WEEKEND RETREAT official site goes live. http://www.weekendretreatmovie.com/

Last year I had the privilege of serving as 1st assistant Director on upcoming feature, Weekend Retreat, the debut feature from writer/director Brett Harvey. The website is now live and features a hilarious trailer and an opportunity to help get the film into theaters. Early test screenings have proven hugely successful so join up to become part of a grassroots campaign to get this ace comedy thriller into your local multiplex!

New Promo for 'Surfing Tommies' 2011 Tour.

I Filmed and edited this trailer for my friends at 'Bish Bash Bosh Productions' in St.Agnes, Cornwall.

Set during, and in the aftermath of the First World War, SURFING TOMMIES tells the story of three Cornish tin miners whose lives are blown apart when they all leave behind the place they know and love for the fields of Flanders and the atrocities of trench warfare. Partly based on real events, SURFING TOMMIES is written by Cornish writer Alan M. Kent and won the ‘Hoyler An Gof’ award for best piece of poetry or drama in 2010. It begins a national tour at The Minack Theatre, Penzance on Monday 23 May.

For tour dates please visit ironshoes.co.uk or bishbashboshproductions.co.uk

It's a Fantastic Show!

'Severed Dreams' Videolog Pick on 'Cinema 5D'

The good people at 'Cinema 5D', the ultimate forum for filmmakers using
canon DSLRs, have chosen 'Severed Dreams' to be the first video featured
in their new 'Videolog Pick' Feature - Thanks guys!

The Video has had loads of support at the site and is currently in the top three rated videos.

see the article at:
www.cinema5d.com/news/?p=6057

Mondo Love-In

thank you very much!

'SKYNT' The musical headlines first showing in Event Cornwall's Skylight Cinema Tour -Tuesday April 19th, Victoria Gardens Truro - FREE TICKETS!

The FREE screening will take place in Victoria Gardens, Truro Tuesday April 19th at 19:30.
The evening also features work by renowned local filmmaker Brett Harvey (director of upcoming Cornish feature, 'Weekend Retreat')

Come along and bring a picnic!

New Music video released today for Ruarri Joseph - 'Severed Dreams'

Ian Bucknole : film

I've just directed a new promo for Ruarri Joseph @ Mondo Management. It's a cool coming-of-age short film inspired by Ted Hughes 'The Iron Man' (No Robert Downey Jr, sorry). I'm so proud of it I bough Vimeo Plus especially! The concept was to continue a story about childhood magical friends where most movies would leave it - Pete's Dragon, ET, Mac and Me, Terminator 2 (!). Our film takes the magical friend through to adulthood where it essentially screws up our protagonist's life!  The excellent cinematography by Joseph Henderson really sells a balance between the gritty and the fantastical and the Robot design was accomplished by fantastic production designer Samuel Normington and a Doug Jones beating turn by actress Taja Costigan.
The video and song seem to go hand in hand and special props should go to Adam Sanders who is a terrific child actor (good luck with the Billy Elliot audition mate), not to mention Emily Dobson and Kelly Jane Manning who play the harassed woman and Princess respectively (and brilliantly).

Special thanks to: Kjetil Alexander Gudmestad, my 1st AD, Lucy Pullinger ( makeup artist) and James Harris (focus puller) as well as Chris Naughton from Mondo Management. I should also probably thank my wife, Tiana Doht for putting in a great turn as the terrorized date! The video was shot on canon 5d mark 2 and 550d for under a grand on location in Cornwall.