Things are really starting to happen now. Lisa, my new found production assistant, has managed to hire a set of Dedolights for the shoot from our old college for an outrageously low price, which is amazing. On top of that the other two key props, a Backgammon Set and a Cremation Urn, were also acquired …

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With the shoot fast approaching, I realised that funds might not be as tip top as I hoped they would be. The whole project has turned around in next to no time, which I’m sure is something I’ll never experience again (based on the horror stories I’ve heard about development hell). Consequently, with the coffers …

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We’re locked down to shoot the new short on the 3rd – 5th April. I have two pro actors, a top notch DP and Sound Guy, a much better camera than we used before, a location and… no lights. Or a tripod. Minor technicalities which I’m sure I’ll iron out this week. Still, if anyone …

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The lunch date with Ken, Ben and Den(is) went well. Ken had some excellent suggestions for improvements to the script which I’ve rewritten ths evening. It wasn’t hard as his main suggestion changed almost the entire script, yet all I’ve had to do is delete about ten lines of dialogue and change one. Incredible. I …

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I felt a real wretch today. This morning our company announced it was laying off everyone in the manufacturing facility across the road from where I work. 500+ jobs to go in the next two years. That’s a major blow for the local area in which our company is one of the biggest employers. Needless …

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With a huge sigh of relief, I posted the film off to the Cannes and Brooklyn Film Festivals at lunchtime today. I also got to preview the film projected properly in our training centre at work today. It was a strange feeling sitting there alone in a darkened room watching the images flash by on …

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That’s it! Secret Thoughts of Angels is now officially complete. OK, I might make a few more changes to it in the next week or two, but these will be superficial – a bit more cleaning of audio and perhaps a tweak of an edit. Apart from that I’m totally over the moon with it. …

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The time stretching continues as Daz and I race towards finishing the sound mix for SToA. Last night (Sunday) we finished the music which I think is excellent. Tonight we’ll be mixing it all together, tomorrow I’ll be burning the DVD and Wednesday I’ll be posting it off to Cannes. I think the music will …

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From one extreme to the other! While the week before last was non stop, now things seems to be on go-slow. No progress on the short film front, though I’m hoping that as I write Daz is completing a splurge of creativity that should see the main part of the music on SToA done. Everything …

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