The Regional Screen Agencies and the Film Council This is slightly edited version of something I posted on Shooting People’s UK Filmmakers Network #3474. At the time the sense of frustration that many feel about the Film Council and its regional offspring was boiling over; with ‘Discrimination/reverse discrimination’ in funding policies as its main focus. But the problem was that many of the contributors quite understandably had misconceptions about what these funding bodies actually do - by way of example there’s no point in getting mad about your RSA not giving your film any support if that’s not what they were set up to do in the first place. |
Bad Lad selected to be shown at 2 festivals this Autumn Diary of a Bad Lad is to have two showings in quick succession. First up is the 9th Melbourne Underground Film Festival, or MUFF9, in October and then in November it's being shown at Filmstock International Film Festival in Luton. |
Some good audience research Audiences for Independent film, based on research conducted by ‘Optimistic Media and Stimulating World’ on behalf of the UKFC. “Specialised Films” account for about 5% of cinema admissions. 30% of these admissions are concentrated in London. |
Souled as Seen - Live Music Video A clip taken from Souled as Seen performance at The Ritz in Brighouse. Shot with three cameras. |
Why doesn’t England’s North West make at least as many films as Denmark? Denmark has about the same size population as England’s North-West. Denmark makes more than 20 feature films per year which are more popular at the box-office than all other films except the biggest US block-busters. Most of the world speaks English. Most of the world does not speak Danish. Name a famous Danish football team. In fact name anything famous from Denmark besides bacon and a brand of lager. But, despite all of the North-West’s advantages, why aren’t we making more films than the Danes? |
| Pleased Sheep Films takes back all rights to Bad Lad from Wysiwyg
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Pleased Sheep Films takes back all rights to ‘Bad Lad’ from Wysiwyg Films. Now we’re going to be launching the film early this autumn in the UK.Red Rock Micro feature Bar Stewards montage Hollywood-based Red Rock Micro are currently using the Bar Stewards montage on their cherished 'samples page'. The page is used to show prospective buyers of the Red Rock Micro M2 35mm lens adapter, the kind of quality that you can get out of the device in professional hands.Red Rock Micro boss says. "The footage is outstanding. |
