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Another win! Palm Beach in Florida!

Another win! Palm Beach in Florida!

By on April 30, 2009 in Awards, Festivals, Gone Fishing

Great news! We have another festival win, The Palm Beach International Film Festival, for Best Short Film. They announced the awards on their website yesterday, and I emailed them but they have still not got back to me with details. Having been to festivals, I am guessing most of the staff went back to real [...]

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Old School Film Making

By on April 29, 2009 in Inspiration

REMEMBER TO CLICK THE HQ BUTTON TO GET IT IN HIGH QUALITY! I got an email yesterday from a guy called Alex Schiller, who said, ‘Could ANY film director tell me how this video clip was shot? I could watch this over & over. Terrific! Never seen anything like this before, my word!’ So I [...]

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'Shooting For Success…'

By on April 28, 2009 in Courses

I am putting together a fascinating workshop for the corporate sector, about using video webisodes as a way to promote your business and brand. I was asked to do it by Actix, who had previously sponsored Gone Fishing. They had seen the extraordinary responses I had been getting from the webisodes at the festivals and [...]

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Twittering Escalates!

By on April 27, 2009 in Publicity, Twitter

  Finally I am getting my head around Twitter and what it can really offer us all. First off, the video here is from TED and is a good background to the creation of Twitter. So what have I learned so far? Well first off, you need a computer desktop version, you can’t rely on [...]

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End Of The Pier Fim Festival

End Of The Pier Fim Festival

By on April 26, 2009 in Festivals

Last night I attended a screening of Gone Fishing in Worthing, on the South coast near Brighton. It was part of the End Of The Pier Film festival and run by Brian Gartside. I like Brian a lot as he is committed to helping film makers, so much so that the festival invests a portion [...]

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Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass LONDON 2009

Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass LONDON 2009

By on April 25, 2009 in Courses, Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass

I have just announced that we now have London dates for my Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, June 27 /28 at Ealing Studios. I sent out the email just now and here’s what it said…  ‘EVERYONE HAS GREAT IDEAS. IT’S HOW YOU MAKE THOSE  GREAT IDEAS INTO A GREAT MOVIE, A MOVIE THAT IS  MARKETABLE, THAT [...]

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Playing the London Indie Film Fest!

Playing the London Indie Film Fest!

By on April 24, 2009 in Festivals

What a night last night! WOW! I presented Gone Fishing and gave a short talk in the biggest living room in London, at the Roxy Screen and Bar in Borough, South London. The room was crammed with sofas and arm chairs and provided a great environment for an intimate screening and chat. DP Vernon Leyton [...]

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The Mystery Box…

By on April 22, 2009 in Inspiration

As you may know, I am flitting between running some courses and writing a script – and in the darker times of the script writing, I often start to wonder if it’s all a kind of madness. Will creativity ever be diagnosed as a clinical disease? Possibly I think. I found this exceptional talk from [...]

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Sales Delivery Workshop Is Nearly Ready

Sales Delivery Workshop Is Nearly Ready

By on April 22, 2009 in Courses, Sales

I have spent the last day putting together a one day seminar about film sales, and specifically how to make final delivery to a sales agent or distributor. I have sat in on several sales meetings recently and have been surprised at how much stuff these guys need or want, and also how technical it [...]

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Festival Grid Lock… and we are going to need a bigger shelf!

Festival Grid Lock… and we are going to need a bigger shelf!

By on April 21, 2009 in Festivals

I am looking at a frantic couple of weeks for ‘Gone Fishing’ at international film festivals. Over the coming two weeks we will have umpty thrumpy screenings around the world. All are in the USA and the UK, and it has already kicked off with the Nashville Film Festival where Gone Fishing screens today. The [...]

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Gone Fishing with a talk from the director, The Roxy this Thursday!

Gone Fishing with a talk from the director, The Roxy this Thursday!

By on April 20, 2009 in Gone Fishing, Screenings

This Thursday (April 23rd), as part of the London Independent Film Festival, I will be running a one hour seminar and screening Gone Fishing at The Roxy Cinema in East London. The event is part of an evening of Music Videos and the best of UK Short films and costs just £3! You can buy [...]

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The power of the image…

The power of the image…

By on April 19, 2009 in Inspiration

Yes it says a thousand words… Barack Obama visits number ten. Remember they are not supposed to shake hands. Onwards and upwards! Chris Jones, Film Maker and Author www.livingspirit.commail@livingspirit.com

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Masterclass Down Under Ripples…

Masterclass Down Under Ripples…

By on April 18, 2009 in Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, Guest Blog

When I ran my 2 day seminar at Heart Of Gold, I met a film making couple, Mark and Candice. They were both charming, determined and entirely free of cynicism. Marks energy was infectious, so I pushed a little harder, we had a meeting and a whole new possibility evolved… Here’s what Mark has to [...]

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Final 2 hours added to Online Masterclass, with many extra hours of bonus material added, including Alex Fazeli!

Final 2 hours added to Online Masterclass, with many extra hours of bonus material added, including Alex Fazeli!

By on April 17, 2009 in Courses, Feedback, Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, Training

When I was in LA, I met with film maker Alex Fazeli, shot an interview, and I wrote about it on the blog at the time. His interview is a bonus feature of the now, 14 hour Guerilla Masterclass: Making The World Class Short Film, that is delivered totally online. His interview is about his [...]

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Gone Fishing Gets a Theatrical Release!

Gone Fishing Gets a Theatrical Release!

By on April 16, 2009 in Gone Fishing, Screenings

I have teamed up with old film school buddy, Julian Richards, to release ‘Gone Fishing’ as a support for his feature film 'Summer Scars', which is released in cinemas this June. This is great news as it means that Gone Fishing should play around the country in cinemas, and it’s a wonderful revival of the [...]

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