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permalink rubenfm: I love that they are called Puti Clubs. Zombieland, unofficial sequel Somehow Zombieland evaded my upcoming movie radar (the one that caught (500) Days of Summer, Shaun of the Dead, et al. as internet-hyped movies to see) and by the time it was out I had no overwhelming desire to go see - possibly the poster of the burning globe that is at the start of the film: for me it had connotations of something I couldn’t quite figure out. Regardless, the hype started to creep into the mainstream, I was receiving texts regarding the cameo, the footage I saw was the polar opposite of my expectations and so on. I’ve seen it twice now. I’m not going to review it but some scenes were not only excellent and funny, but there was a lot of ‘why haven’t I thought of that’ (why hasn’t this been done before)? Also, sometimes Zombie films last 10 - 15 minutes too long, this one didn’t. But did anyone else get the weird feeling that this film could unofficially be a sequel? I don’t mean in the fact that it blended zombie movies and comedy well, ala Shaun of the Dead, I mean specifically actor-based. Woody Harrelson He is excellent in this. Like, really good. Like, this could be the best I’ve seen him. He’s on the right sight of broad humour and his physical stuff is really enjoyable. He is on a killing spree that we have never seen the likes of. Except in Natural Born Killers. In fact, it is conceivable that he could have lived the Natural Born Killers role and then the world went Zombie-fied. (unofficial sequel no. 1). I usually don’t love him in films, but he was great in this. Jesse Eisenberg He plays a similar sort of role here to the ones I have seen previously, but it works here and it works in a new way. He’s spot-on in the part and with the level of geeky-humour. The third act of ZL is set in an amusement park, not unlike the vocational setting of Eisenberg’s in Adventureland. It’s not exactly conceivable that this could be a sequel to that but it’s all a bit familiar (bonus points for the title similarity). (usn2). I usually don’t love him in films, but he was great in this. Abigail Breslin It’s amazing how you can judge how you have aged by the speed at which child-actors mature. Abigail seems a lot older all of a sudden and despite being the kid of the pack, plays an almost adult role. But a road trip across America with older people discussing her loss of childhood innocence? This says Little Miss Sunshine all over it (Little Miss Sunshine 2: Now With Zombies). (usn3). She’s a great wee actress for her age. Emma Stone Yeah, try as I might, I’m not going to even pretend this is a sequel for her. I will say that she has made everything I have seen her in better. Bill Murray There is the obvious, but it doesn’t really work, does it? I pretty much feel the same way about him that everyone does (including Harrelson’s character). All I can think about when WH is telling him how much he adores him is them in Kingpin together. That bit of knowledge makes this fanaticism work really well (maybe more so than Pesci or whoever may have). Conclusion I’m only joking really. I wanted to say go and see this film and I didn’t want to write a review and these are just a couple of things that popped into my head when watching. This is the kind of film where I hope for a rich selection of DVD features.

rubenfm:

I love that they are called Puti Clubs.

Zombieland, unofficial sequel

Somehow Zombieland evaded my upcoming movie radar (the one that caught (500) Days of Summer, Shaun of the Dead, et al. as internet-hyped movies to see) and by the time it was out I had no overwhelming desire to go see - possibly the poster of the burning globe that is at the start of the film: for me it had connotations of something I couldn’t quite figure out. Regardless, the hype started to creep into the mainstream, I was receiving texts regarding the cameo, the footage I saw was the polar opposite of my expectations and so on.

I’ve seen it twice now. I’m not going to review it but some scenes were not only excellent and funny, but there was a lot of ‘why haven’t I thought of that’ (why hasn’t this been done before)? Also, sometimes Zombie films last 10 - 15 minutes too long, this one didn’t.

But did anyone else get the weird feeling that this film could unofficially be a sequel? I don’t mean in the fact that it blended zombie movies and comedy well, ala Shaun of the Dead, I mean specifically actor-based.

Woody Harrelson

He is excellent in this. Like, really good. Like, this could be the best I’ve seen him. He’s on the right sight of broad humour and his physical stuff is really enjoyable. He is on a killing spree that we have never seen the likes of. Except in Natural Born Killers. In fact, it is conceivable that he could have lived the Natural Born Killers role and then the world went Zombie-fied. (unofficial sequel no. 1). I usually don’t love him in films, but he was great in this.

