Archive for October, 2009
Moon Over Ponsonby
The front page of the local newspaper has a story about the film under the photo above (of Mike Riddell, DOP Tom Burstyn and lead Rawiri Paratene). It's a good piece. The film must be going to happen - I...
Getting There
Amazing what can be accomplished in a day, with the right attitude and a good team of people committed to...
Seeing
It was great to tour round some of the locations with our DOP Tom Burstyn last week. Strange how you...
Pre Production
Today marks the start of our official pre-production. Just three weeks left to get ourselves organised for the shoot. It's...
We started out on this project to be producers who were open and transparent in our dealings with all. And...
Dreams
Today we're doing a test shoot with the camera setup we'll be using for the film. DOP Tom Burstyn is...
Writing?
It's a salutary lesson for a writer to be a producer. I've done it several times before, though never quite...
Meet the Director!
There's an old adage that the best position for the writer is to be sleeping with the director. I've taken...
Doing it Hard
When the NZ Film Commission declined our application for production funding in August, it created a crisis of huge proportions....
A Place to Stay
We've got 5 people arriving from the UK, one from Canada, a confused Irishman from the States, and several from...
of place and emotional power, in a
moving, original movie that
deserves to be seen."
