Madness

Hi all

As I suspected, last week was a furious furore.  I don't have much time to dither over posts this week either, but in a nutshell:

Short re-write.

Feature Outline magically writes itself overnight.

Read magic Feature Outline, decipher writing, type up.

Short re-write.

Put magically written Feature Outline in drawer. Adios amigo, for a while. Dust - do your worst.

Travel to Darlington to attend The Story Engine, brilliantly organised by Ian Fenton.

Work in hotel bar, socialise with blog buds, Le Arnopp et Le Turner.

Attend first brilliant day of aforementioned festival.

Sh*t hits fan via email.

Tear apart Short film idea.

Huff. 

Drive Producer up wall.

Return to Festival seminars.

Lose all form of concentration.

Drive Producer up wall.

Return to hotel, take long shower.

Stomp around a lot like a child.

Tear apart Short film idea again.

Drive Producer up wall. Again. He's now on ceiling.

Network on a microcosmic basis with aforementioned blogbuds, joined by Chris Parr, Le Moran & Le Lemon and their prettier halves.  

Return to hotel room and work solidly until about 4am.

Breakfast before 8.15am telecon to Script Editor. Couldn't eat. Wasn't hungry anyway.

Absorb Script Editor notes.

Get ready to return to Festival & seminar I'm late for.

Decide to watch TV instead.

Kick self up arse.

Check out of room & carry on working on new beat sheet in bar (it was closed, I may add)

Make decision to quit festival whilst I'm on a roll - Simon Beaufoy will have to wait to meet me another time.

Return to festival for lunch, have quick chats & say goodbye before heading to the station home.

As leaving, start conversation with Really Interesting Bloke who agrees to be the subject matter of a long term Feature Documentary me & WorkGalBud are pulling together. F'cking A.

Leave for home with a spring in my step.

Work like a possessed demon on the train home.

Batter commuters out of way in haste to get home and charge MacBook.

Work like an even bigger demon, flat out all weekend.

New beat sheet, new character breakdowns. New, new, new everything.

Realise my rib is very sore after just being a bit sore last week, and trapped nerve in leg is getting worse.

Find out I have two ribs out of place - have them realigned. Trapped nerve eased with painkillers.

Weigh myself - have lost 7lbs in a week.  Joy.

Carry on with new new new everything.

Wait with bated breath.

Realise it's all good.

Onwards and upwards.

Laters, sweeties.

Hi - Bye

Hello little ones

I was just popping by to pick up a change of clothes and thought I'd stick my head into the cyberscribe for a peek. Looks like you have all been behaving impeccably. How very dull.

Well, I shan't be lingering I'm afraid, as I still have lots of working ground to cover on one thing or another plus there's an extremely busy week ahead of me, zipping here, there and everywhere. I tell you, lords and ladies, blink and you'll miss me. I also am lead to believe, from the pages of my diary, that I have a zillion deadlines looming around me, so I shall have to be extremely work clever / time smart this week, for sure. 

Well, once again - you know the rules.  But this time, at least give me something to "Oooooooh" at when I get back.

Have fun watching The Oscars but don't eat too much popcorn.  You'll only get a sore stomach again.

Stay true to The Tenacity.

Onwards.

Imperfection

Hello all

Just to let you know I am signing offline for a little while-ette. I have a vast amount of stuff to do and have just received my notes on my film, Perfect, which quite frankly reflect it is far from it's title.

All these online ditherings are too much of a distraction for now. Play nicely people.

Shall see you all on the other side.

;)

Oooh, Hello There

Well hello there, you sweetest little things.

I think I may have been bleating the same mantra for a while now - you know the one? The b-u-s-y mantra? Well, last week and the weekend have proven to be the mere tip of the iceberg, I tell you, but it's all good and that's all we need concern ourselves with, isn't it, sugar?

I started writing some deeply disturbing work a little while ago - really not my usual 'type' of stuff at all which generally tends to be quite disturbing dressed up as something cosy. No, this is deeply disturbing, stripped bare naked. Although it's quite a revelation to be writing like this,  I have no idea where these torrents have come from; but that's enough about that for now otherwise I may have to delete your memory and re-boot.

So my Digital Shorts script, "Perfect", is now with Screen East for comment. I do hope it goes down well as that would be pretty fantabulous, however, I am sure there will still be work to do. It ain't over 'til it's over, and all that, but I have been working on my creative vision for the piece, basically just settling on the final look and feel I would like to create. It's all very, very exciting to be honest and I love it. I'm quite besotted with this film now, which is really weird. I liked it a lot before, but now I is livin', breathin' and eatin' it, man. Tasty.

I have also had a little reminder of looming pre-production for a horror shoot that I'll be co-directing on - it had been put on the back-burner until a more opportune time and so that time will be fast approaching in the Spring/Summer. More about this at a later date, methinks.

Well, other than mentioning the fact I squeezed in a little voiceover jobette this morning, that's all there is to say, then.  

I hope you all had a wonderfully lush weekend of Valentine's squishiness and here's to a super-duper week ahead.

Onwards sweeties. Always onwards.

The Week That Now Was

Well hello there, you little bundles of fun.

It's been a busy week - there's no denying that.  

Having only just vaguely recovered from the brain drain exhaustion that was due to the exceptionally brilliant Digital Shorts training last week, I then launched a full attack on my project in general - resulting in a much tighter incarnation of "Perfect".  I am really very much liking this one. This one feels good and we're on target. Nice. Love it. Bloody superb.  

I have also had quite a few meetings to run through various ideas for cast, crew and general logistics. Everyone needs a wonderful Producer, I tell you. (But I have to say that, right?) Arf. ;) 

So, all in all a totally knackering week - which, of course, included a fellow scribey drinkie session. As usual, a great night had by all and it was lovely to catch up with the usual suspects Arnopp, Beckley, Barron, Campbell, Colgan, Lemon, Perry & Turner. I even met some lovely new suspects this time too, which was all very exciting as they hadn't heard any of my shit before. Fantabulous, I tell you.

Have a super weekend all.