, 2008 in Sales

(If you are having problems playing this video, try here on Facebook or here on Google Video) This weekend, film maker colleague Simon Cox and myself have been selling our movies on DVD at Memorabilia – you can see the video above, just how the day turned out, and how much of a graft it [...]

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Prepping for Memorabilia Mayhem

Prepping for Memorabilia Mayhem

By on November 21, 2008 in Uncategorized

Tomorrow, I am going to be attending Memorabilia at the NEC, running a DVD sales stall with co-film maker buddy Simon Cox. Memorabilia is a sales fair for science fiction, fantasy and horror fans, wa place they can buy rare stuff and get signe photos from attending stars. I have to admit I am a [...]

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Gone Fishing now on DVD!

Gone Fishing now on DVD!

By on November 20, 2008 in Sales

Now that our multi award winning movie, Gone Fishing, has been to several festivals and received its Academy Qualifier screening in Los Angeles, we can now release the film on DVD! All proceeds will be re-invested into the drive for the Oscars and for submission to other film festivals. There are two versions. One for [...]

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We are gunna need a bigger shelf…

We are gunna need a bigger shelf…

By on November 19, 2008 in Awards

The Thunderclap award arrived in the post the other day, and it’s now sitting on my shelf next to the Rhode Island Award and the curious TCM White Plastic Cube Award we picked up a few weeks ago. The Kodak award is a plaque and is on my mums wall, amusing the neighbours. I just [...]

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Calendar Girls Done…

Calendar Girls Done…

By on November 16, 2008 in Inspiration

I have just completed the Photoshop work and layout in Adobe InDesign for the charity photo calendar we shot a few weeks back.  I am amazed at how quickly I can use those tools now, I guess that’s the result of many thousands of pages of work in the Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks. I think [...]

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Choices, choices, choices…

Choices, choices, choices…

By on November 15, 2008 in Festivals

Last weekend, I ran a test seminar on making corporate video, mainly as a way of supporting the unfortunate habit that many of us have become addicted too – film making. Staying alive financially is probably the biggest hurdle many of us face as we strive to carve out a successful career – and that [...]

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Nightwatcher development and The Gone Fishing Seminar Online

Nightwatcher development and The Gone Fishing Seminar Online

By on November 13, 2008 in Courses

The last few days have been immersed in script development on Project Nightwatcher. It’s been an intense and demanding process, and I hope in the next few days, to report on what is actually happening and what is about to take place. I have also been completing the Gone Fishing Seminar Video that we shot [...]

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Feel the chill run down your spine…

By on November 9, 2008 in Screenplay

Tonight I am hoping that I will get hold of the very first draft of a screenplay for a feature film we will be shooing in February, which for now we are calling Project Nightwatcher (the name will almost certainly change). The idea is simple. It’s micro budget, using what we have to hand (namely [...]

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Agents calling..

Agents calling..

By on November 7, 2008 in Agents

Since the awards, nominations and press around Gone Fishing, I have had some serious interest from agents, both here in the UK and in Los Angeles, which is incredibly exciting. I don’t want to reveal who and what is on the table right now, this is of course a negotiation, but I thought I would [...]

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Letter to Gone Fishing

Letter to Gone Fishing

By on November 6, 2008 in Inspiration

I wanted to share an email I just received from someone who I have just recently got to know, but who I already count as a close friend… Chris – Well done – again!  I just have to tell you that I was so extra pleased to hear this (Thunderclap Awards), because my 85 year [...]

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Reflecting on awards and competitions…

Reflecting on awards and competitions…

By on November 5, 2008 in Awards

I have had literally hundreds of amazing emails, congratulating me on Gone Fishing and the Thunderclap awards. I wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to vote, and also for asking friends and family too vote too. Collectively, YOU made the award happen! I have been mulling over something in the last few days [...]

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