BLACK FRIDAY the short film

It's bloody happening! Hah.

A story about certain characters and events involved in the 7 days in the Battle for Singapore in WWII, culminating in the Allied surrender on the 15th of February 1942.

Work in progress pictures soon.

Saturday, July 12, 2008 | posted in Black Friday, film, production, shoot, short film | 1 comments [ More ]

For those about to bark we salute you

The latest issue of WWII magazine ran an article about a man who trained his dog to give the Nazi salute on command. He was jailed - the dog, originally named Adolf, was sent to be retrained.
Quote from the magazine, "the staff has been trying to train the dog not to raise its paw too high..."
Couldn't find the online WWII mag version of the article, plus I can't be bothered to scan it, so here's the alternative online version.

S!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | posted in dog, salute | 1 comments [ More ]

The missing 3 will give you the final 1 (Wan)

Thank you Lords of Battlestar for this shot of Grace Park (s) again. Besides the one with several Boomers/Sharons/Athenas/Grace Parks at the old base star, this absolutely made my frackin day. Gasp.
Screenshot from Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Episode 6 on SCI-FI Channel.

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The List

This is my self indulging watch list, all of which I feel are brutally important. Some are brutal. Others are for entertainment, or what I deem entertainment should be (not in order of preference):

1. Battle for Haditha
+ PBS Frontline's 'Rules of Engagement' for background info.
2. Operation Homecoming
3. No End in Sight
4. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
This goes without saying. So say we all.
5. BBC Horizon:
- What on earth is wrong with gravity?
- The Six Billion Dollar Experiment
- Parallel Universes
- We Love Cigarettes
6. BBC - Leonardo Da Vinci (last episode)
7. BBC Timewatch:
Through Hell for Hitler
Dunkirk
D-Day to Berlin
8. Across the Universe
9. Gallipoli - The Frontline Experience
10. BBC
Sir No Sir - the GI Revolt
Clash of Worlds
11. Fog of War (of course)

The photo is of me taking a photo of a friend taking a photo of me. Please dear lords of Kobol tell me who the final Cylon is. I offer you a reference to the show on my own short film.

Sunday, May 11, 2008 | posted in documentary, film, Kobol, list, TV, war | 0 comments [ More ]

I know what you took on the FM2

All 35mm prints taken on my very trusty Nikon FM2 will be archived here (Flickr) from now on. Digital stuff will still be on Multiply. That camera hasn't died on me from the 1990s when my dad gave it to me.

Long live film.

It will be progressively updated as I have to touch up most of the prints. One of the first few up is this mao mao, a friend's cat, who proves that pictures paint a thousand cats as cute.

He's actually a terror in real life.

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BLACK FRIDAY

Black Friday the short film - updates can be found here. Wordpress is winning the battle in my head for a small site on the film, so it'll all be archived there from now on. This site will continue until I fully decide how and where everything should fracking go.

So say we all (for now).

Thursday, May 08, 2008 | posted in battle, Black Friday, blogger, short film, wordpress | 0 comments [ More ]

NO END IN SIGHT - the film

Just completed Charles Ferguson's No End in Sight. Not bad, considering the arguments and information can be gleaned from all of the indie or otherwise 'insider' post Iraq invasion documentaries, FRONTLINE & loads of books. Nice look and feel, especially with the interviews. It felt honest. Only gripe being it felt a tiny bit too long at times, and narrator's voice got on my nerves slightly at points in the film.

Nicely done gfx opener and stunning music by Peter Nashel.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 | posted in | 0 comments [ More ]

It has been a long road. There will be major updates when this 19th century historical journey is over in Feb 2008. Loved the Philippines, and finally stepped onto JOLO, under the watchful eyes of the PN(MARINES) & after years of reading about events and conflicts there.

For now - go HERE

Sunday, January 27, 2008 | posted in | 0 comments [ More ]