There has always been something in old films and in a lot of visual mediums which has confused me, No not how certain actors get work but what makes someone visually ‘cool’. The term cool is a vague one and there are different levels of cool and to be honest everyone seems to know what Read More …
So My main goal in my film making career is to be taken seriously as a fine art film-maker or to successfully have a film I have directed in a legitimate cinema and in wanting that it is important to keep discussing film. The main aspect of my Fine art exploration is abstract film and Read More …
When you get discussing film there are three lanes you can go down when discussing thier production, usually if you’re talking to people who aren’t making films it will begin with the visuals, and the acting and the colours and the focus, everything which they have seen through thier eye holes and everything they think Read More …
I often wonder where directors get some of the actors they do, for instance where do you go when you need a really obese actor for a plot point or someone disabled, it’s not the kind of situation where you can approach people in the street and say “hey! I love your wheelchair could I Read More …
Do you ever get that feeling that what you have created, what you have been working on a long time doesn’t reflect your initial intentions any more? Well, You may not have and I haven’t before but this week I experienced this feeling with an overwhelming sense of dread recently. As some of you know Read More …
How to choose a blog topic, go to IMDB look at the front page and throw up. Welcome back to Yelling at Concrete, “Universal and Montecito Picture Co. are hoping to develop a doozy of a follow-up to the 1988 hit comedy that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito that would reunite the two stars. Read More …
So for Christmas I decided as usual to buy my Father DVDs: it’s an easy filler gift and he enjoys films which he hasn’t seen which challenge him, though he does watch some absolute tack as he enjoys a good action film, like most Dads. So I bought him a fair few but the one Read More …
Howard the Duck is widely revered as one of the worst films ever made, I agree with this sentiment, it stands up there with the likes of Dare Devil being one of the worst comic book films ever made, and Gigli thought Gigli I have never seen unlike the others. So why have I seen Read More …
Yellingatconcrete, A few months ago I promoted a video I was working on called 100 reasons to live, in which I asked you the fine readers and trawlers of YouTube fodder to submit video responses in 10 second shorts suggesting one simple reason of why it’s worth sticking around in this world, on december the Read More …
For some writing a weekly diatribe about a chosen subject can be a chore and admittedly some weeks I do sit down rather less enthused about this post than I should, however each week I am reminded of just why I really enjoy writing these little side tracks. And that is that it forces me Read More …
Sleep is very important, more so than most think especially when your trying to get things done, Yeah I’m aware that sounds silly. Need to get things done? go to sleep! But the truth is sleep is a process which helps your brain recover from thinking, if you’re trying to get something done such as Read More …
This industry, this entire industry is based upon who, you, know. It’s not based upon how good your work is, your work ethic, or even where you come from ( though that does help with the initial point of this post) The sad fact is the best way to succeed within this world of creative Read More …
It has been a very long time since I have missed a blog day and as you may notice this is not coming on my usual day but on a later on and I blame CHRISTMAS for messing up my perception of the week, never the less the is my blog for this week and Read More …
