Phil Peel

This list from No Film School is much more diverse than the list of camera’s used by this year’s Oscar-nominees. The Oscars might’ve been completely dominated by the ARRI ALEXA and ARRIFLEX, without even a mention of a RED camera, but Sundance had quite an array of cinema cameras and DSLRs, film and digital cams, ARRI, Canon, Panasonic, and yes, even RED. In fact, the EPIC and the SCARLET were used by quite a number of filmmakers. One brand that didn’t show up on the list: Blackmagic.

• ARRI ALEXA
• Canon XH A1
• Canon 5D Mark II
• Canon 5D Mark III
• Canon 7D
• Canon C300
• Canon T2I
• iPhone
• GoPro
• Panasonic AF 100
• Panasonic HVX200 w/ Letus 35mm adaptor
• Panavision Genesis
• RED EPIC
• RED SCARLET
• Sony F3
• Sony F5

Here’s  the rest of the article from   No Film School

by Mynette Louise   ( Mynette serves as an advisor to IFP, the Sundance Institute, and A3 Asian American Artists Foundation, and has been a consultant for international sales agent Visit Films.)

Here’s a few off her list

Fast writer
Adaptive
Editing experience
Vast knowledge of film
Technically adept
Appreciative

“Not every director is suited for low-budget indie filmmaking, and that’s OK if you’re Terrence Malick or David Fincher. But chances are, you’re not…or not yet, anyway. I get a fair number of calls from biggish directors and producers who are having trouble raising money for their films and want to explore how to make them on the super-cheap. I’ve entertained some of these requests, collecting funny anecdotes along the way, like the director who wanted to fly in stars from another country and rent large trailers for them, but forego unions and production insurance…

Here’s the rest  http://www.ifp.org/resources/12-key-traits-of-the-indie-friendly-director#.UtbnG6hFAiE

Not what the film industry thinks,  according to Colin Brown’s article.  A fascinating view which compares sports and film production.. and even mentions the Executive Chairman of my local football club Southampton. (who ironically has just resigned)

Colin says…. A costly obsession with conventional star performers has blinded both industries to what really makes teams tick. To borrow both baseball and cinema parlance, it all comes down to finding those players who can truly “produce”. say much the same about the film business.
But could it be that investors would see more immediate benefits by evaluating producers in the way they already score actors and directors? In sports, this would be akin to betting on the team’s management, as well as on the coach and players. Those who doubt the wisdom of that approach need only look at British soccer where one of this season’s over-performers, Southampton FC, owes that unexpected success as much to its highly focused executive chairman as it does to those he has hired to bolster the performances on the ball-field.

Here’s the link      http://info.slated.com/thinking-in-teams/

btw 50Kisses premiere is on Feb 13th 2014

I’ve just heard that our short film “LOVE” has been chosen as one of the films that will be FULLY featured in the 50 Kisses Feature Film to be premiered in London on 13th Feb.  Well done writer Rob Burke, crew Deanna and Terry, actors Holly , Lula,  Melody and my son Mike who  colour graded & sharpened my editing.

Here’s the official announcement..

I am delighted to announce that we have locked the 50 Kisses feature film – and it’s running to 90 minutes almost to the second!

The team and our post production volunteers have been working through the holidays to overcome some technical challenges and get the film finished in time for the premiere.

And we have had to make some very tough choices too, over which films to include in their entirety.

As we said in our last update, ALL the films submitted to ’50 Kisses’ will be featured in some way in the final edit with 25 films being featured in their entirety.

Congratulations to ALL the film makers who submitted – we look forward to seeing you ALL at the premiere, in posh frocks and black tie, along with friends and family.

NOTE: EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND THE PREMIERE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A FILMMAKER OR WRITER TO ATTEND     13th Feb 2013

As well as the film screening, we will be presenting our artistic and technical awards too. All the films and filmmakers chosen to feature in the film will be in with a chance.

The categories the film has been nominated for are…

▪ Best performance

▪ Best production design

▪ Best cinematography

▪ Best editing

▪ Best sound

▪ Best music

▪ Best director

▪ Best film (main award and iPad winner)

▪ Guerilla Film Award

…and here’s the full list of 25 films

▪ Last Chance by Mirror Image, written by Nick Grills

▪ Nothing Ventured by Giant B, written by Nina Haerland

▪ Other People’s Kisses by Simon Forster, written by Gabriella Apicella

▪ Enough by Puzzle Pictures, written by Kirsty McConnell

▪ Smasheroo by Sweet Home Films, written by James Howard

▪ That Good Night by Team Solution, written by Kenneth J Kemm

▪ Beryl by Capitol City, written by Sarah Page

▪ Practice Makes Perfect by Team Station, written by Mark Pallis

▪ Dream Date by Makelight Productions, written by Anne-Marie Draycott & Charity Trimm

▪ You Used to Bring Me Flowers by Open All Hours Media, written by Jo Buckman

▪ Colton’s Big Night by Sun Rock Productions, written by Nathan Gower

▪ Romantic Hideaway by Team Scribble, written by Kulvinder Gill

▪ Never Forget by Black Toffee / SnapperPunchFish Productions, written by Peter Carruthers

▪ Love by Grindstone Films, written by Rob Burke

▪ Neil by Anil Rao, written by Nigel Karikari

▪ First / Last by Cut to Productions, written by Stephen O’Brien

▪ Unbearable by Darkwood Films, written by Nick Luddington

▪ Neil by Storydigital, written by Nigel Karikari

▪ The Last Supper by James Cookson, written by Richard Green

▪ The Moment by A Silver Bullet, written by Stephen Cooper

▪ Getting Ahead of Yourself by Uncle Susan Films, written by John Thornton

▪ Priceless by UNEZEYES Productions, written by Nathan Gower

▪ Red Light by Good Shout, written by Ryan La Via

▪ Lonely Heart by Good Shout, written by Mark Jones

▪ A Kiss Goodbye by Under Your Hat Productions, written by Tina Lowe