One film that I am more interested than most is one that I helped write, Michael's Resignation. It has had a lot of coverage over the Internet, and some people (Neil Baker) have been working like trojans to get this noticed and get others to support us. Join these groups on Facebook to support the film and get it noticed. It can be your good deed for the day :)
But as well as Baker working hard, as well as everyone else behind the scenes of Michael's Resignation, I have also been working hard having finished Uni till Feb 2nd, it's all I can do now!
I finished filming a short advert which encourages people to turn their phones off before a movie, wrote a short filmed called The Game which I am in talks with Esbi Films to make, and made many contacts through MySpace and just yesterday was offered to direct a short film in Liverpool.
So things are going well at the moment. Outside of film, they couldn't be worse, with Middlesbrough FC slowly slipping into the relegation battle, and working at a local supermarket slowly killing me inside, but that's why I have film. Film puts me were I belong. I love to write, I love to watch other people's short films, I love to watch films, I love hearing other people's ideas and just love thinking about how films work.
The most recent film I saw in the cinema was four time Golden Globe winner Slumdog Millionaire. This is my review which I wrote on Facebook:
I saw this a day after it won 4 Golden Globes, with my main focus on the award for best director (Danny Boyle). And I can see why he won it. This is one of the most stunningly visual films I have seen in a long long time. And I haven't seen many in my time, with this being as beautiful as Amelie. The acting is superb throughout, and they are given a great storyline, as Jamal (Patel) tries to find his true love Latika (Pinto) by going on Who Wants to be A Millionaire. Their stories are sad and sometimes cliched, but it's a fantastically worked story altogether. Emotions run high between Jamal and his brother Salim, and this makes the story work, leading to their respective endings in the film. No other director could've made this work like it did, so hats off to Boyle
