I Am Do Filmmaker

IADF Podcast 056: John Dowell's VFX Career - from LA to London

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:23:09 +0000

IADF Podcast 055: Harold’s Going Stiff - study in dementia or zombie comedy?

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:28:51 +0000

IADF Podcast 054: London Cabbie Mark Fozbee's Passion for VFX

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:37:04 +0000

IADF Podcast 053: The Horror Comedy World of Indie Filmmaker Pat Higgins

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 11:00:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 052: Editor Jonny Craigmile on Creating Visual Stories

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:25:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 051: Jonathan Ley Makes Creative and Useful Content

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 050: Dunfermline filmmaker David Izatt's Aussie Roots

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:36:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 049: Simon Farmer, Film Labourer and Cinema Intellectual

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:44:22 +0000

IADF Podcast 048: Creating the Scottish Web Comedy 'Iain Explains It All'

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:38:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 047: Dundee 48 Hour Film Project - Filmmakers Assemble!

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:30:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 046: BBC TV Director Fiona Clark on 5 Minute Storytelling

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:18:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 045: Hair-Raising Stunts and More from Scottish Indie Producers

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:08:15 +0000

IADF Podcast 044: How to Go Underwater with Filmmaker Lindsay Brown

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:27:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 043: The Challenges of Creating an Imaginary World

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:12:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 042: Producing Video in Shetland

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:49:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 041: How I Make Documentaries - Behind the Scenes with BBC director Andy Twaddle

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:18:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 040: Prof Paul Harris - Stories, Storytelling and the Future of Filmmaking

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:54:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 039: Kim Templeton - Actors and Directors Networking Event - June 2012

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:25:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 038: Neil McDonald, Creative Director, Factual, BBC Scotland - Storytelling Advice

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:37:39 +0000

IADF Podcast 037: Peter Forbes and Stephen Horne at Aberdeen student filmmaker event

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Thu, 31 May 2012 15:49:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 036: Edinburgh Producer Katie Crook from Blue Iris Films

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 28 May 2012 08:46:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 035: Save Cash with DIY Camera Rigs says Morgan Black

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:42:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 034: High-Pressure Filmmaking - BBC Video Journalist Colin Wight

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:09:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 033: 'The Peacemaker' - James Stewart's Western/Sci-Fi Genre Screenplay

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:59:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 031: Andrew Forbes and Alistair Stewart – Budget-Filmmaking

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Thu, 10 May 2012 01:18:00 +0000

They live in the heart of the Shire, they're the team behind TOWIG (The Only Way Is Garioch), but filmmakers Alstair Stewart and Andrew Forbes are saving hard to buy the gear that will take their projects to the next level. That's in today's IADF podcast.</h6>

If you have a great script then that's half the battle," says filmmaker Alistair Stewart, from Inverurie, who runs Reel Moon Productions with friend Andrew Forbes.

The pair are working and saving to make money to buy equipment that will help them improve the production quality of their films.

They've bought the Canon EOS 550D, one of the Canon DSLRs that are proving so popular among indie filmmakers around the world. That improves their video footage.

Next on their shopping list is an audio recorder. Anyone who uses a DSLR knows that you have to record sound on a separate device to get the best audio results.

Along with that there are the cables and boom pole to support the mic.

And then there's the tripod.

"When you are doing a [tripod] pan you can hear a nice..creakkkkkkk!" laughs Alistair, making a mental note to add a tripod to their shopping list.

However most pressing for the two filmmakers is to find someone with skills to operate and work behind the camera while Alistair's in front.

They need volunteer(s) to help with all sorts of production work. You'll get a sandwich for your time (they reassured me!).

They're jumping through hoops to make their productions work as best they can: TOWIG, Dream Girl and Tagged.

Wouldn't it be great if a big-hearted local business offered a couple of hundred quid to pay for an audio recorder or a tripod to help Alistair and Andrew out.

So, lads, start knocking on doors and see what help is out there.

'If you don't ask, you don't get,' my ex-wife used to say to me.

<strong>Find Reel Moon Productions here:</strong>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/reelmoonproductions">Facebook</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ReelMoonProductions/videos">You Tube</a>

IADF Podcast 032: Design in Filmmaking – Producers Mike Clark and Kerwin Robertson

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:24:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 030: Kim Templeton – Actors and Directors Networking Event

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:11:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 029: Liam Johnston and Stu Hamilton - Sons of Spielberg

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:05:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 028: Calan Smith & Ross McGillivray – Tripod Abuse

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:25:01 +0000

IADF Podcast 027: Fraser Denholm - Earning a Living as a Filmmaker

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:31:11 +0000

IADF Podcast 026: Film Education Officer Paul Foy - Belmont Film Nights

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:22:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 025: Morgan Black - Breached Media Casting for 'Gabriel' Revenge Movie

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:26:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 024: Graham Love – Teenage Animator with Heavyweight Clients

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:01:00 +0000

IADF Podcast 023: Filmmaker Mark Stirton – Good Guy v Bad Guy

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:55:00 +0000

This week's podcast guest is Aberdonian filmmaker Mark Stirton, the writer/director/cameraman/editor behind the North East's most famous Doric movie - One Day Removals.

