World Premiere in the Motherland...
Jun 22, 2009 11:04:36 GMT
Post by shanemeadows on Jun 22, 2009 11:04:36 GMT
Well it's been 13 years since my first film festival. I came to Edinburgh back in 1996 with Smalltime and I'm back at here now for the umpteenth time yet with a strange sense of the first time jitters i had back then.
As most people on here will know, Smalltime was a micro feature that was made on a shoestring yet managed to somehow punch a little above it's weight and get a small cinema release, TV airing and a limited VHS run back in the day. It was the reason that 24/7 got financed and still has a small but loyal following.
Well, 'Le Donk and Scorzayzee' has been cultivated in a similar fashion. No budget to speak of, no script, no real schedule and no real idea of whether it would be a short, medium or long. It, like Smalltime was shot in five days and like Smalltime was also shot on a camcorderand no alot else!
A formula for zero pressure one would think, but as time has gone on and the edit has grown, peoples expectations (our own and the press's) have started to grow and all of a sudden the bum is starting to squeek a touch!
It's one of those scenarios where no matter what excuses you have lined up (it was made for nought, we made it in ten minutes, etc) you get to this stage and realise the film has to stand up in it's own right and whether it cost 10p or 10 million, it will be judged by the same harsh standards as every other film i have made and that is pretty scary!
So just like in 96, we have no great machine behind us, nothing to hide behind, it's back to basics. Can I still make a film for 'piss all' that stands up for itself, or is it time for me to wheel in the gadgets and explosions. Only time will tell, but just for the record before we get hailed or nailed by the powers that be, I just wanted to say that I loved making it and I have never felt more alive, apart from going on the oblivion at alton towers.
Seacrest out!
As most people on here will know, Smalltime was a micro feature that was made on a shoestring yet managed to somehow punch a little above it's weight and get a small cinema release, TV airing and a limited VHS run back in the day. It was the reason that 24/7 got financed and still has a small but loyal following.
Well, 'Le Donk and Scorzayzee' has been cultivated in a similar fashion. No budget to speak of, no script, no real schedule and no real idea of whether it would be a short, medium or long. It, like Smalltime was shot in five days and like Smalltime was also shot on a camcorderand no alot else!
A formula for zero pressure one would think, but as time has gone on and the edit has grown, peoples expectations (our own and the press's) have started to grow and all of a sudden the bum is starting to squeek a touch!
It's one of those scenarios where no matter what excuses you have lined up (it was made for nought, we made it in ten minutes, etc) you get to this stage and realise the film has to stand up in it's own right and whether it cost 10p or 10 million, it will be judged by the same harsh standards as every other film i have made and that is pretty scary!
So just like in 96, we have no great machine behind us, nothing to hide behind, it's back to basics. Can I still make a film for 'piss all' that stands up for itself, or is it time for me to wheel in the gadgets and explosions. Only time will tell, but just for the record before we get hailed or nailed by the powers that be, I just wanted to say that I loved making it and I have never felt more alive, apart from going on the oblivion at alton towers.
Seacrest out!
