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Why make Impact50? Interview with Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
As part of the Sydney International Science Fiction Film Festival where The Impact is playing, the organisers asked me some questions, and I thought I would share them here too. You can get more info on the festival and tickets HERE. What have been the science-fiction works – books, films, art of any kind – that have inspired your work and forged your love for the genre? As a kid, fantastical cinema was huge part
The Impact Festival Run For 2023… What’s happening and can you represent the film?
Following the premiere of The Impact last summer, I entered the film into a schlew of top tier festivals. Sadly, none of the bit. This means I am now chasing big festivals, but not the huge ones like Sundance, Cannes etc. I just got word that we have been accepted at the Melbourne Science Fiction Film Festival, you can see here that we are screening after The Last Starfighter’… EEEEK! If you are in that
Dee Chilton And The Beginnings Of ‘The End Of The Line’
I’d never really thought about writing audio drama before the producer of ‘The End Of The Line’ asked me to write a navy-themed episode, which I knew to be a wonderfully crafted and thought provoking podcast series of: ‘Powerful stories about how we treat women who don’t have kids’. At that time, I’d already listened to the fabulous episodes then available as I’d met Mark Heywood (writer/director/producer: InkJockey) in person before, via a mutual filmmaker
Impact50: The Festival Cut is done…
We are now running at 111 minutes, longer than the advice I was given, but WAY shorter than the 145 mins we were running at before. Almost every film has been trimmed and four films have been removed entirely, including my own that was the final chapter, of the impact and devastation and final flourishing of life again. The end titles now rush through and are under three minutes. If we are to get it
Screen to Screen on Soho Radio with Chris Jones… A musical odyssey
Last week I recorded a fabulous Desert Island Disks inspired show for Screen To Screen on Soho Radio. It’s a great listen to play in the background with some personal favourite music to boot. Hosted by the dynamic duo of Liz McMullen and Steve Harcourt (Liz who I met through The Impact). It’s a true odyssey through my life’s work, counterpointed by music that influenced each moment, era or project. You can listen on their
Impact50 and the inevitable recut for film festivals…
As we enter the festival stages for Impact50, we need to get real. The film is too long and in my view, most festivals will reject it on running time alone. I asked a couple of friendly festival programmers for some feedback and here it is (edited to make it flow). I watched the movie and liked it overall. Obviously some stories work better than others and there are some clear editing options because it
What did the audience think at the online premiere of Impact50?
Last Saturday we hosted the private online premiere of Impact50… At first I thought turnout was low as the softeware reported only 35 people were watching. That turned out to be 35 people who were logged into their accounts on YouTube at the time! When we got the numbers back from Youtube we discoved 2,400 people actually watched. AMAZING! I took some feedback direct from the WhatsApp chat and also asked for people to share
Listen to Milethia Thomas on BBC Radio Humberside with Fiona Mills
Milethia manages to capture the essence of Impact50 so brilliantly in this interview on the day of the online première! Well done for keeping the energy and momentum up Milethia! Want to get a little bit more Impact? Here’s some related posts… Taking The Impact out of Life’s A Beach by Mark Hampton ‘Prime Meridian’ by Inigo Productions How Impact50 Has Helped Me Be a Better Screenwriter by Lorenzo Colonna And so it begins… Digital
From Five Minutes to Five Cars… A Create50 Success Story by Mark Hampton
This is a follow-up to a earlier blogs about Life’s A Beach, my short film entry to The Impact, which had its world premiere on 31st May 2022. Other posts HERE and HERE. When I directed Life’s A Beach in 2018 I had a few short film credits as director and plans for features were in the distant future. I was thrilled with the 5-minute short film that I had delivered with a tiny crew
Listen to Filmmaker and Screenwriter Richard Osborne on BBC Three Counties Radio
I just got the file of the recording of Richard Osborne, one of the filmmakers whose film is in Impact50, of his radio interview from a few weeks ago. Listen below… Want to get a little bit more Impact? Here’s some related posts… Where Are You? By Infinity Room Films ‘School’s Out’ by Schooldays Films Impact50 Video Update… The Edit Has Begun (but you can still make a film) ‘Equal’ by Tandav Films Script to
Looks like I might be getting more than one film premiere this year, by Lynn Robertson Hay
I fully expected that the first project I’d tell you about would be my film BRAVE THE DARK, starring Jared Harris, which shot in the States last year – but another project has leap-frogged over it. And amazingly, it’s another feature film. After trying to break into screenwriting since I first turned professional with my theatre adaptations exactly 30 years ago, it really does seem as if I might have two films coming out this
So it’s official! Impact50 has broken TWO world records!
