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Director Matt Strachan joins us this week to discuss his switch from writing to directing on his self-penned short Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things.
Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things Materials
Budget
Lounge Floorplan
Moodboard
Production Breakdown
Production Timeline
Script
Showlinks
Giraffes and Laughs and Feelings and Things
Matt Strachan
The Room
Lime Pictures
Raindance
Panasonic AG-DVX100
Shooting People
Checking through my mail this morning I came across a useful link in the Shooting People bulletin for the Free Film Festivals website. As they put it:
Our schedules list free entry film festivals right across the planet, all of which will accept both submission and screening copies on either small gauge film or inexpensive and [...]
I’m joined by Arthur Jones who with his brother Luther spent six years creating A Farewell Song, a documentary that charts how a group of Chinese musicians have persevered through hardship and upheaval and remained dedicated to their love of music.
Showlinks
LostPensivos Films
Peking Opera
British Documentary Film Foundation
Shooting People
A couple of weeks ago, I got to attend the cast and crew screening for Screen South’s 2007 slate of Digital Shorts and crashed the post screening party to find out more about the Digital Shorts experience from the Screen South team and this year’s supported directors.
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Screen South
Screen South Winning Films
UK Film Council Digital [...]
Today I’m joined by director Shane Sheils, who with his regular co-director and all round collaborative partner Paula Sheils, came early to the conclusion that if they wanted to get their 3d animation To Shoot a Rurf made, waiting around for funding or credit carding it wasn’t the way to go. Instead the duo harnessed [...]
Our long-time friend, director Lee Kern discusses his Lo-Fi approach to filmmaking, which has enabled him to develop a singular style whilst maintaining creative freedom on his broadcast documentaries.
The Suburbs Materials
Stills
Showlinks
Twinklebum UK
Twinklebum on MySpace
Shooting People
William Carlos Williams
Walt Whitman
Pavement
The Silver Jews
3 Minute Wonder
Modern Toss
Sony XM2
Avid Xpress DV
BritDoc
Rooftop Films
Scott Morgan Interview
The See Documentary Festival
Halo Panda