Short post today. You may recall in the last post that I'd had a, shall we say, negative review, but one review is not a consensus. Two however is getting on for one. Three, well, you get the idea...
Okay, so I have now had the opinion of the professionals.
The consensus is that as a first effort Little Things was quite the undertaking, that said, when stacked up against a more professional piece of work, it doesn't compare. Film festivals would not be an option.
AND Ireland were beaten by France in the 6 Nations at the weekend!
Despite these seemingly negative events I am in a pretty good state of mind (apart from the rugby thing, I'm still pretty morose about that one). First of all, I have not had any illusions shattered. I am acutely of all of Little Things' flaws. I did fuck all but look at footage from it for months! I have seen every single flaw, from every single angle. I didn't need feedback to tell me that Little Things was awesome. I just needed perspective.
So now I have perspective. Little Things is and always will be something I am immensely proud of. Whatever I do film-wise from this point on would not have been possible without Little Things. And yes, it's dialogue heavy, visually a bit static and low in production value, but fuck it, so was Clerks and Kevin Smith's done alright for himself.
So what is next for Little Things. Well first up I'm hoping to get a viewing together for cast, crew, friends, well wishers etc. After that, it'll go online and you all will get the chance to give me your thoughts. Then its on to the next project. I've got two short scripts in the works, horror mockumentary and surreal dream, one or both of which I want to get done in 2011. And done better.
On a final note and keeping with the title of this post. I have checked out my stats from Google and I'm getting hits on this site from Ireland and the UK as I would expect, but also, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Poland, South Korea and Germany, a huge amount of page views from the USA and bizarrely a huge amount of page views in Russia. I can only conclude one of three things...
Okay, so I have now had the opinion of the professionals.
The consensus is that as a first effort Little Things was quite the undertaking, that said, when stacked up against a more professional piece of work, it doesn't compare. Film festivals would not be an option.
AND Ireland were beaten by France in the 6 Nations at the weekend!
Despite these seemingly negative events I am in a pretty good state of mind (apart from the rugby thing, I'm still pretty morose about that one). First of all, I have not had any illusions shattered. I am acutely of all of Little Things' flaws. I did fuck all but look at footage from it for months! I have seen every single flaw, from every single angle. I didn't need feedback to tell me that Little Things was awesome. I just needed perspective.
So now I have perspective. Little Things is and always will be something I am immensely proud of. Whatever I do film-wise from this point on would not have been possible without Little Things. And yes, it's dialogue heavy, visually a bit static and low in production value, but fuck it, so was Clerks and Kevin Smith's done alright for himself.
So what is next for Little Things. Well first up I'm hoping to get a viewing together for cast, crew, friends, well wishers etc. After that, it'll go online and you all will get the chance to give me your thoughts. Then its on to the next project. I've got two short scripts in the works, horror mockumentary and surreal dream, one or both of which I want to get done in 2011. And done better.
On a final note and keeping with the title of this post. I have checked out my stats from Google and I'm getting hits on this site from Ireland and the UK as I would expect, but also, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Poland, South Korea and Germany, a huge amount of page views from the USA and bizarrely a huge amount of page views in Russia. I can only conclude one of three things...
- Word of the bollocks that I talk has transcended language and spread across the globe
- People from my past have ended up in far flung locations
- My surname 'Moynihan' is coincidentally the Russian for 'Blow-job'
Each of these possibilities are equally cool so if you happen to be reading this please leave a comment telling me who you are, where you are and what brings you to my blog.
I wait with baited breath.
Hi Mark, I'm in Sussex and you follow me because you follow my husband so I followed you and we all made short films at the same time... your film sounds awesome, I hope I get to see it someday!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there are events all over like the one Chris runs in Brighton, without the snobbery, elitism or agenda you might find in a festival, so I'm sure your hard work will find the appreciative audience it deserves. Good luck!
what a nice comment, thank you
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