Binnsy's Hovel

It’s done.

It’s finished.

Without a doubt the biggest project I’ve ever undertaken is pretty well done and dusted.

The Writers was submitted today for review by four academics, one technical adviser and a few choice interrupters.

For the most part it was cathartic, reflective and the feedback was immensely positive, despite the fact it was mostly stuff I already knew.

I’m just glad it’s in and over with.

Same too for In Our Time, the little Aussie war epic that could. It was great to finally see the thing as it was intended (even if it had been down-converted to standard-def), and put paid to my doubts that my hard work hadn’t been any good to anyone.

So now I sit, reflective and thoughtful, as another semester of uni is gone, and the 2008 university year is done. Third year, gone. It’s been a big one; it’s hard to imagine that only a few months ago Checkmate was the biggest thing on my mind; that the biggest assessments were for Visual Thinking; that I was working on Switch in the hope of submitting it for Post-Production and Visual Effects.

Long time ago.

But now I have my little political satire. And it is good. I’m unbelievably happy with it. There are a couple of minor things I really want to touch up, particularly if I go ahead with my plan to submit it to film festivals, but yeah, all up all good.

For now, it’s to scripting a couple of short comedy sketches for work, then settling in and not doing much at all really. Here’s to ‘holidays’.

Until next time…

The world holds its collective breath over the next two days as the clash of the titans reaches its thrilling final battle. And remarkably I’m not talking about the Melbourne Cup. No, it’s that other thing; a small news item called the US election that barely takes up any room in Aussie papers. Not to worry.

In furtherance to my second last post, I finished watching Studio 60 and reading All The Sad Young Literary Men, both of which I enjoyed very much. I’m now onto Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson and watching as many movies as I possibly can.

Work continues at Onion Media, with much exciting work coming up. I’ve also got a couple of neat event coverage gigs coming up. And Tuesday is not only important for the races that stop two nations, but also because it is the day that The Writers is submitted for assessment. Not too daunting at all.

It was filmed in the second week of October, and went really well; I’ve been editing pretty much non-stop ever since. And I think I’m contented with it. I think. We’ll see.

Until next time…