tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102203921708199492024-02-23T07:43:57.697+00:00Lara Greenway: Tenacious MeLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-45805817325364137262015-07-20T19:13:00.001+01:002015-07-20T19:13:13.519+01:00Supporting Small Local Business
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It’s been a long while since I wrote a blog post. In the
main, because I’ve not had much to say, but also because I’ve had my nose
firmly to the grindstone pulling together lots of new projects which will eventually be
films...which brings me neatly to the title of this post.</div>
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I am a great believer in supporting small, local businesses
where possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even in the centre
of London, given the choice of a huge coffee shop chain or a small independent café
– I will usually opt for the latter knowing that every flat white or homemade
flapjack purchase really does make a difference. </div>
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Many, many times I have paid more than the ‘going rate’ for
lunch, dinner, snacks, artwork, jewellery, clothes, classes, training - even
pubs - because I know these places; I know their products; in some cases, I
know their ethics, and in a lot of cases, I know the owners and families behind
these small businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know how
many months of planning, sleepless nights, sweat and tears have gone into
getting them up and running; I know their daily slog to keep ticking along. I
know my purchases and interaction with them make a difference – no matter how
small – and thus, in my own little way, I help these businesses to grow,
develop and make their own contribution to our economy.</div>
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I am also a small business. </div>
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It may seem strange to think it,
but that is in fact what I am. I am an independent film producer which means I
am not financed by any studio, particular group or person – I’m my own boss, my own financier, I make my own mistakes, my own successes. I do my own sh*t.</div>
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On a daily basis, I come across interesting information. Now
and again I stumble across stories I utterly love and am passionate about,
people I admire and want to work with; the visions I picture in my mind and the
music I hear accompanying them – I want everyone to share in them. If a story
touches my heart and soul, has the capability of making me happy, sad,
confused, scared or focussed – that’s what I want an audience to feel. </div>
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Not many people understand what a producer actually does*.
Most people think we generally swan around from one screening to the next,
quaffing champagne and partying with luvvies. Don’t get me wrong, there is an
element of that – but it really is all in a day’s work. If you ever see a
producer walking slowly then they’re either talking to financiers or talent
(actor, writer etc) or they’re figuring out a plot problem; if none of these
apply, they’re more than likely about to drop dead. I don’t know many
slow-walking producers. Nope. In fact, I know none at all. We are the ultimate ‘time
is money and money is time’ people. If we can multitask multitasking, we’ll
attempt it.</div>
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So anyway, back to me and my small business(es). </div>
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Every film I set up becomes a business of its own – like a
sub-business of me – and every one of them has to be run correctly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I myself am a business and I –
alone or with other people – set up lots of new little businesses: these are
the films, themselves. Are you keeping up? So far, so good. </div>
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As we all know, in order for a business to start up, one
needs investment (unless you have a big pot of cash), but of course most people
are unable to invest large amounts of money or it’s just not their thing; besides,
investment should be viewed as a longer-term commitment. But there <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> an alternative available, which means
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you</i> can help small businesses (in
this case, films) to literally ‘start up’…and it is called crowdfunding. </div>
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Up until recently, I had never used crowdfunding for
funding my own projects as I have always gone down the traditional route of
financial investment/loans etc. This has generally been because the investment
required has been at the lower budget end and as a possible outright sum for
one or more backers, the sum is low enough to mitigate too much risk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I have on many occasions in
the past, contributed to an awful lot of crowdfunded projects via Indiegogo and
Kickstarter: it’s been a nice way to say, “I believe in you/your
project/product”.</div>
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Crowdfunding is essentially what it says on the tin – a
crowd funds a project – and in the case of my current film, FIZZY DAYS, the
crowd will only fund a small percentage of the film’s full budget. By asking
people to ‘back’ the film we are asking them to literally chuck in a few quid
to show their support and interest, and from as little as £10 backing, you can even choose a
nice little gift (called a ‘Perk’) in return for your support. Is that not an
interesting prospect? To sit in front of your TV/in the cinema in 18 months time
and say, “I helped make that film happen”?</div>
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If you take part in crowdfunding, there is no financial
return on your investment – you literally are donating funds towards the
project and all of this money (minus a small % taken by the online platform) will go straight into our company bank account ready for preproduction. But more importantly, you <i>are</i> backing a small business, and if you know me on a personal
basis, you would be backing a small <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">local</i>
business. Of course, like I mention above, from a backing of £10 or more you
get a Perk in return, so essentially it’s no different to me buying lunch,
coffee, dinner, gym sessions, clothes, flowers etc from a small independent
business and getting a product in return for my money spent.</div>
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I don’t work on projects I’m not passionate about; if I genuinely
feel a film would be of artistic and commercial potential then I will give my
heart and soul. If you know me, then you know I live, eat and breathe what I
do…and luckily for me, lots of fabulous actors, actresses, award winning crew
members and even the sales people really do like this film too. </div>
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So go on, for the price of just a couple of coffees, lunch –
