Small But Feisty Film Making
I’m afraid we didn’t get through to the next round. Thought we had a good chance due to lots of nice comments from other competitors but they didn’t translate into votes.
Still I’m proud of what we achieved and would like to thank you again for your all your efforts. I’ve put it on YouTube now so hope it goes viral.
Please feel free to spread the word.
Besos
B xx
Still waiting for that Filmaka competition result. Hopefully this week sometime.
The voting amongst fellow members of the Filmaka community on each others entries into the Hard Times themed 3 minute film competition ends at midnight Los Angeles time tonight.
I have had some lovely comments from other film makers about “What Goes Up Must Come Down” which is very encouraging.
I include one particularly nice letter I received from US based fellow film maker Michael Newman.
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Ambition! Ambition!
Your film is so EPIC!
I can’t believe how many locations you have within this one short… how long did this take to do?
It’s very impressive for a filmaka round 1 type film, and certainly does most of the rest of us to shame in how you did manage to incorporate so much into so little time.
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Thanks Michael.
How cool is that? I just hope all the positive things that people are saying about the film will translate into votes and help us get through to the next round.
We’ll know tomorrow! So watch this space…
In other news the Paper Aeroplane feature project has been steaming ahead. We now have our own domain which will soon be developed.
Paper Angels?
We also now have lots of people attached including some excellent MA students who are going to help with pre-production/production and even a bit of acting maybe - so welcome to Dominika and Rai not to mention Martina who has been with us almost from the start.
More details on the Paper Aeroplane Facebook group which incidentally now has nearly 100 members in only two months.
Production office
Best news of all though is that we now have our very own production office/rehearsal/storage space for the film courtesy of the great folks at Friction Arts - so a really big thank you to Sandra Hall and Lee Griffiths for their great kindness and infectious enthusiasm.
Echoes from the Edge
Echoes from the Edge
By the way if you are West Midlands/Birmingham based and haven’t yet been to their Echoes from the Edge experience which was created in conjunction with U.S artist Shannon Flattery then get down there quick as its fab!
Best arts experience I’ve had in a long while.
TAFN
Brendan
Tags: Birmingham, Echoes from the Edge, Filmaka, Filmaka.com, Friction Arts, Los Angeles, Paper Aeroplane, Sandra Hall, Shannon Flattery, What Goes Up Must Come Down
The fund raiser went well considering all the other events it was competing with such as the multi-venue Project X in Moseley. We raised the price of the insurance that we’ll need in order to be “street legal” shooting in and around Birmingham so a big step forward
It was a good chance for various team members to meet for the first time and the various bands and DJs did us proud with great sets. So thanks to Paul Murphy, Kings of the Heath, Mary and Martin and Frutaloka and DJs - SJ, Jazz Andy and Pedro for volunteering their time and talent to support us.
It was great too that the films producer and star Kriss Dosanjh was able to fly back from touring in Spain to be there to meet, greet, shmooze and booze along with all the other lovely folk who came along!
Onwards and upwards!
Tags: Brendan O'Neill, Frutaloka, Kriss Dosanjh, Mary and Martin, Paper Aeroplane, Paper Aeroplane Film
Paper Aeroplane is a low budget feature film to be shot in Birmingham, England during August 2009. It will star Kriss Dosanjh (This is England, East is East, Dirty Pretty Things) who will also produce.
A grand fundraiser with bands and DJ’s supporting our effort to make a great low budget feature will take place on Saturday 9th May at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath High Street (Bus No. 50 from City Centre) from 8pm until 2am. Great Raffle with cash and other prizes.
Please email info AT sticklebackproductions.co.uk for tickets and information.
Confirmed Line up -
Paul Murphy
Kings of the Heath
Mary and Martin
plus at least 3 guest DJs. More acts to be confirmed. Facebook group here
Event Flyers here.
Paper Aeroplane Fundraiser
Tags: Birmingham, Brendan O'Neill, Paper Aeroplane, Paper Aeroplane Film, This is England
Today is the last day of shooting on “What Goes Up Must Come Down”. I spent all day Friday and a good bit of Saturday doing the edit with Ed Williams who stepped in when my other editor had to pull out - so a big thank you to him.
"What Goes Up Must Come Down" Shoot - Samantha Ferry and Chara Jackson
We’ll be doing the rest of the shoot today and then adding that to the edited material already done - which looks really good!
We’ll then add some specials and hand it off to Phil Mountford who has again volunteered to provide the music - so its in safe hands. This is particularly important on this short as its basically a silent movie!
The Paper Aeroplane fund raiser is now all booked and ready for 9th May - so please let me know your ticket requirements as I expect it to sell out. I have 3 DJ’s and at least 3 acts giving their time for free to support this worthy cause. Well its the Arts innit?
Thats all for now folks!
Busy weekend last weekend shooting my Filmaka “Hard Times” competition entry “What Goes Up Must Come Down. We shot 80+ minutes of footage with still a little more to shoot. This has to be whittled down to 3 minutes!
As before with Black Widow this was a no-to -very low budget shoot and I would like to thank my volunteer cast and crew for basically giving up most of their weekend to help out. It was hard work but a lot of fun. I’d also like to thank all the people at the locations we shot at. They were all really helpful and went out of their way to help us. I haven’t seen the footage on a proper monitor yet but if the stills are anything to go by then it added real value to the film.
So big ups to the managers and staff at Jacks of London Barbers, Broadway Casino, Callaghans bespoke tailors, Simpsons Restaurant, Malmaison Hotel and not to mention my Auntie who let us shoot at her house.
At Callaghans Tailors
More later..
Plans are now well afoot to shoot a low budget feature in August 2009. The plan is to shoot for 9 days from Saturday 15th August 2009 until Sunday 23rd August 2009 using a volunteer cast and crew.
I am writing/co-producing/directing. The main producer however will be actor Kriss Dosanjh (This is England, East is East, Dirty Pretty Things) who will also star.
We hope to shoot in and around the Digbeth area of Birmingham.
We are having the first of we hope several fund raising events at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham on Saturday 9th May featuring bands, DJs and a grand raffle. Email me for tickets.
Those interested in taking part should email me at info AT sticklebackproductions.co.uk . In the meantime feel free to join the Paper Aeroplane Facebook group.
TAFN
Brendan
Tags: Birmingham, Digbeth, Paper Aeroplane, Paper Aeroplane Film, This is England
Finally got to see the new “Festival” cut of Black Widow on the big screen at the library theatre thanks to the industrious Sabine and Nigel - great night of local shorts attended by 150 people. I have never seen the LT so full. Lots of people said kind things afterwards too!
Moving on to planning other projects now too including a low budget comedy horror called Hell Hall. Talking to various people about how to take it forward. Watch this space.
Many thanks to John Hill-Daniel who has now re-edited the 54 minutes of footage shot on the day to create a festival cut that I can submit to various websites and competitions.
Some bits have been dropped and other bits i.e. Tamsin giving us her rendition of “I will always love you” have been added! Its amazing what you can do in the edit room when you have the luxury of time - something the original editor for the Film Dash cut - Joe Geraghty and I - didn’t have on our mammoth 16 hour against-the-clock edit on the Film Dash weekend.
I’ll let you know if we have any success in festivals etc.
I’m writing this having just done an interview at Channel 4 for one of my scripts that has been shortlisted for the formations scheme so I’ll be on tenterhooks for a few days waiting to hear. I’ll let you know.
In the meantime have a look at the new edit and have a great Christmas.
Tags: Birmingham, Black Widow, Film Dash, filmdash