It’s very easy to become seduced by the film industry, the apparent glamour is there for all to see but behind this is the hard slog, the dedication and sacrifice. At the weekend my feature film Producer Paul-Dawe, my short film Producer/Editor Jack Marshall and myself were all at the same Christmas party. So what did we do? Yes, that’s right, we sneaked off to Paul’s study/studio to watch Jack’s first edit of Intruder and his first edit of A Question Of Content. It would have been so easy to start the next edit then and there, but fortunately Paul’s computer (he is also a professional editor on such programs as the X Factor and Time Team etc.) was having nothing of it! Eventually we were discovered and returned to the party. When you have “day jobs” it’s important to steal every moment you can for your projects and Jack (who is in that position) now has some pointers for his next midnight editing session. If you’d like to know more check out his
blog. By the way we discussed my film pitch at the party (see previous blog) and I told Jack that he should put his views (he hates it!) on his blog, which he has done. As a writer it is almost inevitable that you will become defensive about your work, but it is vital that you take praise and criticism in your stride. For example my wife (who’s judgement I rely on and who would never lead me to develop a dead-end theme) loved the pitch and thought that it could be one of my best stories, my Producer would like to see more before committing himself to a firm opinion. No doubt if I pitched to ten people I would get ten different views. The important thing is to listen to learn and apply and ultimately have faith in your ability (“Never give up, never surrender”, Galaxy Quest). O and the reason Jack hated it? He hates ghost stories… all of them!
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It’s very easy to become seduced by the film industry, the apparent glamour is there for all to see but behind this is the hard slog, the dedication and sacrifice. At the weekend my feature film Producer Paul-Dawe, my short film Producer/Editor Jack Marshall and myself were all at the same Christmas party. So what did we do? Yes, that’s right, we sneaked off to Paul’s study/studio to watch Jack’s first edit of Intruder and his first edit of A Question Of Content. It would have been so easy to start the next edit then and there, but fortunately Paul’s computer (he is also a professional editor on such programs as the X Factor and Time Team etc.) was having nothing of it! Eventually we were discovered and returned to the party. When you have “day jobs” it’s important to steal every moment you can for your projects and Jack (who is in that position) now has some pointers for his next midnight editing session. If you’d like to know more check out his blog. By the way we discussed my film pitch at the party (see previous blog) and I told Jack that he should put his views (he hates it!) on his blog, which he has done. As a writer it is almost inevitable that you will become defensive about your work, but it is vital that you take praise and criticism in your stride. For example my wife (who’s judgement I rely on and who would never lead me to develop a dead-end theme) loved the pitch and thought that it could be one of my best stories, my Producer would like to see more before committing himself to a firm opinion. No doubt if I pitched to ten people I would get ten different views. The important thing is to listen to learn and apply and ultimately have faith in your ability (“Never give up, never surrender”, Galaxy Quest). O and the reason Jack hated it? He hates ghost stories… all of them!