right up to however much you like – pop some funds into the pot and be part of
something very cool.</div>
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It would be really great, if like me, you could see the huge
potential of supporting small business by backing via the crowdfund – and
rather than me tell you here all about the film, FIZZY DAYS - with its glam rock
roots, 70s vibe and beautifully crafted, amusing, coming-of-age script - take a
read through the campaign pages, watch the video, look at the artwork, check
out the Perks for the film and make up your own mind. If you like what you see,
consider donating a few quid or grabbing yourself a great Perk. We’re also on
Facebook and Twitter – all links are below so pop over there, ‘like’ our page
and give us a follow.</div>
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Then, just like any small business you use and like, tell
your friends, colleagues and customers to do the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I do.</div>
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Thanks for reading.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">*Film Producer - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_producer">Wikipedia</a>:</span></div>
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the type of producer. Either employed by a <span style="text-decoration: none;">production company</span>
or independent, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film
production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and
editing, and arranging financing. The average Hollywood film made in 2013 had
just over 10 producer credits (producers, executive producers, co-producers,
associate producers and other types of producer). During the "discovery
stage" the producer has to find and acknowledge promising material. Then,
unless the film is supposed to be based on an original script, the producer has
to find an appropriate <span style="text-decoration: none;">screenwriter</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;">line producers</span> or <span style="text-decoration: none;">unit
production managers</span> who represent the main producer's interests. Among
other things, the producer has the last word on whether sounds or music have to
be changed or scenes have to be cut and they are in charge of selling the film
or arranging distribution rights.</span></div>
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However..not sure what happened this morning.<br />
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Maybe it was being back at the gym yesterday after injury has caused me not to be able to punch a bag and lift weights for a while...maybe quite a few months' worth of decent sleep have built up a reserve of energy...maybe having taken a b-i-g step back from <i>everything</i> in order to reassess my life and goals has helped? Who knows - but christ almighty - today I'm all-guns-a-blazing. And boy am I back!<br />
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First up is my very own first feature development - proper. No pretending here. The gloves are off (actually they're back on, but that's just being back at the gym) and this film will get made if it's the last thing I do. I don't particularly want to Produce it (I will keep my Producer cap on at jaunty angle until such a time as I can hand it over) but I will most definitely be writing/directing. I don't want to be concerned with finances, logistics and feeding a crew - I just want to purely focus on the story, performance, feel and look of what's on screen.<br />
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It's a story that wants to be told - it's quite personal to me and so I'm just working out the best way to tell it. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea and will be quite shocking and very dark in parts but heck yeah: I'm all over it. On it, like a car bonnet. It's early days, and it may take a while as I have TV things to work on as well, but who knows, it could turnaround quicker than I imagine.<br />
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Here are a couple of little soothing, chilled <b>NSFW</b> videos to go in line with the concept. I'll try and pop back more regularly in the future.<br />
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It's been pretty quiet around Tenacious Towers recently as I've had my nose to the grindstone, face to the floor, with some big deadlines looming - but thought I'd drop by and share a little something.<br />
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I wasn't quite sure what that little something was to be but I have decided to share this, my mantra:<br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting." ~ Goethe</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe." ~ Muhammad Ali</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Don't ask me why. </span>That is all. Until next time. :0)</div>
Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-73557041505996619192013-03-30T13:36:00.001+00:002013-03-30T13:36:19.792+00:00Easter...blah..blah...blah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br /><br />Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-57510543198248509242013-02-07T09:57:00.000+00:002013-02-07T10:26:36.048+00:00Your Life Is Now?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pic stolen blatantly from <a href="http://www.realitybitesat40.blogspot.co.uk/">www.realitybitesat40.blogspot.co.uk</a> - thank you, LorettaLikes - how I love your blog. <br />
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For all those out there who haven't read it - you must. Most people I know will find it really insightful, but especially so if you're female, are not 25, have kids AND wish to carry on working in TV/Film! Gosh - who would have thought? What a mad combo! Mad, I say..!Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-84009783631872715732013-01-03T19:24:00.001+00:002013-02-07T10:29:05.597+00:00Mi Vida LocaHello there<br />
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I think I can just about make you out in that dusty corner which was behind the Christmas tree. Never mind, I'll get the vacuum out and then you'll be all sparkly and new again.<br />
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Anyway, here's to 2013. It couldn't be any weirder than 2012, could it?<br />
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Well, life's funny little seesaw really went to town on me last year: professionally - higher than mean average, personally - lower than sea level. In fact I nearly drowned in emotion, but hey - I'm still here.<br />
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So, 2013? The year that all changes. A big huge shift in everything. I have intentionally cut back on projects as I have come to realise there is only one me and I can't actually do everything at once - I certainly can't work with/for others on a promise of finance 'at some point'. I do actually need to eat and The Kid needs shoes. More than anything, I know what I can do; I know my abilities and limits; I also know my worth.<br />
