The 13th

It became a tradition between my friend Henry and I that whenever we stayed at one-another's houses we would make a short film. After researching an in depth analysis of the Stanley Kubrick film 'The Shining', 'The 13th' was created and we fell into a very artistic form of film making. The film is almost fully without dialogue, this helped for the viewer to watch intently instead of perhaps doing something else and following the dialogue to know what was happening on screen.
The sketches that were thrown into the fire were drawn by me, I sometimes think I was overcome by an evil spirit to have come up with such haunting images. You can catch a glimpse of them before they're eaten by flames.
Speaking of flames, you can't imagine how difficult it was to get the candle flame to go out in a 'gust of air'. Who would've thought that the horror cliche was so hard to achieve on film? I tried blowing from a distance, I used a cushion - upgraded to a pillow, I used book but eventually it was a solid place mat that worked (after three goes).
The inclusion of Henry's old copy of Macbeth draws similarities with that of Shakespeare's ambition to please King James I by including superstitious and paranormal elements within his plays. The film makes a statement about the cruelty of mankind, and how monsters aren't always under the bed, or concealed in a wardrobe. They are in the shadows, and they look just like you and me ...
After a confession by our partner Joe that he didn't like the film, Henry responded with "It's too arty for Joe", but on some level I'd like to think it was because 'The 13th' is psychologically upsetting, especially when that weirdo has a laughing fit on the floor of the kitchen ...

Follow the link to watch 'The 13th':
https://vimeo.com/40348381

First post

So here it is,
My first post on my first blog. Hopefully I'll continue this for a large portion of my life. To get started, my name is William (popularly known as Will) and I intend to become a filmmaker. Whether to write, direct or star in those films I am not yet sure.
The passion evolved from an incredible experience in Canada, where my family and I spent a year on teachers' exchange. Through the course of that year, I saw a great deal of the world and I began to feel passionate about telling stories. Watching thousands of people walk past me triggered thoughts of "Where are these people going?", "What are they doing?", "Why are they here?".
I'm aware this probably all sounds very pretentious, but thinking about where my passion started, sitting in my living room in Berry at 12.37am has led to the conclusion that it must have manifested itself at some time during 2007.
Years passed and after dabbling in amateur film-making with friends, I made my first short film entitled '43 for the junior Tropfest competition in 2011. I admit the production was generally very rushed but the experience helped me when processing the massive task of undertaking a potentially feature-length independent film set in my home town of Berry later that year.
The script, completed early 2012, is somewhere between 110 and 130 pages (depending on whose copy you have). It's title? 'A Deliberate Accident' and it is still in production. Co-directing with my friend Joe has been a very interesting and, at times, stressful experience. It's a murder mystery, a genre I am utterly obsessed with. News on ADA will be one of the most prominent subject on this blog in the next few months.
Hopefully, this blog will take me somewhere, and I hope that people notice some of the things I have been working on.