The Skunk shoot has had to be postponed until October due to problems with child licencing and insurance so apologies to everyone who was prepared to give up their Bank Holiday weekend in the name of zero budget film making!
The good news is that the Archer family have kindly agreed to make the location available for the rescheduled shoot so we're planning to go again in October - probably in half term week.
The other bonus is that it gives me more time with the script and the producers more time in pre-production. This will hopefully result in a much better film that we can all be proud of.
Thats all for now.
PS. If you're in Brum this Friday and of an artistic bent then you could do worse than the Happy Artists Social Club at The Edge. Runs the last Friday of every month.
Small But Feisty Film Making
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Skunk Shoot Postponed!
The Skunk shoot has had to be postponed until October due to problems with child licencing and insurance so apologies to everyone who was prepared to give up their Bank Holiday weekend in the name of zero budget film making!
The good news is that the Archer family have kindly agreed to make the location available for the rescheduled shoot so we're planning to go again in October - probably in half term week.
The other bonus is that it gives me more time with the script and the producers more time in pre-production. This will hopefully result in a much better film that we can all be proud of.
Thats all for now.
PS. If you're in Brum this Friday and of an artistic bent then you could do worse than the Happy Artists Social Club at The Edge. Runs the last Friday of every month.
The good news is that the Archer family have kindly agreed to make the location available for the rescheduled shoot so we're planning to go again in October - probably in half term week.
The other bonus is that it gives me more time with the script and the producers more time in pre-production. This will hopefully result in a much better film that we can all be proud of.
Thats all for now.
PS. If you're in Brum this Friday and of an artistic bent then you could do worse than the Happy Artists Social Club at The Edge. Runs the last Friday of every month.
Thursday, 13 August 2009
Skunk - Another Short Film
Latest news is that I'm going to be shooting another short over the bank holiday weekend with a volunteer cast and crew. I have the location sorted and most of the actors I need and following the first production meeting yesterday probably most of the crew.
This has come about through a collaboration with Leanne Bayliss of Post Office Studios and Simon Lewis Marriot of Artists Being Creative. Leanne is going to to co-produce alongside my own production partner This is England actor Kriss Dosanjh.
She is putting her own team together to make it happen. Simon who had a small part in What Goes Up Must Come Down will have something much more gritty to get his teeth into on this one - as well as helping Leanne and Kriss out with producing it.
So whats it about?
The film is about a dysfunctional middle class family that come together on the death of their domineering father. Following the burial and back at the family home the tension mounts as recrimination and revelation compete for our attention culminating in an unexpected and bitter twist.
The ideas is to get the film into the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland. This is a qualifying festival for BAFTA nominations plus it also has a special award - the LIM Award that can lead to Oscar nominations. So in my opinions its two bites at the cherry if it does well.
At the very least it gives myself and Kriss something to show possible investors in our Paper Aeroplane feature project that we can create compelling drama. Plus the chance of working with some great people.
Cant wait for the 29th.
Watch this space as I think i'll try to do a making of blog this time.
This has come about through a collaboration with Leanne Bayliss of Post Office Studios and Simon Lewis Marriot of Artists Being Creative. Leanne is going to to co-produce alongside my own production partner This is England actor Kriss Dosanjh.
She is putting her own team together to make it happen. Simon who had a small part in What Goes Up Must Come Down will have something much more gritty to get his teeth into on this one - as well as helping Leanne and Kriss out with producing it.
So whats it about?
The film is about a dysfunctional middle class family that come together on the death of their domineering father. Following the burial and back at the family home the tension mounts as recrimination and revelation compete for our attention culminating in an unexpected and bitter twist.
The ideas is to get the film into the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland. This is a qualifying festival for BAFTA nominations plus it also has a special award - the LIM Award that can lead to Oscar nominations. So in my opinions its two bites at the cherry if it does well.
At the very least it gives myself and Kriss something to show possible investors in our Paper Aeroplane feature project that we can create compelling drama. Plus the chance of working with some great people.
Cant wait for the 29th.
Watch this space as I think i'll try to do a making of blog this time.
Skunk - Another Short Film
Latest news is that I'm going to be shooting another short over the bank holiday weekend with a volunteer cast and crew. I have the location sorted and most of the actors I need and following the first production meeting yesterday probably most of the crew.
This has come about through a collaboration with Leanne Bayliss of Post Office Studios and Simon Lewis Marriot of Artists Being Creative. Leanne is going to to co-produce alongside my own production partner This is England actor Kriss Dosanjh.
She is putting her own team together to make it happen. Simon who had a small part in What Goes Up Must Come Down will have something much more gritty to get his teeth into on this one - as well as helping Leanne and Kriss out with producing it.
So whats it about?
The film is about a dysfunctional middle class family that come together on the death of their domineering father. Following the burial and back at the family home the tension mounts as recrimination and revelation compete for our attention culminating in an unexpected and bitter twist.
The ideas is to get the film into the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland. This is a qualifying festival for BAFTA nominations plus it also has a special award - the LIM Award that can lead to Oscar nominations. So in my opinions its two bites at the cherry if it does well.
At the very least it gives myself and Kriss something to show possible investors in our Paper Aeroplane feature project that we can create compelling drama. Plus the chance of working with some great people.
