Dreams part 2

Never ever underestimate the power of perseverance...it reminds me of that scene in The Shawshank Redemption where the guy sends a letter a week (not sure if it’s a week or something else) and finally after something like 2 years they give in and do what he wants, great film...with a lot of good examples of things in it like that.

Dreams part 1

Talent + Perseverance = Luck

I’ll say this...If you KNOW your talented, if your sitting there reading this and you KNOW outright that your talented at something, whether it be painting, drawing, photography, making films...do NOT give up on the persistence thing...the thing is... I’m in a unique position right now...I live at home, my parents are happy for me to stay here, continue on making this film...battle away at it, which you do for years...YEARS, but you do start to get some sort of a effect the more you throw yourself at the project...and like they say its 50% hard labour making the film then another 50% hard labour trying to get people to SEE your film. But DO NOT at all costs compromise your dream, the thing is though that not everybody, in fact probably few people have the parents that let me be in this unique position of working on my dream / allowing me to go on the very long road of getting to my dream.

The Hollywood Saloon

Andy Siems and John Jansens Podcast really is a great listen. If your heavily into film then this is for you, I bung it on when I’m working. They do a masterclass one on directors every once in a while and it looks like Stanley Kubrick is up soon, so that will be a great listen.

Check them out here www.hollywoodsaloon.com

Erráns Alba (Production Diaries)

This is something that I want to do very much, and am going to attempt to do some tonight. I love documentaries very very much and I always feel that the making of is far better than the film itself, there’s a wonderful realness to this stuff. Interviews are wonderful wonderful things, and I think that these production diaries also heavily inspire the passionate viewers in quite a powerful way. I know that every time I see Peter Jacksons ones it has had that effect on me.

Erráns Alba (soundtrack)

Selected tracks from the original score will gradually be uploaded to here. If your a fan of the 70s synth sound then you might like this. I'm a big fan of the original Dawn of the Dead sound and Day of the Dead synth sound and also The Shining, A Clockwork Orange and Thief sound. I'm not sure what equipment was used for those movies but I’m using a Korg Micro, which i have to say is a stunning beast that makes one hell of a nice noise.

To see trailers for the film click here



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Erráns Alba

Hi Everybody,

I'm the director/creator/composer of a unknown science fiction animation called Erráns Alba...well maybe not strickly true, some of the cinema 4d community know about it, and my friends and family know about it, but that is pretty much it.

Its created here in Britain and in my bedroom using CInema 4d and a Korg Micro. The project started way back in August 2005, and is still very much on the go right now. Its the 5th animation to be created by me but the first to have a original score being done.

Its hard work getting a really great and successful publicity campaign going on this...some forums I joined PC Format and SFX are not so keen on me plugging the animation...well again that’s not strictly true iether, I did not post in SFX forums but DID get a post deleted in PC Format because I unintentionally breached one of their rules. Unfortunately the SFX forum rules also say your not really aloud to plug your movie. This got me a bit worried as I really wanted to aim this at the die hard Sci-Fi fans. There are thankfully many ways to go about getting some attention however, the most important thing is for your persistence to not die.

To visit the site for Erráns Alba click here



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