Veritas Entertainment

Year: 2016

  • Entry 34: A Harsh Assessment of Our Work

    Something happened to us as writers. Something unusual. Our screenplay for Contained was assessed, and heavily critiqued. Like, a crushing weight of criticism. As in, it’s time to get out the ol’ pen knife and start hacking away at your arm that’s stuck under that boulder kind of weight. That’s how heavily critiqued it was. I know what […]

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  • Entry 33: Dry and Juicy

    Well, Dear Reader, the production has now been effectively ‘soft-launched’ by being mentioned in a story about Accelerator POD and it’s relationship with Odin’s Eye, which is great! At about the same time, our Production Team (Andy, Shannon, Ryan and myself) did something quite dry, and then something quite juicy – all in the same day. […]

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  • Entry 32: Magic

    Ryan and I sent off our latest draft of the screenplay today; the fourth draft with seven revisions. That would arguably put it closer to six drafts of actual work. After hitting send, it occurred to me that for a blog about two filmmakers who define themselves as writers first, directors and producers second – […]

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  • Entry 31: The Rape Room

    On the day before the trip to Canberra for the second investor presentation, I got a call from an unfamiliar number while I was in a meeting, so I couldn’t take it. I was booked for meetings for the rest of that afternoon, in fact, so I wouldn’t be able to find out who it […]

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  • Entry 30: With Finance Assured

    Not too long ago, we got an email from Andy confirming something that he mentioned to us over the phone a few days before – that he was looking to set up a second ‘Investor Presentation’ near the middle of this month. The reason for this is that the yield from the first wasn’t as […]

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  • Entry 29: Onwards and Upwards

    So, the big name actor is not going to be available to do our film. It’s not the biggest surprise in the world, let’s be honest. It was a long shot for him to even be available. Like I said in a previous post, it was a buzz and an honour just to know the […]

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  • Entry 28: What I’m Telling Myself Now

    With August coming to a close, we completed the fourth draft of the screenplay and shot it off to Andy, Shannon, Karel and Michael Favelle. This represented a lot of work, naturally, because it incorporated changes from the read through, Andrew Traucki, the workshop with Karel and Andy and Shannon’s notes, as well as work […]

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  • Entry 27: What Else Can You Ask For?

    I want you to imagine a place, Dear Reader. I would like you to use your imagination here, so go with me. Imagine a club somewhere in South America. The lighting and ceiling fans are low. The wall of liquor bottles behind the bar stretches high. Cane furniture and leather booths hold people having meaningful […]

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  • Entry 26: Full Circle Moment

    Today was fun. Before Karel headed back to Sydney, he asked us, on Monica’s behalf, if we would be willing to do an online hookup with him on the first weekend of the 2016 POD. Of course we were willing, and so on the appointed hour in the afternoon, we sat in front of my […]

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  • Entry 25: Karel Showed Us The Way

    Today was the last day of the long awaited two day workshop with the awe-inspiring Karel Segers. Now, hang on a second. Just wait a moment. I don’t use the term ‘awe-inspiring’ lightly. In fact, I don’t really use it at all. But in Karel’s case, it’s absolutely required. You have to understand something. I […]

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