In last weeks post, I mentioned that I finally felt a sense of harmony between my acting and filmmaking activities, that I'd finally cast off the clumsiness which had hitherto accompanied my attempts to switch between the two roles. I had never suffered this clumsiness...
Read More[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] One of the great things about acting (if you're diligent and willing) is that you can improve your work very, very quickly. Why? Because of it's simplicity. The only thing you need in order to act is yourself, you don't need personnel or technology...
Read MoreI often think that if I've done something once, then it means I can do it again, and I will be armed with this mantra as we once again head into the woods to complete the filming of scenes we weren't able to do last...
Read MoreBeing an actor is about being a student of human behaviour. Actors spend a great deal of their lives analysing scripts, or, to put it another way, they spend a great deal of their lives trying to work-out just what the hell is going on....
Read MoreNoir-ish Project (66 mins, UK, 2018) Bleak, melancholy, neorealist feature film masquerading as film noir. A couple of low-lifes try to make some quick cash but end up just waiting around. Noirish Project is a melancholy and gently comic feature film about Billy, who steals his family’s...
Read MoreThe next work to be done on Noirish Project will be scenes near the end of the film. They aim to show Jimmy's isolation and aimlessness. There will also be no dialogue in these scenes, everything about the character will be shown physically here. Naturally,...
Read More[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Following on from my piece last week on Idealism, I wanted to define better what I thought idealism actually was, and came up with the following; Idealism is belief in an idea, which goes beyond career, or accolade, or material gain, and it is...
Read MoreThe freak weather has once again forced us to move back the scenes we were going to shoot for Noirish Project. However, rather than do nothing, we have decided to improvise a new short film which will serve as backstory for the main feature film,...
Read More[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] I had originally thought that the script for Noirish Project was very simple and slight - although there are several moments of high drama, mostly the script is laid-back, often the characters are engaged in small talk. However, as I've done more and more...
Read More[twitter-follow username="ejamesdevereaux" scheme="dark"] Idealism is an extraordinarily powerful thing. It can inspire us to undertake great works, overcome enormous obstacles, and provide our lives with meaning and direction and energy - we all know the feeling when we do something which we truly believe in. And...
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