A1 Website Updated

The last couple of weeks I’ve spent some time re-building the A1 Pictures Website. A1 is the film distribution label of Workshop Productions and its through this company that the Capture Anthologies DVD series I work on is published.
The previous website developed for A1 was built around just Capture Anthologies and themed to match the [...]

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3D Stance

I think this accurately sums up my current feelings towards 3D in film and tv.

I’m not saying we should abandon 3D altogether – there is a place for most things in this world – in 3D’s case its called a theme park.

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Teasing Volume 2

A1’s latest release is nearing completion and is now due for release at the end of May: Capture Anthologies: Volume 2 – Love, Lust and Tragedy. This volume’s films take our viewers on an emotional voyage, we have comedy, romance, true love, lust and plenty of tragedy. Rather than Capture volumes sticking to a single [...]

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Have Faith

Months ago I finished work on a great short film by Bryan Dickinson. Faith was his first film in the writer / director role with a full team behind him and his first professional shoot after working with Workshop Productions on a Script 2 Screen workshop course. Since finishing post production on the film it [...]

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Location, Location, Location Take 3

Myself, and ‘Workshopers’ James Loginov, Amanda Jesson as well as our esteemed MD D.T. Guest recently braved the wilds of Lancaster on a Saturday night and Lancaster University campus to film the latest of our LU: Live undergraduate recruitment films.
Lancaster University is using this series of shorts to showcase various aspects of student life at [...]

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Capture Anthologies Update

Bit of an update on the Capture: Anthologies front, Volume 2: Love, Lust and Tragedy is well into production with 5 great shorts from around the UK. The confirmed list for this volume is:
1. Hard Labour
A 21st Century ‘ménage a trois’ as a Croation nanny seeks to deal with the fact that she is pregnant [...]

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Chamber Viral Trailer

It’s been a long while since I updated my site with news of my exploits in the wonderful world of filmmaking, so here we go!
Big news for Workshop Productions, in December we put together an extensive presentation for our proposed feature film: Chamber. Plans have progressed quickly, and we’re on course to shoot later this [...]

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Capture Volume 1: Trailer

While I’m on a roll, here’s the trailer for Volume 1 of Capture: Fables and Fairytales. The trailer has a selection of shots from the short films, which on this volume include: Mother Mine, The Magic Mile, Happy as Larry to name only a few. Enjoy!

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Bridging the Gap, Workshop Productions Ident

Over at Workshop I’m working on a whole bunch of projects. One of these is a series of idents that will feature with the various projects that Workshop produces. The first one to be developed is for the educational branch of Workshop. ‘Bridging the Gap’ will feature as part of releases for Workshop films – [...]

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Star Trek Premiere

On Monday night I was in London watching the UK premiere of Star Trek at the Empire in Leicester Square. It rocked in every way. This is my first film review so please be kind, also there are very few spoilers. Enjoy!

This is not just a truly great Star Trek film this is a truly [...]

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