Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readDocumentary Film 7: Reshoots and Post ProductionOn the 2nd of April, Becky, Joe and I met again for reshoots. In the edit, we realised there was some stuff that Becky had forgotten...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20192 min readFilm Adaptation 4: The Man Who Ran AwayI’ve just handed the final draft of the adaptation screenplay to Harris and he’s happy with it. It’s a good feeling. I can move on and...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20192 min readDocumentary Film 6: The ShootOn the 5th and 7th of March we shot the main bulk of the film. It was a pretty smooth shoot with no major mishaps, which was really good....
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readDocumentary Film 5: Back to Pre ProductionI was actually much happier with the new structure because it would be much more visually unique and there would be lots of room for some...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20194 min readDocumentary Film 4: Interview AftermathAfter the interview, we were left in a bit of confusion. The most interesting topics she had discussed, weren’t related to the objects we...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readDocumentary Film 3: The InterviewWe never established firm roles for the film, with the exception of Becky as director. Everyone just pitched in, and in the end even...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readDocumentary Film 2: Jana – The MovieSo I should have been doing documentary blog posts all along but, along with posts for the other parts of the course, I’ve gotten behind....
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20192 min readFilm Adaptation 3Hello there, eager reader. When we told Catriona our Noir idea, she didn’t like it. She liked the concept and the character dynamics, but...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20192 min readContemporary Hollywood Cinema 3: Men and Masculinity – That Poor ApricotPlot Summary: A teenager in Italy, called Elio, grows in confusion and attraction for Oliver, a young American man who was hired by...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20192 min readContemporary Hollywood Cinema 2: Star Studies – Would That it Were So Simple?Plot Summary: In the 1950s a big Hollywood star is kidnapped and held for ransom by communists. Eddie Mannix, a fixer working for a...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readFilm Adaptation 2: P.I. DelaneySo the adaptation of A Taste of Honey has turned into a film noir… It is an idea we are all much happier with and Catriona says it is...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readContemporary Hollywood Cinema 1Contemporary Hollywood Cinema is an interesting module. We watched Hail, Caesar! which is an ok film, however it is a lazy Coen brothers...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readDocumentary Film 1For the documentary module, I would like to make a film about back home, and look at the troubles. However, I need to settle on a theme...
Daniel BinghamApr 9, 20191 min readFilm Adaptation 1: A Waste of HoneyThe term has started and it’s back to the old swing of things. In Film Adaptation we’ve been looking at ‘A Taste of Honey’ by Shelagh...
Daniel BinghamDec 23, 201816 min readCritical ReflectionIn 2018, as part of the Film Genre module of my 2nd year of BA Film, we made a short film called Parasite. This is a reflection on the...
Daniel BinghamNov 1, 20185 min readStrugglingA lot has happened. That’s partly why this blog post is so late (the other part being the fact our WiFi was down…). I’ll start from the...
Daniel BinghamOct 22, 20183 min readBusy.So, I got picked to direct one of the Film Genre films. It was a film written by James Robert Bremner. I have very mixed feelings about...
Daniel BinghamOct 14, 20183 min readNo Direction HomeSo this was a depressingly unproductive week. I emailed Paul my new film idea about selling your soul to the devil, but unfortunately I...
Daniel BinghamOct 8, 20182 min readThe Late Daniel BinghamNo. I’m not dead. I’m just a day late writing a blog post. I apologise. However, things aren’t going great, but at least I’m not dead…...
Daniel BinghamSep 30, 20182 min readWriter’s BlockHey! Despite the title of this post, I’m actually in quite a good mood having just finished the first draft of a screenplay. It’s working...