Cant wait for the 29th.
Watch this space as I think i'll try to do a making of blog this time.
This has come about through a collaboration with Leanne Bayliss of Post Office Studios and Simon Lewis Marriot of Artists Being Creative. Leanne is going to to co-produce alongside my own production partner This is England actor Kriss Dosanjh.
She is putting her own team together to make it happen. Simon who had a small part in What Goes Up Must Come Down will have something much more gritty to get his teeth into on this one - as well as helping Leanne and Kriss out with producing it.
So whats it about?
The film is about a dysfunctional middle class family that come together on the death of their domineering father. Following the burial and back at the family home the tension mounts as recrimination and revelation compete for our attention culminating in an unexpected and bitter twist.
The ideas is to get the film into the Foyle Film Festival in Ireland. This is a qualifying festival for BAFTA nominations plus it also has a special award - the LIM Award that can lead to Oscar nominations. So in my opinions its two bites at the cherry if it does well.
At the very least it gives myself and Kriss something to show possible investors in our Paper Aeroplane feature project that we can create compelling drama. Plus the chance of working with some great people.
Cant wait for the 29th.
Watch this space as I think i'll try to do a making of blog this time.
Friday, 31 July 2009
Short Sold!
Well hopefully :-)
Following a script call on Mandy.com - a producer rang me yesterday about So Beautiful - a short I wrote a couple of years ago and seems keen to do it. It was written as a commissioned piece but the original producer didn't like that script so I started again from scratch and wrote him something he did like.
It was a strange commission as I had to do a modern version of a Shropshire folk tale called Wild Edric - something that wouldn't normally be what I'd go for even though my range goes from children's animation i.e. Scampenstein all the way through to gritty social realism i.e. Paper Aeroplane via horror, sitcom etc etc.
Anyway hopefully I now have the chance to sell the original story which bears out the advice Tony Jordan gave at the Screenwriters Festival last year about putting things in draws and waiting for the right opportunity to come along to dust them down and send them off.
Following a script call on Mandy.com - a producer rang me yesterday about So Beautiful - a short I wrote a couple of years ago and seems keen to do it. It was written as a commissioned piece but the original producer didn't like that script so I started again from scratch and wrote him something he did like.
It was a strange commission as I had to do a modern version of a Shropshire folk tale called Wild Edric - something that wouldn't normally be what I'd go for even though my range goes from children's animation i.e. Scampenstein all the way through to gritty social realism i.e. Paper Aeroplane via horror, sitcom etc etc.
Anyway hopefully I now have the chance to sell the original story which bears out the advice Tony Jordan gave at the Screenwriters Festival last year about putting things in draws and waiting for the right opportunity to come along to dust them down and send them off.
Short Sold!
Well hopefully :-)
Following a script call on Mandy.com - a producer rang me yesterday about So Beautiful - a short I wrote a couple of years ago and seems keen to do it. It was written as a commissioned piece but the original producer didn't like that script so I started again from scratch and wrote him something he did like.
It was a strange commission as I had to do a modern version of a Shropshire folk tale called Wild Edric - something that wouldn't normally be what I'd go for even though my range goes from children's animation i.e. Scampenstein all the way through to gritty social realism i.e. Paper Aeroplane via horror, sitcom etc etc.
Anyway hopefully I now have the chance to sell the original story which bears out the advice Tony Jordan gave at the Screenwriters Festival last year about putting things in draws and waiting for the right opportunity to come along to dust them down and send them off.
Following a script call on Mandy.com - a producer rang me yesterday about So Beautiful - a short I wrote a couple of years ago and seems keen to do it. It was written as a commissioned piece but the original producer didn't like that script so I started again from scratch and wrote him something he did like.
It was a strange commission as I had to do a modern version of a Shropshire folk tale called Wild Edric - something that wouldn't normally be what I'd go for even though my range goes from children's animation i.e. Scampenstein all the way through to gritty social realism i.e. Paper Aeroplane via horror, sitcom etc etc.
Anyway hopefully I now have the chance to sell the original story which bears out the advice Tony Jordan gave at the Screenwriters Festival last year about putting things in draws and waiting for the right opportunity to come along to dust them down and send them off.
Sunday, 12 July 2009
Paper Aeroplane Crash!
Not really - its only a postponement!
Myself and actor/producer Kriss Dosanjh's ambitious plan to shoot a micro-budget feature was a little bit too ambitious. The script is nowhere near where I would want it to be for my directorial feature debut so we have decided to postpone.
Thankfully most of the key cast and crew who were on board the project have already indicated that they still want to do it. This means that with more time to develop the script and pre-produce/audition/fundraise its actually looking like a better prospect for making a great film in the spring.
Will keep you all informed via this blog and the Facebook group.
TAFN
Brendan
Myself and actor/producer Kriss Dosanjh's ambitious plan to shoot a micro-budget feature was a little bit too ambitious. The script is nowhere near where I would want it to be for my directorial feature debut so we have decided to postpone.
Thankfully most of the key cast and crew who were on board the project have already indicated that they still want to do it. This means that with more time to develop the script and pre-produce/audition/fundraise its actually looking like a better prospect for making a great film in the spring.
Will keep you all informed via this blog and the Facebook group.
TAFN
Brendan
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