My brother and I are filming some 30 second drama spots for a new NSPCC website and so a couple of days ago we were off on a recce, looking for a big house that can provide us with most of our locations. This lead us to a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend’s place in Islington. Admittedly it was a gloriously hot day with a perfect blue sky but the house was a minor paradise.…

Below is the video from a talk that producer Ted Hope gave at the New York Foundation for the Arts about how the film infrastructure is changing as creators and audiences take on new roles. “We must accept that being a filmmaker means taking responsibility for our films all the way through the process. Building the new infrastructure is the first step towards real media independence” Producer Ted Hope Discusses the Future of Finding Film Audiences from Reel 13 on…

My iPhone got wet in the rain in Toronto and subsequently died and I fell out of love a little. But then I got a new one and downloaded some photo apps and the love has returned. If people getting carried away with iPhone apps makes you come out in a rash look away now! This is my kitchen sink using the Camera Bag Magazine Filter. I love the colors. It doesn’t look quite this atmospheric without the filter. And…