The first few films are now up on the Film Challenge Site currently on YouTube but I may move them off there if I can find a flash streaming server for the CMS I use.

We have posted a short review of the event and of each film on the website. five minute film We Will attempt to put the some of the videos that have been cleared for the web and will be creating a DVD when we have transferred all the films.

Well the film show went off alright despite a few last minute technical hitches. We had 10 films from 6 creators and good fun was had by all. We have enjoyed the experience so much we are going to do it again next year, so the second Annual Five Minute Film challenge starts now, you have been warned. I will probably try and book the before ( Read more... )

Due to the venue forteh film festival being taken over, closed down and turned into a night club, we will now be hosting the film festival at the Best western Falstaff hotel in Leamington Spa. Nothing like a last minte drama eh :-)

The dates and times remain the same, the 7th of October at 7-30 pm

OK Film Festival Fun is on October the 7th at 8.00pm or there abouts ( Read more... )

This is very work related so feel free not to read.

Blackboard, the current market leader in Education Sector learning management systems or VLEs has had a patent granted on a number of key features of the Virtual Learning Environment. This has incensed the education community who do no want to see the sector dominated by a single provider who in my ( Read more... )

At an LRP event I was doing a little bit of filming for my own pleasure and some suggested that I should get permission from everyone in the room before doing so. There was also a discussion on the forums about permission regarding photographs, which set me thinking.

I am pretty sure you do not need permission to take photographs or film of a person ( Read more... )

Well me and Anne went out props buying, getting some lovely bits and bobs for Parallax Indemnity and scouting ot some furniture for Art. On Sunday Anne's friend came up from London to help us shoot the Parallax Indemnity and great fun was had by cast and Crew. All good fun. So One film is shot and into post production, a few more to go

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I am not one for conspiracy theories, but I would suggest that Hezbollah would have known how Isreal would repsond. It is entirely predictable and follows recent events. This act must therefore be seen as a direct provocation in order to get the repsonse it did. In that respect I think Isreal has played right into Hezbollahs hands. But the ( Read more... )

I have put several casting notices on the film site 
http://www.barrettyman.co.uk/5minutefilm/

let me know if you are interested or would like to see the script.