Spiderstu's World


The Lack Of Production Is That Guys Fault

So at the moment I'm preparing to go back to uni and get back to it all. I had planned to make a few films over the summer, but there was a ban placed on booking out any equipment which has only just recently been lifted. The ban was put in place because a guy on the course called Dave (not my Housemate) took an xm2 (1500 quids worth of camera!) to a house party that quite a few chavs had decided to invade. Well long story short Dave didn't leave with the camera. The ban pissed me off because the way I looked at it I was being punished for someone else's stupidity.

Anyway all that aside, the ban turned what should have been a summer of film making joy and happiness, into the summer that time forgot. But now that the ban has been lifted I'm going to jump straight back on the film making horse.

Firstly I'm going to spend the next few months making a film called Ezekiel and Me. This is basically a remake/follow up to the film I ended up making for my ten minute film. Technically I wasn't happy with the film and story wise I felt there was more to explore. This was mainly down to it being rushed, but I'm not going to get into that again, you can read the original post about that here.

So now I've started work on a revamp, or as my housemate Dan put it "Your Evil Dead 2 version." I've decided to take a different approach to writing the script, purely as an experiment. I'm going to write out the whole thing as a short story and then adapt it into a screenplay. I'm not sure if this will work, however I've already noticed that it's given me a lot of insight into all the character's mindset that I might not of discovered in the first place.

Anyway here's the first part of that short story that will ultimately become a screenplay. Think of it as the first chapter.

Overhaul

So you may have noticed that the look has changed somewhat. Yeah well I just thought it was about time I decorated. I'd love to say that the reason I haven't posted in ages is because I've been working on the new look, but alas I cannot tell a lie. In reality it took me all of an hour to revamp the look. I shamelessly found a free blogger template I liked, added a few necessities like links and whatnot, changed a few settings on blogger, heat for 40 minutes and tada a brand new look.

But With the new look comes a slight content change also. Going back to what I said before aboot* the lack of posting I have been somewhat lacking in the inspirational department of late. I just don't think my personal life is interesting enough to write about at the moment.

So what can you expect from me now?
Well I've decided the content will now mainly revolve around projects I'm working on be they University related or to do with Well Dirty Films and Mookrog Productions. I'm planning to post exerts from scripts I'm writing, Video diaries charting the progress of particular projects, general updates and anything film related I think may interest the general public. Also you can expect to be able to download web versions of completed films (eventually!)

What Do I expect from you?
Well nothing really, except to bear with me this time and keep reading. However if you want to comment on anything project related please do, Although please keep it constructive. I don't mind if you thought something was shit, just tell me why. One thing I feel I don't get of enough of is brutal honesty when I show a script or film to someone. I'm always looking for people's honest opinions about my work, because they really do help a lot.


So is spiderstu's world is just about your films now?

No I'm still going to post about my life if I feel something worth writing about arises. Unless something inparticular happens posts about my personal life will more than likely be in the form of an overall commentary.

I also realised that I've been blogging for just over three years now. In that time Spiderstu's World has had six different looks, can you believe it! I'll do a post soon looking back over all six eras of Spiderstu's World, I just have to locate them all first.

* This was actually a typo but then it reminded me of South Park the movie so I kept it in based purely on that fact!




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