Jesse Eisenberg

He plays a similar sort of role here to the ones I have seen previously, but it works here and it works in a new way. He’s spot-on in the part and with the level of geeky-humour. The third act of ZL is set in an amusement park, not unlike the vocational setting of Eisenberg’s in Adventureland. It’s not exactly conceivable that this could be a sequel to that but it’s all a bit familiar (bonus points for the title similarity). (usn2). I usually don’t love him in films, but he was great in this.

Abigail Breslin

It’s amazing how you can judge how you have aged by the speed at which child-actors mature. Abigail seems a lot older all of a sudden and despite being the kid of the pack, plays an almost adult role. But a road trip across America with older people discussing her loss of childhood innocence? This says Little Miss Sunshine all over it (Little Miss Sunshine 2: Now With Zombies). (usn3). She’s a great wee actress for her age.

Emma Stone

Yeah, try as I might, I’m not going to even pretend this is a sequel for her. I will say that she has made everything I have seen her in better.

Bill Murray

There is the obvious, but it doesn’t really work, does it? I pretty much feel the same way about him that everyone does (including Harrelson’s character). All I can think about when WH is telling him how much he adores him is them in Kingpin together. That bit of knowledge makes this fanaticism work really well (maybe more so than Pesci or whoever may have).

Conclusion

I’m only joking really. I wanted to say go and see this film and I didn’t want to write a review and these are just a couple of things that popped into my head when watching. This is the kind of film where I hope for a rich selection of DVD features.

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permalink “Surrogates and a New Idea” I have been absent from the internet for a couple of weeks due to a late holiday (Turkey, thanks for asking - weather great although it rained for the first couple of days) and my return to scholastics. I have been trying (in vain) to come up with a perfect degree film; perfect in that it suits me and what I’m trying to create - a vehicle for myself. I went to see Surrogates this morning (I’m not usually a matinee person but with work conflicts I have to get what I can) and, on my post-viewing internet background-check on the film, was surprised to see the lack of user-created information about the film (and absolute lack of the IMDB Trivia page, one of my personal favourites). Surrogates seems to be a pretty big film; big in budget, lots of posters at the multiplex, decent trailer (the only reason we went to see it was the trailer that preceded Inglorious Basterds - really enjoyed that fyi, don’t really agree with the polarisation of people’s reviews) and all the standard fare. It doesn’t even have the five (5!) votes necessary to have a star-rating on IMDB. Now it wasn’t a particularly good film, in fact it will probably blend into the following films in my head until the point that it disappears altogether: Blade Runner, I, Robot, A.I., Minority Report et al. However, it was completely watchable and had some funny, interesting, humanistic, well-acted moments. Fleeting as they were. What I’m concerned about is that I have a feeling I will never hear from this film again (except maybe in the Tesco Top 40 and then in the very cheap bargain section and then no more), though I doubt I’m as concerned as the filmmakers or John McClane. This phenomenon (of which I may be wrong and this film could do massive box office and be talked about endlessly, of course, though I reserve my doubts) has only added to the weight on my shoulders w/r/t my own project, the degree film I need to make this year - and share the idea of on Monday. I am struggling to find an idea that encompasses all of the following qualities: Simple (as in not convoluted thematically or narationally) Funny (at least vaguely) Logistically possible The ability to exhibit my writing The ability to exhibit my cinematography The ability to exhibit my cinematic style (different from no. 5) Then I have a selection of themes that I may or may not want to utilise and a couple of genres that I would love to fall into. I think I started this totally backwards. I should have had a simple story and then evolved it. But hey-ho. One of the main ambitions I have for this project is creating something that is at least original. I’m not sure Surrogates had the same ambition. The film is obviously in a sub-genre which begs for it to be compared to its predecessors and, as I have illustrated above, the poster lacks much original effort. The few commentors in the quasi-forums on the IMDB page seem to be in agreement that “There is NOTHING new under the sun.” as in, nothing original being made at the moment. I beg to differ, but am not going to offer any backup information at this moment. Because this is long enough as it is. NB. In the time it took to write this (9minutes), 850+ votes were recorded on the IMDB and it stands at an 8.0 rating. Also, I found this “review” website that has put the fear of god into me.