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The first time this "year-not-planned-out" struck me was when someone asked me what I was kicking the new year off with - I replied with a "Ummm, we'll see" and a shrug. Shock, horror. Was I 'just' becoming a Mummy? Ummm, no - although that would be quite enough on its own. I am fortunate to have some amazing work stuff going on, however, I have made a lot of big adjustments but actually, they work and are pretty good, all the same. I have cut away a lot of the driftwood that has weighed me down or held me back over the years and now every move I make has to count personally and professionally. It's all for me and The Kid, and we're quite a team.<br />
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I was going to write a hugely long post about work/life balance, life losses through over-work, working 'clever' and how sometimes PEOPLE are more important, but you know what - that lovely guy, Philip Bloom, beat me to it. When I first read his <a href="http://philipbloom.net/2013/01/01/worklife-2/" target="_blank">post</a> I could have thought, "Oh bugger I was going to say lots of that..." but instead I smiled and said, "Cheers, Phil - I'm going to write a quick 2013 post, switch off and then play Lego with my little boy." Thanks, mate!<br />
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Happy New Year all. Make this the beginning of your new era. I know I will.<br />
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<br />Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-91422223479558972552012-10-31T18:43:00.000+00:002012-10-31T18:43:34.118+00:00It's here: "How To Be Dead"It is finally Halloween - and as promised, here is the "How To Be Dead" pilot.<br />
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We really hope you enjoy our general silliness and want more, so in the meantime, please feel free to keep on re-watching this pilot episode if you really do enjoy it. You may not realise, but the numbers and analytics behind all this really do matter - it shows us where you are in the world and if we've done something right (or wrong - but hopefully not!).<br />
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So...like it? Then 'Like' it, please. Then tell your friends, family, colleagues and enemies to log in, click along, watch it and 'Like' it too - obviously, if they don't like it then don't hold them hostage or anything because that would be a bit silly. Do also feel free to leave a comment or just say hello - Death does get lonely and likes a good read when he's quiet...</div>
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Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-82477262527872529502012-10-25T13:40:00.000+01:002012-10-25T13:42:12.003+01:00Ready. Deady. Go.Here we are then: the time is almost upon us, and <a href="http://www.howtobedead.com/" target="_blank">How To Be Dead</a> is ready to be born. Of course, no-one will see it until it goes live next Wednesday, 31st October; no-one that is except me and <a href="http://www.aimforthehead.co.uk/" target="_blank">Dave</a>, who will probably drive ourselves utterly bonkers with stupid irrational nit-picky quibbles that do not qualify for any time spent thinking about them. But we will.<br />
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This is the bit where we've all done as much as we can but no-one has seen it. It's the ultimate diet part of production when 7lbs falls off for no apparent reason. It's the time when I struggle to sleep for more than 3 hours solid at any given point. It's the "Should I have done xyz?" era.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pilot Episode will be streamed from the website on 31st October 2012 (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">very aptly, that is H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alloween, in case you'd forgotten), with the teaser trailer coming out a few weeks before. It's a bit of a tight turn around for the team but everyone is embracing it with open arms, which is really very lovely and quite touching.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm afraid I can't linger for very long as I have a couple of other things I need to attend to, but just in case you have been living on the moon or have taken a vow of social network silence, I thought I'd bring you up to date on the release of 'DEVIATION'. Yes, that's right - that was the film I popped off to produce just a smidgen over a year ago and is now imminently hitting the screens - all kinds of sizes and types of screen too. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you like your films on a big screen - the theatrical release is 24th February 2012; if you like your films on demand, downloaded, on DVD or BluRay, then the multiplatform release on 27th February is your date - but hey, you can even pre-order the DVD/BlurRay to arrive for then! If you like films, but prefer to watch the c'lebs arrive for the premieres and parties then 23rd February is the date for you. Watch this space for details of the premiere and a list of cinemas the film will be showing in...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's all a bit of a weird time just now - a bit whirlwind-ish with so, so, so much to do and not nearly enough hours to do it in AND sleep. But I know you lot, you'll be glad to hear I'm not just sitting back and enjoying it all: so I'll let you know I'm now in early prep for the next one, which we'll be shooting in April. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More on that soon, but in the meantime (just in case you haven't seen it) here is the 'DEVIATION' trailer.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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It all stems from the fact that Jesus is popping back to reclaim his Saints, as stated in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+thessalonians%204:17-4:17&version=ESV">1 Thessalonians 4:15-17</a>:<br />
<blockquote>"... and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."</blockquote>So, Jesus is popping back to gather up all his buddies - but don't you be tricked into thinking this is the Second Coming just now. Oh no - <i>that </i>comes after the period of <a href="http://endtimepilgrim.org/chart2a.htm">Tribulation</a>, which itself pre-empts the battle at <a href="http://www.bibletoday.com/v4/default.htm">Armageddon</a>. Got that? Good. 'Cos you're going to need your wits about you. <br />
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If you're not a follower, it's going to be a rough ride, hun, as the period of Tribulation will throw out pain and suffering, world disaster, famine, wars and general hardship - envisaged to wipe out over three quarters of the world's population. But we need to understand the Rapture first, right?<br />
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The 2011 End Times prediction has been made by a gentleman called Harold Campling who is a US Christian Radio Show Host. He has stated that the Rapture will sweep across the globe by timezone with earthquakes hitting at 18:00 local time in each location. Citing Jeremiah 25:32 -<br />
