Giant bird ahoy!

Here's a link info about to Roadkill, the Syfy Channel creature feature that I edited for Johannes Roberts (Director of F: out soon on DVD). The film will be finally finished this week when the sound mix is done.

http://rhitv.com/in-production/roadkill

There's no business like snow business.

Here's a picture of The Colonel's Shedit® covered in a rosemantic blanket of snow. Awwww sweet.

However I am not in my Shedit® at the moment because I am cutting a feature film in Glasgow amidst the snow and slush and Scotch and stuff. More details later, edit pickers.

Crossing Salween didn't win the best Irish short film gong at the Cork Film Festival recently but it was one of only two shorts which got a special mention. The film was praised for its narrative ambition and flair. The other film that was singled out was David O'Reilly's The External World to which the Colonel gives 5 stars, and insists that you go check it out if you can. I saw lots of great shorts at the festival, including Thomas Hefferon's The Pool, Domhnall Gleeson's Noreen and Shoe by Nick Kelly. Have a look at
http://www.corkfilmfest.org/

There's going to be a screening of Charlie Casanova at the Sugar Club on Monday 6th December. Sadly I'll miss it because I'll still be in Glasgow. Have a look at the film's Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CHARLIE-CASANOVA-THE-MOVIE/294033936394

Greetings, my public!

It's been a while since my last post due to me being very busy and also because I kept forgetting to log on and blog on. But there's lot of news to push out the pipeline of breaking news. The premiere of Crossing Salween (directed by Brian O'Malley and produced by Gary Moore at Red Rage Films) will be on Saturday 13th November at 4pm at the 55th International Film Festival which is very exciting as I haven't seen the final grade and sound mix. The film is very topical as it is about the dangers a young Karen girl experiences due to the severe persecution of her people by the Burmese military regime.

The UK premiere of a 12 minute film I edited in the wilds of County Sligo called For Peace Comes Dropping Slow will be at the Northern Ireland Foyle Film Festival on the 26th of November. It was directed by artist Lisa Vandegrift Davala and is inspired by the poetry of W. B. Yeats.

For Peace Comes Dropping Slow

I have just finished editing the 'creature feature' called Roadkill for the Syfy Channel: it is in the stages of adding CGI, visual effects and sound design. It was directed by Johannes Roberts whose film F was on release in the UK recently - have a look at http://www.gatlin-pictures.com/ - the producer of Roadkill was Adrian Sturges and the post production & animation was done at Windmill Lane in Dublin.

The Colonel's Cottage de Montage

Here's a picture of my edit shed, otherwise known as a shedit, where I edited Charlie Casanova and Crossing Salween. I'll post pictures of the inside when it's been tidied up, whenever that will be...

Run for the hills!

Following on from the last post (buried with full military honours) I was lucky enough to be selected to be the editor of a feature length TV supernatural horror movie which started shooting this week. It is called 'Roadkill' and is being produced for RHI Entertainment US http://rhitv.com/ - the film will be premiered on the SyFy Channel sometime next year. This is really exciting as 1. it's my break into long form drama work 2. it'll feature really cool CGI animation of a huge pissed off mythical bird creature 3. there'll be lotsa gore and 4. the cast are very attractive. Before they become mythical bird creature snacks, that is. The film is being shot, edited and post produced in Ireland and I'll be on board until early November (it says here) - the production company in Dublin is Hubble (Parallel) Films and Windmill Lane will be doing the post production and animation. I got the first day's rushes today and did an assembly of two scenes, one featuring the scariest fortune teller I've ever seen.

Forward in all directions!

A recap of a busy summer: I spent April and May at home cutting the feature film Charlie Casanova (written, directed and produced by Terry McMahon). Set in contemporary Dublin, it's about a charming yet dangerously manipulative character and the havoc he wreaks on his friends' lives as his character becomes more and more out of control. It's being graded at the moment prior to the finished titles being added so it'll be ready for viewing in a few week's time. I'll be cutting trailers for the film next week.

I also cut a short 20 minute film written and directed by Brian O'Malley and produced by Gary Moore at Red Rage Films Dublin. The film was funded by the Irish Film Board and was shot on location in Thailand. It is set among the Karen people of Northern Burma who have suffered persecution by the Burmese military regime for decades and it features an amazing performance by a very young girl called Mai in the central role. It is about to go into grading and sound mix in the next month.