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The Production Office, Season 1, Episode 1, Goes (yep, it went!) Live Tonight at 19.30 UK time…

The Production Office, Season 1, Episode 1, Goes (yep, it went!) Live Tonight at 19.30 UK time…

By on April 15, 2010 in The Production Office

NOTE – The show starts at 6 mins 30 seconds So welcome to our all new and super duper LIVE TV show, ‘The Production Office’, all the way from the top corner of Ealing Film Studios. The show goes live at 19.30 UK time tonight (April 15th). During the show, feel free to contribute with [...]

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Watch our VERY FIRST TV SHOW tomorrow night… Thursday April 15th 7.30pm UK time

Watch our VERY FIRST TV SHOW tomorrow night… Thursday April 15th 7.30pm UK time

By on April 14, 2010 in The Production Office

  It’s so very close now… Tomorrow night, Thursday 7.30pm UK time, is the launch of our very own TV show, ‘The Production Office’, live from Living Spirit Pictures HQ at Ealing Studios. I don’t want to say very much about the content or the special guests we have lined up, just to keep it [...]

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The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbooks Have Arrived! Come To Our UK Launch Party!

The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbooks Have Arrived! Come To Our UK Launch Party!

By on April 13, 2010 in Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks

Yes they are here! The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook is now in the country. And I have to say, they are rather small and beautifully formed. I had my very first box of 20 review copies a couple of weeks ago, and they are filtering out to journalists, reviewers, mags like Total Film and indie [...]

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Know your audience… Part 2

Know your audience… Part 2

By on April 12, 2010 in Courses, Screenplay

Following on from yesterdays blog about writing a screenplay, but writing with a deep and intimate understating of ‘who the audience is…’ Let’s go one step further. Seth Godins excellent Ted presentation here really nails it. If you haven’t watched it, you should do so now as he speaks about building ‘tribes’ with great insight. [...]

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Welcome to ‘The Production Office’!

Welcome to ‘The Production Office’!

By on April 9, 2010 in The Production Office

We have something to announce. Something rather big, exciting and shiny!Cue fanfare! Next Thursday, April 15th, at 7.30pm UK time (check here for your local time) we broadcast our very first live TV show, ‘The Production Office’, from, well, my production office! It’s a weekly show that is an extension of the Guerilla Film makers [...]

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Know Your Audience…

Know Your Audience…

By on April 9, 2010 in Hollywood, Inspiration, Rocketboy, Screenplay

When I am watching a movie that is brilliantly written, it leaves me kind of breathless. Because I know just how much hard work goes into writing a screenplay that breezes along effortlessly, with no friction, without a single scrap of waste, simultaneously surprising and obvious at each turn (‘how is he going to get [...]

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Kick Ass kicked some Ass! Well done Eddie and crew…

Kick Ass kicked some Ass! Well done Eddie and crew…

By on April 6, 2010 in Hollywood, Inspiration

Finally, I got to see ‘Kick-Ass’ this weekend. And Lucia my girlfriend liked it soooo much, she dragged me to see it a second time. Secretly, I also know that she has ordered a purple wig from the internet – she wants to become a night time crusader like ‘Hit Girl’… The interview I did [...]

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Editing ‘Kick-Ass’, interview with Editor Eddie Hamilton – includes full post production workflow chart

Editing ‘Kick-Ass’, interview with Editor Eddie Hamilton – includes full post production workflow chart

By on April 3, 2010 in Editing, Hollywood, Inspiration, VideoBlog

Yesterday I met with my old pal and editor, Eddie Hamilton. Eddie cut ‘Gone Fishing’ (trailer here) for us and most recently (you can buy it here), he has spent 18 months working on Kick-Ass as one of the editors, alongside Jon Harris and double Oscar winner Pietro Scalia, who Eddie speaks about in this [...]

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