Distracted

Distracted – March Production Update!

29.03.2017 , Distracted , 4 Comments

Follow @Distractedfilm Another intense shoot saw the great Nadine Hanwell join the cast as 'Mrs Hopkins', and our detectives mull over evidence via a beautiful, old, Fidelity reel-to-reel recorder in their attempts to find the murderer. Distracted's paradoxical, strange and familiar atmosphere takes shape. We're into the...

Distracted Feature Film – Work Update

04.03.2017 , Distracted , 0 Comments

Follow @DistractedFilm https://vimeo.com/205950129 As we move into the second half of production, I've put together a montage of scenes we've already worked on, which I hope will give you a feel for the film. We still have enough work to do, but I hope you like what we've...

Distracted: Production Update!

30.01.2017 , Distracted , 4 Comments

Follow @Distractedfilm An intense, humbling and transformative shoot takes the production to around 50% completed. Intense because you fight to meet the demands the film makes upon you, humbling because you realise how much you don't know, and transformative because you pass through the challenge and emerge...

Distracted: Production Update

14.12.2016 , Distracted , 2 Comments

We Are Now A Third Of The Way Through Production Ideas which had formerly existed only in your mind's eye are electrified when they come into contact with the reality of production, and transformed into something true, something resonant, and something beautiful. Another exhilarating shoot for Distracted...

The First Stage Of Production On Distracted Is Complete

01.11.2016 , Distracted , 0 Comments

We did all of the location work - which basically means a bunch of actors running around the English countryside! I think we've done some strong work - I've put together rough cuts of some of the sequences, and it's shaping up to be the...

Top 10 Actors-In-Cars-In-Cinema

19.10.2016 , Distracted, Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 32 Comments

Follow @distractedfilm Apologies for my slowness in posting this list, but I've been up to my eyebrows in pre-production for Distracted, and have spent the last few days trying to source a jacket for one of the characters, a difficult task because apparently the colour was...

The Great Acting Blog: “7 Acting Questions”

13.10.2016 , Distracted, The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

As rehearsals for my new feature film, Distracted, progress, here are the seven acting questions we've been asking of the script. After all, if the actor does not understand the script correctly, then he cannot act it correctly - this questioning is the process for...

Distracted Is Successful In Securing Funding

21.09.2016 , Distracted , 1 Comment

Really delighted my new feature film was successful in securing auxiliary funding, which means production can now proceed. Further updates to follow. Meanwhile, the campaign officially ends tomorrow, check it out here....

Filmmakers’ Filmmaking Manifesto

14.09.2016 , Distracted, Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 32 Comments

Follow Distracted The manifesto is made up of filmmakers whose work I admire (although the list is clearly not exhaustive), along with quotes that resonate, and articulate something that was previously only a vague feeling. It is intended as an aide; a quick hit of inspiration, to...

The Top 10 Bearded Performances

29.03.2016 , Distracted, Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

Once again I turned to friends on Twitter to create a film list. There was a wonderful response, and many notable performances didn't make it onto the list, including; Rex Harrison in The Ghost And Mrs Muir, Robert De Niro in The Deer Hunter and...

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