It's been a great year for EXAM, prize-wise. First we got a BIFA nomination, then a BAFTA nomination, then we won the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and recently we scooped the Golden Hitchcock Award at the Dinard Film Festival. You might think our eligibility cycle would be over by now… but you'd be wrong. There […]
EXAM is officially released in cinemas today, and in case you have skipped the blog for the last week, let’s recap – we have a REALLY exciting event on Sunday afternoon (10th Jan), at the Odeon, Panton St, Central London at 2.15. The movie will be screened, not off 35mm as I had first thought, […]
As Christmas closes in, after three days of editing and mastering the opus of all wedding videos for my girlfriends sister Maria, I can relax into a delightful evening with the final two episodes of ‘Dexter’… Mmmm, lovely Christmas eve! I have had a lot of feedback from the Apple TV blog, mostly about both […]
Today my MovieMaker magazine arrived from the states, an indie film rag that I subscribe to. Flicking through it, I noticed there was a roundup of film festivals, and saw that the Sedona Film Festival was included. You may know that we attended the Sedona Film Festival this year with Gone Fishing and it was […]
As we all knuckle down for the impact of the credit crunch, I have been wondering how film makers will be doing in these so called dark times. Traditionally, film has always done well in times of depression and stress. After all, film is a great escape, it’s local, It’s big and bright, and most […]
This months Moviescope magazine is carrying a feature that I wrote about Gone Fishing and what I have learned on the journey. You can buy it in print, or you can sign up for the free digital edition and get access to it online. It was quite a hard feature to write as I had […]
We have just received our first press, from the local newspaper in my home town of Wigan. You can read the article here. The great thing about local press is that they always paint you in a good light, and also give you lots of space. This kind of grass roots coverage is always good […]
Now that the three part Total Film Articles, written by team Living Spirit, are no longer on the shelves, we have uploaded the whole lot to our website. That’s 26 Pages of starter tips and hints for making your first short film. It’s a 12mb PDF download and you can get it here… Onward and […]
The third and final part of Team Living Spirit’s series on how to make a film is out now and deals with the post production process, from editing and sound to getting a deal, going to film festivals and even self distribution. We hope you have enjoyed this three part guide to just getting on […]
So I have come back from a brief break to find, at the airport, part two of team Living Spirit’s How To Make A Movie in Total Film Magazine. This one deals with the actual making of the movie, where the last was about the concept and script. You can download the first couple of […]
The first part of our three part ‘How To Make A Movie Feature’ for UK Film Mag TOTAL FILM is now out. A full eight pages of starter tips from Team Living Spirit! Here is one little chunk from this first part… GET A CAREER PLAN Most people don’t think beyond the movie they’re making […]
I wrote a three part feature for UK based film magazine Total Film, about how to make your first movie. I built in a few lessons and I thought I would share one with you here, about getting stuff for free or reduced. If you are not great at negotiating, it’s a great exercise to […]
