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.