I was eating turkey mince and green beans for lunch.
I’d done some solid redrafting on the script for the short film I’m gonna produce for a colleague and was about to move onto some drafting on a new feature script I am working on.
Suddenly, as I sat there, the sound of the telly kinda fell [...]
This is what Sam calls what I do.
Truth is she is right. Since 2006, I have had a project each and every year of some sort of nature. None of them has managed to support me full time, but they have afforded me a portfolio of work that I am unashamed of.
The trick is how [...]
Back in 2007, I wrote a screenplay for a film that is about vampires. This was before True Blood, Twilight or any semblance of the renaissance we are seeing at the moment for the humble bloodsucker.
I sent it off to BBC Films & the Film Council, and got past the initial reading rounds, enough to [...]
My folks are into feng shui. While I can’t say I am entirely convinced, I do accept that there is good energy and bad energy, I just don’t buy into the idea that doing certain things with certain objects can result in shifts in said energy.
Then again, it’s worked for my folks. And I sometimes [...]
Today I suddenly felt like my mind has not been expanding. I get this sometimes, and I normally purge it by reading a lot, or simply engaging with the news a lot more.
Oftentimes I find myself at dinners or gatherings, or even online, and the wealth of unique experiences that some people are having makes [...]
What’s a good amount of pages for you per day? Do you see 5 solid pages as being a good days work, or do you prefer writing more pages in a day,and then go back to them after to revise.
I’m kind of a mix of the two. I find I normally get through 3 to [...]
Small but powerful insight into the process of a writer/director known for his solid films:
Christopher Nolan Talks About His Writing Process.
As of the 22nd of June, I will be tackling a new form of beast. Befour Creative has just scored a contract to shoot a series of films for the CFAB, who intend to use them for fundraising purposes.
I will be functioning as a Project Manager for this contract, which was brought to the company [...]
The last full on short film I made was my graduation short in 2005.
From that point on, I invested all my time and effort into making features because I wanted to prove to myself, and others that a bunch of tenacious young people could execute and deliver a sellable film.
This year I have found myself [...]
In the space of a week, things have really begun to pick up. It now looks like June till August could prove to be a busy time for Luke, Ali & I.
To starts, Befour Creative ( our client-centric division) has just booked a contract to produce a series of fundraising shorts for a major charity. [...]