“Surrogates and a New Idea”

I have been absent from the internet for a couple of weeks due to a late holiday (Turkey, thanks for asking - weather great although it rained for the first couple of days) and my return to scholastics. I have been trying (in vain) to come up with a perfect degree film; perfect in that it suits me and what I’m trying to create - a vehicle for myself. I went to see Surrogates this morning (I’m not usually a matinee person but with work conflicts I have to get what I can) and, on my post-viewing internet background-check on the film, was surprised to see the lack of user-created information about the film (and absolute lack of the IMDB Trivia page, one of my personal favourites).

Surrogates seems to be a pretty big film; big in budget, lots of posters at the multiplex, decent trailer (the only reason we went to see it was the trailer that preceded Inglorious Basterds - really enjoyed that fyi, don’t really agree with the polarisation of people’s reviews) and all the standard fare. It doesn’t even have the five (5!) votes necessary to have a star-rating on IMDB.

Now it wasn’t a particularly good film, in fact it will probably blend into the following films in my head until the point that it disappears altogether: Blade Runner, I, Robot, A.I., Minority Report et al. However, it was completely watchable and had some funny, interesting, humanistic, well-acted moments. Fleeting as they were. What I’m concerned about is that I have a feeling I will never hear from this film again (except maybe in the Tesco Top 40 and then in the very cheap bargain section and then no more), though I doubt I’m as concerned as the filmmakers or John McClane.

This phenomenon (of which I may be wrong and this film could do massive box office and be talked about endlessly, of course, though I reserve my doubts) has only added to the weight on my shoulders w/r/t my own project, the degree film I need to make this year - and share the idea of on Monday. I am struggling to find an idea that encompasses all of the following qualities:

  1. Simple (as in not convoluted thematically or narationally)
  2. Funny (at least vaguely)
  3. Logistically possible
  4. The ability to exhibit my writing
  5. The ability to exhibit my cinematography
  6. The ability to exhibit my cinematic style (different from no. 5)

Then I have a selection of themes that I may or may not want to utilise and a couple of genres that I would love to fall into. I think I started this totally backwards. I should have had a simple story and then evolved it. But hey-ho. One of the main ambitions I have for this project is creating something that is at least original.

I’m not sure Surrogates had the same ambition. The film is obviously in a sub-genre which begs for it to be compared to its predecessors and, as I have illustrated above, the poster lacks much original effort. The few commentors in the quasi-forums on the IMDB page seem to be in agreement that “There is NOTHING new under the sun.” as in, nothing original being made at the moment. I beg to differ, but am not going to offer any backup information at this moment. Because this is long enough as it is.

NB. In the time it took to write this (9minutes), 850+ votes were recorded on the IMDB and it stands at an 8.0 rating. Also, I found this “review” website that has put the fear of god into me.

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permalink Big Trouble in Little China So why did nobody tell me how much I would enjoy this film? I bought this and it lay in the back of my car for like a month. This is my kind of film. It fits nicely alongside the Ghostbusters, Back to the Futures, Goonies, Indiana Jones’, Terminators, etc. that made up my interests, in my formative years.. What is the ethereal quality of these films that make them what they are? Somebody on IMDB suggested it was the music. WHAT OTHER FILMS COULD I BE MISSING OUT ON?

Big Trouble in Little China

So why did nobody tell me how much I would enjoy this film? I bought this and it lay in the back of my car for like a month. This is my kind of film. It fits nicely alongside the Ghostbusters, Back to the Futures, Goonies, Indiana Jones’, Terminators, etc. that made up my interests, in my formative years..

What is the ethereal quality of these films that make them what they are? Somebody on IMDB suggested it was the music.

WHAT OTHER FILMS COULD I BE MISSING OUT ON?

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Silent Exercise (2007)

I don’t mind paying for a flickr account and have been so attached to the features it provides, have renewed twice now - so I have had the PRO account for over two years. I put anything up there, from snaps to photos I’ve been working on for publication. Sometimes I wish I just put up one area of my work so the account had a bit more of a narrative or style, but maybe I’ll start up a free one for that.

I use Vimeo for my videos. You can post one HD video each week (upto 500MB - but that’s plenty for shorts) and that’s usually enough. But this week I discovered a short that I wrote, shot and edited one afternoon in 2007, with Shu Moon and Dominica and wanted to put it up. Having just used my HD allowance on Vimeo for my film Mac and Alzheimer’s, I remembered flickr had an HD video feature - so I thought I’d give it a shot.

