What happened to September ...

 Updates on my pending projects ... 

I Predict A Riot... 
I'm in research mode! 
Working on the Synopsis. 


The Acid House...
Working on the treatment

Notes on events and networking ... 

I attended AFTRS Open Program weekend seminar,  Low Budget Features: Why, How & What Not To Do!

Learnt alot from Tait Brady and Jon Hewitt! Completely convinced to work on a low budget feature ASAP!

Feature Films I watched and raved on about to others... 
Balibo
The Boy
The Orphange
Sin Nombre
Malcolm X  (again!)
Higher Learning (another repeat!)


Feature Films I watched and thought hmmm I'm not sure about that one... 
Gomorrah


TV Shows I raved about to others... 
Weeds - so addicted! 
30 Rock 

Books I read ... 
 Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants to Do This--: True Stories from a Life in the Screen Trade By Bruce Beresford
The Autograph Man by Zadie (well, technically I have only read the first 50 page so far ...)

Music I added to my Iphone ... 

Peter Pan by Jinja Safari
Addicted by Bliss N Eso
Love the Way You Lie by Eminem & Rhianna
Undisclosed Desires by Muse

Blogs or Websites that I discovered  ... 

Whilst looking into film festivals I came across
Belinale Film Festival Entry Requirements : http://www.berlinale.de/en/service/_filmanmeldung/allgemeine_richtlinien/01_Allgemeines_Reglement_1.html


European Film Market Entry Requirements: http://www.efm-berlinale.de/en/films/film-entry/film_entry/film-entry.php


I also heard about a book written by Paul Battista about independent film producer's in America.
Paul Battista's legal blog: http://mindfusion.wordpress.com/


I purchased my tickets to Fringe SPAA so I also checked out:
 http://www.spaa.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=13


I had a meeting with a Director who recommended a DOP to me:
John Biggins Website: http://www.johnbiggins.tv/drama.html


I started producing a short film, so I reviewed the current MEAA award rates on their website: http://www.alliance.org.au/


I checked out some funding programs: 
Australian Writers Guild Pathways Feature Film Program
http://www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=310:path-short&catid=62:path-short&Itemid=451


Australian Writers Guild Script Assesment Program
http://www.awg.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=77






http://www.afma.com/




http://www.filmmaking.net/faq/answers/faq178.asp


http://www.scriptsanctuary.co.uk


http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/


http://www.scriptfactory.co.uk/go/Resources/Article_37.html

http://shootingpeople.org/promo/SFACT01

http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp37.Proper.Treatment.html

Places I indulged in... 

ECQ Bar, Circular Quay

Went for a friend's birthday drinks. We shared an antipasto platter & a tapas platter (which should probably have been called a dips platter because that's what it was, haha)


The Wine Library, Woollahra
Went for my own birthday drinks. Love this place but probably more suits a first date then a birthday drinks with 15 friends. Tiny, tiny, tiny but well worth the visit. 


The Beresford Hotel, Surry Hills
Attended for a friend's birthday drinks. Lovely beer garden. 

Buy stuff I recommend: