… the world’s got me!

Last Thursday young winning film-makers from all around the country converged at TVNZ in Auckland for The Outlook for Someday awards ceremony. Keisha Castle-Hughes was there to give out awards and so was the new Minister of Youth Affairs Paula Bennet. The whole evening went really well and now the Winning Films are being broadcast on TVNZ6 and are online here.

Now the team here at Connected Media are moving on to pre production of the second The Outlook for Someday documentary.

I’ve just realised I never posted the resulting clip of The Outlook for Someday promo shoot I blogged about here.

Client: Connected Media / The Outlook for Someday
Agency: The Church
Director: Luke Bell-Booth

Hmm so things have been pretty flat out lately - The Film challenge is in full swing and we’re slowing down on our big promotional push and focusing on locking down the prizes. We’re also in fundraising mode over time at Connected Media where we are on the hunt for some core funding to keep us alive and doing this awesome work!

I was on Newstalk ZB yesterday talking about the project and we got into the green pages today! (Online here).

I’m also still trucking on with getting the Sad Fish appearing somewhere out and about every weekend! On Saturday I was out Botany ways with Rob and Shani! The east side got to see Red Fish - the response from the public is incredible! Kids of all ages and adults love to see it and feel it and are curious as to what we are doing! Ever since I had my rental van crash I haven’t liked driving with trailers but I got over my fear because I know I’d have to drive a bit for this campaign. Next weekend we’re heading down to Whitianga!

In other news today I filmed what is hopefully my last session with a focus group of young people all about V and the V Republic. It’s heaps of fun to run the session but a nightmare to organize around this busy time (especially with uni students).

At the same time I’m almost finished building a custom CMS to drive the back end of a upcoming online Holocaust Exhibition focused around survivors living in NZ - its called World Upside Down and will be online soon here. Also this work extends to developing and building the Jewish Foundations site. All my work should be showcased on my website - but considering its still in construction this isnt happening right now! Its on my to do list!

I’m almost finished reading Robert Rodriguez’s Rebel Without A Crew and man oh man I’m fired up to make some movies!! I’ve got to get my writing on and get some of my ideas down into plot, treatments and scripts! I’m not much of a writer but its a skill I want to develop especially so I can get some stories together to tell using film! I want to make a couple of no budget digital shorts with friends before I write a good script in which I’ll try and find some money to fund shooting it on film. It’s been so fun reading the book and then watching El Mariachi with the inside knowledge of how he cut corners to get it shot for $7,000! I highly recommend getting the disc out its a great movie with some awesome DVD extras! (including the short film which one numerous festivals before he did el mariachi plus 10 minute film school).

Phew! Just gotta find more hours in the day!

Peace.