08 Me, Baby (more…)

My documetary is pretty simple in that it is just exploring the “mystique” of that figure of a lady that appears in so many windows throughout Dublin. Pretty much the entire visual element of my film is in the can, but it’s getting the interviews I want are still proving difficult. Perhaps approaching people as if you’re asking them to take a moment for Concern while wielding nought but a camera phone is where I’m going wrong. This week the plan of attack is to take along my EX1, just for show…

And what to expect visually? Here’s what I’ve been working with so far…

I have also managed to update and edit a lot of the public Google Map that I discovered people had been updating with “Lady sightings”. Now that we’ve street view, she might be even easier to find!
View The women in the windows in a larger map

Our first post… going good so far. We are closing in on the shoot of “9 Pounds, 7 Ounces (and 12 Stone)”. Pre-production could not have gone much better; all locations locked down, props, set design and costumes obtained, VIVAZ mastered… yep we’re good, but we still have to sort out our actors/most of them.

We’re having a lot of fun with the Sony Ericsson VIVAZ, brilliant quality and ease of use. The sound and video quality is crystal clear… our verdict; Great phone, camera and mp4 all in the the one stylish little package.

We don’t want to give away too much about our short comedy, only that we find ourselves still laughing at it and we’ve been working on it for the last few weeks. It’s full of visual gags and generally weird jokes, really fun to work on, bouncing ideas back and forward.

We’ll be keeping you updated on our production as it progresses. We hope you’ll love the final product.

Watch this Space!

Shane and Anthony

We’re delighted to announce the competition winners of this year’s Darklight movie-making challenge ‘Free Your Film’ run in association with Sony Ericsson.

We received a huge response to our competition, and the standard of entries was extremely high. After much deliberation we decided to increase the number of budgets awarded, – instead of awarding 3 projects budget to produce a short – we’re funding 4 shorts films, providing them with €3000 each! A very big Congratulations to the winners: Carmel Callan, David Freyne, Jessie Ward, Shane Maher & Anthony Fitzsimons. The films will be screened as part of Darklight Festival, on the 28th October 2010 at the Darklight Festival launch Party in the Grand Social.

Hi All,

The competition deadline for Free Your Film is fast approaching. There is just one week left, you have until midnight 23 August to submit your ideas for short films for the chance to win a budget of €3,000 to make your film.

All the information you need is here: darklight.ie/freeyourfilm. Any questions / queries should be sent to free your film at darklight dot ie.

Best of Luck!

Darklight and Sony Ericson have just launched a collaborative competition to find 3 aspiring filmmakers. We’re offering a budget of €3000 to make your short film, which will then be premiered on the opening night of the Darklight Film Festival. The films will also be given additional exposure by Darklight and Sony Ericsson. Free Your Film Competition would like to thank our fav babe Sarah Bolger who dropped by the IFI today to kickstart our unique short film competition. In real style!

Click here for more info and how to enter.