These set of colours mean a lot to Londoners:
It’s a piece from Art on the Underground. They’ve been commissioning temporary artworks for London’s tube system since 2000. Their main space is a disused platform at Gloucester Road underground station:
They’ve got a new plan: to commission permanent installations throughout the system. About time too. The New [...]
After a few years of making videos for conferences it’s good to go back and do something new (to me). To promote teamworking and to illustrate the concept of collaboration, teams at this conference were given two hours to come up with and shoot a one minute film. They then were given 30 minutes with [...]
Alan Heim, editor:
The editor, the assistant, and the apprentice have been together for, say, there months. You’ve been sitting there looking at this material and occasionally muttering under your breath, being unhappy about it in some way, and suddenly, here’s the perpetrator. You’ve got certain loyalty and the director is now an outsider. You get [...]
Two things to do tomorrow. Visit the screenwriter’s group to support and be supported by other writers. Visit the Manhattan Monologue Slam for a very good value evening out. You’ll see stars of the future put their all into making the most of three minutes on stage.
For more on the Slam, see last month’s post.
For [...]
When you see food in films, it always looks better than you can ever find in real life – unless you live in New York. The bagel shops and diners have been all that I’ve hoped for after seeing them in the movies.
Donna Tsufura reviewing my editor’s demo reel in the local bagel shop. She’s [...]
At the Manhattan end of the bridge
Suzanne: “I went to a Seussical”
Good news: the little film I edited here in New York has made it into DJ Uch’s film showcase – which is happening on Saturday night at the Lea Lounge.
I collected my last New York City borough: the Bronx. Before we went there, we had a day on Museum Mile and Central Park.
A relaxing bus ride took us to the Upper East side. Suzanne went to the Jewish Museum, I went to the National Design Museum. We went into Central Park – hoping for [...]
On the way out to Coney Island
Suzanne and I took the opportunity to go out to Coney Island. It seems as if developers are going to turn this old-style funfair resort into a slightly sanitised tourist destination.
They’ll keep some of the rides, add some hotels and expensive accommodation, and clean up some of the odder [...]
Activities here and elsewhere
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