Category: Film & Screenplays
It’s MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 9th-15th May, and this year’s theme is loneliness. I’m so pleased and relieved that I’m can finally announce that LIFELINE is completed. I almost lost the will to keep going with my film dream, but I’m back and that’s for another story to come. This story...
I ask myself, after all this time why I put so much energy into my film work, as it certainly doesn’t line the pockets. It can take years, or even a decade and more until you crack the big time. Delusional fool or simply following what’s in my heart –...
As posted on Facebook on 24th October 2019 How on earth do you put a positive spin on the 3 year anniversary of your first ever film being shot (as writer, producer & one-off actor), and yet it still hasn’t seen the finish line? First things first though:Hush Little Baby...
As posted on Facebook on 5th Sept 18 FINALLY – we can share our video, with you. It’s only 5 mins or so if you fancy a chuckle. A BIG HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all who stepped up and voted for us…alas, we didn’t make it through to the next...
We did it. I did it. We did it!! Woohoo!! #Lifeline is now officially in post production. Here are some snaps from across 2.5 shoot days. It’s one of the toughest work challenges I’ve faced in life, not only as a newbie director – which was daunting in itself, but...
We’re officially finalists for the Cefalù Film Festival 2018 – winner to be announced soon – and were even shortlisted for the Corto Giovani award, a branch of the Cefalu Film Festival. Butterflies didn’t win the latter, which was announced in February, and that’s okay as we’re proud of our...
As published on Facebook on 15th May 2018 As part of Mental Health Week 2018, there’s a focus on combatting stress in the workplace. Uncannily Lifeline my short film and directorial debut, which is currently in pre-production, references this crucial theme. Lifeline is a psychological drama about Max, a troubled...
As published on Facebook on 24 February 2018 Now and again you look for a sign that you’re on the right course, when taking your next big leap in life I was stopped in my tracks yesterday, when I randomly pulled this book out, about female filmmakers, at the BFI...
As published on Facebook on 3rd Feb 2018. Just sharing some ‘behind the scenes’ having jumped up the first rung of the ladder with our first short Butterflies, which as some of you will know has found its place into Cefalù Film Festival – Pino Scicolone 2018. A first selection for many...
Note: Sticklers for screen formatting rules will find all the rules broken here as this blog’s technical limitation screws up any attempts to style it so. INT. COFFEE SHOP – DAY Sonia, solemn, stares out of window into the distance, hugging coffee mug in between her hands. The ghost of Vijay sits...