Most Recent Impact50 Updates

The Impact DCP Goes To The BBFC For Classification

The final DCP* for The Impact is coming out just over 100GB, fitting nicely on an old SSD ripped from a dead laptop. And it’s now time to submit the film for BBFC classification. This is a legal requirement if we are to show the film publically, and also part of the evidence trail for

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Struck by a Meteorite! What Are The Chances? By Milethia Thomas

“You have a better chance of getting hit by a tornado and a bolt of lightning and a hurricane all at the same time.” Michael Reynolds, astronomer and author of  Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors & Meteorites (as told to the National Geographic). Such observations would have been little comfort to Ann Hodges, who

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Four Star Review of ‘The Impact’ with Film and TV, Review by John Higgins

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The world may be emerging from a global challenge, but film-makers are still determined to show the bad side of what is going on. We are still very vulnerable emotionally and financially, but creativity will prevail in film-making, where independent voices can thrive, even if resources remain low. One initiative pioneered through the

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Want to hear the music soundtrack for Impact50?

As I have with all the films I have made, I have compiled the soundtrack so that those of us who love film music – that’s me too – can listen the eclectic score. It’s not finalised and I am still adding tracks where composers come back to me, but it’s feeling pretty complete. Give

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The Impact, review from Dark Mark Writing

‘The Impact’ is the result of a collaborative filmmaking initiative run by Create50. The feature film is comprised of thirty-seven short films made by various filmmakers from around the world. (IMDB) What would you do if you had just over 90 minutes to live? Would you go crazy and run amok? Rush to be with

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‘Impact50’ is a film that makes you feel, review by Alison Clapham

The Impact50 movie is a triumph of vision and team spirit. From Joe Eszterhas’s opening scenario, through an anthology of people’s lives in their collective final minutes, finishing with the inevitability of the apocalypse, Impact50 certainly makes an impact on the emotions. Setting new world records for the most screenwriters and most directors on a

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The Final Draft Meteor Award Has Arrived… and it’s OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Every so often we experience magic. Actual real world magic. Not a trick. Not supernatural. But awe inspiring scientifically backed up magic. I just opened the box containing the Meteorite that the Final Draft have so kindly sponsored for the Best Script Award at the Impact50 awards.  And yes, sorry for the string of clichés, but it

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Grab YOUR Movie Poster for Impact50

So AMAZING people, we have a movie poster for Impact50… After a HUGE amount of debate within the team and community, we have decided to use the poster with the meteor for all online presence. It works really well in the fast-paced environment of social media, such as account headers or thumbnails and square posts.

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Remember that time we shot the president?

It seems like a lifetime ago now, but it was an amazing day shooting Olivia Williams playing the President in a script written by Joe Ezsterhas! And not it’s the opening to the feature film we premiere on May 31st and EVERYONE is welcome! Tickets below… Want to get a little bit more Impact? Here’s

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The Impact DCP Goes To The BBFC For Classification

The final DCP* for The Impact is coming out just over 100GB, fitting nicely on an old SSD ripped from a dead laptop. And it’s now time to submit the film for BBFC classification. This is a legal requirement if we are to show the film publically, and also part of the evidence trail for

Read More »

Struck by a Meteorite! What Are The Chances? By Milethia Thomas

“You have a better chance of getting hit by a tornado and a bolt of lightning and a hurricane all at the same time.” Michael Reynolds, astronomer and author of  Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors & Meteorites (as told to the National Geographic). Such observations would have been little comfort to Ann Hodges, who

Read More »

Four Star Review of ‘The Impact’ with Film and TV, Review by John Higgins

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The world may be emerging from a global challenge, but film-makers are still determined to show the bad side of what is going on. We are still very vulnerable emotionally and financially, but creativity will prevail in film-making, where independent voices can thrive, even if resources remain low. One initiative pioneered through the

Read More »

Want to hear the music soundtrack for Impact50?

As I have with all the films I have made, I have compiled the soundtrack so that those of us who love film music – that’s me too – can listen the eclectic score. It’s not finalised and I am still adding tracks where composers come back to me, but it’s feeling pretty complete. Give

Read More »

The Impact, review from Dark Mark Writing

‘The Impact’ is the result of a collaborative filmmaking initiative run by Create50. The feature film is comprised of thirty-seven short films made by various filmmakers from around the world. (IMDB) What would you do if you had just over 90 minutes to live? Would you go crazy and run amok? Rush to be with

Read More »

‘Impact50’ is a film that makes you feel, review by Alison Clapham

The Impact50 movie is a triumph of vision and team spirit. From Joe Eszterhas’s opening scenario, through an anthology of people’s lives in their collective final minutes, finishing with the inevitability of the apocalypse, Impact50 certainly makes an impact on the emotions. Setting new world records for the most screenwriters and most directors on a

Read More »

The Final Draft Meteor Award Has Arrived… and it’s OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Every so often we experience magic. Actual real world magic. Not a trick. Not supernatural. But awe inspiring scientifically backed up magic. I just opened the box containing the Meteorite that the Final Draft have so kindly sponsored for the Best Script Award at the Impact50 awards.  And yes, sorry for the string of clichés, but it

Read More »

Grab YOUR Movie Poster for Impact50

So AMAZING people, we have a movie poster for Impact50… After a HUGE amount of debate within the team and community, we have decided to use the poster with the meteor for all online presence. It works really well in the fast-paced environment of social media, such as account headers or thumbnails and square posts.

Read More »

Remember that time we shot the president?

It seems like a lifetime ago now, but it was an amazing day shooting Olivia Williams playing the President in a script written by Joe Ezsterhas! And not it’s the opening to the feature film we premiere on May 31st and EVERYONE is welcome! Tickets below… Want to get a little bit more Impact? Here’s

Read More »