So here’s the test. So far, the uploading process was actually easier than Vimeo (less buggy - and sometimes Vimeo crashes firefox on me) but I can’t get it to play through smoothly (but maybe I have a rough connection today).

Anyway, I’m going to let it simmer for a while and I’ll probably post my results in the near future.

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permalink I just watched Overnight, the documentary about filmmaker Troy Duffy and his life trying to make The Boondock Saints and how he messed it all up. This is a really watchable doc and I was just switching it on while I worked away on my laptop but I became really engrossed. Troy is all talk. I think he would be watchable regardless, but I could see elements of his character in people I know in real life. Mostly filmmakers I know. Funnily enough not film students. Film students I know say “hey I’ve got this idea and I want to do this” and they usually do. There have been two people I’ve met that like to preach about how good they are and what they are doing and what it means to be a filmmaker. They are full of it. They are good at sucking people in and often make the most of (local) press mentions. They talk and talk and don’t come up with the results. These people used to make me mad. I didn’t see why they got defensive when they met a fellow filmmaker who was happy to chat about the art and the process, but now I can see they are just scared of getting found out. It’d be pretty scary to walk such a fine line with what you wanted to do in life and have it all reliant on your (hashed) networking. I think it must happen everywhere, but it is quite obvious in the film industry (not even the industry really, the pre-industry), you have to beware of false prophets. Good documentary, if only for profiling someone with this very behaviour.

I just watched Overnight, the documentary about filmmaker Troy Duffy and his life trying to make The Boondock Saints and how he messed it all up. This is a really watchable doc and I was just switching it on while I worked away on my laptop but I became really engrossed.

Troy is all talk. I think he would be watchable regardless, but I could see elements of his character in people I know in real life. Mostly filmmakers I know. Funnily enough not film students. Film students I know say “hey I’ve got this idea and I want to do this” and they usually do.

There have been two people I’ve met that like to preach about how good they are and what they are doing and what it means to be a filmmaker. They are full of it. They are good at sucking people in and often make the most of (local) press mentions. They talk and talk and don’t come up with the results.

These people used to make me mad. I didn’t see why they got defensive when they met a fellow filmmaker who was happy to chat about the art and the process, but now I can see they are just scared of getting found out. It’d be pretty scary to walk such a fine line with what you wanted to do in life and have it all reliant on your (hashed) networking.

I think it must happen everywhere, but it is quite obvious in the film industry (not even the industry really, the pre-industry), you have to beware of false prophets.

Good documentary, if only for profiling someone with this very behaviour.

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permalink Drag Me To Hell I don’t do movie reviews. People all over the intertubes do it so much better because they actually plan out what they are about to write and use wit and clever words and correctly constructed sentences (and they don’t need to rely on brackets and italics). I tend to write articles on Photography, despite being a film student. My film course is really practically-led though, film criticism is not a big factor. We really don’t ever have to review films (or even have solid opinions on which films are actually good or bad - you think Steel Dawn is the bees knees? More power to you). So - this is merely a recommendation. Go see Drag Me To Hell. I thought people were joking when they said this in recent blogs (yeah, this blog doesn’t even have originality going for it) and when they pointed at rotten tomatoes and imdb reviews and scores. Turns out this wasn’t a big prank with false voting: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.2/10 on IMDB. This is why it’s good.. The plot is pretty simple and solid. It’s actually kinda scarey in a jump sort of way. And an impending-doom sort of way. It’s funny. Alison Lohman is real good in it (she seemed really familiar, I think from Matchstick Men). The ‘baddie’ woman is a good baddie. It’s directed well and uses some nice dutch angles and stuff. There are a few bits that are “remember when the….” bits. It’s got some “gross out” (sorry for this term) parts. Quite a few. I usually hate them. Here, I like. It feels kind of like B-Movie and practical (as opposed to CGI) but done perfectly It’s Sam Raimi back to greatness - I didn’t think it would be a Raimi film (hell, I didnt even know there were Raimi films) - but this is a Raimi film. It’s just a good movie. And I’d go back. And I never really say that. Except after Star Trek (I think I was mesmorised by all the lens flare). I know what you’re thinking: What’s with all the mainstreamness? Yeah I don’t care. PS. If you click-through the image on this post it becomes MASSIVE. Copy me and use it as your desktop background. UPDATE: Yeah Tumblr shrunk it down, but it’s still pretty big.

