That is to say, reflecting on the film itself. The film went live on Netflix a month ago, and since then I’ve had more viewer feedback than I had in the previous two years combined. I find it very touching, and up to this point I’ve tried to reply to every message and most of the tweets, but it’s getting difficult to keep up and work on the new film, so I figured I’d put out a blog post that covers all of the usual talking points, plus a little bit...
Read More »Wow, what a weekend. I got into Breda for my third Redhead Day around 4 on Friday and ran to the cinema to drop off the BluRay. Then I met Francis Viel, a French radio journalist in town to do a piece on the festival. Francis will look familiar to anyone who has seen the film, he’s the Frenchman I randomly stopped in the park. I always loved that I made a feature length film in Scotland and the only guy wearing a kilt was from France. (He was on his way to a wedding.)...
Read More »I was looking through my old hard drive today and I came across a file I meant to share ages ago, but in the hustle of finishing the film last year I some how forgot. While editing the film, I had to make many difficult decisions. Thankfully Ben was there to help me out with an objective view point. Towards the end of the edit, on what was my last day with Ben, he said “There’s one other thing.” He wanted to delete a specific sequence from the film. It...
Read More »The last six months has been pretty incredible; I’ve attended screenings in eleven cities across North America, and each one was an absolute joy. I wanted to take my camera and film some of the post screening chat at all of them, but it just wasn’t possible. I was able to get some stuff shot after the main Toronto screening, and I’ve put it together in a ten minute YouTube clip. So if you’ve wondered what it was like for me to attend these screenings...
Read More »The toughest part of making a film is killing your darlings: deleting the scenes you love because you know that you don’t actually need them. The great thing about making films in the 21st century is that your darlings get to live again on YouTube. Today I brought one of my favourite darlings back to life, and I’d like to share it with you. Originally Being Ginger was a short film that I made as a grad student at The University of Edinburgh. It was 23 minutes...
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