OK so thanks to everyone who got involved. READ SLOWLY, it's confusing. Just like FACEBOOK! OK so a little back history to this. Over the last few weeks I had been researching Facebook and discovered there are two kinds of entities you can have – Pages (aka Fan Pages) and Groups. Which to choose? Facebook [...]
Archive | January, 2010
A picture says a thousand words… How good is your headshot?
You know, given that we are all in a communications business, I am astonished at how badly many film makers chose to represent their own image. As part of writing The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, we have been conducting countless interviews, and alongside the words we feature a photo. Hey, no big deal you would [...]
Join the spankingly new and shiny Guerilla Film Makers Handbook Facebook Page
FaceBook. Talk about idiosyncratic. It’s an amazingly powerful tool but blimey, it sure aint intuitive. OK, so today I set up the Guerilla Film Makers Handbook Facebook Fan Page – you can join here. I had previously setup a Facebook Group for the book, but was immediately contacted by marketing guru Sheri Candler (remember we [...]
Focus for success and Tweeting to the converted…
I am in the final furlong now… The deadline for The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook is February 8th, and it’s all hands on deck in the Living Spirit office. I printed the book out last Friday and was horrified at how many blank pages I saw, and how little time remained. And so, I engaged [...]
EXAM gets a BAFTA NOMINATION!
Late last week I found out that EXAM has been nominated for a BAFTA! WOW! Writer and director Stuart Hazeldine, who was gracious enough to share all his knowledge and experiences while making EXAM at our special screening last week, was nominated for the Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer award. You [...]
Building a better home for my Avid…
So my Avid blew up earlier this week. And I mean crash bang wallop blow up. Not just a simple software corruption, hard drive fail or dodgy cable. It’s not the first computer I have had that has failed catastrophically, but in the last decade, computers have become more reliable for sure. Aside from hard [...]
Podcast with Film Maker and Sales Agent Julian Richards on his new DVD release of multi award winning, micro budget, hoddie horror 'Summer Scars'
Welcome to another podcast, this time with feature film maker and international sales agent, Julian Richards, about his latest feature film ‘Summer Scars’. As part of this pocdcast, Julian has been kind enough to share the script with us, so you can read the script and then watch the film (this screenplay was written in [...]
Want to know how to sell a short film? Interview with Shorts International
If you want to load this onto your MP3 player, you can download the MP3 here (37mb). Shorts International is one of a handful of dedicated short film sales agents and distributors – and right now, they are certainly the biggest! I got to know Linda O from Shorts International earlier this year during our [...]
Gone Fishing on Korean Fishing TV channel!
Watch… and enter a parallel universe… I really wish I knew what these guys were saying! Last year we played as part of a big Korean film festival, and after that event, we were approached by a Korean Fishing TV channel to show clips, and presumably, get some fishing experts to talk about the film, [...]
USB 3 here… and it’s blisteringly fast – ideal for film editors!
Finally, USB3 has arrived – ‘so what’ I hear some of you say. Well USB 2 has served us all well for many years, but as anyone who has worked in post production knows, in these HD days, throwing around terabytes of data is commonplace, and while USB 2 drives are cheap and have enormous [...]
EXAM hits the NUMBER 1 SLOT with film makers support in central London!
What a GREAT DAY! Amazing. I knew that the ‘EXAM with film makers autopsy Q and A’ would go down well, I just didn't realise how much people would respond to it. I have been to lots of Q and A sessions after films and often found them a little light weight. I wanted this [...]
Empire reviews and feature are in for EXAM… and it’s a Pass With Distinction… and your last chance to get tickets for special film makers autopsy on Sunday afternoon
EXAM is officially released in cinemas today, and in case you have skipped the blog for the last week, let’s recap – we have a REALLY exciting event on Sunday afternoon (10th Jan), at the Odeon, Panton St, Central London at 2.15. The movie will be screened, not off 35mm as I had first thought, [...]
Read The Script, Watch The Movie, Meet The Film Makers… £14 for a Low Budget Movie Masterclass
READ BELOW BEFORE WATCHING THE CLIP OK we have come up with something VERY VERY cool for film makers. EXAM screening, with SCREENPLAY and extended film makers autopsy with the writer, director and composer – VENUE Odeon, Panton St, off Leicester Sq., London, 2.15pm Writer and director of EXAM, Stuart Hazeldine, has been kind enough [...]
Do You Know How To Release A Feature Film Theatrically In the UK? Special Screening of EXAM and workshop on Sunday at the Odeon, Panton Street, Leicester Sq.
Come along to this special screening of ‘EXAM’ on Sunday January 10th at 2.15pm, Odeon Panton Street, Leicester Square where we first screen the movie, then the film makers reveal just how they made this low budget Brit psycho-thriller, got it into theatres and ended up with four star reviews from both ‘Total Film’ and [...]
Welcome Genevieve From The US of A
My old film making conspirator and cohort, Genevieve, has finally begun her own blog… You can check out her adventures in LaLa land on it at www.guerillagal.com! I am sure there will be lots up updates about her new Indie feature film – ‘Grim’, A teenager investigates the disappearance of a local girl, only to [...]
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