<blockquote>"evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth"</blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px;"> - </span>he states the earthquakes will continue across the globe as the sun advances.<br />
<blockquote>"I know it's absolutely true, because the Bible is always absolutely true." Campling says.</blockquote>Nice.<br />
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Campling has argued his case on a numerological level tallied with biblical proof. You see, this is the guy who managed to work out the date of the Great Flood and then move forward, interpreting God's Code in the Bible, to work out the Rapture date for us all and it sure saved me the bother. However, not infallible, Campling previously predicted the global expiry date to be September 1994 and following a no-show from Jesus, he retracted his claim as a mathematical error. Quite rightly so.<br />
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If we're all still here tomorrow post 18:00 local times, then that's great. We've had our fair share of earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, floods, freak snow and freak heatwaves over the past year or so - and we've also had a few nasty wars, disasters and a whole lot of suffering of late. Perhaps we've been in our period of Tribulation and not realised it, anyway?<br />
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Of course this is only the beginning of the End, dears - the actual world expiry date is 21st October 2011. Of course.<br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, finally: it's *that* time for the announcement we've been mentioning on our </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/deviationmovie"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/devmov"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> pages all week.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Create a tagline for DEVIATION. The tagline must reflect the tone of Deviation the movie, which is a dark thriller. For more information on Deviation and its characters, make sure you check out our round up of all the posts and articles about this film online, </span><a href="http://deviationmovie.blogspot.com/2011/01/round-up-roll-up.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fab Rinaldo from </span><a href="http://www.moviescopemag.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moviescope Magazine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is offering a subscription to the winner of this contest and fellow deviant </span><a href="http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Jones</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://www.londonscreenwritersfestival.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The London Screenwriters' Festival</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> has offered up ten Screenwriters' Pocketbooks: one for the winner and another for a whopping NINE runners up! Thanks guys!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deadline for entries is 5pm, Friday 21st January</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and entrants may enter 2 taglines only. After this date, all qualifying taglines will be uploaded to this blog in the form of a poll and all you Deviants will have chance to vote for the winner!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NB.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Entry must be via </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/devmov"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter*</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or the </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/deviationmovie"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deviation Facebook page only</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> wherever possible; all entries must be marked on both Twitter and FB with the hashtag #devcomp to be considered. If you have </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">no</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Twitter or FB account, you can send the entry to Associate Producer Lucy V on </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bang2writeATaolDOTcom</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, but please make sure DEVCOMP is in the subject line. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please note Twitterati: you needn't take up extra space by adding either @devmov or @Bang2write into your tweets, just add the #devcomp hashtag & we will see it!</span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FURTHER INFO:</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For anyone who doesn't know, a tagline is that little sentence or sentences you find on the movie poster or the DVD box. Famous examples include "In space, no one can hear you scream" (Alien); "They're </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">..." (Poltergeist) and "Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free." (The Shawshank Redemption). Find more examples of movie taglines </span><a href="http://www.filmsite.org/taglines.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in this huge list</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more the more advanced screenwriters out there, please note we are NOT looking for loglines. If you're not sure of the difference between a tagline and a logline, </span><a href="http://lucyvee.blogspot.com/2010/05/loglines-are-not-taglines.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">please read this article</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Deadline 5pm, Friday 21st January, 2011; maximum 2 entries per person and the tagline must reflect the tone/genre of Deviation the movie.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) There is no charge for this contest.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Winner will be picked after the 21st January by the readers of the Deviation blog and social networks via a poll, which will be hosted here.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) Entries must be made via Twitter and the Deviation Facebook page; entries posted in the comments section of this blog, on any other blog or social networking page (including those of the producers' of Deviation movie) will not be counted.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) For non-social networkers ONLY: please send entries to Lucy V Hay on Bang2writeATaolDOTcom with DEVCOMP in the subject line of the email.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) Tweets and FB wall posts must be hashtagged #devcomp to be counted as part of the contest.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) Joke taglines are welcome, but will not be counted as part of the contest.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) Taglines limited to the size of a tweet incorporating #devcomp or the allowed 420 characters on the Facebook wall, including the hashtag #devcomp. Those longer or without the hashtag are disqualified.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9) The tagline must not be a logline.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10) Good luck!