Tuesday 1 November 2016

Blowing off the dust - Scripting and other joys

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Well now, isn't this a surprise.  A blog post!

Seriously though, I've been well in these last few months.  The summer was a little lean but getting back in the saddle for my last year of film theory at Capilano University has been a pleasure as always.

At the moment, there are quite a few creative projects I'm working on that are dividing my attention.  For one, I'm writing 2(!) feature length scripts.  One I started in early 2015 and will be, by the end of April, in a presentable form.  The project is about a World War I survivor named John McCallum who has learned his son James has gone off to fight in the Spanish Civil War illegally and he'll do anything to get him home before its too late.  I've had some enthusiastic early responses to my earlier drafts and at this time am working on a coherent treatment.  This is taking a lot of my time at the moment but its interesting work!

The other script is something of a low budget thriller-horror based around a kidnapping.  Not for school, just a project I came up with while brainstorming other ideas.

In camera news, my kit has changed slightly since I posted about it last summer.  I've added a GH4, a monitor, some better sound equipment.  I'm going to be hosting a link to my gear list on this site when I have a chance so people looking for some rough and tumble indie work know what I've got in my basement.  Goal for the next year or two, upgrading my lenses!

I hope you are all having a great Post-Halloween day.  I've got visitors in town and my family will be coming to treat me on my Birthday which has made this past week a nice change of pace.  School will be picking up again soon though and I have lots of writing to do so I'll make sure to give you an update here when I have the time in December.

See you next time.