Day one of my visit to the Sedona Film Festival kicked off with a fantastic screening of Gone Fishing today. What has really struck me here is just how relaxed, charming and ‘feeling’ the community seems to be. I know Sedona has a kind of hippy trippy reputation, and if that’s what I am experiencing, [...]
Archive | February, 2009
Patronus Protects DVD's from piracy…
I have just arrived at the Sedona Film Festival in Arizona, and will be letting you know how it akk goes… On the flight over, I have been working on a feature for MovieScope magazine about piracy. It’s not going to be the usual ‘outrage at copyright theft’ and ‘how to stop pirates’ article, but [...]
Email from a previous delegate on the Masterclass…
I just wanted to share an email I got from a fellow film maker. I met up with him last year for a coffee as he seemed ‘blocked’ in his next career steps. We discussed many of the issues I put into practice while making Gone Fishing, specicifally the carrer plan that forms one of [...]
Meetings begin…
Today, I hit the tarmac running with a breakfast meeting down in Manhattan Beach, a sunny town on the outskirts of LA. I was meeting with Judy and Thorsten, the writers and producers of ‘From Beneath Us’. They were in town for many reasons, but on Sunday night, they went to one of the exclusive [...]
The Oscar Goes To…
The Oscars are over and Spielzeugland (Toyland) won best short film. It’s a story about the holocaust which by all accounts is very powerful, and of course, it’s subject matter is always going to play well to Hollywood folk. Slumdog swept the board, and I am particularly delighted that my old film school buddy, Chris [...]
Festivals and Sales for Gone Fishing, the Masterclass
Yesterday I ran the final part of the Gone Fishing Masterclass at Ealing Studios. The first seminar we ran, at BAFTA last year, was all about how we made the film. This second was about how we exploited the film. The first seminar is online now, and this second one will be edited and uploaded [...]
6:15am… Ring ring… hello, you are live on the radio!
Today has started with a series of interviews for Australian media – and as there is an obvious time zone difference, so I was up at 6.15am talking to down under drive time talk show hosts, bleary eyed with coffee in hand. These interviews are a warm up for The Heart Of Gold Film Festival [...]
The Genius In Us All…
I wanted to share a short talk I stumbled upon at ww.ted.com. It’s with writer Elizabeth Gilbert, and it touches on the madness we can all be touched by in any creative endeavour. Here’s what TED said about it… Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses – and shares [...]
First Fests of 2009 Announced!
Sara has been busy submitting to festivals and we have had a huge response from certain groups. Broadly speaking, we have been unsuccessful in the UK and Europe, and very successful in the USA, especially California. We in fact have a nexus of festivals culminating in three, yes THREE award ceremonies in Arizona and LA [...]
Online Seminar Feedback Is Now Coming In…
As you know I am running the final part of the Gone Fishing seminar this weekend coming. If you buy the online seminar now, you can also come to the live seminar on Saturday too (or watch online when it’s uploaded). You can read more about the online seminar here… I just wanted to share [...]
Postcard from Utah
Over the last few days I have had a lot of emails from people commenting on their views about the move to LA, or not. Most of them were a mix of good luck, let me know what you find out, and what a shame that Britain has a clear talent drain… But one email [...]
La la la la, la-la la… (to T-Rex song Hot Love)
Over the last few weeks I have been taking council from several close friends, including DP Vernon Layton, as they have experience of either working or living in LA. One friend, who I don’t want to name, who now lives in LA, met me for lunch when I was out there and we discussed many [...]
A night to remember… Gone Fishing with Actix
Last night I had the pleasure of making a presentation to our corporate sponsors on Gone Fishing, Actix. The video tells you pretty much what the event was all about, and I have to say, I really enjoyed it. The Charlotte Street Hotel is a wonderful venue and we were able to present the film [...]
Making YOUR First Oscar Contender!
No other film award creates careers overnight like an Academy Award… As you may know, some time ago we set out to make an Oscar contender with our 35mm film ‘Gone Fishing’… Last December we got the email from Academy to let us know we were in the official shortlist of ten movies, and the [...]
From Beneath Us, a new project with real BITE!
For a short while now I have been collaborating with two film makers on a project called ‘From Beneath Us’. Judy Goldberg, formerly of Impact Pictures, and Thorsten Hagemann, formerly of Constantin Film, wrote the script over the last year or so, and when he read the script, editor Eddie Hamilton (who had worked with [...]
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