Here’s what I had to say in the local film/TV industry magazine about my experiences making ‘Be Careful…’ OnFilm Article June 2009 I think “pithy” or possibly “opinionated” would be accurate descriptors. I may never work in this town again…
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OnFilm: Who do you have to f*** to get a short film grant?
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Creative New Zealand, film funding, shoot, short film, SIPF on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quickie update
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged editing, Michael Ray Brown, Nicola Smith, script on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! Excuse blog absence: 2 weeks in sunny Queensland is my excuse. A lot warmer and sunnier than Auckland right now – for those in the northern hemisphere: It’s mid-winter! But very pleased to get a sneak peek at a rough cut of about 90% of the [...]
Lisa Chappell will sing on our short film
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful What You Pray For, Lisa Chappell, Lisa Chappell music, Nicola Smith, Paul Kelly, Songs From the South, When Then Is Now on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! Lisa Chappell has kindly agreed to allow us to consider material from her debut solo album When Then Is Now for the soundtrack of ‘Be Careful…’ A copy of her CD is with the editor, Nic Smith, and we’ll try a few different tracks to see [...]
The footage is on Nic’s Avid!
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Avid, Be Careful, editing, Nicola Smith, Red camera on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! After MUCH delay, hassles, corrupted files, hours of synching, transferring between external hard drives and various Macs – it now appears that we do, at least, have the pictures and the audio onto Nic’s computer. Phew! Only took us two weeks… (OK, maybe not quite.) Sadly [...]
An editor for our short film!
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged ALE, Avid, editing, Nic Smith, Red camera, red files, Toy Box on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! Welcome aboard Nic Smith! Nic (or Nicola) has edited a huge amount of produced TV drama, including the popular NZ series ‘Outrageous Fortune‘ and ‘Go Girls’. She’s got a window of opportunity before she dives into 8 weeks on a telefeature. Toy Box are producing an [...]
Paul Kelly’s Song for Our End Credits???
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful What You Pray For, Paul Kelly, SIPF on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! I think we might! (Get use of the song. We’ll have to see about breaking into Hollywood…) Paul’s song “Be Careful What You Pray For (You Just Might Get it)” was part of the inspiration of “Be Careful…” As a card-carrying member (metaphorically speaking) of the [...]
Editor on board?
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, editing, editor, Jinx Sister, Lisa Chappell, Whale Rider on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! We’ll know by Sunday when I’m meeting Julie Alp to discuss the project. She cut the digital feature, Jinx Sister, which starred Sara Wiseman who, in a twist of fate, was attached to “Be Careful…” for a while before being replaced by Lisa Chappell. (Due to [...]
Short film script
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, Creative New Zealand, film funding, screenwriting, short film, SIPF on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! The Be Careful… script can be found under the relevant page of my website, but here it is in a more accessible spot. Be interested in anyone’s feedback. Be Careful… shooting script link Clearly there needs to be some sort of post-mortem about how and why [...]
An answer to the previous blog’s heading:
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, Creative New Zealand, film funding, short film, SIPF on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! No. Bugger.
Will we get postproduction funding?
Posted in 'Be Careful...' Production Diary, tagged Be Careful, Craig Hall, Creative New Zealand, Lisa Chappell, Red camera, shoot, short film, SIPF on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!! We’ll find out in three days! Wish us luck. Hopefully the good people at the Screen Innovation Production Fund of Creative New Zealand will like our film as much as we do and give us some money for post. In the meantime, here’s a shot of [...]
