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Finally, what advice would you give to somebody aspiring to break into the movie industry? Where's the best place to start and do the rewards match the amount of work involved?
My advice is that film school is unnecessary. Save your money and buy a camera. Or rent a camera. Buy a Mac and Final Cut Pro. If you can't afford it, then buy a used Mac and get a cracked copy of Final Cut Pro off EBay from Hong Kong. Write something. Shoot it. Teach yourself to edit. That is better than any film school. Then do it again.
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Technology has come down so much that if you love movies, you can make them for nothing. You can find a way. Plus, you can learn everything film school will teach you from books or tutorials on You tube.
If you are somewhere near a studio or film production company, get an internship. Be around people who make movies. Pick their brains. And just hang out. If you're a straight up cat, good things will happen.
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That old saying about half the battle is just showing up is real.
Cuz if you aren't there, you'll never get the chance.
Be ready for any opportunity and when it shows up, grab it without hesitation.
Insecurity and fear of success will end your career before it starts.
As for whether it's worth it - if you love movies and want to make them,
then absolutely the rewards match the amount of hard work involved.
If your intention is clear, then it's totally worth it.
If that's the case, then I say fucking go for it. Shit, I wouldn't do anything else.
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But if your intention is clouded, or if you're just doing it to get famous, or do the
Entourage thing, then you are probably in for some heartache and pain.
Cuz if you ever make it out to L.A., you can easily pretend to live Entourage and have fun at it.
But if you're not constantly creating, then a decade will pass in a blink of an eye and
you'll wake up one day, thirty-five years old with no real skills except bullshitting,
a cloudy future, asking yourself, 'What the fuck am I doing here?'
Click here to see a trailer for Death Valley...
www.trailerfan.com/movie/mojave-2004/trailer
Death Valley can be purchased from a number of online retailers including
www.amazon.com
and
www.buy.com
For more information about Dave's movie The Confession, please check out
www.filmschoolinabox.net
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People - An Interview With James Lovegrove By Steve Rudd
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James Lovegrove is an extraordinary writer of novels in every respect imaginable.
His novels are in turns surreal, life-affirming and bizarre.
He has written a number of acclaimed novels such as The Hope and The Foreigners,
and his latest masterpiece in Provender Greed has recently been published to rave reviews.
He is also the author of Wings, a bewitching
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People - An Interview With Local Writer Ian Newton
By Jane Foster
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Ian Newton, aka Ahmed Debani, is a local writer known for his exposure of John Prescott in his book Dustbingate, which caused a scandal a few years back. Ian is also the author of two other books with a local theme - Pizza Wars, about corruption in the takeaway industry, and The Night Shift, a
comedy written in the form of a sitcom about the antics of a group of local
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People - Meet Michelle - A Tale of Two Halves By Jo Allison
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From tanning salons, to nightclubs and inventions galore, we meet Hull's most
fabulously fascinating tranny.
Michelle, or Mike, depending how you know her, proves
that transvestites are not, as widely believed, like vampires who only come out at night.
Sitting in a hotel, cigarette and coffee in hand, Michelle blends into the classy,
traditional setting.
Dressed like all the other
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People - An Interview With Hey Negrita By Steve Rudd
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Hey Negrita are an awesome Americana-laced indie-rock outfit based in London.
Fronted by singer and guitarist Felix, the band has recently released a new
single, Can't Walk Away, which is a sublimely catchy song that precedes their
forthcoming album, The Buzz Above.
Here Felix chats to Steve Rudd about their new material, touring and some of
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People - An Interview With Nick Quantrill By Steve Rudd
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Regular visitors to thisisUll.com should be familiar with the writing talents of
Nick Quantrill, as he often contributes short stories to the site.
His Complicity novella recently featured on the site, an exciting Crime Short that
was unmistakably set in Hull and that featured a number of decidedly shady characters
getting up to no good in and around various well-known
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People - The Genius of Eric Bogosian By Steve Rudd
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Eric who? Eric Bogosian!
What do you mean you've never heard of him? Ah, well that's your loss, ain't it?
Still, there is a chance that you might have seen him and not even realised it, as he's
appeared in numerous US movies such as Under Siege 2 and Dolores Claiborne for starters.
Having said that, over in the US he's probably far better
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People - Interview with Afterglow By Michelle Dee Photographs By Ashleigh
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Bathing in the Afterglow at Quintessential Sessions Quayside
The latest band to catch my ear Afterglow, take their name from the nineteen sixty-eight,
Mod anthem Afterglow (of your love) by East end boys The Small Faces.
I met up with the fresh faced group in new music venue Quayside, where they were
playing live later
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People - An Interview With Peter Moore By Steve Rudd
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Peter Moore has been described as the Jim Carrey of travel-writing,
and whoever boldly coined such a cunning comment actually isn't half wrong.
Anybody who has read any of Peter's genuinely madcap travel books, such as
The Wrong Way Home or The Full Montezuma, will surely agree, as he manages
to negotiate all manner of
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People - An Interview With Woody Woodmansey By Steve Rudd
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Brace yourselves, one and all. Michael Collins, who is actually related to
the famous Irish Nationalist of the same name, is the author of acclaimed novels
The Keepers of Truth, The Resurrectionists and Lost Souls.
He has just finished tying up all the loose ends of his latest story in
The Secret Life Of E. Robert Pendleton, which is due to hit bookstores
very soon indeed.
