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Surviving real life… one week after the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass

I thought I would share the email I just sent to the 350 delegates from The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass. The two day event was euphoric, transformative and massively motivating… but we also live in the real world…  Anyhow, I hope you get something from it too… Dear Guerilla Film Maker… How are you doing? [...]

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A night at the BBC… With Kim Newman and Roger Corman

Last Monday I was invited by the BBC to appear on their late night arts show on Radio 3, Night Waves. I was to chat with film critic Kim Newman about king of low budgets Roger Corman (in light of a new documentary that has just been released). You can listen to the show below [...]

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‘Rocket fuel for the soul’… Feedback from The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass 2012

It’s hard to put into words what I get out of the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass. For me, the experience is exhilarating, challenging, moving, humbling but ultimately focussing… You see I may be the guy on the stage, but I am really just the focus for the passion, enthusiasm and creativity unleashed by 350 film [...]

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LIVE! Tweets and pictures from The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass 2012 #Gfilm

Get live updates from the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass 2012… Official hashtag is #GFilm // // ]]>//

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Final Call – The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass Nearly Sold Out

Last year when I held the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass I thought I would never be able to repeat that extraordinary experience – if you were there, you know what I am talking about.  The atmosphere was electric, partly because we had a packed house of 370 film makers. I was sure that if I [...]

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How to raise $100,000 crowd funding…

Friday Feb 17th, and as part of the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass, I will be running an evening pre-registration seminar with David Reynolds of Realm Media. Many of you will know Dave as he is the face and driving force behind a series of uber successful no-budget productions such as Zomblies, as well as his [...]

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Meet The Film Makers… How To Produce A Micro Budget Horror that MAKES MONEY and sells WORLDWIDE

Find out how Brit Film makers with no track record made a killer psycho horror and released it worldwide. Case study: Panic Button When Friday 17th Feb (at the pre registration for The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass) Where: London School of Film, Media & Performance, Regent’s College Inner Circle, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4NS Tickets: [...]

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Do you need funding for your film?

Do you need funding for your film? I don’t mean it as ‘hey listen to me ‘cos I can tell you where the money is’.  I mean it as ‘do you actually need as much money as you are trying to find?’ The reason I ask is that so many filmmakers are stuck in the [...]

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One award winning film makers view on The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass….

Last year film maker Anil Rao attended the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass. Then he entered the London Screenwriters’ Festival short film competition about the London riots with a film he put together in just one day… and he ended up winning (film above – official page about the competition here). He recently posted his thoughts [...]

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Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass Early Bird Ends This Week

Just a quick heads up, I have extended the early bird deadline for the Guerilla Film Makers 2 Day Masterclass (Feb 18th / 19th) . Up until Friday this week, you can get your delegate pass for under half price at just £65. Last year we had 370 film makers converge for an extraordinary two [...]

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The Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks on Kindle and eBooks… and iPad

The Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks on Kindle and eBooks… and iPad

I just bought a kindle, not because I wanted one (though it is of course very nice), but because it’s time to migrate the Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks onto digital platforms. This has been in the planning for some time now and I have just needed time to breathe to actually take steps to make [...]

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How Do You Create Success For Your Film Making Career In 2011?

How Do You Create Success For Your Film Making Career In 2011?

As 2010 draws to a close, it’s time to consider 2011. What will 2011 hold for me, and for you? Around this time of year, as most people start sloping off into endless Xmas parties and shindigs, I like to hunker down and consider the next year. And the next big project… That always begins [...]

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Dear Santa, What I Want For Christmas Is Some Really Cool Film Making Stuff…

Dear Santa, What I Want For Christmas Is Some Really Cool Film Making Stuff…

It’s that time of year when my girlfriend says ‘my family don’t know what to buy you for Christmas, can I have a list?’ You see I am pretty hard to buy presents for. And I have come to realise that most film makers are equally tough to buy for too. So I have amassed [...]

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A Masterclass In Microbudget Film Making – Interview with 'Paranormal Activity' writer and director Oren Peli

A Masterclass In Microbudget Film Making – Interview with 'Paranormal Activity' writer and director Oren Peli

Believe it or not, I only just caught up with ‘Paranormal Activity’. I know, we even interviewed director Oren Peli in the last Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook! Still, it’s been a frantically busy year. First off, I have to say just how impressed I was with the film. He managed to keep up pace, tension [...]

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BBC2 to show my feature film on the opening day of the London Screenwriters Festival

What a wonderful bit of serendipity. On Friday, the opening day of the festival, at 55 minutes past midnight (which I know is technically Saturday), BBC 2 is screening ‘Urban Ghost Story’. What a simply marvellous way to open the festival! So if you have never seen it, now is your chance. It was screened [...]

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