A busy year of filming

2005 It's a Wonderful Library, Jenni's Angels' first effort for the 48 hour film competition. (7 minutes long) 2006 Monster Hunter IV - Jenni's Angels' second entry in the 48 (6:30) Teach Him a Lesson - a 4 person short for the Moviefest competition (5 mins) Life Lesson 12 - a teacher / student short for the Moviefest competition (5 mins) With Mighty Power - Jenni's Angels' short for the Moviefest competition (5 mins) Ephemeral - a pretentious art film shot with some Jenni's Angels peeps (2:30ish) So You're Getting Married - a short instructional film made for Erik's stag night (11 mins) Missing - a Lee production, written by and starring Lee. Looks to be about 10 minutes long. 2007 Horror Film - shot for fun, editing now. Will probably end up close to 40 mins. As you may have guessed, Debbie and I have been busy beavers, and have learnt a lot about making short films amateur style in the past year and a half. It's a really nice feeling to have been busy and productive, to have a good number of projects that I'm really quite proud of, and to have learnt from each and every experience. Will 2007 be as busy as 2006? It seems probable. We already have another horror film idea mapped out, have discussed an idea for an ongoing series of shorts, and will want to enter both the 48 and Moviefest again (despite there being a few glitches in Moviefest, it's still a great motivator, and hell, we got 3rd in the country in our category this year. Hooray for small fields of competition!). One of the things I love about making short movies is that it's a project that many people contribute to, and which produces a clear and lasting product. I am very comfortable with being proud of both my own work and the work of others, so it's awesome to be able to kick back and watch a DVD of our movies, or share them with others. I'm even getting over the cringe factor of seeing my performances as an 'actor' - I can watch 'It's a Wonderful Library' quite happily. So yes, I really like making short movies, and it's highly likely that I will continue to do so in 2007. It's a bit of a rekindled passion - having made goofy short movies in high school and early university days, then drifted away from it for a few years. I'm very happy that Jenni set her mind on the 48 and assembled such an awesome team - it's a damn good thing to be mucking around with video cameras again :)