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Failing to plan is planning to fail… Film making success lies in pre-production

Failing to plan is planning to fail… Film making success lies in pre-production

I am spending the weekend building and updating my presentation for The Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass on June 4th and 5th. (90% sold out now, so don’t wait if you want to come, and use the discount code CHRISJONESBLOG to get it for £60, reduced from £119.00 – go here http://www.guerillamasterclass.com) And I wanted to [...]

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Micro Budget Film Making Law Number 8… Get A Single Shooting Location To Fulfill Multiple Story Locations

Micro Budget Film Making Law Number 8… Get A Single Shooting Location To Fulfill Multiple Story Locations

If you want to make the most out of your limited resources, look at the locations you have and tailor your screenplay to match what is available. I am in the thick of production on a very ambitious drama to be shot on DSLR next week, and the budget is really, really tight. Today I [...]

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The Mysterious Vasquez Rocks… Beam Me Up Scotty!

The Mysterious Vasquez Rocks… Beam Me Up Scotty!

Today I went to a location just East of LA called The Vasquez Rocks. It was to film the introduction to my online seminar, and wanted a backdrop that suited the tone of the intro. I was particularly excited to go to the Vasquez Rocks as it was a heavily used location for film and [...]

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Guerilla Film Maker in Vancouver

Guerilla Film Maker in Vancouver

I flew into Vancouver, BC, Canada a few days ago, with a dual remit. First off, I am running my two day Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass here at a film makers conference called FTX West. Second, I am location scouting for Rocketboy and plan to spend a week looking for amazing places to shoot the [...]

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Pickup shoot is 100% success!

Pickup shoot is 100% success!

Saturday morning, the day after the pickup shoot, and I am looking out of my window in amazement at the weather. According to the BBC it should be bright sun, and it’s grey and miserable. Yesterday on the other hand, the day we shot, WAS AMAZING SUNSHINE! We could not have been luckier with the [...]

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Pickup shoot moved for weather

Pickup shoot moved for weather

Gone Fishing looks absolutely amazing. In large part this is down to Vernon’s photography and his insistence that we wait on the sun. We were very lucky in the main shoot and managed to shot mostly in bright sunshine, which Vernon then filled the harsh shadows with a whopping great 15k light and bounce boards. [...]

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Bury Hill – Main Location

Bury Hill – Main Location

I spent the most of yesterday wandering around our main location for the shoot – Bury Hill Fisheries, near Dorking. This venue has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. First off disadvantages – it just isn’t as spectacular as we wanted. Second, there could be a lot of fishermen on the days we shoot, though [...]

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Location Moves To Scotland

Location Moves To Scotland

Today has been a big day – the final prep meeting before we officially move into pre production, lock down and head out. Some big choices have needed to be made. Producer Ivan Clemments and I, sat around a table and worked through the script, budget and schedule. Passions ran high – after all, I [...]

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