Archive for March, 2009
Next Year In Jerusalem
Yesterday I attended the first public showing of a doco I've been working on for the last five years, editing and producing. It's the story of a play about NZ poet James K Baxter, and the group of people who...
City of My Youth
Ahh, Dunedin... it's not the city of my youth actually, but that's a James K Baxter poem and I couldn't...
Bread on the Waters
Yesterday I did one of those very difficult tasks - trawling my networks for potential investors. Like most people, I...
More on Adaptation
Been away in Nelson for a few days - back into it today.Let's talk about adaptation. The funniest and most...
Script Lock
Yesterday I sent out the scene numbered and locked script for preparing budgets and schedules. There's still a bit of...
Finance
The most difficult part of getting a feature film up is of course raising the finance. Making a movie is,...
Networks
A great time up in Auckland over the last few days, making steady progress. I met with several people, and...
Bleeding Words
Well, the draft of the final draft is drafted! One of the requirements was to lose about 8 pages of...
Back in the Engine Room
Chasing a self-imposed deadline to get the final draft of the script ready for locking so that budgets and schedules...
Moneychangers & Merchants
Yesterday I attended a NZ Film Commission sponsored seminar in Auckland, entitled 'Wowing the Buyers'. It featured several international acquisitions...
of place and emotional power, in a
moving, original movie that
deserves to be seen."