</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for now at least, you can catch me over </span><a href="http://www.deviationmovie.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/deviationmovie?v=wall"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://twitter.com/devmov"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or </span><a href="http://deviationmovie.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until Yuletide, amigos.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For those of you who haven't seen recent </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/crikeyvillains"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Twitterage</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> or haven't yet become fans of the </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Crikey-Villains/146688238681836?ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Facebook site</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, the new film I'm Producing is called "CR!KEY VILLAINS". I was intending to have a countdown to the shoot starting, but pre-production is all over and here I am, all lonely in the Production Office; everyone having fun on set. [This, of course, is a total untruth as we are all having far too much fun, on and off set. We are a very happy shoot, us lot. :0) ]</span></span><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's been a remarkably busy, but only sometimes stressful, few weeks of pre-production. We have still managed to laugh on a daily basis (that says something) and although there are many details to be ironed out, therein lies the fun and games myself, </span></span><a href="http://www.bobt.co.uk/ps/cvs/CV%20for%20Demelza%20Jones.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Demi Jones</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (Producer), </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727121/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Michael Riley</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (Producer) and </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558563/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Margaret Matheson </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(Exec Producer) are yet to have - that is once I am through bowing at their jaw-dropping omnipresences.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">With our locations spread over many parts of London as well as Southend, the scale of shoot is wide enough - but not once will we let our dear Writer/Director, </span></span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1484768/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">David Hughes</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, be bothered with such trivial details, or allow him to move away from his position of picturesque, calm demeanour under extreme pressure. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Last week, we had the cast read through and photo shoots which allowed colourful 3D life to billow into these, up until now, entertaining but 2D black and white characters on a page. The actors started to fill out the personas and possess the words on the paper as their own - and suddenly a whole new world was emerging. The big, small-time crooks; the ganstas; the girls; the cars; the guns; the houses; the money - the whole new world of the CR!KEY VILLAINS. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But, "Who are the Cast?", I hear you shout! Who exactly are the CR!KEY VILLAINS? Well - you'll have to stay tuned for that.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you'd like to keep up to date with me and the world of the </span></span><a href="http://www.crikeyvillains.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">CR!KEY VILLAINS</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> shoot, then head over </span></span><a href="http://blog.crikeyvillains.com/wordpress/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> - the Producer's Blog is where I'll be for a little while (starting soon) and I will do my best to bring you the news as it happens.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div></span></span>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-43656740579939929302010-07-02T14:58:00.003+01:002010-07-02T16:04:58.870+01:00Pssssst...<div style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*shuffles*</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Errr, hello? It's me?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It's been so long, I've forgotten what you look like! Oh, but how I have missed all your little japes, and the way your dimples tilt upwards when you laugh! Ahhh, it's been months since we shared a quiet gin and tonic and munched on chippies. Yes, yes, I know - you still like ketchup and I still prefer HP Brown Sauce - but some things will never change. At least we agree on the piri piri mayo side of things - we could never have too much of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">that</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> good thing, could we?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I trust you've been behaving whilst I have been away? Good. I really have been away too - here, there and everywhere. I undertook what felt like a whistle-stop tour of Europe - literally a few nights here, a few nights there and then a few nights everywhere else. It rained in Cannes, it rained in Andalusia - in the mountains and on the coast - and apparently it's also due to rain in Rome when my path may cross it. I really need to buy more WD40 before my mechanics halt with rust. The trip(s) were part pleasure, part work and the recces I did whilst in Spain were ever so worthwhile - returning me to the UK with a big smile and a lovely bunch of contacts who will be more than happy to have a film crew irritating the hell out of them for a bit. It's how I roll.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I suppose you want to know what I've been up to then? Hmmm. Complicated. Lots of stuff. This, of course, comes with the territory as I am neither one thing or another but all at the same time, and in one pot. I'm currently writing a TV pilot, producing a different TV pilot¹, producing a very marvellous feature², developing/self-shooting D/P a doco and I'm also looking at a different way of working and production which could be very good fun.</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> "0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious"</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> may be the first victim - I mean, trial - but more on that another time. W</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ell you get the picture - life is good and any more talk of my stuff on my own blog and I shall be accused of self wank publicity - and heaven forbid that should happen. ;0) I often think it's odd how Producing has crept up on me like it has - but apparently you can't actually call yourself a Producer until your 4th feature, so I guess that makes me a Producer-in-Waiting-Bum. Well, whatever it is that I spend my days doing, I really do enjoy it and apparently I am quite good at it, which is rather lovely for everyone else, too³. I do miss the immersive creation that comes with writing and directing though, so there's no chance I could 'just' Produce, I don't think. Although, I have to say, budgets can be quite creative and if the money's right...