Fantastic news! Channel 4 is showing ‘Gone Fishing’ on Tuesday 1st June, at midday, just before the Hitchcock classic ‘North By Northwest’. Amazingly, this is also the first short film that Channel 4 has bought in close to a decade, so it’s a real landmark for both ourselves and Network Ireland who closed the deal [...]
Archive | May, 2010
The Production Office LIVE! May 27th, the best show yet! TV show for film makers, about film making, by film makers…
Well THAT HAPPENED! After our amazing Cannes Film Festival Live broadcast (watch here if you missed it) we came back to Ealing and produced what the whole team felt was our best show yet. Informative, inspiring, entertaining chaos (each week we get closer to ‘Tiswas’!) and louder shirts! Both Judy and myself are whacked today, [...]
The Production Office LIVE! Making Shorts to get a feature film produced SPECIAL!
Thanks for taking our VERY short survey, it means a great deal for us to get your feedback and ideas – we promise to include as many as we can. You can take the survey here… http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T2QPF6T and it will take only a few minutes. The Production Office LIVE, weekly TV show for film makers. [...]
Death At A Funeral… Fascinating cultural differences between the three films
NEW – Watch this video on iPhone or other mobile device by clicking here We are just making up clips and getting ready for this Sundays workshop with UK screenwriter Dean Craig, on how he went from short film to UK feature to Hollywood feature, bypassing Bollywood cash in… and we had to share [...]
How can YOU get the most out of the film festival experience?
Film festivals are a great way to platform your film, to get it in front of audiences, and even to help cut deals with distributors. But they are also a quagmire, a cash and time drain, and sometimes, bitterly disappointing. Last year I spent a good six months touring the world with ‘Gone Fishing’ and [...]
‘DEATH AT A FUNERAL’ from struggling British writer to Hollywood player…
Script to screen event at Ealing Studios, Sunday May 30th 2pm (£12.97 – sign up here). Read The Script, Watch The Film, Meet The Film Maker… Find out how one struggling writer made a short film of his feature script, got it made as a UK feature, remade as a controversial Bollywood feature, and finally [...]
'Robo Geisha'… Did I just hallucinate that? A Cannes 2010 short memoire
What a week in Cannes. Really. I am writing this on the train which means luckily, I was not impacted by the ash cloud, unlike many other people who had real problems getting to and from the worlds craziest film festival and film market mashup. And I will be going on the train again next [...]
Live From Cannes 2010! The Production Office like NEVER SEEN BEFORE!
NEW – Watch this video on iPhone or other mobile device by clicking here The Production Office LIVE! For film makers, by film makers, about film making… LIVE from Cannes! Thursday 20th May, 7.30pm UK time, on livestream.com/guerillafilm or the blog www.chrisjonesblog.com We went for an Oscar and they all said it couldn’t be [...]
You Know You Are In Trouble When You Look Forward To Going To Cannes To Get A Rest…
NEW – Watch this video on iPhone or other mobile device by clicking here ‘More than an education. It’s a revelation.’ Edmund Fargher, Filmmaker I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s been a week since we ran the landmark Distribution in 2010 Workshop with John Reiss and Sheri Candler. And still everyone [...]
Feedback from The Production Office LIVE!
NEW – Watch this video on iPhone or other mobile device by clicking here As the dust settles on last weeks show, which we felt was the best yet – and from your feedback, you did too, I thought I would share some of the comments we have received. That we even managed to get [...]
A Pocketful Of Inspiration…
I am about to depart for Cannes, but thought I would share with you some feedback for the books that I have just received. We have sold out of the new pocketbooks already, and right now, you can only get them in bookshops (if they have stock) and Amazon and other online retailers (while they [...]
The Production Office LIVE! Episode 4, AMAZING guests! AMAZING prizes! And John Landis! Sort of… Film makers interactive TV show… for film makers, about film making, by film makers!
NEW – Watch this video on iPhone or other mobile device by clicking here It’s going to be our BEST show yet! Tonight, 7.30PM UK time, ‘The Production Office LIVE’ will broadcast our fourth show from Ealing Studios, with guests, great competitions, movie making chat, tips and tricks. It’s an interactive show too, so you [...]
The Production Office LIVE, film makers TV show for YOU… For Film Makers, By Film Makers, About Film Making!
Tomorrow night on the Production Office Live, there will be drama, there will be GREAT prizes, there will be amazing guests, there will be monumentous announcements, and if all goes well, there will even be mugs! We have been given notice that our specially made ‘Production Office’ mugs are on the back of a couriers [...]
Guerilla Film Makers Pocket Book Launch A Success, and SUS Tops The Box Office Thanks To YOUR SUPPORT!
NEW – Watch this video on iPhone or other mobile device by clicking here I can’t confirm it right now as I am not currently in my office, but I believe we are sold out of ALL 200 signed copies of The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook. It’s no surprise really as we actually [...]
Sell your props and fund your film!
When I haven’t written a blog entry for three of four days you know one of a three things have taken place in my life. Either I am writing, or not much has happened, or so much has happened that I just can’t get to the computer! It’s the latter. Since the book launch on [...]
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