So you want to break into Hollywood? During the Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival I was lucky enough to hear Doug Chamberlin speak on this subject – and Dough should know as he has written loads for all the major studios and TV networks, including ‘Toy Story 2’ I cornered him in the Green Room at the [...]
Archive | October, 2009
Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival Day 2 and Simon Beaufoy's Hot Tips for collaborating on a screenplay
Day two of the Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival began with my old buddy, Peter Bloore, interviewing Simon Beaufoy on stage about his experiences as a screenwriter, specifically in the arena of script development and working with others, a place where a film can often derail (or the writer can be asked to leave the project). He [...]
Day 1 of the Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival '09
I am sitting with a venti soya latte in hand, in the most astonishingly grandeous building at Cheltenham Ladies College, waiting for the 9.30am seminar with Simon Beaufoy. I am at the Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival and frankly, nice and relaxed and enjoying it all now. This is in stark contrast to yesterday when I gave [...]
Six hours of new features added to the online 'Making The World Class Short Film' Workshop – sign up discount still available!
It’s a been bit of a frantic weekend – I am prepping for the Chetenham Screenwriters Festival which kicks off on Monday, where I am the opening speaker! I have a couple of other sessions on Monday and Tuesday too, so I hope to see you there. Yesterday, I spent the afternoon and evening with [...]
Quick Guide Film Insurance in 2009 for The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook
Yesterday, for the new Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, I interviewed Paul Cable of Media and Entertainment Insurance Services Limited. Paul is a great guy and has helped many emerging film makers through the difficulties of finding the right insurance package for their production. After chatting to Paul, it was clear that there are a number [...]
Gone Fishing plays in Leicester Sq., support for European Premiere of Jaws documentary
I JUST THIS MOMENT FOUND OUT! On Saturday December 5th, 9pm, at the Prince Charles Theatre in Leicester Sq., ‘Gone Fishing’ is playing (on 35mm) as the support to a feature film as part of the United Film Festival. We have played many times as support for features, but this is the first time I [...]
Getting Great Deals, the mindset for a film maker…
Monday morning and I have hit the tarmac running on the new Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, which we are racing to complete for delivery at the end of the month (and I suspect we will be a week or so late!) I am hammering through interviews and writing up box outs and tips after long [...]
Urban Ghost Story, the making of… And the complete soundtrack by Rupert Gregson-Williams
As the dust settles after the screening of ‘Urban Ghost Story’ on the BBC this week, I thought I would do a final post to share some stuff that I have had requests for. Above is the ‘making of’ documentary from the DVD. Made around 2002 before Genevieve headed for Hollywood… The full 30 pages [...]
JUST UPDATED – Urban Ghost Story wins the ratings war! AMAZING!
Amazing news – the screening of ‘Urban Ghost Story’ last night won, YES WON, the rating for that time slot – of the hundreds of channels available in the UK, ‘Urban Ghost Story’ captured 11.5% of all viewers, with just under half a million people tuning in to watch the movie – we out performed [...]
Urban Ghost Story, on the BBC, and the stunts and how we we did them…
Wow! So ‘Urban Ghost Story’ played on BBC1 last night – I got loads of emails and texts during the screening, a kind of live commentary from friends. Awesome! It’s been a long time since I have watched it and I was surprised by all sorts of details that had slipped my mind. And I [...]
Gone Fishing wins SCFF in Tennessee, USA!
A quick update before the TV premiere of Urban Ghost Story tonight, BBC1 just after midnight… We just got word that last weekend, ‘Gone Fishing’ won the Secret City Film Festival 2009 in Tennessee USA. Fantastic! That makes, er… thirty something wins now! (there is a complete list on our press website here) Onwards and [...]
Read a whole chapter from 'The Guerilla Film Makers Hanbook' on the making of Urban Ghost Story, premiering on BBC1 tomorrow night
As promised over the weekend, in advance of the UK Network TV premiere of ‘Urban Ghost Story’ tomorrow night (Tuesday) on BBC 1, here is the complete chapter from the Guerilla Film Makers Handbook about how we made the film. It’s a PDF and 1.6mb in size, so will take a moment to download. After [...]
British Network Premiere of 'Urban Ghost Story' on BBC1, Tuesday just after midnight…
Last week I got a call form the BBC to tell me that my third feature film, Urban Ghost Story, would be playing on Tuesday the 13th of October at 12.05 at night (which is obviously Wednesday morning really!) And since it has been announced in the various TV guides, I have been getting loads [...]
New Digital Film Makers Pocketbook nears completion
We are getting very close to completing the all new Digital Film Makers Pocketbook – a guerilla film makers handbook for the digital age. And isn’t it tiny! In fact isn’t this 'mock up' tiny, this isn’t the final book. And actually, this isn’t the final cover either (it's with a designer now), but it [...]
Gone Fishing Screening at the iMax is a SUCCESS!
Boy was it hurling it down like cats and dogs last night – so, to see a packed audience at the iMax theatre, with so many faces I recognised, was really wonderful. This screening of ‘Gone Fishing’ and Q and A session was part of DropShot 3, a kind of micro festival for film makers. [...]
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The phone rang, and from that moment, everything changed… PART 1
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