We have smashed our own pervious record on ‘50 Kisses’ with 67 screenwriters on The Impact, and beaten the film, The Owner, which had 25 directors. Impact50 has 40! No we are not registered with Guinness as they have changed the way they do things and it would cost somewhere between £5k and £10k to have it authenticated and registered. It seems that new management has taken over and they wish to leverage their brand
Why make Impact50? Interview with Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
As part of the Sydney International Science Fiction Film Festival where The Impact is playing, the organisers asked me some questions, and I thought I would share them here too. You can get more info on the festival and tickets HERE. What have been the science-fiction works – books, films, art of any kind – that have inspired your work and forged your love for the genre? As a kid, fantastical cinema was huge part of my life. Occasionally at the cinema but more often on TV. By the time I was a teen, I suspect I had seen almost
The Impact Festival Run For 2023… What’s happening and can you represent the film?
Following the premiere of The Impact last summer, I entered the film into a schlew of top tier festivals. Sadly, none of the bit. This means I am now chasing big festivals, but not the huge ones like Sundance, Cannes etc. I just got word that we have been accepted at the Melbourne Science Fiction Film Festival, you can see here that we are screening after The Last Starfighter’… EEEEK! If you are in that part of the world and if you were involved in Impact50, and IF you would like to represent the film, drop me a line and
Dee Chilton And The Beginnings Of ‘The End Of The Line’
I’d never really thought about writing audio drama before the producer of ‘The End Of The Line’ asked me to write a navy-themed episode, which I knew to be a wonderfully crafted and thought provoking podcast series of: ‘Powerful stories about how we treat women who don’t have kids’. At that time, I’d already listened to the fabulous episodes then available as I’d met Mark Heywood (writer/director/producer: InkJockey) in person before, via a mutual filmmaker friend who was the director of my navy-themed short film for the Create50 ‘The Impact’ feature. This highlights the immense value of writers networking with
Behind The Scenes Shooting The President
What Judges Said About The Scripts
‘I admired all fifty five of the winning screenplays enormously and it is practically impossible to pick one favourite.’
Ted Tally, Impact50 screenplay judge and
Oscar Winner for ‘Silence Of The Lambs’
‘My favourite was actually perhaps the simplest one: MORE. i like the simplicity and clean emotionality of the storytelling, and how we all turn to children in moments of fear. It felt real and honest and like it packed a lot of emotion into so little time.’
Simon Kinberg, Impact50 Judge and Screenwriter / Producer ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
‘He Who Is Without Sin had a great twist as well as a mini-redemption arc, masterfully-fit into such a short amount of screen time.’
Nicole Perlman, Impact 50 judge and
Screenwriter ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
What writers and filmmakers say about Create50 and past projects...
‘50 Kisses’ opened the doors for my first time exhibiting a film in a festival, the first time going through an entire creative process, the first time people looking at me like I could really be a filmmaker. But more than this, showed me what we can achieve if we join forces and work toward our goals.
Carolina Rodrigues, Filmmaker (Brazil)
‘It has been amazing to be part of something so global. As a result of ‘50 Kisses’ I have met and collaborated with filmmakers, screenwriters, producers and agents from around the globe.’
Jo Buckman, Screenwriter (America)
‘After I put my film entry up on the ‘50 Kisses’ website I got all this wonderful and constructive feedback from other ‘50 Kisses’ filmmakers and I could then re-edit and improve the film before the deadlines closed. Over the 2 years of the project I have met so many other filmmakers, actors and writers in the 50K community and it’s spun off into so many other projects.’
Phil Peel, Filmmaker (UK)
‘The breadth of opportunities available are vast if you’re willing to accept the challenge. I was part of a team distributing ’50 Kisses’ commercially which, as a writer, was invaluable in understanding audience, the importance of concept and how a film is marketed. It will certainly effect how I view my own writing projects going forward.’
Tracey Flynn, Screenwriter, ‘50 Kisses’ (UK)