Having just put together a new showreel disc, I thought I’d upload the pre-menu montage onto here, in case anyone is interested. It should play okay, but let me know if you have any problems (I’m still trying to figure out the best settings for YouTube uploads; all tips gratefully received.) Over the next few weeks, [...]
May 18, 2009
I decided I was going to make a film. That was what I wanted to do, I wanted to make films. I'd wanted to make films since I was about eleven years old. Go to film school? I couldn't afford it and I didn't really believe in it. I didn't think I could learn anything in a classroom that I couldn't learn better and faster by doing. I still believe that about pretty much everything (although, if you're about to operate on me, I'd love you to have passed some exams).
April 16, 2009
More exposure to excellence here (it's good for you, suck it up). Very few people understand the possibilities of cinema like David Lynch...
March 16, 2009
I thought it might be interesting to journal a day in the life of a writer-director (me!) during the last days of a TV edit. It turns out it wasn't interesting at all but I've written it now, so you can damn well read it...
December 20, 2008
I realise that I have jumped into journalling my day-to-day experiences making “New Tricks” with no “backstory” whatsoever. For those who require some context, or mistakenly believe that it might somehow render this journal more interesting, here’s the story so far: I directed two episodes of New Tricks earlier this year (Season 5). I really enjoyed [...]
November 13, 2009
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