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First of all, I should state that I am embarrassed about the length of time between my previous post and now… Two and a half years! Outrageous. I have no explanation and you know what? I don’t think there’s anybody that needs/wants an explanation, so…
Chronesthesia got into Shanghai! We first got the email in February, 2017. I was in the South Island on a voluntary tour of primary schools for a charity organisation called Duffy Books in Homes. “Congratulations!” it started. “Chronesthesia has been selected for the 20th…
We got an international sales agent! How ridiculous is that? Chronesthesia is now being represented internationally by WPE, operating out of the United States of America, selling around the world. As many territories as possible, as much money as possible, getting seen as far and…
To play in cinemas Completing a feature film under the age of thirty. That made me feel pretty damn good. Sometimes I wake up and remember it, in the same way that you often wake up and remember it’s a Saturday, and I feel fuzzy.…
PREMIERE! It’s been a long road and a lot of work. Chronesthesia played to a sold out cinema audience as part of the New Zealand International Film Festival on Friday 29th July 2016. The positive response and reviews we’ve been receiving have made every single…
Finished? Yes, completely finished. Visual effects: check. Colour grading: check. Sound: check. Score: check. Weird, weird feeling. Early last week I took the final finished film into a cinema and tested it all the way through. It was a great experience watching what we made…
CHRONO HAS A PREMIERE!! Big news dropped today. Chronesthesia has a premiere. It’s playing for the first time in the world in the city is was shot in – Wellington, New Zealand. We are stoked to be screening on the big screen, obviously, and Wellington…
Check out this video about my last trip down to see the team: Deadline: 5 weeks! That is how long we have to finish the film. That’s not a lot of time. I was under the impression our premiere was our deadline, but of course…
New Team Members? As we progress from the editing stage through to the REAL POST PRODUCTION world of colour, visual effects, sound, music, marketing and promo, we need more people. More power. More genius. Which leads us to these new team members: Welcome to our new…
It’s official – we’re locking the cut Terrifying. Exciting. All of those great emotions are flitting and bouncing around in my warm fizzing heart. I shot a video today (it was raining – perfect activity to do stuck inside) about the process of locking the…
Need to fix holes? PICKUPS Every film, so far as I know, shoots pickups. I feel that when I describe to people what pickups are, and why we need them, I’m admitting to a certain failure in the film. But that’s definitely not the case.…
Travelling for meetings What a time to have moved away from Wellington! Have a couple of meetings scheduled? It’s no longer a scooter ride, now it’s a nine and a half hour overnight bus then a hire car to come back up. On the other…
Wonderland Teaser As I mentioned, I’ve been directing ladies in underwear. The last couple of days have included me watching a monitor, scrutinising performance, having to ignore said underwear. While I’m balls deep in post production for my feature film (currently called Chronesthesia but that…
No posts for two months? It’s a slump. Let’s call it what it is. A slump. A big, great dirty slump of life. The good news: The film is cut. The bad news: Work has temporarily ceased on it. Here’s why: It happens to a…
Simeon’s working; I’m relaxing Collaboration is key in this filmmaking venture, and I truly appreciate finding a collaborator as passionate and dedicated as myself. While I’m relaxing here in Tenerife, Simeon is back home gearing up for pick-ups and a huge slog of visual effects. Not…