“Coming soon to DVD…” sounds like one of those promo ads you see on the telly. It’s time to get ready for another productive year ahead as 2009 trots to a close and 2010 gets started. To finish this year off I am finally completing the DVD transfers of my short films LIVING WITH BENJAMIN, [...]
Earlier this year I invited viewers of Her Party – a short student film I directed in 2008 – to provide me with solid, honest (constructive) feedback. I always knew there were issues with the first cut of the film, which was hurried to meet graduation screening. Now, with festival submissions and a DVD looming, [...]
Last night I re-opened the short film Her Party project in my video editing software and selected the razor tool… it was finally time to make improvements. As always seems to be the case, it was when I wasn’t thinking about it, and after considerable time had passed since last dealing with the project, that [...]
I have uploaded a short behind-the-scenes video and a selection of images from the set of Her Party. Click here to check out the material. The awesome photographs were taken by brilliant Unit Publicist Wayne Nicholson (our head lecturer at the time). Whenever I shoot anything in the future, I’m inviting him to set. The [...]
Short films are experiments. Rehearsals for filmmakers. They’re a chance to try different ideas, different approaches and mix things up creatively while trying to find a voice or a style. It takes substantial bravery and confidence to put an experiment on show — not just for friends and family, but also colleagues and anyone in [...]