What a week! Met students around the UK, interrupting the gatekeeping of: - how to get brand sponsorship for short films (enjoy the snippet below) - colour grading - from graduate to funded director - film welfare - crowdfunding - storycraft More free talks on the horizon!

A bargain £20 2-hour workshop for all you #actors and aspiring #YouTubers, covering everything you need to know about your camera (and sound) to start making films. Any funds from this go towards our short film crowdfunder, share if you can! Big love :) igg.me/at/green-grass

Having secured public funding (from a place I cannot yet say) for our short film, my #producer and I thought we would try to help break down barriers and teach other #directors and #actors how we did it ahead of the #bfinetwork film fund! This Thursday: essexfilmcollective.com/events/how-to-…

Want to learn how to load and shoot 16mm film on a Bolex or Arri SR3 (ARRI)? As part of our crowdfunder for our short film (which involves half D/deaf/HoH crew, and hearing crew), we've made this 2-hour video workshop. £20. Only until April 12th! igg.me/at/green-grass

For any #students or aspiring #filmmakers wondering how you go from a student to a funded narrative and commercial director, here is a talk I did last week at my old uni Solent University, Southampton. youtu.be/0TdRgmxgTSM?si… Enjoy!

‘Two Minutes’ has been selected at the BIFA qualifying Sunderland Shorts Film Festival 👏🏻🫶🏻 Well done to all the cast and crew involved in this short! Thank you to everyone who’s supported this project too! FilmBath IMDb Directors UK B Flynn Films Genera Films

#CASTING call for 2 D/deaf actors to play the leads in a funded short film! Details below. You can find some signed videos and more details (of the characters and project) on our instagram page instagram.com/findinggreengr… Send applications to [email protected]

Starting this week with a cold dip into the sea! Yesterday, my producer and I joined Project Seagrass to help prepare seagrass for transferring to meadows on the Isle of Wight. So far so good! enjoying learning how to care for zostera ahead of our short film! LUMIX Cameras S5ii

So many #directors think #producers are just there for logistics. Producers are there for so much more; research trips, advocacy work, late night conversations, 4am coffee, and stupid jokes no-one else will get. For all the incredible work producers do, thank you, I see you 🙌

After a busy week, finally have a chance to reflect on hitting our Indiegogo💡 goal a week before the deadline. So many people have contributed, including many we don't know personally. It gives me so much hope for the impact this project can have!🤞igg.me/at/green-grass

Two years of teaching at Kingston University, two years now my students have nominated me for a teaching award 🥰 They are a good bunch. My favourite things I've taught this year... - The science of 16mm celluloid - Writing fiction - Directing actors - The business of film

£36,512 🙌 £15,000 from a commission £21,512 raised by a truly mammoth effort from my producer, myself, and some amazing people and organisations. I made a video to explain how we did it for anyone struggling to raise money for their film/art projects youtube.com/watch?v=Mn7SIo…

Looking for a BSL consultant (paid) for our film Green Grass, details of the position can be found on instagram (@findinggreengrass) instagram.com/p/C913_rJNEdO/ Dates needed: • 1 day prep TBC • 24th Aug • 29 or 30 Aug (TBC) • 31st Aug Email [email protected] or DM us!

Looking for a production designer from the D/#deafcommunity for a paid short film role at the end of August in South England, please share and recommend people you might know!

7. Steve Irwin delivers 30 of the most passionate seconds ever caught on camera

Looking for a D/#deaf or HoH male actor, aged 17-22 for a paid role in a short film on the 29th August. Please share and help us find our person! #Filming is in Portsmouth. Thank you! #castingcall #BSL . Email [email protected] (DM's open too)

Quite a humbling and strange feeling to see my film's name on the #bfinetwork list. There's been so much hard work put in since finding out last August (and having to keep it quiet until now was hard!) Shooting in 9 days! Any questions welcome :) bfi.org.uk/get-funding-su…