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Why Your Twitter Photo Is SO Important

Why Your Twitter Photo Is SO Important

By on July 31, 2011 in Conventions, Food and Drink

This weekend we played host to the Guerilla Film Makers and London Screenwriters Festival Summer Networking BBQ. And to say it was a success would be an understatement. 300 writers, producers, directors, actors, investors and creatives descended on Ealing Studios where Judy and her extraordinary team of BBQ Wranglers (thanks Pete, Roy, Murray, Jak and [...]

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PGA Conference Day 2

PGA Conference Day 2

By on June 9, 2009 in Conventions

OK as promised, here is a roundup of Day 2 of the Produced by Conference. There were three sessions going on at any one time, so I could not get to everything. The morning kicked off at 9am with a look at mobile technology as a new media platform. The basic gist is that now [...]

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Universal Pictures at ComicCon

Universal Pictures at ComicCon

By on July 20, 2008 in Conventions

Yesterday I went to the London Comic Con at Earls Court, a science fiction, horror and comics fan convention. It was filled with stalls selling film and comic memorabilia and there were also stalls where you get movie stars (and some folk who are little more than extras) to sign their autographs for £20 a [...]

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Signing Books at FTX Canada

Signing Books at FTX Canada

By on November 21, 2007 in Conventions, Film Production, Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks

Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours with Genevieve and her husband Andrew (and daughter Casey Mae), signing copies of all three Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks (Including the new Movie Blueprint cover) at the FTX West Conference at Canada Place in Vancouver. FTX is a combination of Film Maker Forum with seminars and full blown [...]

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The Force Was With Me!

The Force Was With Me!

By on July 15, 2007 in Conventions

This weekend I had a great directing job – STAR WARS! Yes, I know! Actually it was at the Star Wars show, but we got to shoot little movies with people in costume and on set, who on minutes earlier, were in the crowd of onlookers. It was more theatre than movie, for sure, but [...]

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Selling your movie direct on DVD…

Selling your movie direct on DVD…

By on April 2, 2007 in Conventions, Sales

I spent the weekend with my good friend Simon Cox, at a science fiction convention in Birmingham called Memorabilia, selling my books and his movie on DVD, ‘Written In Blood’, signed by him of course. It was an intense two days, but very rewarding, not least because I sold some books, but also because I [...]

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