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Hide and Seek Poster and trailer

Golly, you leave the blog alone for a couple of months and then two things come rushing in at once… Firstly, we are very proud of the poster drawn up by the artist Bruno Cavellec (more of his art can … Continue reading

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Funding? We don’t want your funding…

Hide and Seek has been made with bags of enthusiasm, oodles of ‘called in’ favours and a number of very generous patrons and small businesses on the Isle of Man. Through the fantastic efforts of our Producer, Debs Gwinnell, we … Continue reading

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Festival trail

As the edit for Hide & Seek moves from the rough cut to the finer, choicer cut under the careful scalpel of the wonderous editor, a filmmaker’s eye slowly turns to the glitz and glamour of Festivals. Now, I’ll hold … Continue reading

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Editing is the most important part of making a short film

Because, despite the efforts of the scriptwriter, or the talents of the Director or the dreams of the Producer, the film is made within the edit suite. Whatever the intentions and the hopes of the cast and crew – they … Continue reading

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An industry professional’s view on Hide & Seek

I’ve been in the film industry for over 10 years, in the production side.   I have worked on over 20 film and television productions brought to the island by Isle of Man Film/CinemaNX but my activity now is in feature development, alongside London-based partners, concentrating … Continue reading

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That’s a wrap

The principal photography was completed on Tuesday evening dead on time – and so the Hide & Seek short film shoot, which took four days and a number of locations, is ‘in the can’. We celebrated the end of the … Continue reading

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First day of shooting on Hide & Seek

And all goes well! Please check out the photo’s of the first day’s crewing activity on the Hide and Seek – Short Film facebooky page – for your ‘like’ and your linklove 🙂 — Ady

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Producing is the most important part of making a short film

Because without the Producer – none of this will ever get off the ground. The Producer is the organiser, the fixer, the negotiator, the one who holds the purse-strings, and she who must be obeyed! Producing a film is a … Continue reading

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Directing is the most important part of making a short film

Directing is the most important part of making a short film because without it there is no clear vision of the end product.  The vision has to be explained well to everyone from the start.  If not people will get … Continue reading

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Writing is the most important part of making a short film

You know I’m right. Writing the script is where it all starts for any film – and particularly a short film. A short film with it’s brief story to tell – the writing has to portray the idea in 10 … Continue reading

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