Thats a wrap!

We finally wrapped on Lipstikka. In fact it was 2 weeks ago, but since then I've been without a computer as my old laptop died!

I now finally have a nice, new, shiny laptop and am back on the WWW again. :) And it was bloody painful to be offline for so long too!

It was a great shoot. Although we were small, there was a real good vibe on set, and a great cameradorie between all of us. I cant wait to see how it looks when it is all put together.

Next I have a short film (in 3D), a gritty, urban TV pilot, and a batshit insane feature about a sock puppet! ;) Busy, busy!

Action!

We start filming tomorrow. 3 weeks in UK and 1 week Israel.

Wish me luck and see you on the other side!

Another day older and deeper in debt

St Peter don't you call me coz I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store!*

Its that damn time of the year when I am reminded of the passage of time. Its my bloody birthday again! lol All my friends in London are working today, so will be spending it probably alone (although that doesn't really bother me as not a big birthday fan). But I also may have a date, so that could be nice. We shall see :)

Lipstikka is now in full swing so I am busy busy at the moment. We spent yesterday visiting Epsom racecourse and a pleasure boat that was moored right next to Tower Bridge, which I'm beginning to think might just be the second most beautiful building in the world (after the Pantheon in Rome).

* There's a small prize for naming that tune lol

Breathe in 3D

Im going to be doing locations on a short film in September. I actually like doing shorts, and I credit them with getting me to meet all the people who would later give me the leg-up in paid work. Plus, its also fun working on films! lol Thats why I do it!

But since I've been working pretty much fulltime on feature films since November last year, I havent had the time to commit myself to getting involved with anyones projects. I am in pre-production on Lipstikka at the moment, so don't have much time to do anything else.

But at the moment I am helping on two, not one, shorts over the coming months. One, called The Golden Boy I am just making a few calls for. I wont be able to do the shoot, so my friend Sam who I worked with on Rubins will do it for me. More on that as it unfolds.

But after Lipstikka finishes I have been asked to do locations for a short called Breathe. I might have passed until I saw the concept art, and the fact that they are going to shoot in 3D. Yes, thats 3D. The new snazzy James Cameron sort of 3D. Needless to say I was intruiged! And they are doing it live action. More on this later.

At the moment I am tucked into Lipstikka full pelt. I had my phone stolen last week (plus ipod) and it took a week for a new one to turn up and get activated. It didnt help that the postman delivered it to the wrong address! So after not being very productive for a week, Ive been flat out trying to sort things out, and on Friday I felt I was finally getting somewhere. Thank god for that! I find myself looking for schools and homes again, but also a Thames river boat. So Ive been acquainting myself with the laws governing filming on the river (which there are many).

So note to self. I'm not in nice, tranquil Yorkshire anymore; but in the big city. And they eat country boys like me alive! lol. Must take care!

Lipstikka

I start my next film as Location Manager in a weeks time. Its a low budget psychological thriller called Lipstikka. It is a twisty tale on the nature of memory and how different people recall a certain traumatic event.

It is a joint Israeli/UK production with 3 weeks in the UK and 1 week in Israel. Again I wont be going abroad! Damn lol

Principle photography starts on 16th August. Should be a blast! Wish me luck :)