by Alice Tomlinson | 14 December, 2015 | Filmmaking
In case you hadn’t noticed, the most wonderful time of the year is proving itself all around us. Although it may be cold and bleak outside, the light and joy that is synonymous with Christmas is overwhelming- as is the lack of originality in the Christmas film...
by Alice Tomlinson | 30 November, 2015 | In Our Opinion
Creative thought at its finest. Making a film within a film is a fun way to challenge the structure of your feature, handily giving a solid objective or plot line for your characters to follow. Dating back to as early as the 1900’s, the use of this film making device...
by Alice Tomlinson | 18 November, 2015 | In Our Opinion, Screenwriting
What does it mean to make somebody laugh? YOU know you’re hilarious, but Comedy, as a genre, is hard. Going into the specific tastes of somebody’s humour is convoluted and confusing territory, one that is, too often, dismissed with cheap and easy jokes. Successful...
by Alice Tomlinson | 4 November, 2015 | Filmmaking
Being a genre that never gets old (there is always an audience for preying on the misfortune of others), horror movies are always in abundance. The question is, how good are they at ACTUALLY being scary? Horror films can be considered a great place to launch an...