Month: January 2016
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Entry 8: Your Half Of The Fees
Ryan drove back from the Murray early so we could get together and talk about what all of this actually means for us, and our families. We met at a restaurant in the town that I live. I pulled up next to him in the carpark, got out and shook his hand, and then we […]
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Entry 7: A Waste Of Breath The Days Behind
Monday. D-Day – unless they delay the announcement again. I know that I did things over the weekend. Things happened. Some of those things were probably of consequence. And yet, I have no memory of them right now. All I know is that today is Monday. To bastardise Yeats, the days to come seemed waste […]
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Entry 6: Preemptive Healing
Friday. The day that we were guessing the ‘winner’ might actually get the call, to free up the ‘losers’ to hear their bad news news on Monday 25th. We haven’t heard dick. At 7:32pm, Ryan starts this text exchange with me: Ryan No call then? Richard Nope. We are out. Ryan Yep. We gave it […]
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Entry 5: Silent Scream of Angst
Wednesday, and halfway through the ‘extra’ week we have to wait to hear which of the lucky candidates are safely through as the first film to be greenlit. My job represents a 10 to 12 hour day more times than not, so the hectic working week offers plenty to keep me, and my partner The […]
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Entry 4: A Long Phone Conversation
Saturday night. Ryan and I had a long phone conversation which appears to be about many things film related, but is actually just our way of dealing with the tension. The mindless prattle turned to something interesting, however, when Ryan remembered that Monica contacted the successfully shortlisted applicants a day before the communicated date back […]
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Entry 3: Stress Levels Rising
So a few days ago, I saw a quick post on Facebook from Michael Favelle saying that he was off to another international film market. This is not surprising, in that’s how he plies his trade. I just assumed, in those split second thought processes that you have as you scan info, that he would […]