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Post by Gonga on May 24, 2008 18:36:26 GMT
Ooh Football chat, dont mind if I do..
Zenit beat Rangers in the UEFA cup and the Huns all make a tit of themselves just as I predicted 2 weeks before they set foot in manchester, then Celtic take the championship on the last day of the season..
FANFUCKINTASTICO... ;D
HAIL HAIL THE CELTS ARE HERE!
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Post by Gonga on May 24, 2008 18:24:48 GMT
I think the video has some really good shots in there, and there is definately a few places where it looks very professional. I think its a bit like the song in some ways, its a really good effort buts its brought down in a few places. I think the shots of the guy rapping to his mate on a park bench and some of the composition shots with half of some guys face really jar when cut between some of the really nice tracking shots. It literally switches between a very respectable and professional effort to a bit of a DIY job. I dont mean that to sound overly critical, and you should be really pleased with the video, but like the song, it has some really good bits but it does have a couple of egg'ers.
I dont mind a bit of UK rap to be honest, and I dont think that lives up to the bar set by what is out there at the moment. There is a good vibe about the song, and i think you have caught that well with the video.
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Post by Gonga on May 20, 2008 17:43:54 GMT
I'm about to start work on a 2nd edit next week so I'll probably take some comments in mind. That first edit was pretty much me teaching myself Final Cut as I went along, I had never actually used it up until I had finished shooting and so it will be nice to go back to it with a bit more of a clue, and maybe cut it by another 30 seconds or so.
I actually cut out a few more expletives, and the original title was going to be "Everything about you and that cat, is a cunt" But I couldnt be arsed with the obligatory questions that would come after. I Dont think the swearing is over the top myself, and having been brought up by a Glaswegian father and had one or two dysfinctionial relationships I guess I just wanted to show a certain dialogue that can and does get used even between people who "love" each other.
The swearing has had mixed reactions though, pretty much 50/50, funnily enough its been the girls who thought it was spot on, and a lot of guys felt it was OTT.
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Post by Gonga on May 19, 2008 21:47:00 GMT
Alright, but it may not be not as interesting as it seems to me. Anyways, about a year or so ago I was living in Sheffield and I was out one night for someone's birfday at a bar in town. I didn't know the person to well, but well enough to be there. There was about 15 of us all sat about drinking and being merry when some band started playing. They weren't that great, then again most bands that play covers to half empty pubs are rarely any good. A few of us started chatting about about Red Dwarf, dunno how it started but the conversation went on for a good while, listing favourite episodes and all that kinda shit. The next day one of my mates who I was talking about Red Dwarf calls me and tells me that the following week, exactly a week after we were talking about Red Dwarf (literally to the hour) Norman Lovett is doing a stand up at another bar in town, so obviously it would be rude not to go. The following week, pretty much to the hour that we were nattering on about Red Dwarf, me and and my mate are sat watching Holly do stand up in another bar. The compare of the evening turned out to be the singer of the band the week before. When I was writing the script for "I Killed Your Cat", I was trying to figure out how to cast a mentally incapacitated old man in under a week. I pretty much wrote, and produced the film in about 9 days. Suddenly good ol Norm pops in my head, so I look him up and and send off an e-mail to his website, he reads teh script, says that he likes it, and accepts. Its only after this that I get in touch with my mate who we both had our pic taken with Norman, that he points out it was a year ago to the week that we saw him in stand up. I love a bit of Jungian Synchronicity, its subject I want to touch upon in my next film.
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Post by Gonga on May 17, 2008 19:36:10 GMT
Thanks for the feedback, its funny actually because I asked the actor to overplay his role a wee bit as I saw the character as being a bit of a nutbar fantacist. Thats why at the end he has moment of regret as he realises that maybe he did overstep the mark a little. A few people that have seen it commented on his part being a little OTT, which was again strange as for me he did everything I wanted, but many people commented on the girl giving the better performance.
Norman Lovett was great though, there was a funny story about coincidence that led me to offer him the part and quite surprisngly he said yes.
