So anyway… a couple of weeks back the main topic of conversation on Shooting People was about online distribution. Whilst the discussion around the role the internet can play in a film’s distribution strategy has been rather overtaken by the hubbub surrounding the impending demise of the Film Council, the one thing that last week’s shock announcement makes clear is that more than ever the future of your film is in your hands. Whether they want to or not Independent…
This is just a fact about the script we’re writing. I needed to share it with you all. So it’s a fact. There will not be a bee float in this film. Thank you.
After a month away, distracted by a gaggle of small jobs that help to pay our bills, Chris and I are back in the saddle. We’re writing outlines which is something neither of us ever enjoy but is at least something that it finally feels we’re getting fractionally better at. Also at the moment we’re working on a project with our friend Barry, a stand-up comic who is a delightfully chucklesome addition to our writing circle. Nevertheless it is an…
Shooting People co-founder, Jess Search, answered this question in The Times on Saturday, along with Tim Bevan (UKFC chairman) and director Alex Cox. The link is here: And if you don’t have access to The Times her article is also copied below for your reading pleasure. If you haven’t done so yet please vote and leave comments on our poll: http://shootingpeople.org/polls/7/ukfc Years from now, film people will ask each other: “Where were you when you heard that the UK Film…
