Phil Dale, lead animator on Corpse Bride, has pledged allegiance to the cause. How much involvement he will actually be able have in the project is unknown at present, but even just the moral support is welcome.
This evening I met a storyboard artist named Leo Delauncey who is going to start work on the film immediately, beginning at the beginning with the stopping of the world. (The Dark Side of the Earth: YOUR… WORLD… WILL… STOP. Can’t wait to cut the trailer so I can put that in.)
The Dark Side of the Earth: July 12th, 2006
Soul Searcher journal veterans will be familiar with the many instances of Small World Syndrome which used to crop up in Hereford. But it’s not just Hereford. I met the second of the two interested parties this morning, only to discover that he’s producing two films by Lynn Davies, a director I know from my Hairy Ford days. Anyway, the meeting went well and the fingers will soon start to ache from being crossed so tightly.
The Dark Side of the Earth: July 9th, 2006
No toxic smoke yet. I still have to meet with one of the two interested parties, but last week’s meeting with the first party went well. I can’t really say anything else at the moment.
The Dark Side of the Earth: July 3rd, 2006
So the Soho-based producing partners chickened out after reading the script, saying it was too big and ambitious for them. (Anyone else remember the “can’t be made for less than
The Dark Side of the Earth: June 19th, 2006
My previous feature film, Soul Searcher, is now available to pre-order on DVD at play.com. Loaded with extra features, it’s a bargain at
Soul Searcher: June 19th 2006
Congratulations! You may have been reading this journal for four years – well, now you can finally buy the film.
Go to Hell right now and pre-order the DVD on Play.com
It’s only UKP9.99, and you get more extras than most Hollywood two disc releases. Bargain. And ignore where it says fullscreen (4:3) – it’s actually in letterbox 16:9.
The Dark Side of the Earth: June 17th, 2006
One producer read the script and e-mailed me in a state of great excitement, outlining how it could be made for
Soul Searcher: June 15th 2006
Had a meeting with Katie Button, my new point of contact at Wysiwyg. She was very positive and enthusiastic. Today was the first day of the wholesaler’s campaign to sell the DVDs to highstreet shops. This apparently involves them sitting the head buyer for, say, HMV down in front of a Powerpoint presentation consisting of the trailer, cover “art”, synopsis, etc. I’m not sure it’s a very pleasant thought that four years of my life and creativity has been boiled down into Powerpoint, that cheesily-transitioned opiate for the office-bound masses. (Weeeeeee! There goes bullet point number three, flying on! It’s almost like I’m not a hamster on a wheel!)
The Dark Side of the Earth: June 7th, 2006
I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting anything useful to come of advertising for a producer, so I was pleasantly surprised to receive half a dozen pretty solid applications. Some of them have even read the script and not freaked out. Will wonders never cease?
Soul Searcher: June 7th 2006
The Curse lives on. In the wee hours of November 20th 2003, at H. Weston Cider in Much Marcle, Lara Greenway came a cropper running down a slope. At the time, as this journal will testify, it was treated with much jest amongst the cast and crew, particularly the immortal line uttered by the poor woman as she lay prone on the ground: “Did we get the take?” But she’s still suffering from the injury today, still seeing a chiropractor. By giving just UKP2 a month, you can help Lara… Just kidding. But it’s all true, and now we’re trying to make a claim on the insurance policy I took out for the shoot. This involves filling in forms about things that happened two and a half years ago, which is quite difficult. Names and addresses of all witnesses? I wish I had Jason’s address – he’s still got two of my DVDs…