One of the lessons of 2009 for me: the worse things get, the better people get, or rather the more I realize how important all the people I work with and play with are to me and to the life I want to live. The past few months have been a strange mixture of 3am panics about the state of the world and moments of sheer joy, and most of these moments of joy have been documentary-related (watching Obama’s inauguration…
This trailer feels a bit like an Arcade Fire video but it’s beautiful and I am giddily excited about seeing the film when it is released in October. I stopped breathing a little bit while watching the trailer. Always a good sign I feel! You can watch a prettier HD version on the Apple website.
If you make films about social issues and you think about how your films can make a difference in the world then make sure you catch up on all the topics covered at the Making Your Media Matter Conference that took place in DC in February. On the Center for Social Media website you can watch video from the conference and read a summary of everything that was discussed, including: Ethics in Social Issue Film: Reenactments vs. Cinema Verite Money…
No this hasn’t turned into a food blog. But I know I wittered on and on to a lot of people in Austin about all the amazing food I was eating and I feel like you should share the food joy too. I should add that I was mostly vegetarian until I went to Austin for SXSW for the first time in 2004. I still feel terribly guilty about eating meat and I’m back to my veggie ways again now…
When your own mother tells you you’re behind on your blog you KNOW you’d better get to it! This was the first year I didn’t stay for the music at SXSW but I had a great and busy time at both the Film and Interactive Festivals. It’s tricky to try to do both because there isn’t really enough time to do either one justice but the Interactive panels are fascinating and cover all sorts of topics that filmmakers need to…
On the Screenwriter’s Bulletin dear old Elliot Grove posted this link… > This article won’t make us at Raindance popular, but it has to be said: > http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/10-stupid-mistakes-screenwriters-make I know he’s only trying to bring people to his website, but it seemed to me a particularly bland collection of mistakes most of which didn’t need to be said at all. “On the nose dialogue” is bad is it? Damn I’d never noticed… Here’s my 10 stupid mistakes screenwriters make. 1.…
I’ve been contacted by David Ramsey on behalf of the South Yorkshire Film Makers Network who wanted me to bring to your attention their competition “2 Weeks To Make It 2009″, in which they offer £1,000 for a filmmaker who can make a music video in 2 Weeks. A grand is a grand and it’ll go further in Yorkshire than it will round my way so if you’re in their neck of the woods do check out their website. However,…
Currently I’m locked away writing with my brother, only possibly in the Patagonian Alps. Sadly it seems that whenever we do a long stretch of writing I seem to get injured. Normally this is the result of my spine protesting about being curled around a laptop for thirteen hours a day, this time however I’ve managed to break a toe. OK, that might be a lie, it may not be broken. It’s my little toe and so I’m not entirely…
Really sweet thank you video from True/False and Boxcar Films:
I’m stuck in an airport hotel in St Louis. Lots of flights have been canceled because of bad weather in NYC but I’m still feeling the happy glow from True/False and a wifi connection is a wifi connection so all is not lost. Saturday and Sunday were jam-packed with great screenings and super-fun parties. More on the films to come but here is the final installment of photos. True/False is on the telly! Buskers before the final screening of The…