</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">More than anything recently, I have been quite studious. Quiet. Still. Observing. Hiding from the light whilst constantly seeking out talent for in front of and behind the camera, crunching numbers one minute, researching words that go together, the next. I have now emerged from my shell a little but I fully intend to retreat back very soon. It's not that I don't love you all, it's just the noise, you see. The digital white noise, it deafens me. It's everywhere. And it has done my head in. Sorry. But I only do online when necessary</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">⁴</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Every day I receive in the region of 100-200 emails (some people think I am worth a punt, obviously). I flag them up to respond, as follows:</span></span></div><ol style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will die a painful, torturous death if I don't reply immediately</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will self-combust if I don't reply soon because it's so exciting</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will die if I don't reply in the next hour</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Yes, it's important but I'll reply after torturous death, certain death and self-combustion ones</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will reply later when I have five seconds to breathe after the death mail</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I will reply when I remember</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">General news and views - tea break reading fodder</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Friends and relatives (non work related)</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I won't ever reply, so fuck off and get out of my life, my face, business & Inbox</span></span></li>
<li style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Spam, Junk and Nigerian Prince Marriage Proposals</span></span></li>
</ol><div style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Information overload, every morning. And that's just email. So please, if you are waiting for an answer to anything, bear with me. Just don't threaten me or get too sassy, otherwise you will be flagged as No 9 along with the exes. On the other hand if I say remind me in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">[insert timescale here]</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...guess what? Remember to remind me</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">⁵</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: strangely, I said it for a reason!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I hardly ever read any blogs or Facebook pages these days either, so I have no real idea how you all are, where you all are or what you are doing; I find it virtually impossible to 'socialise' unless it's heavily work-related and my livelihood is under threat for not attending. Having said that, when I do actually catch up with people or bump into them whilst they are also 'doing Soho' (so to speak), it's really lovely to grab a quick cuppa/G&T/Rioja and have a chinwag.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">But don't fear, I haven't abandoned all technology as I can usually be found on Twitter a great deal. This is only because 140 characters don't take much thinking and I have a knack of not really noticing unless I have a message, plus it's nice to say Hi to people I haven't seen for ages. (Hi if you're not on Twitter *waves*)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am also found to be lurking in the dark corners of eBay a lot as I am currently building up my own shooting kit. I'm basically over there like an elephant running through a car boot sale at the moment, to be honest. It's fun and I do like to win bids. On the other hand I can get a little stroppy if I don't </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">[Yes, I'm talking about you, you slinky little matte box and sexy follow focus. Just so you know - I would have loved you more...]</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></i><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Phew. Well, you know what? It's been lovely chatting, but my shell is calling me and I'm starting to get a bit tetchy. I need to return to my script, the Spanish mountains and Rodrigo y Gabriella.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span> </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Until next time.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">¹ 0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious of course, where have you been?</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">² Watch this space. There may be news, soon.</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">³ Of course, now I will fuck everything up and have to choke on humble pie or eat through a straw for the rest of my days</span></span></div><div style="font: 13.0px Arial; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">⁴</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> eBay is an online necessity</span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal 'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">⁵</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> It's not rocket science. Mad, but not rocket science.</span></span></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-17999401485598367942010-03-05T12:25:00.000+00:002010-03-05T12:25:00.133+00:00Quite Possibly the Best Version<div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I present my week to you. Once I have stopped laughing/crying I will bid you all a good weekend. That is all.</span></span><div><br /></div><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q263urb8Gdo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q263urb8Gdo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-22793093670892653192010-03-02T23:29:00.001+00:002010-03-02T23:38:56.623+00:00Dad<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Today should have been my Dad's 70th Birthday but thanks to that bastard disease cancer, he's not here to celebrate. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bless his little cotton socks - cannot for one moment imagine Dad ever being s-e-v-e-n-t-y. I have been thinking about him all day, working out his year of birth, convinced I am wrong - but my maths is correct: he would have had a big load of candles today. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I miss my annual 'surprise' red eye flight up to Edinburgh on the morning of the 2nd March; I miss turning up at his door like an excited five year old with parcels, breakfast rolls and bubbly; I miss him acting surprised and saying "I thought it was a bit bloody early for the postman!"; I miss him giving me such a big bear hug I can't breathe. I really miss him.