I should be packing by now, but a short note here before I am off. All is prepared for my trip to Wales, well all that I could think of that should be prepared.
There are a couple of changes to the original plans:
The school children will not be there. The school has withdrawn from [...]

Red and White

I am very busy planning the 4 days film shoot in Wales in February. I have never really done serious production planning before, and this is a great opportunity for me to get experience. Planning this shoot is not very different from planning a four day film shoot for my own short film, [...]

OK, do you remember I worked on a short film this spring? And do you also remember that you still had not seen the result of that hard work?
Well the wait is over!
May I present to you: James Bond in 60 Seconds!
No it does not have Daniel Craig. But it has a villain, a Bond [...]

Storyboarding

5 tips from a girl who desperately tries not to go insane while slowly moving towards the actual production of her 10 minutes short film.
And 4 tips to get you started.

Dan In Real Life

I hate long posts on blogs, I seldom read them, they put me off. But I know that I too often write them myself. There is a lot to say, but I will keep it as short as possible. I promise. There is some bad news and there is some, erhm, news.

Me and my sneakers back on planet earth

This is just a short post to say that I am back on Earth. I think. Travelling in space messes up your mind. But here is a short list of things I have to say today (will write proper posts soon, I promise):

It’s day 42 today. Use it [...]

Bill Posters will be CCTV’ed

OK, not a lot of time, so – memo style post with lovely picture.

I am quite shocked by the sudden death of actor Heath Ledger (28). He was extraordinary in Brokeback Mountain.
Where are we with the 60 second action feature you wonder? Well after another long night of mad movie making [...]

We did it. We shot all the insane scenes we wanted to shoot. We have been incredibly lucky with our actors as they were all very motivated, patient (when things took a bit longer than expected), talented and up for it and it has been a very busy couple of days. We now take 48 [...]

I was home at 10.30pm. Yay! That means that I can get a close to normal night sleep.
We were all very tired today, which was noticable in the lack of laughter outbursts, but maybe that was for the better, having the actors around. And things went very well. It was clear weather, cold but with [...]

If you wonder why it is be a bit quiet down here, I am busy with the short. Yesterday I was home at 2.30am (yes that’s in the middle of the night, and thank you London for having 24 Hour bus services) and I just came home from another long day of preparing.
We are as [...]

Trabi on Tower Bridge

Trabi on Tower Bridge – Click for the whole picture
I bet you spend your New Year’s day relaxed. Visiting family and friends maybe, or sleep longer after a party yesterday.
Mine was a bit different. If you are tired following the 60 seconds action feature story, come back later.
A list of what we [...]

Sneak preview

We made a film. It is not finished yet, we need to edit it, but yesterday we were out in the beautiful weather London is offering us at the moment and I found myself directing actors, composing shots and generally feeling more at ease doing all this than I ever thought I would.
The actors [...]