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Category Archives: film
October updates
Loads has been happening, including shooting Drone, Garage, and running a 48-hour film competition
KEN update
An update on the KEN narrative short film project.
August 2024
Pearls, Ken, AOTS, and that’s just the film stuff
Understanding History through Film
Those who know me know that I am obsessed with Film, and I love the app & website Letterboxd. I use Letterboxd as a teaching tool. I have a series of Lists to help students understand Genre and National Cinema. Now I have a new series: History on Film. I built these lists to help …
The AOTS 48 HR
The Action On The Side 48-hour film competition is back! Last year, we ran the Ealing 48 (November 3-5, 2023). 11 teams competed, with over 100 people credited. Most of the teams were from London, with one based in Japan. This year we’re running the competition from 8pm (UK Time) Friday 5th to 8pm Sunday …
Coming Clean
The March 2024 Action On The Side one-month filmmaking project is finished. Enjoy COMING CLEAN
Proposals and Collaborations
Writing proposals, meeting potential collaborators, and promoting projects
Writers Groups
The benefits of writing groups, and which writing groups I’m part of
January 2024 update
Most Sunday mornings, I join an online writers group. Today the conversation went to social media. I talked about the importance of building one’s brand, and how producers, publishers, & distributors will want to see that you have an audience who you can promote to. That said, social media is not effective if you are …
Busy Times 