For Kriv and I, the trailer was the key element of the publicity materials for “Lucky Country” – it was the one tool we had that would have the broadest reach. More importantly, it was the first point of contact that most of our audience would have with the film – so we knew we [...]
Brimstone and Treacle
Dennis Potter at his macabre and mischievous best. Unfortunately it also stars Sting, who’s largely crap, but the story is still superb.
The complete original teleplay (before Sting got in on the act) is on YouTube, from the BBC ‘Play for Today’ series, which I was hooked on as a kid.
The tale is inspired [...]
Kriv I first worked together on the micro budget feature, “Boxing Day” in 2006. The partnership was initially an arranged marriage by Katrina Sedgwick, the Director of the Adelaide Film Festival. And like the best buddy movies, we overcame our differences for the common goal of making the film and a beautiful relationship was formed.
This [...]
Writing a screenplay is a little like trying to draw a portrait on a balloon while you’re blowing it up.
You need to be in a number of places at once: firmly in the hearts and minds of characters, technically attuned to the moment and the way a scene or exchange is running, and casting a [...]
The EzyRig transfers a lot of the weight of the camera off the shoulder and on to the hips reducing the fatigue factor and allowing you to operate the camera much more easily, especially when the camera is in an awkward position. For example when you are shooting from hip level. Check out this clip [...]
‘For this to me is what New Australia means…To the landless, the homeless, for those who long to be true…’
These are the opening lines of the film, spoken by Tom as he reads from a pamphlet his father wants him to memorise. They are the words of William Lane, a utopian journalist writing mainly in [...]
Pip Miller, who plays Henry, talks about the location and the chance of going fishing.