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

By on February 23, 2012 in Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks, Publicity

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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How to communicate to get what you want, top strategies and pitfalls to avoid

By on August 30, 2011 in Books, Film Production, Production, Publicity, Social Media

As a film maker I am in the business of communication. It is the cornerstone of my business. Communicating big ideas with the world. Communicating stories with financiers, backers, actors, producers and broadcasters. And communicating with my community, sharing my journey and sometimes asking for help. As I write this I am downloading 79 emails. [...]

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Channel Four News comes to visit me…

By on August 21, 2011 in Publicity, WTF

On Friday, Channel Four news came to interview me about the impact of the Sony Warehouse fire on the indie film business. You can watch that interview above. I really do believe that this fire is a tipping point for DVD. It’s not just indie films that will disappear from UK distribution, but many old [...]

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So apparently I am both an Oscar nominated director and Sir Michael Grade agrees with my views on the British Film Industry!

By on August 25, 2010 in Gone Fishing, Oscars, Publicity

So apparently I am both an Oscar nominated director and Sir Michael Grade agrees with my views on the British Film Industry. All beamed out to millions of viewers this morning on Sky News. Very entertaining! I did the interview yesterday literally at a moments notice (to be clear, I was in fact Oscars shortlisted [...]

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How to write a killer letter to get help for your project…

How to write a killer letter to get help for your project…

By on March 20, 2010 in Inspiration, Publicity

Whenever I run an event, I always get handed scripts and DVDs from film makers who want some kind of feedback on their work. And when I have spent time getting to know them, I find it hard to say what I really want to say… ‘Sorry, but I don’t have time to even work [...]

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A picture says a thousand words… How good is your headshot?

A picture says a thousand words… How good is your headshot?

By on January 29, 2010 in Guerilla Film Makers Handbooks, Publicity

You know, given that we are all in a communications business, I am astonished at how badly many film makers chose to represent their own image. As part of writing The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook, we have been conducting countless interviews, and alongside the words we feature a photo. Hey, no big deal you would [...]

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Gone Fishing on Korean Fishing TV channel!

By on January 14, 2010 in Gone Fishing, Publicity, Television

Watch… and enter a parallel universe… I really wish I knew what these guys were saying! Last year we played as part of a big Korean film festival, and after that event, we were approached by a Korean Fishing TV channel to show clips, and presumably, get some fishing experts to talk about the film, [...]

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Sky Movies Movie Geek Show Now Online… Special Report from the Screenwriters Festival 2009

By on November 23, 2009 in Festivals, Publicity, Screenwriters Festival

A couple of weeks back I was a speaker at the Cheltenham Writers Festival (day 1 blog here, day 2 blog here), which was a fantastic event. I recommend you go next year as it’s such good value and superbly organised. During the event, I was interviewed by Sky for the Move Geek Show, which [...]

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What websites do you use in 2009?

What websites do you use in 2009?

By on May 13, 2009 in Publicity, Website

Yesterday I sent a request out to my list for information on film making websites that we are using right now – I wanted to figure out what indie film makers consider to be the best resources in 2009. I have had an overwhelming response, but keep them coming. If you haven’t already emailed me [...]

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Twittering Escalates!

By on April 27, 2009 in Publicity, Twitter

  Finally I am getting my head around Twitter and what it can really offer us all. First off, the video here is from TED and is a good background to the creation of Twitter. So what have I learned so far? Well first off, you need a computer desktop version, you can’t rely on [...]

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Great Write Up on IndieFest.com!

By on April 14, 2009 in Festivals, Publicity

While I was in LA I did a great interview with IndieFest.com. It was just after I got back from Heart Of Gold and the weird jetlag combined with the very large café latte I had just drunk made for a particularly entertaining phone conversation with the delightful journalist, Laura Lee. It went live just [...]

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6:15am… Ring ring… hello, you are live on the radio!

6:15am… Ring ring… hello, you are live on the radio!

By on February 19, 2009 in Festivals, Publicity

Today has started with a series of interviews for Australian media – and as there is an obvious time zone difference, so I was up at 6.15am talking to down under drive time talk show hosts, bleary eyed with coffee in hand. These interviews are a warm up for The Heart Of Gold Film Festival [...]

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Actix bring Axicom PR to help with the push

Actix bring Axicom PR to help with the push

By on January 16, 2009 in Publicity

I had a fantastic meeting this morning with the publicists who have been offered to us by the very nice people at Actix, who have partnered with us on the next, and potentially most exciting step on the Gone Fishing journey. We are lucky enough to have head honcho Julian Tanner, at Axicom Cohn&Wolfe handling [...]

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Variety Hits The Streets!

Variety Hits The Streets!

By on January 7, 2009 in Publicity

I walked into the office at Ealing Studios today to a barrage of emails and calls regarding the Variety article. I had known about this since last week, but it’s just hit the streets in print, and it’s a WHOLE PAGE! This is very good PR for us as Variety is one of the top [...]

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2009 Arrives with GREAT NEWS!

2009 Arrives with GREAT NEWS!

By on January 1, 2009 in Gone Fishing, Publicity

As we welcome in 2009, I was delighted to get notice of two separate articles about Gone Fishing in two very prestigious film journals. First off is a great write up in Daily Variety, a piece about how short films contend for the Oscars. It’s really great news for us. You can read the article [...]

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