The March 2024 Action On The Side one-month filmmaking project is finished. Enjoy COMING CLEAN
Tag Archives: action on the side
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
The Ealing 48
It’s less than two weeks until The Ealing 48 | 48-hour film competition! I’ve wanted to run a 48-hour film competition for years, and it’s finally happening! Teams will have just 48-hours to write, shoot, edit, and submit their short film. The films are 5-7 minutes (including credits), and must be in the genre we …
On the job hunt again
My previous two contracts ended, so I have spent July applying for new job opportunities. This involves daily checking of LinkedIn, regular updates to my CV, networking, and doing other film work in the background. I’m in an interesting situation because I can work in at least four different areas. Those are the three main …
Script Development Workshops
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. …
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 …
Busy Times 