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've had an unusual amount of positive news today - nothing definite, nothing guaranteed - but good all the same. I'd like to think that somehow, Dad had a hand in some of that.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cheers Da-Da. Happy Birthday. x</span></span></div><div><br /></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-82795756099710019962010-02-23T14:37:00.004+00:002010-02-23T14:45:51.078+00:00Schminterview<div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I was recently approached by the lovely Scriptwriter and Reviewer, Andrew Tibbs, and asked if I would mind doing an interview for his new blog. I considered this for all of a second and the results are <a href="http://andrewtibbs-writer.blogspot.com/2010/02/lara-greenway.html">HERE</a>. I hope you enjoy it.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Meanwhile in "<a href="http://www.zerooneonezero.com">0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious</a>" land, things are getting very exciting. The final drafts are all but in; about sixty percent of the Commissioner's Pack is complete and the whole of Series 1 and 2 are tied up with a pretty bow - but I didn't knot it too tight, just in case. I'm one for making a decent contingency.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">That's it for now, short and sweet. How very unlike me.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ta-ra!</span></span></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-7915733248326996362010-02-05T09:16:00.000+00:002010-02-05T09:17:20.407+00:00List of Lists<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I make a lot of lists, loads in fact. I usually include a little diagram here and there too, which represents the flow of items on the list. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This week I have made big lists - wish lists, reality check lists, to do lists, to don't lists - and the list that is currently top of my...er...list, is "<a href="http://www.zerooneonezero.com/">0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious</a>". A rapid and ever-growing succession of words and figures, one tiny glance in its direction tells me one important thing: it's nearly there. The full season product, the pilot, the teaser, the promo: every element is teetering on the edge of completion and now I need to scoop it all up and add a final piece of formula to the equation.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Yesterday, I heard the very first musical interpretation from 0110 Composer, <a href="http://www.samwatts.co.uk/">Sam Watts</a>, and last night felt the urge to storyboard various scenes and items. Sam uttered to me that the inspiration on 0110 is extremely cyclic(al) - and that is pretty much it in a nutshell. Birth, life, death. The eps actually go through that cycle - not in physical terms on screen but emotionally; the series will also move through the cycle working on that very base-level principle. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">What has now been created (or very nearly) is the final stages of gestation of 0110; by the time you are two thirds of the way through the Pilot episode, as an audience you will have travelled through an odd time - the final stages of labour, if you like; and by the end of the episode, you will feel the new entity has been born - the DNA of which consists all the threads and elements just observed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But what have you observed? Everyone will be different. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You may walk away with a smirk and a giggle, thinking it was entertaining; you may shrug your shoulders and think, "So what?"; you may have it pop into your head for a few days afterwards, whilst you ruminate on certain details - were they important or not? You may even dream about it, wondering where your reality ends and 0110 begins.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Whatever you think, I hope it makes an impression on you. We all know many brilliant ideas fall by the wayside and are never even seen by the great viewing public. So much hard teamwork and dedication goes into creating entertaining and intelligent programming and for that reason alone (but out of many), I hope "0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious" succeeds.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But then this project is slightly different. It has one element - one very important element - woven through the core of its very being: that is the zerooneonezero effect.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Not sure what that is yet?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You will.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Onwards.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">x</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-90651244123955633652010-01-29T15:40:00.002+00:002010-01-29T15:54:23.716+00:00Develop the Vision<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><br /></div>Hello </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Just nipping in and out, and thought I'd check on you all. How are your chilblains? Better I hope, now.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I am so rubbish at keeping up with other people's blogs and suchlike these days that I had actually forgotten about my own. Totally forgot its existence (even though I updated a few weeks ago) until someone mentioned blogs to me the other night. Most queer.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Well, just for a change, I have been keeping out of trouble thanks to sheer lack of time. This past week has seen the "<a href="http://www.zerooneonezero.com/">0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious</a>" bar being raised even higher as the entire Team so far* met for another very intense but enjoyable day of development discussions. What can I tell you apart from it's all perfectly brilliant? </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The full Pilot script was read from cover to cover, we noted, suggested, moved, added, deleted, drank tea, coffee and ate food. I, of course, was in charge of pretty coloured things and blutack - my lovingly prepared chart which represents the story and character flow across the Pilot. Once we had settled on our final steps for the Pilot we moved onto the Series flow, links, twists and turns. If I didn't have anything to do with this project, I would be excited, but as it stands, I am very excited and utterly chuffed with how it is all going. There's a lot of work still to be done but the majority of it is mine - the Scribes are polishing their final drafts as I start to pull together the whole kit and caboodle.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Damn, I love it - but it's like a drug, you know, and I can't stop the euphoric rush even though sometimes I really need to. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Damn this crazy, lovely and totally silly world I live in too. I wouldn't be without it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Upwards.