Camaera ass on tues

I'm going to be a camera asst on Tues. 31st Aug. Its an evening shoot, and I'll be a runner for the evening. Good money though, I'll make in an evening the equivalent of a weeks wages at the local supermarket.

 

But I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I love this area of work, I might take some pics and post them here

Nine Inch Nails + Spider: Spiked film = Amazing movie!

I've been looking around the internet for good royalty free music to use in my upcoming film 'Spider: Spiked' and found a site with Nine Inch Nails music available to re-mix (all official).

 

So I was thinking 'hey - I'd love to have NIN music in my film' so I sent off an e-mail explaining what I'd like to do, and I got a reply - 'Can I use NIN music in one of my films please?' Answer: 'Yes'

 

And voila! Re-mixed music from a well-known band, all official, and totally legal! This is really a HUGE score for me, roll on editing...

Detonation Films

I don't usually do this, but, there's a website that I've only ever dreamt of... www.detonationfilms.com  - a site FULL of USEABLE SFX footage, explosions, smoke, falling debris etc...

 

I've been searching the net for ages looking for stuff like this, and now there is somewhere you can get it!

 

I don't usually plug sites that gain monetary value like this, but seeing as its the only site I know of that specialises in it, then I'm making an exception.

Ethan haas was right

www.ethanhaaswasright.com - go check it out.

 

Its linked to the 1-18-08 film, by JJ Abrahams, you need to complete 5 puzzles, to gain a password to be used on the website on 1st August 2007.

 

You need to do this, it might be the start of an ARG

1-18-08 - New Film by JJ Abrahams

So the buzz is hitting big time about JJ Abraham's new film, which doesn't officially have a name, it's only known as 'cloverfield' or '1-18-08'

 

Watch the trailer for it on apple trailers - http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/11808/

 

This looks bloody amazing - and the theories going round about it are amazing - is it a 'Lost' film? - This has been thought of, as the sounds in the film coming from whatever is making the huge fuss sounds like 'Smokey' (the black smoke monster from Lost), or is it the gods battling with aliens? Just what the hell is going on?

 

One thing is for sure, I'm going to be keeping my eyes wide open for more on this topic!

A New Computer Network Called 'Internet'

There's a new technology emerging called 'Internet', which is booming, check out this article here: http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-1738-11981/science_technology/internet/clip6

I am very excited about this article, and I think this 'Internet' can really take off.

Alan Johnston Released

I'm very glad to hear that Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist has been released in the early hours of July 4th, 2007.

This story brings home to me the fact that people like me, and others that I know, who like to go and get footage of events, news articles and such are not as free as they imagine.

The press and to a certain extent, amateur filmmakers should be allowed to report issues and stories without being in fear of their own lives being taken by those less than savoury elements in various societies.

I hope he recovers from his ordeal, and can return to what he loves doing again.

I, as a filmmaker often go out, and not look after my own safety when filming, so I can get 'that perfect shot', and this issue does make me think about issues around the press, and their freedom. I don't think that the press should be able to invade peoples privacy, but they should be able to report facts, and current events without being in fear of being taken hostage, being shot at, run down, or anything else.

OH well, back to dangling out of the back of a car at 40MPH, with another car in close pursuit.

My New Phone

I just went and bought a Sony Ericsson K750i phone.

Oh, and I got £32 off, about half price, whoopdydoo!

The main thing is that it has a 2.0MP Camera, MP3 player, and all those standard goodies you'd expect to find in a new phone, but I have to wait until I get home to charge her, and play with her buttons and stuff.

25th August is the Summer LAN!

On 25th August, I'm going to be going to the Summer LAN, organised by newics, the NEWI Computing Society, 40-odd people playing, 12 hours of solid gaming, sounds like my idea of fun!

God! I love working in this industry!

I've just been working at the Frozen Moon office, and we've had someone come in to demonstrate what they'd like on a DVD, He's been using a dog puppet, and it was really quite entertaining.

 

A welcome break from coding custom 404 'Page Not Found' pages, and making meta tags.