1. Filmmaking 101

I've been around a lot of filmmakers for a lot of years. I'm sure I've picked up some pretty valuable insights along the way, maybe, so seeing as we're all about encouraging creativity here at G3tfilms I'll share a few tid-bits with you.

Lot's of filmmakers are paranoid about their ideas being stolen, and on that subject:

"Leave your scripts on park benches in the hope they're stolen" - Billy Marshall-Stoneking

I'm not sure if Billy suggested it because if someone stole your idea you'd at least know it was a half decent script, or if it was because it's easier to sue someone for stealing your ideas than realising your vision on the big-screen, but I do know that after following Billy around Sydney for a while in the hope of picking up a good script he doesn't leave his writing laying around.

Shame, he's a pretty good writer, but a much better if not tongue-in-cheek public speaker.

Yeah, OK, I just wanted to update and between work, a friends post-engagement pre-wedding party, another friends 36th birthday, and subsequent recovery time I hadn't really looked at the film thing last week. Although I did get to work out the 'hair' issue and introduce myself to the weird and magical world of HDR photography (which may or may not play a part in my film depending on if I can work out how to do it).