Last week I sat with a group of talented and enthusiastic people as we enjoyed some drinks and dip, discussing a short film production that is about to get underway. It’s a screenplay I wrote called That Year They Were Bridesmaids and I will be directing it in August. Like any idea for a story, [...]
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 [...]
I love the process of desktop publishing and digital design, especially when you aim for a certain idea and achieve exactly what was desired. My last four short films are still in DVD limbo, waiting to appear on disc and be placed in the hands of their collaborators. I’m aiming to have this done as [...]