Like I said a couple posts ago, we’re working on a “cross-platform strategy” for The Precinct. We’ve gotten a little grant from Film Victoria which is paying for us to meet with my friends at Eskimo Productions, throw around some ideas (i.e. the choose-your-own-adventure stuff I talked about before) and put them down in a…
Cop movie reviewhaus
Here are capsule reviews of ten great/terrible/noteworthy cop movies I’ve watched/had on in the background lately, with helpful guides to which Character Actors You Love (But Can’t Name) are in them. Apologies for vagueness, I mostly have these on in the background while I’m working and may have missed some of the awesome (or some…
“Nu?” Media
The current Precinct news is that we’re going to be sitting down to create a “cross-platform strategy” for the series — a report on how we’d integrate “new media” elements into the show (a tie-in website? games? stuff you can interact with via your mobile device?). This is going to be very interesting because most…
Take me to the pilot
Happy new year! Happy Oshtraya Day! I realised I’ve been lucky enough to work on a lot of animated TV pilots lately, so I thought I’d write a bit about how they’ve worked and what happened with them. When I don’t name names it’s because the work isn’t out in public yet and confidentiality applies….
This blog hijacked for some pimping:
Do you like this video clip? Then you should go to this site: http://www.iinet.net.au/getanimated/ Click on the COMPLETE LIST, locate “THE HAPPIEST BOY” and lodge a nice big THUMBS UP vote for it. You could win a Playstation 3. More importantly, if the clip gets enough votes, “The Happiest Boy” will be shown at the…
Writing The Precinct
The full Precinct series, as currently envisioned, is thirteen 11 minute episodes. These thirteen episodes have been plotted but now need to actually be written. This is what Adam and I have been doing for a while. We have drafts of Episode 1 (“End Game”) and Episode 6 (“Last Drinks”) and are working on Episode…