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Monday 7 June 2010
Thursday 24 December 2009
Friday 20 November 2009
Hello mr blog...
It's clearly been awhile.
I was actually looking at going steady with another blog provider, but i might be too lazy to go through with it. It's much cleaner lookin'. The sort of blog you'd introduce to fancy people. You can see some of this blog provider in action over at thedeadmustdie.com which is now the official site for the DEAD MUST DIE series. Or at least the first part of what will hopefully, at some stage become more of a series. One is not a series, or so I've been told, one is just one. Not two. Never two. Not really.
One of the coolest things about that sexy new blog is that I can update it via iphone from anywhere, with voice, video, or whatever digital nonsense I wish to inflict upon you. So yes I like it, i think it's cool. Or as cool as a blogging website can get, which on the grand scheme of things that are cool really doesn't place.
So about the short-series-whatever, it's done, signed, sealed, delivered to Sundance. Now we wait eagerly for any sort of acceptance (or the opposite - but hopefully not) before we send it on anywhere else. I'm really looking forward to seeing people's reactions. I think it's a good one. I sent it to Charlie Adlard - The artist from 'The Walking Dead' series and he seemed to like it. So i guess that's worth the price of the ticket alone. Not that there's any screenings to buy tickets to yet... But I digress.
In 2 weeks i'm off to Santa Fe, New Mexico where my other film - The Legend of ol' Goldie has been nominated for a Kid's First Award. Which is very cool as Kid's First is the largest Children's Film festival in the whole world, and this is my first nomination above student level prizes. Like proper grown up stuff. (Even if it is for kids!) Goldie also recently played at the New Orleans Film Festival and at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Which was so super awesome because that was the film festival I wanted to be in the most! In fact, I had the poster for the festival above my computer during the edit last year. It was the proverbial deadline fest. But I missed the holy deadline and had to wait a whole year to submit again. But submit I did and here I am. Big-shit-eating-grin all round.
I'm also tagging a week in NY on after the awards to see all those lovely New York people I met when I was on Engine Room last year. I genuinely can't wait :D New York better watch out. Because... Because... nope can't think of a reason, but i'll point in it's face, and make my eyebrows look like scrunched up, like i'm about to say something... But then I won't... How do you like them apples, big apple?
Hmmm starting to. not. make. sense. Better pull the ripchord.
Next time, i'll tell you about the time I saved the world...
I was actually looking at going steady with another blog provider, but i might be too lazy to go through with it. It's much cleaner lookin'. The sort of blog you'd introduce to fancy people. You can see some of this blog provider in action over at thedeadmustdie.com which is now the official site for the DEAD MUST DIE series. Or at least the first part of what will hopefully, at some stage become more of a series. One is not a series, or so I've been told, one is just one. Not two. Never two. Not really.
One of the coolest things about that sexy new blog is that I can update it via iphone from anywhere, with voice, video, or whatever digital nonsense I wish to inflict upon you. So yes I like it, i think it's cool. Or as cool as a blogging website can get, which on the grand scheme of things that are cool really doesn't place.
So about the short-series-whatever, it's done, signed, sealed, delivered to Sundance. Now we wait eagerly for any sort of acceptance (or the opposite - but hopefully not) before we send it on anywhere else. I'm really looking forward to seeing people's reactions. I think it's a good one. I sent it to Charlie Adlard - The artist from 'The Walking Dead' series and he seemed to like it. So i guess that's worth the price of the ticket alone. Not that there's any screenings to buy tickets to yet... But I digress.
In 2 weeks i'm off to Santa Fe, New Mexico where my other film - The Legend of ol' Goldie has been nominated for a Kid's First Award. Which is very cool as Kid's First is the largest Children's Film festival in the whole world, and this is my first nomination above student level prizes. Like proper grown up stuff. (Even if it is for kids!) Goldie also recently played at the New Orleans Film Festival and at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Which was so super awesome because that was the film festival I wanted to be in the most! In fact, I had the poster for the festival above my computer during the edit last year. It was the proverbial deadline fest. But I missed the holy deadline and had to wait a whole year to submit again. But submit I did and here I am. Big-shit-eating-grin all round.
I'm also tagging a week in NY on after the awards to see all those lovely New York people I met when I was on Engine Room last year. I genuinely can't wait :D New York better watch out. Because... Because... nope can't think of a reason, but i'll point in it's face, and make my eyebrows look like scrunched up, like i'm about to say something... But then I won't... How do you like them apples, big apple?
Hmmm starting to. not. make. sense. Better pull the ripchord.
Next time, i'll tell you about the time I saved the world...
Monday 14 September 2009
T-minus.....
Hey all, okay so quick catch up... Didn't make the finals of the below competition, but I did make the semi finals! So I get a laptop yay! I need to make more friends on YouTube to win these sorts of competitions... One for the to-do- list! In the meantime, I'm currently sitting in with my "go-to-sound-genius"Tommy Godfrey as we finish our mix for THE DEAD MUST DIE! I'm sending it off to sundance tomorrow on last minute expensive postage! So here's hoping!! Fingers crossed! I really wanna go to Utah! Didn't get in last year... But this one is better than last time so I guess that makes sense... Anyways it's all a bit exciting! Will let you know as soon as I do(probably maybe)
Thursday 20 August 2009
I'm not really a Gorilla...
