'Wild' will be screening on Friday 31st August at around 9pm at the Pop Up cinema as part of the Just For You London programme. For a map click here. Both writer and director will be down there for the evening. Looking forward to it!
'Wild' is on on Facebook
So we've created a 'Wild' Facebook page. Hopefully this will allow people to comment on the film and learn where and when it screens. It's a bit of an unknown but should help spread the word and raise the film's profile. If you get a chance please 'like' our page otherwise it might get lonely!
Wild Promotional Images
Here are the Wild promotional images. Hope you like them
Credit Sequence
I've been researching credit/title sequences for 'Wild' - our short film - and came across this courtesy of www.artofthetitle.com . Its a charming song with an intelligent and well researched video. I'm still trying to pin all the of the references down...clever stuff
'Wild' Update
I'm finally at the end of the offline edit which has been an experience...Next time around this burden will definitely be shared with another editor!
Showing the rough cut to people has generated a variety of responses but all of them have been positive. The ending provokes an amount of debate, which can't be a bad thing. Off the back of showing a rough cut 'Wild' has secured itself an excellent sound designer in the form of Jack Gillies. Jack has also managed to get us a theatre mix at Jumbuck which is great news.
The rough cut also persuaded an excellent band called Metronomy to let me use their music in the film. This is really exciting not least because they were short listed for this years Mercury award, but more important to me...I'm a big fan of theirs, so bit of a wish come true! The music really enhances some key scenes, so a big thanks to the band, Pru at Universal Music and Elysa at Because Music for making this happen.
Antonia Clarke, who plays Laura (Wild's lead), has recently been signed by the highly regarded talent agency, Troika, and recently picked up a part in Skins. She's an amazing talent and we at Scissorhands are quite smug that we got there first.
So it looks like we are on course for screenings in December and then putting the film into the festival circuit early next year. It's either the end of days or the beginning. Lets hope for sun
'Wild' in the can
So we completed production on our first short last week. Still not entirely sure of what to make of it all. Stressful; challenging; of course, but the abiding feeling is how much fun it was. We assembled a great crew without whom it would have been impossible to make it happen. Our actors were a total delight, our extras patient and the weather exactly what was required. Even our untrained feline actor was exceptional. I'm still having sleepless nights worrying about whether I have the coverage for everything so the next few weeks will be fairly crucial in terms of establishing the shape of the film and seeing if it hangs together well. Will keep things updated here on the blog.