I just got this email! Congratulations! Your film is a finalist in the Producers Guild of America Producers Challenge! The finalists will screen at the Sony Pictures Studios Cary Grant Theater in Culver City, CA, at 6:45PM Sunday June 7. Tomorrow I will send you all the information you need, but be aware that we will [...]
Archive | May, 2009
Vive la Révolution! Things have GOT TO CHANGE!
After I wrote my article for MovieScope on piracy, I came to a simple conclusion. Very few of us want piracy. Most of us want to play fair, pay fair prices, get fair access, and feel the creators get fair pay for their work. Piracy is a symptom of the near catastrophic breakdown of the [...]
Oscars Shortlist Screening Programme…
I am still suffering with my tooth abscess, getting only a few hours sleep a night, and only getting a few hours relief four times a day as I get the sweet spot with the pain killers, before the pain returns. Of course this would all happen over a bank holiday! (and I am writing [...]
Podcast goes live!
Last week, I recorded a podcast over Skype with author of Machinima For Dummies writer, Hugh Hancock. The podcast was suggested by Hugh after he took the online Gone Fishing masterclass (you can read his glowing review here), and we discussed many things, including a whole new evolutionary step in film making which I call [...]
Cannes Short Film Corner Winner is…
Last week, I asked everyone who reads the blog to watch and vote for a great little animated short film called Sebastian’s Voodoo, as it was playing in the Cannes Short Film Corner (original post and film here). And I just got this email from Joaquin, the film maker… ‘It's official! We won at Cannes [...]
We are SOOOO going to need a bigger shelf!
Can you believe! We have won another film festival, The Big Island Film Festival in Hawaii! The awards were on Sunday and we won the Best Foreign Short Film Award. I thought now would be a good time to take a snap shot of the vast collection of glass, perspex and bling that we have [...]
US Indie Guerilla Film Makers… Literally!
There’s a new film making book out there, a kind of Rebel Without A Crew for 2009, called ‘Either You’re In or You’re In The Way’, about Logan and Noah Miller, who managed to make a top notch US indie feature called ‘Touching Home’, starring Ed Harris. They had no past experience, contacts or budget. [...]
The Guerilla Guide To Cannes!
First off, it turns out I am going to be doing another little world jaunt, from Tokyo to Canada, attending festivals with Gone Fishing, and running my 2 day masterclass while there. But, I had planned on running it here in the UK at the end of June, so the dates have now been pushed [...]
All quiete on the Cannes Front…
Not surprisingly, it seems Cannes this year is very subdued. All accounts from the people I know who are attending, paint this picture. Producer Ivan Clements is down in Cannes and I asked him for a quick report. Here’s what he said… I got here on Wednesday night and zapped into Cannes Thursday from Juans [...]
From Lunar Girl to Luna-cy!
I want to let you know the extraordinary story of something happening right here and now in our own country. A few years ago, I interviewed a film maker called Janis Sharp, for my Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint book, about a micro budget feature film she had made called Lunar Girl. You can read [...]
Machinima Magic from Hugh Hancock
I have been chatting to Hugh Hancock over email after he took our online masterclass. Hugh is a very interesting chap and an expert in Machinina – what’s that some of you will ask. In brief, it’s making animated films inside a real time rendering 3D engine such as a computer game engine (often hacking [...]
Going Japanese…
So it looks like I am going to Japan! I just got word from the Short Shorts film festival in Tokyo…. Here’s what they said… Hello!! Hope this finds you well. We finally would like to offer you the invitation to attend to the festival. We will offer your flight from London to Tokyo (two [...]
What websites do you use in 2009?
Yesterday I sent a request out to my list for information on film making websites that we are using right now – I wanted to figure out what indie film makers consider to be the best resources in 2009. I have had an overwhelming response, but keep them coming. If you haven’t already emailed me [...]
Sebastian's Voodoo
Earlier this year I went to the Sedona Film Festival in Arizona, a real stand out event, as you can see form the video blog here. While there, a young and very talented animator gave me a copy of his film on DVD – he had also won a prize for best animation at Sedona, [...]
EXAM gets its world premiere!
Last year I held an evening seminar with Stuart Hazeldine, UK screenwriter and now director. He has been very busy in the last 12 months with 2 films that he co-wrote being released, ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still’ and ‘Knowing’. At the time of the seminar, Stuart was in prep for his first feature [...]
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