Drag Me To Hell

I don’t do movie reviews. People all over the intertubes do it so much better because they actually plan out what they are about to write and use wit and clever words and correctly constructed sentences (and they don’t need to rely on brackets and italics). I tend to write articles on Photography, despite being a film student. My film course is really practically-led though, film criticism is not a big factor. We really don’t ever have to review films (or even have solid opinions on which films are actually good or bad - you think Steel Dawn is the bees knees? More power to you). So - this is merely a recommendation.

Go see Drag Me To Hell.

I thought people were joking when they said this in recent blogs (yeah, this blog doesn’t even have originality going for it) and when they pointed at rotten tomatoes and imdb reviews and scores. Turns out this wasn’t a big prank with false voting: 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.2/10 on IMDB.

This is why it’s good..

  • The plot is pretty simple and solid.
  • It’s actually kinda scarey in a jump sort of way. And an impending-doom sort of way.
  • It’s funny.
  • Alison Lohman is real good in it (she seemed really familiar, I think from Matchstick Men).
  • The ‘baddie’ woman is a good baddie.
  • It’s directed well and uses some nice dutch angles and stuff.
  • There are a few bits that are “remember when the….” bits.
  • It’s got some “gross out” (sorry for this term) parts. Quite a few. I usually hate them. Here, I like.
  • It feels kind of like B-Movie and practical (as opposed to CGI) but done perfectly
  • It’s Sam Raimi back to greatness - I didn’t think it would be a Raimi film (hell, I didnt even know there were Raimi films) - but this is a Raimi film.

It’s just a good movie. And I’d go back. And I never really say that. Except after Star Trek (I think I was mesmorised by all the lens flare).

I know what you’re thinking: What’s with all the mainstreamness? Yeah I don’t care.

PS. If you click-through the image on this post it becomes MASSIVE. Copy me and use it as your desktop background.

UPDATE: Yeah Tumblr shrunk it down, but it’s still pretty big.

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Binoculars (2009)

Here’s the trailer to the film I shot a month or two back, Binoculars by Gabriel Foster Prior. This is all I’ve seen of it since looking through a viewfinder on set, since I’ve been busy with other films and photoshoots.

The premiere is in a couple of weeks at the Filmhouse, where I’ll get a DVD copy (fingers crossed) and I can maybe talk about it further.

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permalink Okay, so I’m in full-tilt-boogie mode again (film stuff) but normality (photography stuff) will resume shortly. This post is about a few film things. 1) I just watched Synecdoche, New York. I liked it a lot better than Being John Malkovich but it made me feel a bit odd after. Like all Chalie Kaufman’s films. This is his directorial debut and it made me feel weirder than all his previous films (just as writer). It got so-so reviews but I thought it had some impressive ideas. Check out Kaufman on Kaufman. 2) I thought Star Trek was awesome. It nearly prompted me to write an essay on the nature of ‘reboot’ films, but I’m sure someone else (or like 10 people) will do it. This is the first action film I’ve liked in ages; I also liked the way it was shot. Go have a look at some of the film’s in-jokes. 3) I thought Angels and Demons was lame. I was praying for the film to end (it kept going on and on) and, like a miracle, alarms started going off, the film cut out and we had to evacuate the complex. I never did find out what happened (why should I question God’s ways?) but I’ve kept the tickets in case I can go see a (different) film. I might be writing my dissertation on television narratives. This means I must watch lots of box sets. I’m gonna write a post about what I’m going to see at the EIFF soon.

Okay, so I’m in full-tilt-boogie mode again (film stuff) but normality (photography stuff) will resume shortly. This post is about a few film things.

1) I just watched Synecdoche, New York. I liked it a lot better than Being John Malkovich but it made me feel a bit odd after. Like all Chalie Kaufman’s films. This is his directorial debut and it made me feel weirder than all his previous films (just as writer). It got so-so reviews but I thought it had some impressive ideas. Check out Kaufman on Kaufman.

2) I thought Star Trek was awesome. It nearly prompted me to write an essay on the nature of ‘reboot’ films, but I’m sure someone else (or like 10 people) will do it. This is the first action film I’ve liked in ages; I also liked the way it was shot. Go have a look at some of the film’s in-jokes.