Hey Gang! See it hasn't been that long since the last post! Back is fine and sprightly. New office in Soho, cool new hat. Life is good. Please enjoy the above video and give it a thumbs up if it permits you to do so... It's a youtube/HP competition and it's prettyyyy coool.. Enjoy! Have a swell weekend.
Friday 14 August 2009
The triple fortnight, or trifflenight if you will...
So...
I enjoy looking back over the last few blogs every time I go back to do a new one. It's like reading a diary, except it's a diary where every day is like a triple fortnight (6 weeks) and it's also like that movie Momento, where I have amnesia and can't remember stuff and then tattoo things on my body. Also, I live my life out of sequence... Yes I did somehow just compare my life and blogging habbits to the movie memento. Just be glad I didn't compare it to the Dark Knight. Because I can.
Where am I? Yes, that's right... I joined the gym! Like a triple fortnight ago, and so that should mean I'm totally buff right? Wrong. Because then I hurt my back and couldn't bend much, not that gym and bending go hand-in-hand per say, but apparently for me it does. So no, not super buff, and i can't even say it was some awesome sort of gymtastic menouvre that pulled it out of whack... rather I just woke up with it. Like some sort of old person. But it's all better now! I went to an osteopath and he made me strip to my boxers and then jumped on me a bunch of times until my spine literally crunched like it was eating a granolla bar. True story. Then i had to go back 3 more times. Also, he said my spine is now behaving itself. It takes instruction well. There's something for the CV - spine takes instruction well... Also i apparently have a larger than average 'middle third' so I'd be a kickass highjumper and I'm now growing a beard...
I also bought shiny white Puma trainers that are were designed by Ferarri. What a sportscar manufacturer knows about people's feet i'm not sure. But what i do know is that i make car sounds when i wear them. This is turning into a list of stuff i bought... a new spine, a beard, ferarri shoes... And an Iphone.
Yes i succumbed. No, i'm not writing this via Iphone. I have chunky digits. It's like magic. Who would have thought you could put so much stuff into something so small. There's even an application that plays a frequency only teenagers can hear, and they hate it. It's a mini torture device for little brothers. Fantastic. And it plays monkey island, and i have a UK tax calculator, and topographical map of venus. When the robots rise up. And they will. The Iphone shall lead them. And I will probably be on their side.... Is that wrong?
What else? i'm busy working too much. The DEAD MUST DIE is coming along very nicely, I finished a first cut today, all the effects shots are done, and now it's full steam ahead with sound and music, so wahey! Working on the next film already with the awesome writer Dan Abnett, which promises to be phenomenal and will reallly push my 5D mark ii!
Avatar day is coming up next friday where they will show the 20 minute teaser reel from Comic Con to the public in Imax theatres worldwide for free. Go along and support my bro's film!
Currently listening to Florence + the machine ;D
Will be back in under a double fortnight.
I enjoy looking back over the last few blogs every time I go back to do a new one. It's like reading a diary, except it's a diary where every day is like a triple fortnight (6 weeks) and it's also like that movie Momento, where I have amnesia and can't remember stuff and then tattoo things on my body. Also, I live my life out of sequence... Yes I did somehow just compare my life and blogging habbits to the movie memento. Just be glad I didn't compare it to the Dark Knight. Because I can.
Where am I? Yes, that's right... I joined the gym! Like a triple fortnight ago, and so that should mean I'm totally buff right? Wrong. Because then I hurt my back and couldn't bend much, not that gym and bending go hand-in-hand per say, but apparently for me it does. So no, not super buff, and i can't even say it was some awesome sort of gymtastic menouvre that pulled it out of whack... rather I just woke up with it. Like some sort of old person. But it's all better now! I went to an osteopath and he made me strip to my boxers and then jumped on me a bunch of times until my spine literally crunched like it was eating a granolla bar. True story. Then i had to go back 3 more times. Also, he said my spine is now behaving itself. It takes instruction well. There's something for the CV - spine takes instruction well... Also i apparently have a larger than average 'middle third' so I'd be a kickass highjumper and I'm now growing a beard...
I also bought shiny white Puma trainers that are were designed by Ferarri. What a sportscar manufacturer knows about people's feet i'm not sure. But what i do know is that i make car sounds when i wear them. This is turning into a list of stuff i bought... a new spine, a beard, ferarri shoes... And an Iphone.
Yes i succumbed. No, i'm not writing this via Iphone. I have chunky digits. It's like magic. Who would have thought you could put so much stuff into something so small. There's even an application that plays a frequency only teenagers can hear, and they hate it. It's a mini torture device for little brothers. Fantastic. And it plays monkey island, and i have a UK tax calculator, and topographical map of venus. When the robots rise up. And they will. The Iphone shall lead them. And I will probably be on their side.... Is that wrong?
What else? i'm busy working too much. The DEAD MUST DIE is coming along very nicely, I finished a first cut today, all the effects shots are done, and now it's full steam ahead with sound and music, so wahey! Working on the next film already with the awesome writer Dan Abnett, which promises to be phenomenal and will reallly push my 5D mark ii!
Avatar day is coming up next friday where they will show the 20 minute teaser reel from Comic Con to the public in Imax theatres worldwide for free. Go along and support my bro's film!
Currently listening to Florence + the machine ;D
Will be back in under a double fortnight.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
The trailer!
The Dead Must Die! from matthew snyman on Vimeo.
So here it is... The trailer to 'The Dead Must Die' Chapter 1: Every Zombie has a mother.
It's gonna be epic.
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