Mark's based in London, now, working on a project called Good Guys Versus Bad Guys, which he hopes will move his fimmaking career up a couple of notches.

Listen to the podcast and hear the pitch for yourself. It's a great idea.

Mark discusses One Day Removals, The Planet, Creative Scotland, Doric language in films, and film distribution among many other topics.

If you're an aspiring filmmaker then Mark's journey will be a fascinating insight behind the scenes of the world of moviemaking.

Find Mark here:

Stirton Productions [http://www.stirtonproductions.com/]

One Day Removals [http://www.stirtonproductions.com/onedayremovals/home/Home_odr.html]

IADF Podcast 022: Scott Ironside - Granite, Doric and Polish

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:04:00 +0000

In this week's I Am Do Filmmaker podcast, Aberdeen filmmaker and actor Scott Ironside discusses his latest project 'Bumping Granite'.

It's a fascinating endeavour since a large part of the dialogue will be in Polish while the other half will be in Doric, the North East's own dialect.

Scott is best known for starring alongside Patrick Wight in the 2009 hit film One Day Removals, directed by Aberdeen's own Mark Stirton.

You can find more about Scott at Quick Productions, a video production company he recently founded with a couple of filmmaking colleagues.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quick-Productions/129741780465514

http://stirtonproductions.com/onedayremovals/home/Home_odr.html

IADF Podcast 021: Actors and Directors April Event

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:03:00 +0000

This month's Aberdeen Actors and Directors networking event was a big success.

Kim Templeton arranged for documentary filmmaker Anthony Baxter (You've Been Trumped) to give a presentation and Belmont-based film education officer Paul Foy showed a couple of trailers and announced plans for a regular film showing event.

And of course, there was the pitching opportunity and the boozing and networking, too.

In this podcast Kim talks through the various aspects to the event. If yiou missed it, check this podcast out - you'll pick up lots.

IADF Podcast 020: Filmmaker Anthony Baxter on You've Been Trumped

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Filmmker Anthony Baxter, the man behind the highly successful doccumentary You've Been Trumped, spoke to I Am Do Filmmaker at teh Aberdeen Actors and Directors networkingn evening at the Belmont Cinema in Aberdeen last night.

He gave an excellent presentation about his experiences with the film, and was candid about the lack of support and finance from the film sector in the UK, including Scotland.

In this podcast Anthony discusses money! You can find everything else you like about the film online, but we're filmmakers after all and we want to know these things. So no apologies to people who find this embarrassing. And thank you to Anthony for enlightening us all.

IADF Podcast 019: Film City Glasgow - Part 5

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:20:00 +0000

This is the fifth and final episode in the series of IADF podcasts recorded at Film City Glasgow.

FCG administrator Sarah Potter completes her tour - passing through the fascinating post production area - as we make our way back to the main entrance of the Govan premises of FCG.

Check out the rest of the podcasts in this series - it gives a good insight into what claims to be the heart of Scotland's filmmaking industry.

http://www.filmcityglasgow.com/

http://iamdofilmmaker.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/IAmDoFilmmaker

IADF Podcast 018: Film City Glasgow - Part 4

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:19:00 +0000

This is the fourth episode in the five part series of IADF podcasts at Film City Glasgow.

FCG administrator Sarah Potter takes me round the offices and production spaces to show how the orgainsation works and the services it offers.

Check out the rest of the podcasts in this series - it gives a good insight into what claims to be the heart of Scotland's filmmaking industry.

http://www.filmcityglasgow.com/

http://iamdofilmmaker.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/IAmDoFilmmaker

IADF Podcast 017: Film City Glasgow - Part 3

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:18:00 +0000

This is the third episode in the five part series of IADF podcasts at Film City Glasgow.

FCG administrator Sarah Potter takes me round the offices and production spaces to show how the orgainsation works and the services it offers.

Check out the rest of the podcasts in this series - it gives a good insight into what claims to be the heart of Scotland's filmmaking industry.

http://www.filmcityglasgow.com/

http://iamdofilmmaker.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/IAmDoFilmmaker

IADF Podcast 016: Film City Glasgow - Part 2

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:17:00 +0000

This is Part 2 of the IADF tour of Film City Glasgow.

FCG is a film production and creative media hub based in the old Govan Town Hall, on the edge of Govan and Glasgow's Digital Media Quarter.

Sarah Potter, Film City administrator, tookme on the tour, through a warren of coridors and ending up in the old theatre space.

Did I say the building used to be a theatre as well as a town hall? No? Well, all the more reason to listen to the podcasts.

There's also a bit of background on how Film City was developed.

Keep tuning into IADF podcasts.

http://www.filmcityglasgow.com/

http://iamdofilmmaker.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/IAmDoFilmmaker

IADF Podcast 015: Film City Glasgow - Part 1

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:16:00 +0000

Film City Glasgow is just what its name says - a place where films, TV shows and videos are planned, recorded and edited.

