Copper – European Premiere

We are pleased to announce that COPPER has been selected for the CINEDEAF International Deaf Film Festival

CINEDEAF is held in Rome, Italy, 5-7 June 2015.

This will be Copper’s European Premiere.

On the set of Arms Trade

We’re on set for the latest Action On The Side shoot, ARMS TRADE

Come see the finished film, Saturday 28 February. Sign up at http://www.actionontheside.tv/make-it-happen

Action On The Side — February 2015

The next Action On The Side project kicked off on Saturday 07 February 2015. The selected short is ARMS TRADE

After a heavy night of drinking, best friends Troy and Sean awake to find they have mysteriously swapped arms.

The script was developed by Josh Pappenheim, Chris Parker, & James Morgan through the Action On The Side script development sessions.

Here are some images from AOTS Weekend 1

Dead Letter – finished!

I am about to head off to the first Script Development meeting for November’s Action On The Side project, but would like to officially announce the completion of ‘Dead Letter‘. Now onto entering it into film festivals, submitting to IMDb, and getting the film out there

There were unfortunately severe delays with post-production. However, these things are always learning opportunities. Crew will be sent a link soon.

Swipe Match

I just got home from a 16-and-a-half hour film shoot, where I was a mixture of 1st AC, gaffer, 2nd AC, hair & make-up, and Continuity. I got to work with the Blackmagic.

It was an amazing and wonderful experience. It’s days like this that reinforce my love of film and filmmaking. Thank you to Director Andrew, Actors/Producers James and Drew, Producer Dione, DP Michael, and the rest if the crew. I look forward to working with you guys on Wednesday.

I can’t share photos from the shoot yet (as it hasn’t been cleared by the Producers), but will show a couple as soon as I can.

Exhausted!

P

Action On The Side

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This month’s Action On The Side is drawing to a close. We produced one short film: ‘Life Lines’, written and directed by Tunbi Oluyede.

The film is screening this Sunday, 24 August, 6pm at Hult House (37-38 John Street, London WC1B 2AT).

We are also screening ‘Escape’, recut from the February 2014 Action On The Side.

Above are a few behind-the-scene shots from the Life Lines shoot.

August Action On The Side

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 that you want to develop and that could be made in August, sign-up or contact the Action On The Side twitter page or Facebook group.

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 magical place. So I went along, and live-tweeted my experience (I think for the first time ever).

I borrowed tools from a friend, took a day off work, and set to work setting up the pieces.

Bedside tables, check.
Bookshelf, check.
Drawers …

So, apparently Ikea recommends having a friend help you with furniture. Yeah right, I don’t have people sitting around when I’m free. And the other pieces went together alright.

So there I am, frame all set up. About to put a heavy lid on top. And … It slips.

And smashes through the frame.

You can’t do anything about it. It’s done, it’s a great big fat waste of money. A pile of useless, sitting there. Waste of time, waste of money, waste of space.

Gaffer tape didn’t work.
Wood glue didn’t work.

Nothing to do but out together what you can, sulk and mope for ages, and eventually give in and waste more money on a new piece.

Damn Ikea.