I’m very proud to announce that at the sold-out screening for my short film “Be Careful…” (and others) where I ran a scriptwriting workshop and was the key note speaker, my film won the Best Director category of the self-funded section at the Magma Short Film Festival in Rotorua, New Zealand. I had a great [...]
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Short film wins an award
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary on May 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Be Careful… accepted into Show Me Shorts Film Festival
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Be Careful… makes its World Premiere Next Month in Auckland We’re hugely excited to be accepted into New Zealand’s premiere short film festival. Now in its 5th year, Show Me Shorts showcases the best Kiwi and Aussie shorts every year. We’re delighted that Be Careful… has been honoured by being selected as the opening film [...]
More Great Feedback on our Short Film Be Careful…
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Alabama Film Festival, Be Careful, Film Festivals, short film, short film festivals, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While rejections from film festivals are always something of a kick in the guts, it’s gratifying to continue to get awesome feedback on the quality of the film. This, a handwritten note from Kyle McKinnon, Lead Programmer for the Alabama Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival: “This is a strong film with a very clever twist ending. [...]
Congrats Lisa Chappell – winner at Qantas TV Awards!
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, Lisa Chappell, Qantas Film & TV Awards on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a belated shout-out to my leading lady, Lisa Chappell, who took away the prize for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Qantas Film & TV Awards for her excellent work on the prime-time TV drama, The Cult. WELL DONE LISA! And keep an eye out next week for an exciting announcement about a [...]
Premiere Screening a Great Night Out
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, independent film, premiere, Qantas Film & Television Awards, short film, The Academy Cinema on July 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Nearly 100 crew, colleagues, friends, family, film students and industry-ites braved a miserable mid-winter night in Auckland to be the first in the world to see my short film up on the big screen. Four lucky members of the audience also scored bottles of 26000 vodka from McCashin’s Brewery, and Cable Bay Vineyards Chardonnay and [...]
Check out our page on IMDb.com
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, cast list, Craig Hall, crew list, IMDB.com, Lisa Chappell, Lynette Forday, Mike Edward, Narelle Ahrens, Nicola Smith on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s our entry, updated in the last few days – check it out!
It’s in the Can!
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged ADR, Be Careful, Be Careful What You Pray For, Brenton Cumberpatch, colorist, Film Festivals, Images & Sound, Lisa Chappell, Paul Kelly, Paul Lear, post-synch, Rhombus, short film, short film festivals on May 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sigh… the road to hell is paved with good intentions about keeping this blog up-to-date… c’est la vie. In news since December (date of my last post) 1. Eddie and I parted ways and the music was brilliantly done by Rhombus. They brought real creativity to the job and also an incredibly diligent, reliable and [...]
Another overdue update
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, Images & Sound, Lisa Chappell, postproduction, Red camera on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guess it’s ‘cuz of the busy time of year, but I’ve been spectacularly remiss with these updates. In a nutshell: 1. Got the pick-up shot re-shot that I needed. It’s the opneing shot of a child (or is it…?) drawing a picture while the lead character speaks in V/O. Nic, the editor, felt it didn’t [...]
How to Break into Hollywood
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, 1, tagged break into Hollywood, breaking in to Hollywood, Paul Margolis, screenwriting, screenwriting course, script writing course, writing course, writing courses on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m taking time out from blogging about my short film to highly recommend a series of courses for screenwriters and film-makers coming to: AUCKLAND BRISBANE MELBOURNE in 2 months’ time. (October 2009) They’re run by veteran screenwriter, PAUL MARGOLIS, and they’ll give you the tools to break into Hollywood as a writer from 10,000kms away. [...]
Welcome aboard Steve!
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m pleased to announce that up-and-coming film-maker, Steven Baker, has agreed to come on board and help me out with various tasks in the Shoot First office. Steven has a huge amount of experience in regional TV and corporate video where he’s worked as a director, editor and camera operator – amongst other things. He [...]
