Pop-Up - feature film (Newcastle)

Making a feature film is a massive undertaking. It requires months, even years of work by a group of dedicated people. It's also expensive, so by pre-purchasing a reward, you'll help to get it made. We have our cast, our crew, and our locations in place. Now all we need is to finalise the budget, and it's full-steam ahead!

We also need a picture of your cat.

Here's a short synopsis:

"Pop-Up" is a feature film about three people affected by one event. Their stories are told separately, but they interconnect in unexpected ways.

Story 1: An unemployed father finds a camera containing a single photo of a woman's face. Smitten, he tracks her down.

Story 2: A Romanian immigrant attempts to overcome her heartbreak by giving away 3D cards to everyone she knows, and some people she doesn't.

Story 3: A sleep-deprived theatre director seeks deadly revenge on a scathing critic.


For more info about the film and filmmakers, visit www.popupmovie.com

I've been mucking around with a video camera since I was 11, and made my first complete short film at age 14. During my high school and uni days, I was writer/director of around 90 minutes worth of shorts.

At age 25 I made my first feature as my honours thesis, "Spudmonkey", which I consider a great learning experience. It does has its moments, notably involving ninjas, so you can watch the entire film here:


Since making Spudmonkey, I've worked mainly in advertising, having amassed around 500 tv commercials as director. Here's one which gets a good reaction, but I can never understand why:


I recently co-directed, co-produced, co-edited and co-wrote a tv series (7 x 26min episodes), which I also shot, mixed and scored. It's just been acquired by TVF International for worldwide sales. Here's the trailer:


You can check out more of my stuff on my website.

Raising the money. That's really it. If we get the money we need, the other problems can be dealt with.