Frame by Frame

According to the majority of agencies, it seems that to really get onto their books (and therefore have access to the types of jobs which don’t get advertised), then either I need to get more broadcast experience or there needs to be less recession. And since the former is somewhat of a catch-22 and the [...]

… at least that’s what the certificate says. If you remove certain words.
My time at the NFTS culminated in 3 days of graduation screenings at the British Film Institute on the South Bank in London. Wednesday and Thursday were industry days – where various members of the film and television industry were invited to see [...]

When I was around 10, my parents took me to Stratford-Upon-Avon to see a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of Twelfth Night in an effort to get me exposed to plays and especially Shakespeare before going through the trauma of secondary school English Literature lessons. I ended up going there several times with them and my school to see Romeo & Juliet, The Merchant Of Venice, All’s Well That Ends Well, Sheridan’s Rivals, Henry IVi, and many others.

Now that I live in London, I’ve continued to see plays old and new by the National Theatre, Royal Court, RSC, Almeida, and many others…. and I find that it stretches the part of my brain that I use for editing in a most pleasing way.

(in, out, in, out, shake it all about – for those unfamiliar with the childrens song)
The past month or so has been devoted to the Fiction graduation film. It’s been a bit of a journey, and our final structure is borne of the knowledge that we’ve tried just about all reasonable alternatives in-keeping with the [...]

There must be some law of blogging or general internet social communication, similar to Godwin’s Law (but without the Nazis), which covers the situation that whenever things which are worthy of telling others are happening you’re too busy actually doing them to be able to tell anyone else about them in a way which is [...]

Our Richard III exercise is over. It was pretty enlightening, and we had some great tutors – namely Alex Mackie and Roger Crittenden. They were totally supportive, whilst pointing out possible weaknesses and parts which just didn’t really flow – right up to the very last moment. Literally. On the morning of the slightly flexible [...]