Hi guys, We’re running Action On The Side again this August 2014. Sign-up at http://www.actionontheside.tv This time around though, we are developing some scripts in July. The scripts will be pitched to the group to select for production. This should lead to stronger scripts and more pre-production time. So, if you have a script idea …
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Moving house
I moved house recently. All the way 15 minutes walk from where I used to live. My new room needed furniture. So, for the first time ever, I went to Ikea. Now, we don’t have Ikea in New Zealand. Apparently our market is too small to ever justify it. But I had heard of this …
Scheduling
I was given flowers and wine at work recently for finishing a huge project. I scheduled the Undergraduate Course Offerings and created the London Undergraduate Course Catalogue for the full 2014-15 Academic Year. That worked out to be about 80 courses in Fall 2014, 80 courses in Winter 2015, 45 courses in Spring 2015, and …
Psychosomatic
I am ill. I’ve had most of the week off work, and have spent this entire weekend in bed. It’s a virus. Usually when I’m ill, it’s psychosomatic. It’s my body saying, “you haven’t had a break in weeks; things have slowed down a bit, so now I’m going to make you ill so you …
Teaching
In the Winter 2014 term, I taught my first offering of BUS 340 Practical Film Producing at Hult International Business School. The eleven-week course not only was a learning opportunity for the students, but for me as well. Of any aspect of Film Production, producing is the most relevant to business. We looked at filmmaking …
KinoLondon #61
Here I am, presenting Facetracker at the KinoLondon #61 event (09 April 2014) And here are some other photos from the night
Guerilla Filmmakers Masterclass
I spent yesterday at Regent’s College, sitting in a lecture theatre, being inspired about filmmaking by Chris Jones, scribbling pages and pages of notes. It was the Guerilla Filmmakers Masterclass. I tried to tweet tidbits during the presentations, but my phone decided I can’t connect to the internet with it (gee, thanks, phone). I can …
Skip School
Today is the last day of filming “Skip School“, a web series about Alex, who struggles with the time jumps of his new school. I have been producing for the students in my course, so they can experience being on set. Here is a photo of me directing our Alex, played by Ben Grady. The …
Quick Turnaround Producing
Ladies and Gents, Yesterday was the screening of the third Action On The Side project. In February 2014 we made two short films: ‘Office Ugetsu’ and ‘Escape’. Both films were screened to a group of 30-35 at Hult House. We also screened the updated cut of ‘WhosApp’, which was made as part of the October …
‘Practical Film Producing’
The first lecture of my course is tomorrow.
Busy Times 