Congrats to Brian Fortune for being nominated for Best Actor for his role in Gemma? in the upcoming Underground Cinema Awards which take place on Saturday 18th of September. Really well deserved.
Few upcoming screenings:
4th September: International Film Festival Ireland in Clonmel
16th-17th September: Underground Cinema Film Festival
1st-5th November: International Film Festival South Africa
“Gemma?” was handed over in person by the executive producer to meet the deadline for Fastnet Film Festival yesterday.
What a super fast turnaround, I only decided I’d make it after receiving an email from Fastnet saying they had extended the deadline by a month on the 24th of February.
Heres a quick timeline of events
24th Feb: I made a few calls and sent a few emails, luckily Donogh MacCarthy-Morrogh liked the script and Stormlight would produce it.
Brian Fortune was cast in the lead role.
4th of March: Donogh met with Amanda Ferriter and she came on board as producer.
Amanda crews up
13th of March: I met with Amanda for the first time. The remainder of the cast were eh cast. Looked at some locations and finalised them.
Had issues with one location as couldn’t shoot in Park during the weekends. Alternative found.
20/21 March: Production begins.
22 March: Kevin Dwane and I begin edit
24 March: Picture lock
25 March: Picture grade and sound design begin
29 March: Conor Barron delivers sound design, Okayed and sent to UK for mastering.
30 March: Receive master and put all together. Result! Few technical issues mean we don’t make the evenings post.
31 March: Donogh delivers to Schull
Just goes to prove if you set deadlines and stick to them what you can achieve.
Big thank you to everyone involved, it was a pleasure to work with you all.
The two day shoot for “Gemma?” starts on Saturday. Everything has come together really well these past few weeks.
All crewed up and cast and locations sorted, or well we thought we had locations sorted until we were told we can’t film in Fitzgearld Park on Saturday or Sunday. That’s not very good when we can only shoot on Saturday and Sunday.
and we shoot in two weeks!
It is being Produced by Stormlight
more later…
The film night went down great to finish off the Open studio at the Glebe House in style. Everyone in attendance seemed to enjoy the films on show and a nice relaxed setting.
The Line up was
Penny dir by Paddy O’Shea
Unbearable dir by Ed Godsell
Turn dir by Kevin O’Neill
The Wrong Turn dir by Donogh MacCarthy-Morrogh
The follow a brief intermission the show continued with
The Lump dir by Ed Godsell
A Trailer to Donogh’s upcoming short Daughters of Rome
My Ball dir by Kevin O’Neill
Mullet dir by Ed Godsell
Without doubt Mullet gained the most laughs of the night and gathering went home with smiles on their faces.
My films along with films by other local filmmakers will be screened at the Glebe Country House on the 21st of November.
Glebe Art Studios opens on the 15th of November with bronze cast demonstration, fire jugglers and live music.
The art work of local Artists will be on display and the Studio will be open daily and the event will close with the film screenings.
Glebe Art Studio
News: My next short will be going into pre-production very shortly. Watch this pace!
With the mystery of who is behind the film board youtube parody continues, filmmakersnetwork.ie has come up with these t-shirts.
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