After Effects

This week I've been on a five day intensive Adobe After Effects course and wow, besides my brain hurting for the amount of information I've been taking in, I'm quite excited about what this new knowledge means. For starters I aim to revisit one of my previous films for a quick bit of extra post production and a clean up on some unwanted elements within the frame. Think George Lucas revisiting 'Star Wars' but on a much cheaper and less ambitious scale. I won't tell you which film I'm working on either in case I totally cock it up. Apart from After Effects I've also had a play around with Premier Pro 6 and decided that it is in fact Final Cut 7 in disguise.

'Cut Loose' Script Reading Coming Up

Just wanted to let you know about something cool coming up.

ScriptReadEast, who provide the opportunity for scriptwriters to have their work read out by actors to a live audience, has selected my comedy road-movie feature script 'Cut Loose' for a reading this Sunday at the Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston. It will be a 60 minute extract with drinks after so come along as it should be a laugh.

Details below so do spread the word.

SUNDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER
The Vortex Jazz Club ( upstairs)
11 Gillett Square  London, Greater London N16 8AZ

http://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/
Doors open : 3pm ( time to grab a drink from the very low priced bar )
3.30pm START
5,30PM END ( but we always like to have a drink or two at The Vortex downstairs after )
£4 entry

'Pretty Things' to be screened at Raindance

I'm pleased to announce that 'Pretty Things' will receive its world premiere in the Official Selection at this year's Raindance Film Festival. 

Thanks to the cast, crew and Timothy Fox Clothing for making this happen.

It's also good news as 'The Last Man On Earth' was also accepted but I had to withdraw it from the festival as it had already had its London premiere. Damn!

For screening times click here.

New Music Video

Just to let you all know that my new music video is now available to view and the EP is released this Monday 10/09/12. It's for the new Groove Noise record label (Part of Tactal Hots Music) and is a Silosonic tune featuring Dennis Wonder. Watch it and enjoy.


 
Silosonic Feat. Dennis Wonder - Set Me Free (2012) from carlo ortu on Vimeo.

'The Last Man on Earth' at DC Shorts

I'm pleased to say that 'The Last Man on Earth' has been accepted as part of the official selection for the DC Shorts Film Festival. Held in Washington DC this will mark the US premiere for the film which will screen in September.

 Thanks and well done to everyone involved.

Every Time I Think Of You

Due to a lack of blogging activity it may come across to some that things have been rather quiet.  This, though, could be further from the truth and the first of a few projects I've been working on to surface is 'Every Time I Think Of You',  which is a drama documentary I directed for the Blue Print Theatre Company. The film was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and will be released on Monday.

To use the official blurb: 'Every Time I Think of You' is a film about 80s Islington, based on interviews with Islington residents and the traders of Chapel Market. It centres on an urban myth, perpetuated by locals, and harks back to a comparatively innocent era - before mobile phones and the Internet changed our lives forever.

For someone who usually writes and directs and is involved in every stage of the filmmaking process it was an interesting (and a lot less stressful) experience to just come in to direct the drama segments of the piece. From what I've seen the film looks great and it is released this Monday 25th June 2012 and is being screened at the Screen on the Green in Islington, London.

Looking In, Looking Out

From 27 June to 5 July, London's Conway Hall will be home to 'Looking In, Looking Out': an innovative series of screenings and events in which modern and classic cinema is examined and enjoyed in a philosophical context.

The festival's aim is to provide a public platform for the promotion of philosophy, using film as a communicative medium, and hopes to highlight the enormous variety of cinematic culture that audiences consume, and the many different means of approaching that culture.

From Casablanca to the films of the Cohen Brothers, via 'Spiderman' and 'The Seventh Seal', the festival will be exploring some of the most powerful ideas and enduring philosophical themes both on and off the screen.

Exploring free will, identity and consciousness; examining how we define beauty, truth and the nature of morality; the talks and panel discussions will unpack the meaning of art, reflect on what philosophy can add to our understanding of the movies, and ultimately ask: what is film for?

And I'm proud to say that as part of the series 'The Last Man on Earth' will be screened on Wednesday 4th July at 6.30pm. How cool is that?

So get yourselves along to stroke your chin and ponder the deeper meanings of some cinematic gems.