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People - An Interview With William Landay By Steve Rudd
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William (or Bill, for short) Landay is a hot new American crime writer who has recently published
his debut novel - Mission Flats - to widespread critical acclaim.
William is currently hard at work on his second novel, which is due to be published next year.
Still, amidst his busy writing schedule, William kindly managed to take a little time out to
chat exclusively to Steve Rudd
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People - An Interview With Peter May By Steve Rudd
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I'd like to introduce you to Peter May, a writer of thriller novels that
are genuinely exhilarating affairs from start to finish.
Peter is famous for writing his series of China Thrillers - a
series that includes his Firemaker novel, along with the racy
Snakehead story that is set in Texas.
Peter always carries out intensive research into the places in
which he sets his stories; he also
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People - An Interview With Peter Gadol By Steve Rudd
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Peter Gadol is the exciting author of a number of uniquely
exhilarating novels including the deliciously dark, drama-driven thriller
The Long Rain.
His latest novel is Light at Dusk, and here he spares some time
to chat to Steve Rudd exclusively about his life and times, and trials and
tribulations as a highly respected and hugely talented writer of the type
of stories that
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People - An Interview With Meg Gardiner By Steve Rudd
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Meg Gardiner is an incredible Thriller writer, brought up in
the US but currently residing in the UK. Her debut novel called China Lake
provided the perfect showcase for her amazing talents, and since its publication
there has been no stopping her when it comes to writing novels, with
Mission Canyon, Jericho Point and Crosscut being other well-known books of
hers that been
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People - An Interview With Edwina Hayes
By Steve Rudd
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Edwina Hayes is an acoustic singer-songwriter currently enjoying success opening
Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues band tour. Dublin born and raised in Lancashire, Edwina now resides in Yorkshire. Here she talks to Steve Rudd about her music.
Hi Edwina, how are things?
Hi Steve, really well thank you!
What have you been up to lately, and how has 2005 been in general?
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People - Interview with Bob Sinclar by Toni Tambourine
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Bob Sinclar is the French DJ currently making his mark with the Defected label.
Toni Tambourine took some time out to interview the man known as 'music's premier
playboy superstar..'
What were your initial ambitions and dreams for Yellow Production?
Do they remain the same, or if not, how and why have they changed?
It's amazing having people asking me to do promotion!
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People, Interviews - Interview With The Paddingtons By Joe Hakim. Photos By Ray Ribeiro and Darren Rogers
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I've had to bite the bullet and start working again. It has to be done, and there are two reasons for this. Firstly, starting any new job
means starting at the bottom again, which is a good method for keeping the ego in check.
Secondly, it brings cash back into your life, which after nearly two months of bumming off
people is a welcome relief. You can only live on luck alone for so long; take the piss and you
burn it all up.
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People - Introducing The Kipper Kids by Jane Foster
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The Kipper Kids are a performance art duo consisting of Brian Routh and Martin V. Haselberg.
Brian now lives in Hull and Martin is married to Bette Midler.
The two met while at England's experimental, avant-garde East 15th School.
Taking their name from a fellow student nicknamed Kipper Face, the duo started performing
their 'scatological slapstick'
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People - An Interview with Black Wire By Caroline Murphy
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A month ago, Dan Tom and Si (AKA Black Wire) were simply three hot guys in a
picture, who also played damn good music.
Now however, they're still three hot guys in a picture, but in reality they're larger than
life and a million times hotter than you could ever dream!
Their set was simply awesome, and more than a fitting support to The Cribs.
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People - Interview with John Hassall
By JG Photos by Michelle Dee
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Surely everyone's heard of The Libertines, but it seems like so far, only a
fortunate few have heard about Yeti. With their debut single
Never Lose Your Sense Of Wonder receiving very little radio airplay,
there are bound to be a lot of people left wondering who they are and what they sound like.
John Hassall may be better known as being the bass player in
one of
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People - An Interview with Joesolo by Nick Quantrill
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Joesolo is the alter ego of Paul Thompson, formerly of Hull
guitar-pop outfit Lithium Joe.
As the band's songwriter and vocalist, Paul played in excess of 350 gigs as the
group released a string of self-funded records through their own label,
Resolve Records.
After a musical hiatus, 2004 saw Paul commence recording as a solo artist with
his
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People - An Interview With Carol Ann Kerry-Green (Arthur C. Clarke Judge) By Lynne Taylor
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By day Carol Ann Kerry-Green works for the local authority writing up reports and having
meetings but by night she can be time travelling to the distant future or experiencing
life in a colony on another planet - all because of her passion for science fiction novels.
Carol, who has been fascinated by the what if' from her teens, began her career in
British Science Fiction more than
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People - An Interview with Neils Children By Caroline Murphy
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Ok, so it's official, Neils Children rocked Cari's World! Yup, the Earth moved, and all that stuff... and that was just the sound check.
I caught up with John, James and Brandon on their first visit to
Wolverhampton from the Big Smoke, as they headlined at the Little Civic
(All those of you who went to see Papa Roach
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People - Jim Muir Slideshow By Michelle Dee
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It's the packaging that catches the eye first that and the fact you have to slice open the CD envelope with
a sharp implement.
Due to the popularity of the first EP, I have only the second two before me.
The Slideshow are storytellers first and foremost. Jim Muir began writing the songs during 2000 and 2001.
He says that he writes to
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