I think I got sick of not making movies, so I’ve given Action On The Side a kick up the rear! I’ve scheduled two projects this year: June and October. I’ve started running fortnightly script development workshops again. They’re running at the Curzon Soho bar* on Wednesdays, 18:30-20:30. The next one is on 26th April. …
Category Archives: action on the side
AOTS: Back with a BANG!
Lots happening with AOTS this year. Check out the links.
AOTS Script Competition
More about the AOTS Short Screenplay Competition I’ve set up
Virtual Pub Quiz tonight
TONIGHT 7pm-9pm Join me for the first Action On The Side fundraising pub quiz Raising funds for ActionAid UK and Me Too, the short film I am co-producing with Aude Konan The questions were written by one of my students as part of their work experience. We are running a series of monthly pub quizzes. …
I broke a website
Recently I decided to jump in and fix something that had been bothering me for a while. The Action On The Side website had been hosted by the hosting site James uses (James who created AOTS). Each year I reimbursed James for hosting, an annual cost I had forgotten about. Over the years my ‘graphical …
Hunting Rabbits
Our latest Action On The Side short film has been made and released, and it’s one that I wrote. We’re now in the ‘get as many people as possible to watch and complete the feedback form’ mode Watch the film here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/302857973?color=ff9933&byline=0&portrait=0 Hunting Rabbits from Patricia Hetherington on Vimeo. Once you’ve watched the film, …
The Last Postcard Screening
On Saturday we have the premiere of our 21st short film made with Action On The Side, The Last Postcard. Saturday 7 April 3.30pm at Raindance (Craven Street, WC2N) Free event, but register at Eventbrite THE LAST POSTCARD written & directed by Cristina Mindroiu (11 mins) The life of a woman with dementia is turned upside …
How to create an IMDb page
I created a resource for my students recently, that shows the steps for creating an IMDb page. I share this here with you… and here is the page Review Check with your cast and crew whether they have an IMDb page first. A spreadsheet will help you. So will having your film open in …
The Last Postcard
It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. I’m on set for our March 2018 Action On The Side short film, The Last Postcard. As Producer, I’ve organised everyone to be here: the cast, the crew, the location, the budget. As on-set DIT, I receive the footage and sound files and save it …
Sign up for the June AOTS project
I broke the Action On The Side website. The project starts in four days. While I fix the page, if you haven’t signed up yet, sign up here. 1. Add yourself to the mailing list through Mailchimp at http://eepurl.com/bdpm5P 2. Pay the fee to take part in the project here: Today I learnt not to …
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