Thoughts for the day

I’m Really, Really Pleased

That the Hurt Locker got six Oscars, it stopped the almost unstoppable lover of French Canadian horse faced music from cleaning up because we all have to see his film about Smurfs.  Due to financial complications I’ve not had the opportunity to see either film.  I am however really please that a relatively low budget film, that has a proper script and some very impressive filming techniques which also covers off some off the darker places and activities that are happening in our world - notice I said our world.  Of course M. Cameron produced some stunning low budget films in his early days - Terminator anybody? He also brought us Jessica Alb, whom I really fancied until I discovered she was the geeks choice.

So What is Your Problem?

We went to a BAFTA and Film ONE event last night to watch her film and have a Q&A with Joanna Hogg, who whilst I don’t agree with some of her choices [DOP and Camera] was very down to earth and seamed very honest. The film could have done with better sound and filming, some of that was down to the equipment it was shown on.  The story though was charming and mostly kept me interested.  It’s so much better then the last film we saw with OFVM and a billion times better then the Oxford based horsie, money and talent wasting [and this bit hurts] film maker. No it was that the producer that interviewed her managed to make it all about woman film makers.

Still Dont See my Problem?

Right, it’s not about woman, and here is the key thing, Hurt Locker is a very good film, last nights film was a good film.  What I don’t get is why it matters that these people are woman, I enjoy the films if they are made by men or woman, it only makes a difference to me if they have a chip on there shoulder.  Do I enter competition about men in films?  Now dont get me wrong, I do realise that it’s been a long journey for woman over the last few hundred years and that even recently a lot of jobs and awards have gone predominantly to men.  That is changing though and if you still go on about it, I personally think you take away from your achievements.  I really do.  So come on girls suck it up and keep up the good work.  I’m just more interested in your film making then your gender.  Unless your fit and I fancy you, that’s a totally different story though.

 So Here is to film Makers

All colours, all genders all nationalities.  Lets just make sure they are good ones and not that durge made by people unwilling to take advice who have acess to the money that should be going to people that can actualy do something worthwhile with it. Joanna Hogg spent well and made well - even if I’d like her to have the budget for a camera with prime lenses.

Laters

Chalkster

It’s only just begun…

Well, we had the first production meeting on Thursday last week.  Since then, I’ve been in a number of meeting trying to move things forward.  Dylan has been a star and done the first schedule, Simon [2] and Simeon are working their botties off getting the script in a more stable state and Simon [1] is working out budgets.  Then we speak to distributors and investors, actors and actresses.  It’s all go, it really is.

Cough Splutter

You can tell when your run down though, a simple ru of the mill cold is still troubling me after nearly three weeks, I tell you it’s not on.  I’m sure getting home at 3am and being woken up at 7.30am has not helped me too much either. I’ve printed out the latest script and I sit here trying to get myslef writing.  Come on Chalky, get on with it.

Arrrrrr

Laters,

Chalkster

It’s On

So over the next week or two I’ll know that ‘No Balls’ is a go.  Its an exciting and frustrating time, as funds dry up I’m just about to hit the real deal, it will though be touch and go for me. One of the best feeling though is the sheer amount of people that believe in the project, that beleive in me.I spent yesterday with Sal, a special effects make up artist who is very, very talented.  She is designing the lady suit for the main actor to wear.  The most impressive thing for me is that she has chased me on the project and wants to get involved early on.  It’s fantastic.

It’s Off

It’s around this time that you learn who your friends really are, the ones that stand by you.  It’s a tough time, the stress is almost unbearable at times and I do try to keep myself calm, but it is not always wuite that simple.  As you will know I also had two crashes recently, and I beleived that all the things I wanted to achieve where about to be taken away form me on the verge.  I was withing moments of being killed, but was not.  The car fared well, I fared slightly less well. My back is awful and my ribs hurt.  I’m not trying to get sympathy right now I’m still going to the gym, just being more gentle.I’m still typing, though that make me ache.  But just because I’m arrying on does not mean it does not hurt and it was not scary.  I struggle to believe anybody would be able to think like that.

Keep on Moving

So I just have to work towards the film and hope that it all happens.  I think it will. you?

Laters,

Chalkster