Monthly Archives May 2009

Three Colours - Rhythm

WARNING – this post has no charm. It’s about as fun as reading a 1994 state government white-paper on commercial shipping regulations in the Bass Strait. —- The cool thing about writing is that you do it however you want, and through years of doing things in your own way, you start to developing techniques peculiar [...] Read More…

Cancer Comedy

I found out this week that Diagnosis won the film category of the 2009 Cancer Council Art Awards. It’s kinda perfect because the thousand-dollar prize will get me up to to North Queensland to visit my dad who inspired the film through his diagnosis and ongoing toe-to-toe bout with the little cunt, cancer. And I’m also very [...] Read More…

Cut the Second Draft Paste

When writing a second-draft screenplay it‘s simultaneously terrifying and comforting to remember that there’s always a better idea. The things you came-up with in your first draft may make you want to piss yourself with pride, but in most cases better ideas lie in waiting – finding them is the hard part, and it’s what [...] Read More…

Haven’t done Cannes. Haven’t done Sundance. Dungog.

I recieved word this week that Diagnosis got into Dungog Film Festival (which now holds the mantle as the largest screening of Australian short films in the country - 101 films as opposed to St Kilda Film Festival’s 100). I’m stoked because I attended last year’s festival with my girlfriend and we had a great [...] Read More…