Great lesson for filmmaking, "if you dont ask, you dont get"
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Post by Gonga on May 17, 2008 19:30:48 GMT
Really enjoyed that, great work. Cracking music track for it too.
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Post by Gonga on May 9, 2008 21:05:57 GMT
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Post by Gonga on Aug 20, 2006 13:46:00 GMT
Yeah Southend is a bit of a dump, try not to visit if possible. I dont actually drinking along any of the places in west street, they are all shite. Usually if i go out then its Tuesday club/Urban Gorilla kinf of affairs.
I go to the showroom every now and then, I made a film a guy who used to work there, and my bird also worked there fairly recently.
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Post by Gonga on Aug 16, 2006 22:34:53 GMT
from the south east (just moved to woodhouse) What about you & where are you from originally? regards brunswick Funnily enough i'm from Southend originally, living not far from West Street at the moment, down on Infirmary road. Ooh I miss that pier so I do.
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Post by Gonga on Aug 10, 2006 16:22:11 GMT
Nice one mate Glad to see a lot of trouble has been taken to ensure authenticity!! Being a Sheffield lad hopefully SM & co will make an appearance at 'the showroom' for a Q & A when the film comes out? Got a mate who lives near Nottingham so the next time i see him i'll pay the cafe a visit! Regards Brunswick PS I take it the films set in Nottingham then? Where abouts in Sheffield are you from? Its the city I now call home, never managed to escape after uni. ;D
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Post by Gonga on Aug 10, 2006 16:29:55 GMT
Shane, how do you go about picking the photographer for each film? I've been moving in to photography in the last year or so and getting to take the pictures on one of your films one day would be a dream come true. (sounds so gay that phrase)
Do you look for any minimal qualifications or does it all come down to whether they have a portfolio that you think shows they will be able to capture your vision of the story?
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Post by Gonga on Jul 31, 2006 13:22:11 GMT
I salute your knowledge Companero. For what its worth, there were a number of scenes I enjoyed I just didn't think it came together at all well. The editing being the most blatent problem for me.
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Post by Gonga on Jul 31, 2006 9:47:49 GMT
Caught this last night and was quite surprised that it was the first time I had ever even heard of it, given the fact it has nearly every British actor of modern times in it. Also quite surprised at how sloppy it was. The editing was bizarre to say the least, fading to black every 20 odds seconds within a scene only to skip to a different conversation in same scene. Not sure what they were trying to do but it had me baffled. The story itself was pretty standard gangland guff, with Sean Pertwee's hoods facing up to Ray Winstone's goons. The film interestingly used all the actors first names as their names within the film, anothere reason it completely threw me. It all kind of struck me as incredibly poor, there was an interesting scene where two gang members are tied up and force fed dog food and Lsd, which almost was quite similar to Shane's work in coupling the dark stuff with humour. Anyone else seen this, am I the only one who thought it was a load of jobbies. I did notice that one of the directors was acting in the film and I've seen before in various small parts. Maybe the cast were all doing him a favour by turning up.
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Post by Gonga on Jul 24, 2006 0:57:19 GMT
Anyone else seen this little work of art? Kind of reminds me of Shanes work in that I came across it on late night tele and was hooked til the credits.
Very daring little Australian movie about a guy who's sexually and mentally abused by his obese mother and then by his priest father. He eventually leaves his house for the first time in his mid 30s and experiences the outside world. The first 20 minutes is pretty hardcore and it aint pretty, but if you watch it through its a very rewarding piece.
Not out on dvd though unfortunately.
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Post by Gonga on Jul 26, 2006 23:10:31 GMT
Lynch is probably my second favourite filmmaker, after Kubrick - his films are mesmerising and always watchable. Yes, they're surreal but not in a pretentious way - he's a genius as far as I'm concerned and I count Lost Highway, Blue Velvet and Wild At Heart among my favourite films. Even those that don't like Lynch's flicks must admit that the world of film would be a very boring place without him. Did you ever figure what Mulholland Drive was all about? I must have watched it about 5 times in total and I have my own theory on whats going on, whether its the right one is debatable. I dont really go with folk who say you can interpret it in any way you like, I want to know exactly Lynch was thinking when he wrote the thing.
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