I finally made it along to a meeting of the Kent Film Kollective this evening. It’s a group of about 12 or so local writers, directors, actors and editors who are up for pitching together to make some low budget features (I think the vague game plan is to try to make four over the next couple of years).
Initially I was a little wary as I’ve seen groups like this before that are a lot of talk and little action. But I get the feeling that under the leadership of Chris Knowles this group might be a bit different. It’s early doors yet, but they all seem like a good bunch of people with a lot of good connections, (except, it seems, to producers who might be interested in stooping down and helping out with films that are being made for less than a £1,000,000). They also seem to have some good ideas to boot and Chris is very much for doing proper development on the scripts, to ensure that when we do get some interest from Producers, we have something really quite decent to show them.
Initially I was thinking that it might be an idea to pitch my full version of Secret Thoughts of Angels, but having discussed other peoples ideas, I’m not sure if there isn’t a better, more original route, to take. So it’s time to dust off the old thinking cap again.
I fear that with the release if the Da Vinci Code later this year, there’s going to be a plethora of carbon copies hot on it’s heels, so I’m thinking that the whole religion/mystery/secret society vibe is probably going to be a bit passe before too long. Which is a shame as, with my backround, it’s probably what I’d write best. Ho hum.
And, unlike the rest of the ‘scribosphere’, I shall not be submitting anything to the Nicholls Fellowship.