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. …
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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 …
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 …
The vlogging journey
I’ve been all ‘heads-down, tails-up’ with my master’s studies, working 4 days a week, running the March 2016 AOTS project, running the business and doing general filmmaking stuff. In the lead-up to the June 2016 AOTS project — two weeks away! — I’ve started vlogging. Check out the first one below: In one of my …
London Film Communities
As part of my MA, I researched the London Film Communities currently available. Here is the list.
What is Action On The Side?
At the London Screenwriters Festival this past weekend, I met six brand new people who, when I said I run Action On The Side, knew what it was. So, let me answer: What is Action On The Side? In July 2013, James Doherty, a motion designer who wanted to direct, set up a project for …
Questions in your audience’s mind
I’m doing an online course on Digital Storytelling. Here I share four questions screenwriters need to ask when writing their scripts.
Busy Times 