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Entry 38: An Unexpected Path
The past two months have been an experience that I don’t think anyone involved in the project could have anticipated. The good news: interest for the film in markets around the world continues to grow. The not so good news: in order to make good on that interest, the budget of the movie must grow […]
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Entry 37: Ready to Burst
I want you to imagine eternal blackness, Dear Reader. There is less than nothing, because within this vacuum of matter, you yourself do not exist. It is both suffocating and relaxing at the same time. You contemplate your life so far in this blackness, but you also contemplate its eventual end. Suddenly, a scene explodes into […]
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Entry 36: Oh, Dear Lord; They’re Sales Agents
This is Michael Favelle and Martin Gallery. I have very strong feelings and opinions about these two people, and others like them – but who are they? Well, Michael is the founder and CEO of Odin’s Eye Entertainment, and Martin is the SVP for Asia Pacific with Odin’s. Oh dear Lord, that means they are Sales […]
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Entry 35: How The Hell Do We Make This Movie?
As we work through the casting process for the film, it has occurred to me that there is one question that is repeatedly asked of us when discussing the production of Contained; how in hell are we going to shoot a movie that is set on the ocean, in a city that is 150kms from the […]
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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 […]