These are the first three words to a favourite poem of mine by Robert Frost. If you haven't had the pleasure I urge you to read it.
I have to confess, I'm feeling rather lonely out here in the blogosphere. If you are following me, or have had a read and like what you see - please leave me a comment. Just so I can be sure someone out there is reading my thoughts.
So...it was pointed out to me that I left last week's entry on a bit of a downer. I apologise for leaving you in suspense. After much thought and deliberation I realised that the path I wished to go down was one where I could generate more creative ideas, return to my writing and work solely under the one name - Overlook Films www.overlookfilm.com. I came into contact with Overlook just over a year ago when the director, Anthony O'Callaghan (www.anthonyoc.com) for "Waiting" was in need of a producer. I jumped at the offer of such an opportunity and greatly appreciate being made so welcome to such a wonderful co-operative of filmmakers. It is was through this project that project offers snowballed and I ultimately ended up doing far too much than was really feasible for one little 23 year old. Facing what I had been avoiding for too long, I made a choice - the best one.
Tuesday 23 February 2010
Friday 19 February 2010
Bumps in the Road
January was a particularly S.A.D. month. Have you heard of seasonal affective disorder? It's where we get depressed through lack of sunshine in the short winter days. This combined with cabin fever caused by the relentless snow meant that I had far too much time to dwell on what I was doing with my life.
Unfortunately the real issue that was getting me down was not one but two unsuccessful funding applications. As a producer, which for some people means the 'money-finder', I was starting to feel a bit useless.
Along with the funding problemo, I had also undertaken a rather large task of location managing for Panther Films feature "Jackals" www.jackalsthemovie.com. Initially this seemed like a wise choice. I had originally been appointed as production manager but found that the role was too much given the other projects I had running in parallel with Overlook and Raindrop. I therefore decided to scale the role down. It also gave me the opportunity to improve my location hunting and negotiating skills. After months of trying to secure a particular farm location not just for "Jackals" but also for Raindrops second short "Escape" it seemed that at the end of January I had finally won through. However, this was only the beginning of the battle.
Meanwhile Overlook's projects which I had always intended to keep forefront in my mind were being steadily neglected. Too many hurdles, too much stress and not enough project fulfillment to keep me going. My general feeling was that it was time for a change.
Unfortunately the real issue that was getting me down was not one but two unsuccessful funding applications. As a producer, which for some people means the 'money-finder', I was starting to feel a bit useless.
Along with the funding problemo, I had also undertaken a rather large task of location managing for Panther Films feature "Jackals" www.jackalsthemovie.com. Initially this seemed like a wise choice. I had originally been appointed as production manager but found that the role was too much given the other projects I had running in parallel with Overlook and Raindrop. I therefore decided to scale the role down. It also gave me the opportunity to improve my location hunting and negotiating skills. After months of trying to secure a particular farm location not just for "Jackals" but also for Raindrops second short "Escape" it seemed that at the end of January I had finally won through. However, this was only the beginning of the battle.
Meanwhile Overlook's projects which I had always intended to keep forefront in my mind were being steadily neglected. Too many hurdles, too much stress and not enough project fulfillment to keep me going. My general feeling was that it was time for a change.
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