I visited the offices of FCG in March 2012 and administrator Sarah Potter gave me a tour, which I recorded. Then when I got back home I cut it into 5 episodes.

This is Episode 1: Sarah gives some of the history of the building and an overview of the structure of Film City Glasgow.

Look out for the other four episodes.

http://www.filmcityglasgow.com/

http://iamdofilmmaker.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/IAmDoFilmmaker

IADF Podcast 014: Dons Dee Productions' Drug Abuse Film

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:28:00 +0000

Dons Dee Productions is an Aberdeen-based, three-man filmmaking unit, comprising, Nicci, Dave and Mike.

(Mike wasn't present for the pic, I'm afraid.)

When I met Nicci and Dave at the Aberdeen Actors and Directors networking evening at the start of March, they told me about their current production.

They say it's a story about drug addiction and how it can destroy a person's life. There was lots of chat about realism and graphic portrayal...so I think the audience will find it a difficult watch.

A timetable for the production? All I could get out of them was that they're planning to have it completed by September when Nicci is leaving the country (there's a filmmaking story there...hopefully he'll give an IADF podcast interview on that nearer the time).

Have a listen to the podcast. Nicci and Dave are good fun - thanks for giving this interview.

IADF Podcast 013: Film Student Jenni's Got the Wright Idea

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:28:00 +0000

If wondering how to introduce yourself at the Aberdeen Actors and Directors networking event is holding you back from attending, then try Jenni Wright's approach: just get off your bum and do it!

I was speaking to someone in the downstairs bar at the Belmont, when she strode up and stood there...beside us...waiting.

In my experience, that's the best way to do it.

She's got interesting things to say about the difference between the acting/filmmaking scenes in Glasgow and Aberdeen, eg. groups don't seem to mix so much here in the North East.

I think most people would agree that's true - never mind the reason why.

That's why Kim Temnpleton and Jamie Rodden's monthly networking event is important.

Thanks, Jenni.

Reel Moon to Cast for Dream Girl

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:48:00 +0000

Dream Girl is a production written and directed by Andrew Forbes and Alistair Stewart: the two young filmmakers behind Reel Moon Productions - and the same pair behind The Only Way is Garioch (see previous post).

They gave this interview for the IADF podcast at March's Aberdeen Actors and Directors networking evening in the Belmont Cinema, Aberdeen.

They've got plenty of enthusiasm, but have they got the staying power to get through pre-, production and post-, without going bananas?

I'll catch up with them thorughout the year and check on their sanity.

Good luck to you both.

Find out more about their productions on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/reelmoonproductions

And, of course, the networking evening is all thanks to Kim Templeton and Jamie Rodden of Aberdeen Launch PAD: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aberdeen-Launch-PAD/376315115712311

Read more about Andrew and Alistair on the IADF webpage: http://www.iamdofilmmaker.co.uk

IADF Podcast 011: Kathy Hubbard's Olympic Invitation to North East Filmmakers

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:25:00 +0000

Kathy Hubbard, Head of Development for Shetland Arts, is the brains behind an exciting filmmakers' project called A Hansel of Film 2012 - part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

The Hansel of Film 2012 is a great opportunityfor filmmakers from the North East to showcase their moviemaking prowess with a film of 5mins or less.

Kathy's the first contributor to join the I Am Do Filmmaker podcast by Skype, and you may find the audio quality a little ropey, but it's all about content, isn't it.(I'll try tweaking my Skype settings and using a headset to see if I can improve things for the next Skype interview.)

She's got a good story to tell, so have a listen.

A Hansel of Film 2012: http://hansel2012.org/

Shetland Arts: http://www.shetlandarts.org

Mareel: http://www.mareel.org/ (http://www.shetlandarts.org/venues/mareel/)

London 2012: http://www.london2012.com/

IADF Podcast 010: The Aberdeen Actors and Directors Networking Evening

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:44:00 +0000

Looking for an actor for a play or a film or a voiceover? Perhaps you're looking for a film or a play to audition for? Or maybe your a techie and you want to get involved behind the scenes?

If you are, then the Aberdeen Actors and Directors Networking Evning is right up your street. It's the brain child of Aberdeen-based actors Kim Templeton and Jamie Rodden, both of whom have an eye on building a thriving community for actors and filmmakers.

This interview was recorded at the end of the evening, when only 10 remained from a total of about 50, and it gives a good picture of what happens.

So, if you thought about attending, but were not sure how you would fit in or whether people would speak to you, then don't worry: come along, say hello to people and ask who they are and what they do. It's as easy as that.

IADF Podcast 009: Noe Mendelle & the Practise of Documentary

sam@rufusrunsfast.com (Sam Thom) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:54:00 +0000

Part 2 of an interview with Noe Mendelle, director of the Scottish Documentary Institute, based in Edinburgh.

In this episode Noe talks about documentary in general, how addictive and frustrating it is.

Scottish Documentary Institute: http://www.scottishdocinstitute.com