The last week has been a little hectic as I have been pursuing a book from a writer to develop into a feature film – can’t say what just yet, but we hope to close a deal very soon and then I can announce it. And so I have been knee deep in reading, negotiating [...]
Archive | July, 2009
Who is your SEO…? And take The Exam!
‘EXAM’, the feature which I associate produced last year, premiered at Edinburgh to great reviews this summer, and has just got a full page rave in this months coming Empire Magazine. You can see the write up here. Speaking with writer and director Stuart Hazeldine this afternoon, it became clear that the world really has [...]
Do you have £10k to make a horror movie?
During the Cannes Film Market, I recorded an audio podcast with Derrin Rammage from Maxim Media, an Arizona based sales company that specialises in ultra low budget horror films – and when I mean ultra low budget, I mean it, kind of around $20k! He always has a huge catalogue of titles that to my [...]
TOP TEN FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSION TIPS
As you know, Sara Morrison has been helping out with festival submissions, and I asked her for some notes on what she found out – bear in mind this is specifically about submitting to festivals and NOT about attending festivals or other areas of the festival experience. Gone Fishing is a pretty high profile film [...]
DVD sales still going strong…
I wanted to share an email I got from a film maker friend, Dave Fussell, who bought several copies of ‘Gone Fishing’ on DVD as presents. We have had extraordinary feedback from people who received ‘Gone Fishing’ as a gift, especially those of the older generation, who are not interested too much in the internet [...]
David Yates delivers on Harry Potter
Last night I went to see the new Harry Potter film, and personally, I thought it was terrific. It felt like The Empire Strikes Back of the HP series, finally grown up, with real consequence to action, and difficult choices being made by characters. Director David Yates and his team did a terrific job. Some [...]
Inspiration for Gone Fishing
When I am at film festivals, I am often asked what was the inspiration for ‘Gone Fishing’. There are lot’s of different answers to that question, but one big component was the death of my father a year or so before we made the film. While the story of ‘Gone Fishing’ is not directly about [...]
How to market your film, a free podcast with PR expert Sheri Candler!
During my trip to the PGA Awards a few weeks ago, I hooked up with Sheri Candler, an LA based film marketer. We quickly hit it off and so I recorded a podcast with her, sat in her car of all places (actually it’s a great recording environment). The podcast is about an hour long [...]
Another Interview With A Serial Killer
Last night I finally read the first draft of White Angel 2, the sequel to our ‘90’s serial killer thriller White Angel (aka Interview With A Serial Killer) that was so successful for us. I had lost touch with Harriet Robinson who played the lead in the original, and always sensed a sequel would be [...]
The All New Digital Guerilla Film Makers Pocket Book!
We have begun work on a new Guerilla Film Makers book, not an update to the last one, but a whole new book. It’s going to be called The Digital Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook. Yes you guessed, it’s going to be tiny but very dense. The focus is going to be entirely on ultra low [...]
3D technology and using Telepresence
Over the last few days I have been working with some corporate clients on a very ambitious film. I can’t say what and who, but I can tell you of a few exciting things I have experienced. First off is 3D on a TV (we may be making a film in 3D). I saw a [...]
Notting Hill Goes Kaput!
Bad news! It looks like the Notting Hill Film Festival just hit a brick wall this year… Here’s an email I just got from Andy, the organiser. Chris, it is with deep regret and sadness that we are having to end this festival this weekend. The audiences have not been there due to inability to [...]
Meet Jude Law and Angelina Jolie with Gone Fishing on Monday, in Notting Hill!
Next Monday (13th July), in Notting Hill, there are two very exciting events for ‘Gone Fishing'. We are part of the Notting Hill Film Festival, run by top notch chap and general supporter of British Films, Andy Isaac. At 1.30pm at the Odeon in Notting Hill, I am running a 90 minute workshop about Gone [...]
Distributing The Digital Feature With Technology Today! A Proven Model?
For some time now I have been aware of the micro budget feature film, Four Eyed Monsters, which was made by two US guys with nothing but determination, ambition and a lot of savvy. The half hour presentation above really illustrates who they are and how much they put into the endeavour. There’s huge amounts [...]
UK Tax Credit For Short Films? Get 20% of your budget back…
Leafing through this months Moviescope Magazine (in which I have an article), I noticed an article by Stephen Follows. I met Stephen for the first time a few years ago and I was impressed with his energy and enthusiasm – he seems to be capable of speech at about 150% normal human speed. Lord only [...]
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