Here’s a low budget pilot I made back in February. The show was shot on three GoPro HD Hero2 cameras, attached to the windscreen. I like multi-tasking on shows. This time I wrote, produced, directed, edited, and even recorded the sound from a comfortable position, kneeling on the floor, in the back of the car. A big thanks goes to the very talented cast who did a lot of improv work in rehearsal, and on the day of the shoot. Arnaud Rigaud looked after the cameras/data management for me, and post-production was done at Screen Scene Post Production Facilities in Dublin (who did me a really great deal).
Was very excited to see that Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have decided to collaborate on a new comedy show called “The Trip”. Coogan and Brydon play “Curb Your Enthusiasm” style versions of themselves just as they did in the brilliant 2005 Michael Winterbottom film “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story”. (Winterbottom is also back to direct here.)
Imagine my disappointment when I went to the BBC’s website and saw that for some reason it’s only being showed in England, Scotland and Wales. Replacing it in BBC NI’s schedule is “Pop Goes Northern Ireland”. Maybe that’ll be just as good.
*** UPDATE: The Trip is shown at the later time of 23.50 on BBC Northern Ireland on Monday nights. YAY! ***
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Absolutely hilarious episode of The Thick Of It last night. Here’s the only clip I could find on Youtube. So many great lines in this clip alone.
Stewart - “I do have a statement from a rentboy…”
Malcolm - “That’s very useful for you. You can claim that and get your expenses.”
I was watching a DVD over the weekend and that annoying anti-piracy ad came on (you wouldn’t steal a car etc.), reminding me of this fantastic spoof from the IT Crowd. It’s even funnier than I remembered…
Congratulations to The Hardy Bucks for topping the latest round of RTE’s Storyland competiton. For those of you unfamiliar with the show, it’s being described as an Irish “Trailer Park Boys”, which is no bad thing. It’s easily the funniest Irish comedy in years. If this doesn’t get comissioned as a full TV show after the competition has run it’s course I’d be amazed. The question is whether or not RTE have dibs on the show as part of the competition. If not, The Hardy Bucks could easily get snapped up by a UK station. What say ye?
