Photo Every Day #76

Just a quick one as I have to get up at 4am for filming!

Surfin' The Web:


Song Of The Day: Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
Reason: Love this song, so easy to relate to!

Highlight Of The Day: A super early night.

Inspiration Of The Day: It's always useful to find tips on how to sleep better and how much sleep is good for you.

Photo Every Day #31

Today I thought I'd make my PED a self portrait since I haven't taken any photos of myself for a while. My hair's getting really long now and has a nice wave to it today after I scrunch dried it. I'm still debating whether to stop trying to get it to have a proper red tint to it and just dye it black again or whether to keep trying with the red. I suppose it's all going to come down to how I feel when I go to buy some hair dye.

Self:


Song Of The Day: Slipknot - Duality
Reason: There was a live version from Download I think on Zane Lowe's radio show on the way home tonight. They are the most amazing band.

Highlight Of The Day: Looking after Pixie and seeing her and the cats taking big steps towards getting on better. They were sleeping a mere foot away from each other and Asami usually doesn't even come in the room when she's here!

Inspiration Of The Day: Film festival research for a film I'm assistant producing on. Makes me want a full time film job asap!

Photo Every Day #345

I sometimes wonder whether I have 2 cats or 2 children. Draco's latest fascination is with Tom & Jerry cartoons on the tv! I'm a massive fan of 'proper' cartoons ie the ones that were hand drawn, so I've been recording a lot of old cartoons. Draco loves watching the characters run around on the screen. He reminds me of the scene in 101 Dalmations where the puppies are all watching tv.

Watching Cartoons:


Song Of The Day: Marina & The Diamonds - Bubblegum Bitch
Reason: Really love her, she's so different to the norm, really want to go and see her live!

Highlight Of The Day: Being offered a step up in roles on the film set I'll be working on on Thursday.

Photo Every Day #202

Today I have been trying to find a photography course so that I can properly learn some skills to make it more than just a hobby. I don't want to go to college full time and I can't afford another degree or masters, so I'm currently between a rock and a hard place as there doesn't seem to be any suitable courses running at the moment. I have found a distance online learning course that looks really good, but would just prefer something with some contact time as well. I'll carry on looking however, as I'm really missing being in a learning environment.

Play Ball:


Song Of The Day: Grendel - Hate This
Reason: Horrible people I've come across today can 'suck on this'!

Highlight Of The Day: Being offered a potential film job! More info soon!

Photo Every Day #197

Today was the last day of the filming of Sophie's Fortune. I had a good time and the weather was lovely again. The children have been great all weekend and were a pleasure to be around. I'm not exhausted and back to work tomorrow sadly. It's definately inspired me to make sure I find motivated, hard working people to work with again in the future as it's amazing to be in a creative enviroment.

Party Enterance:

Photo Every Day #196

Just a quick one today as it's been a super long day and I need to get to sleep! I've been a runner again on the set of Sophie's Fortune. The weather held out all day which was a good start. They were filming a birthday party scene with around twenty five 6-9 year olds! I was supervising the snacks and drinks table, handing out whatever the kids wanted in rationed portions and filling them with sugar. They were surprisingly well behaved, especially after all the excitement and E numbers.
This is a sneek peak of some of the action on set.

Sophie's Fortune:


Song Of The Day: Marina & The Diamonds - I Am Not A Robot
Reason: Just loving Marina at the moment and am dying to sit and listen to her new album!

Highlight Of The Day: A rather nice ice cream!

Photo Every Day #180

Today was the last day of filming for Boom In Shot. I'm really gutted that it's over as I didn't want it to finish. I've had such a nice time, everyone has been brilliant. I'd love to work with the crew again and hopefully I would be able to cast the actors in a future project. I'm just really excited to see the final film now, even though there's still the long editing process to go! This has by far been the best film job I've ever had. We also had a great time at the wrap party which was drinks in Odder bar, Manchester. We had many laughs and it rounded off a great few days shooting in the perfect way. Special thanks to everyone on the cast and crew, but in particular to Jez Blackmore (the director) for allowing me to become a part of this project!

Mugshot:

Photo Every Day #176

Today I was on the set of Sophie's Fortune. I'd been offered the role of runner by the producer who I'd met before on the set of Darktown Jubliee's Breakdown music video. I was really happy to be offered the role, especially as he contacted me as I was unaware that they were looking for runners! I will hopefully be taking up the runner role again next weekend for them. The film itself is about a group of dad's who go on a treasure hunt as part of a child's birthday party, but they get carried away and adopt 'hero' personas. It's a fantasy, action-adventure type film and even though I usually avoid action films, it really does look like it will be a great short. Most of my tasks included driving actors and crew to locations, carrying gear to the locations, speaking to members of the public who came across our production (most of them were excited to see men with guns running around!) and generally lending a hand where it was needed. Luckily for most of the day the weather was nice and the location was awesome! It really suited the story and the actors looked great in their costumes too. Everyone on set was really friendly and hardworking, so it was a nice atmosphere.

You can watch the teaser trailer here:

Photo Every Day #97

Today I recieved some exciting news! I got a runner/driver's job in London for this Sunday. Just waiting to hear final details then I will reveal all! Also, bought two big tubs (like 1kg each!) of sweets for a mere £3 odd from work today. Going to use the containers for storing my baking stuff.

Candy Land:


Song Of The Day: Ed Sheeran - Drunk
Reason: Lovely song, very real too! Can't say I can identify too much with being a gangsta, hoes and bitches and the like!