3) I thought Angels and Demons was lame. I was praying for the film to end (it kept going on and on) and, like a miracle, alarms started going off, the film cut out and we had to evacuate the complex. I never did find out what happened (why should I question God’s ways?) but I’ve kept the tickets in case I can go see a (different) film.

I might be writing my dissertation on television narratives. This means I must watch lots of box sets.

I’m gonna write a post about what I’m going to see at the EIFF soon.

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permalink Blogging? Me? With my reputation? So filming wrapped on my short film and it went smoothly, all things considered. I’m mid-edit and here are some things I’m doing while the heavy rendering and framerate conversion takes place: Watching Lost Season 1 Eating one of my two birthday cakes Reading football news Figuring out if I have Swine Flu and how far away the nearest case is by car (22 minutes) The long edit-waits are due to the fact that I shot the film on a Canon 5D MKii. Which I now own and is my first-choice camera. I was always planning to shoot the film on this camera but was gonna rent one (or loan one from somebody). I couldn’t find that somebody and decided that if I was gonna get use of one, I needed to buy it and a 12 month payment plan was for me. I got to Jessops and went through the credit check process (I’ve been here before, when me and Gabs tried to do this - in his name - for Binoculars) and thought I was golden. Until the sales assistant happily informs me that my approval has been rejected. I spend 30mins asking variations of the question “so what can we do here?”. Problem was, this was the last 5D MKii in Scotland and I’d travelled through to Glasgow to get it. And my film shoot was the following morning. The guy wanted me out the shop but I kept changing the question slightly and asking again. He said he could change the figures, throw down a larger deposit and try again. So we did. And we failed. Meanwhile, I was phoning my parents (one in Amsterdam, one in Cardiff) for ideas. Andy was with me but couldn’t help as he had been knocked back from getting a Burton’s Store Card, and couldn’t provide any financial backup. My parents were coming up with the same ideas as me and  we were getting nowhere until my mum was like “how much do you need ‘cos I could send it now and it should be instant but you gotta pay me back ASAP.” So after a couple of phonecalls her way, a couple to the bank, a trip to an ATM and a new sales assistant, I managed to pay for the camera. But not after my card got rejected and we had to get it sorted through the bank’s fraud protection. So anyway, I have more to blog but that’s me for now. I am looking forward to using the 5D MKii for upcoming shoots (tests are looking exciting) and will be selling my hard-working 30D to pay off some of the MKii debt.

Blogging? Me? With my reputation?

So filming wrapped on my short film and it went smoothly, all things considered. I’m mid-edit and here are some things I’m doing while the heavy rendering and framerate conversion takes place:

  • Watching Lost Season 1
  • Eating one of my two birthday cakes
  • Reading football news
  • Figuring out if I have Swine Flu and how far away the nearest case is by car (22 minutes)

The long edit-waits are due to the fact that I shot the film on a Canon 5D MKii. Which I now own and is my first-choice camera. I was always planning to shoot the film on this camera but was gonna rent one (or loan one from somebody). I couldn’t find that somebody and decided that if I was gonna get use of one, I needed to buy it and a 12 month payment plan was for me.

I got to Jessops and went through the credit check process (I’ve been here before, when me and Gabs tried to do this - in his name - for Binoculars) and thought I was golden. Until the sales assistant happily informs me that my approval has been rejected.

I spend 30mins asking variations of the question “so what can we do here?”. Problem was, this was the last 5D MKii in Scotland and I’d travelled through to Glasgow to get it. And my film shoot was the following morning. The guy wanted me out the shop but I kept changing the question slightly and asking again. He said he could change the figures, throw down a larger deposit and try again. So we did. And we failed.

Meanwhile, I was phoning my parents (one in Amsterdam, one in Cardiff) for ideas. Andy was with me but couldn’t help as he had been knocked back from getting a Burton’s Store Card, and couldn’t provide any financial backup. My parents were coming up with the same ideas as me and  we were getting nowhere until my mum was like “how much do you need ‘cos I could send it now and it should be instant but you gotta pay me back ASAP.”

So after a couple of phonecalls her way, a couple to the bank, a trip to an ATM and a new sales assistant, I managed to pay for the camera. But not after my card got rejected and we had to get it sorted through the bank’s fraud protection.

So anyway, I have more to blog but that’s me for now. I am looking forward to using the 5D MKii for upcoming shoots (tests are looking exciting) and will be selling my hard-working 30D to pay off some of the MKii debt.

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