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">x</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">*Scribes: Alan Mckenna, Daniel Hall, Helen Smith, Laurence Timms, Michelle Lipton, Piers Beckley, plus Script Ed, Elinor Perry-Smith and Composer, Sam Watts.</span></span></div><div><br /></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-91348768393458991732010-01-12T21:01:00.000+00:002010-01-12T22:25:48.325+00:00Hello Mr. Brightside<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><br /></div>Well, hello there! Long time no anything. Did you have a nice Christmas? A good New Year's Eve? Fallen off the detox wagon and hit your head off a dumbell yet? Excellent. My festivities were all very lovely, thanks - choc full of hoardes of people and silliness which is always a delight. And so here we are, mid January already and there's nothing like having hit the frozen new year ground running already.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I've been firmly ensconced in 'Untitled' feature as well as being most excited to receive all the first drafts for "<a href="http://www.zerooneonezero.com/">0110: Twisted Tales and Glorious</a>". I have to say, although I knew they would be good, both myself and Script Ed, <a href="http://lockandloadbridesofchrist.blogspot.com/">Elinor</a>, have been blown away by just how good. Obviously [you think to yourselves] I would say that, but I sincerely believe this Series has something very special about it and day by day that 'certain something' gathers more momentum and strength. It's all great stuff and I'm quite fortunate to be involved as well as being able to watch it evolve at the same time.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So now to other things...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">I bravely managed to find an escape route out of Narniashire through the snowcapped peaks in order to support the British Indie Film market in my own little way, and attended a combined screening and Q&A session of "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258197/">Exam</a>", written, directed & produced by the delightful <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0371955/">Stuart Hazeldine</a> and associate produced by the equally delightful <a href="http://www.chrisjonesblog.com/">Chris Jones</a>. I was personally interested in seeing how Hazeldine created and maintained the audience's interest in these various characters who were to spend the entire film in one room, but believe me, he managed. Admirably. The total stand out performances for me were <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592993/">Jimi Mistry</a> - who beautifully underplayed throughout - and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531101/">Luke Mably</a> (who I later realised I had noted a while ago in "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250798/">Uprising</a>" - I think it was just a US TV release). Mably not only inhabited, lived and breathed the character on screen, but seemed to teeter on the stress edge of sanity - never letting up once throughout the whole film - which was quite remarkable. After the screening, Jones led a really worthwhile Q&A with Hazeldine, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847986/">Mark Talbot-Butler</a> (Editor) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2960777/">Matthew Cracknell</a> (Composer, with Stephen Barton) which not only focussed on each discipline but also looked at how everyone learned during the process - a process which, to me, appeared very organic. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Exam" was shot at Elstree Studios on 35mm with, in the main, A & B cameras and in script order, which of course is fairly unusual. One benefit of this was being able to distress the set in time order and because there were no natural scene breaks in the script, it was shot in sequential 'time chunks' instead. One would have thought it was pretty good for logging shots for the edit too! Also for a performer, working in chronological order on something as continuous as this, allows you to track your character easily as well as monitor your growth pattern, which is great stuff. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A lot of talk time was then given to Post and Sales & Distribution, which for me was one of my main reasons for being there. I have recently been working on many different models for digital distribution and business offshoot ideas to support that, so I listened to words from the tried and tested routes, with great interest. Having not been screened from a 35mm print but digitally instead, the fact that "Exam" had been bumped from a few screens so that another billion people could watch "Avatar" that day was a pretty stark reminder that in reality, übermoney advertising budgets talk and the big boys will always win with bums on seats; however, thanks to those who supported the day, "Exam" has had its run extended for another week at the Odeon, Panton St, Off Leicester Square, London ( and Manchester, I think) which is really great news. What are you waiting for? <a href="http://www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_info/m12521/Exam/">Book a ticket</a>; go and see it!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">And so finally...to the (working) title of this post: it's a fairly new screenplay of mine and I quite like it. There's a way to go on it (a really big way) but it's kind of shaping up and there's no rush anyway. Based loosely on a series of events that occurred to me/around me 2008/09, the title stems from The Killers song of nearly the same name which featured a great deal at the height of events unfolding. S'gonna be fun.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Til next time.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Onwards ever onwards, guys 'n' gals.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-18252380115344867772009-12-31T10:53:00.005+00:002009-12-31T11:03:30.170+00:00Three Little Words in Advance<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>"Happy New Year!"</b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As the 1st of January dawns, I hope it brings you promise and hope for the new decade.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Catch you on the other side. x</span></span></div></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910220392170819949.post-60904450905594174582009-12-23T21:15:00.002+00:002009-12-23T21:26:15.519+00:00Greetings of the Season<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The tree is sparkling,<br />The wine is mulled,<br />The veg is bought,<br />The turkey culled.<br />The snow won't stay much,<br />But hey, what's new?<br />Merry Christmas, All -<br />My glass is raised to you.<br /><br /><br />Sending very Merry Christmas wishes to You & Yours from all at Tenacious Towers! May the Festive period bring fun, happiness, rest and relaxation...in addition to the revolting amounts of food and alcohol...<br /><br />Enjoy.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><br /></span></span></div>Larahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051117022029959714noreply@blogger.com2