Last Saturday, I was at my girlfiends sisters wedding, video camera in hand, dutifully making the wedding video for the family (the curse of being the film maker in the family!), which meant I was unable to attend the End Of the Pier Film Festival Awards, and so I asked Cathy Arton, our casting director, […]
When I ran my 2 day seminar at Heart Of Gold, I met a film making couple, Mark and Candice. They were both charming, determined and entirely free of cynicism. Marks energy was infectious, so I pushed a little harder, we had a meeting and a whole new possibility evolved… Here’s what Mark has to […]
A question I am often asked about the video webisodes is, ‘how do you film then when you are on your won…?’ in short, I grab someone and put the camera in their hands and say, can you point this at me please? And away we go. Occasionally, I am lucky enough to find a […]
FROM GUEST BLOGER, Catherine Arton, Casting Director for Gone Fishing While Chris was at The Heart Of Gold film festival in Gympie, Queensland, I am at a film festival with a lot of heart! On Wednesday 18th of March I get an email from Chris, telling me that we have been selected to be in […]
During the Heart If Gold Festival I met three film makers who had made a film on a cell phone called ‘Mankind Is No Island’, which had gone on to win many awards. Greg and Jason were around for the full festival and I interviewed them on the blog here (which also includes the film). […]
After the dust is settling on The Heart Of Gold Film Festival, I thought I would share with you some of the comments I received from the film makers who attended the two day Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass Redux! It seems the new first day, which is about much deeper and I believe important issues, […]
I just wanted to share an email I got from a fellow film maker. I met up with him last year for a coffee as he seemed ‘blocked’ in his next career steps. We discussed many of the issues I put into practice while making Gone Fishing, specicifally the carrer plan that forms one of […]
As you know I am running the final part of the Gone Fishing seminar this weekend coming. If you buy the online seminar now, you can also come to the live seminar on Saturday too (or watch online when it’s uploaded). You can read more about the online seminar here… I just wanted to share […]
I wanted to share two particularly poignant emails I have received, both from professional film makers who have suffered personal loss. The first email is from an Irish Director, Paul Brady, who saw Gone Fishing last week and felt compelled to contact me. Second is from our old friend and Gone Fishing Associate Producer, Simon […]
