Tuesday 8 January 2008

Obviously, my New Year's resolution is...

... to not neglect my blog. Bad timing has resulted in intense periods of work (both writing and day job) interspersed with intense periods of Christmas holidays (where I had a much needed break), which have both combined to keep me from these pages. No more, dear reader (singular)... er, if you're still there. Hello!


Exciting developments have occurred in the first week of the year. My short film 'Lent', which has been in the can for some months, but needed a sound problem to be fixed, is finally on it's journey toward the screen. The producer, the wonderful Ricci-Lee Berry, is completing the distribution funding application for Screen South, and preparing the submissions to five international festivals to start with. I'm very excited, and hoping that we get into all of them!! Time will tell.

I've had a meeting in the last week about the feature project, with the director-producer Mark Jay of Full On Pictures. We discussed directions for the second draft. We're still awaiting feedback from the interested parties that were sent the script at the end of last year, but we weren't expecting much yet because of Christmas holidays. The responses that we have got are overwhelmingly positive, which is great, obviously. And Mark and I, having got some distance from the material after an intensive period of development, are still really loving this draft. More details on this anon.

Tonight, I have a meet with another director to discuss a new draft of a short screenplay we're working on, which we're hoping to be filming early this year. Again, I'll keep you posted.

It's great to be busy. Hope you are too. Happy New Year!

3 comments:

Jason Arnopp said...

Hooray, you're back! Happy New Year to you too.

Do NOT leave us alone for so long, next time. We start to go a little craaazy.

Piers said...

And then the knives come out. And we wouldn't want that, would we Mister Stabby?

[glint][glint]

What's that, Mister Stabby?

[glint][glint]

But Stuart has been such a good friend to us! We couldn't possibly cut his throat from ear to ear and jet a glorious geyser of incarnadine cross the room!

[GLINT!]

No, Mister Stabby. Not this time. I must insist.

[glint]

I think I've talked him round. But he says you mustn't be away for so long again, or he might get upset.

Stuart Perry said...

Oh, how I've missed you guys. Happy new year to you both (and to Mister Stabby). I promise not to go away again - you're crazy enough aas it is!