Weekly Blog 31 (Saturday June 7th) On an early plane to Madrid for the Madrid Cine Expo for Bluebell Films. It will be a few days working on something other than DEP. I also might…
Weekly Blog 30 (Friday May 30th) On Sunday Lewis won the Monaco GP in the rain from third position. As the horns in the harbour sounded, tears rolled down my cheeks. It had been his…
Weekly Blog 29 (Saturday May 24th) I am on a train from to Monaco for the qualifying. Cannes is done. I am approaching Villefranche Sur Mer, scene of the epic 9 minute commercial for Shiseido…
Blog 28 Sat 17th May We locked the cut on Monday. Suddenly a wave of sadness overwhelmed me. I left the cutting room feeling really empty and hollow. It made me think of Sam Peckinpah…
Weekly Blog 27 (Friday May 9th) Straight after the screening last week, Jonnie left for France. We have been communicating every day since and he is still working hard on the film. At the end…
Weekly Blog 26 (May 2nd) David Gamble saw the film last Saturday. I was very nervous. He said he liked it and I could feel my eyes moisten. At the end of the tripping scene…
Weekly Blog 25 (April 25th) I am so so scared. Petrified maybe. I can hardly sleep. The moment of truth is dawning. Tomorrow we show the rough cut to David Gamble, a brilliant and experienced…
Weekly Blog 24 (April 18th) Monday was a long, long day. It started with a meeting with Jonnie regarding money and the coming post-production details. The problem I face is that we are rushing towards…
Weekly Blog 23 (April 11th) Back at it this week. Last weekend was a total break and I even got some good nights sleep over it. The wedding was a French civil municipal affair conducted…
Weekly Blog 22 (April 3rd) What joy! Monday was a revelation. Secretly I had not been looking forward to the edit. I was unmotivated probably because of the five month lapse waiting to start something…