Answer: One hell of a story!
I guess you are wondering what I am making obtuse reference to. Well, let me give you a quick glimpse into the circus tent that has circled my life for the past 9 months...
Sometime around July of 2010 I made a critical mistake. After attending the Opening Night of a much lauded Australian film festival, and having been exposed to an undercooked and over-funded debut feature film, I did my usual loud-mouthing about the state of the Australian film industry. In fact I believe my exact words were: "If the filmmakers had gone out on their own and made that film for zero-budget I would have applauded. But to create such drivel when you have financial, industry and government support is an f****n joke".
I then went on to voice these silly words: "Even I could make a better film than that for no-budget".
To which my ever-suffering wife replied "Then do it. Stop talking about it and do it".
And so I did.
What followed was the most amazing and obstacle-ridden experience of my life so far. As a working DOP I have forged through many an horrendous shoot and been exposed to the good and bad of people and places all around the globe. But there is nothing that could have set me up for endeavouring to create our first no-budget feature film.
Check out www.boundbyblue.com for the day-by-crazy-day account of 2 dreamers and their White Whale of a film.
Here are a few teaser stills from the shoot:
