Today's events...

"Moon. Glorious moon. Full, fat, reddish moon, the night as light as day, the moonlight flooding down across the land and bringing joy, joy, joy." - Dexter Morgan

I couldn't help but use this quote from Dexter, it was the first thing that came to mind when I was in the car tonight and saw the full moon, seriously, it was probably the brightest & clearest I've ever seen, like someone had painted it in the sky...

Well, I haven't done anything creative today, but that's because I've been out & about instead, firstly I saw Avatar in 3D, which I personally liked, I couldn't help but think "if this is the future of film, then that's definitely where I want to be" I mean, the film was an art form in its own right, & although I know lots of people say that 3D is just a gimmick, but I really like it, it's weird, you expect everything to be flying out of the screen at you, but if anything, 3D just pulls you into the film, it does what it says, giving it another dimension. You feel as if you could stick your hand into the screen, almost like a pop-up book, I loved it.

After that we went on to the O2 Arena/Ravensbourne, & I realised just how close I'd be to the O2 if I went to Ravensbourne, seriously, it's the equivalent of walking from the 6th form block to the library at RMGS. Then we tried out the Chinese buffet at the O2, which I loved, I am now torn between 3 restaurants when I go there...

After that we went onto Bluewater, which isn't really as exciting as the other two places, I got some new jeans... how hardcore.

Anyway, I literally just got back in & having been inspired by the moon, I decided to start writing some lyrics for a song, & also found a little instrument tutorial thing on the MacBook, like interactive video lessons, so I might give them a go at some point, they look like fun... I just need to get my hands on an instrument first...

Glenn

A continuation...

Well, there's nothing really to add from yesterday, I'm finishing the eTMA for my Open University course that I started yesterday & am having to fight a huge writer's block in order to do so for tomorrow's deadline...

I showed Vengeful Retribution to my friend Suzi today & it got another good response, but I can't really keep showing it to people one by one (mainly because the sight of seeing the film so many times is actually driving me insane!) But then Rachel & I talked about having a screening & she suggested the last day before the February half term, so I will see who I can ask about that...

Glenn

From this nothingness...

Well, today I have done NOTHING with regards to Nameless, mainly because I have been working on my final eTMA for my second Open University course.

It is a shame that things for the Open University can't be published etc. because I actually quite liked this one, it was a bit psychological & weird... actually, it was VERY psychological & weird, especially when I chucked in some surreal stuff.

Maybe I could expand & develop it, then I could make it into a short film, technically that's not breaking the rules if I'm only keeping the main concept & am changing a load...

Or maybe I should just let this story go to the Open University, hope it gets me a good grade & just leave it. I mean, I already have Nameless to keep me busy, & quite a few ideas for other things are already floating around in my head...

I think I'll probably store the idea away somewhere, maybe I'll dig it up later...

Glenn

Breaking the silence...

I have very little to report about my part in the development of Nameless today, however, I have been talking to my friend Lee, who wrote & performed the soundtrack for Vengeful Retribution (as well as acting in it!) And he has informed me that he has some ideas for the soundtrack for Nameless (which he is also acting in, but with a much bigger role than in Vengeful Retribution... he's the lead male this time!)

I am not sure if he wants me to let you know his ideas just yet, but I can tell you that I am rather excited about the whole thing after hearing the ideas he's told me... they sound amazing & fit the themes in the film perfectly!

I know he will be reading this blog (seeing as he told me he reads my blog just this afternoon) so I would like to say a huge thanks to him for all of his help & I am looking forward to hearing some ideas once the exams are out of the way.

Speaking of exams, I'd like to say good luck to everyone doing exams at the moment, although I'm sure you'll all be fine.

Glenn

As the night sky glows red...

Well, once again, I can't sleep, however I have been tweaking the script a bit more, as I mentioned in the last blog, I was thinking that the dictator/leader of the regime could be a woman, well, now they are, & I already have ideas of who I want to cast for that character... but that's top secret for now.

I just looked out of the window & noticed that the dark sky seems to be almost tinted red, maybe it's the street lights or something logical like that, but I think it looks cool, so I've got up a few pictures on Photoshop & am playing around with the colour settings again, this time however, I'm not doing the whole black & white with some colour thing that I used to be so fond of. This time I've decided to try turning some old pictures into my dystopia, just by playing around with various tools to give a different sort of atmosphere to the picture.

Another thing that's amused me tonight in particular, I said before that the characters in the story are almost evolving by themselves, & now I'm starting to realise why that may be. It's almost like the people I know in my personal life are creeping into the characters in my story & are sharing very similar traits! It would scare me if I didn't keep reminding myself that most of the time, I have to base characters on real people that I already know to make them seem believable, so it really isn't that shocking when they start to resemble the people I'm subconsciously basing them on. However it will probably make casting much easier further down the line!

Glenn

"Nameless"

Well, I think I have a working title for the film... Nameless.

Originally I had saved the script as "untitled" (default name), but then I realised that seeing as the society seemed to have stricken the characters of their names, emotions & anything that made them once human, that this name could be quite fitting to the story.

Another idea I had... why are dictators usually portrayed as evil old men? Why not have a female one? So lets just say that I've headed back to the script & am tweaking it a bit.

Glenn

In the shadows of the night...

Well, once again it's in the hour approaching midnight & I'm not feeling the slightest bit tired. If anything it's as if my brain has finally kicked in. I personally like the night though, the lack of sleep, it's when I start to think up half of my ideas for new stories or half of my lyrics, or when I sit up & just sketch endlessly.

Tonight it seems to be the latter, I've sketched a few pieces of concept art for my dystopia & am now working more on the characters & their costumes...

I might finish a first draft of the script after that depending on how long my brain chooses to stay active. The story has really come along since my first drafts, & somehow the characters have evolved almost by themselves. It has got to the point where I'm starting to think that I could pluck out any of the secondary characters & expand their story quite a bit... (spin off series maybe?)

Anyway, as it looks like I might be awake for a while, I think I'll continue sketching the costumes so I have ideas to work off & then maybe I can get the materials & do some screen tests soon. I think that screen tests might have to wait until the script is done though... best get to work then!

Glenn

I'M GLENN BUNN

Well, this is my first blog, I guess I might as well introduce myself...

As you might guess from the title, my name is Glenn.

Basically there really isn't much to say about me, I know people like to post their thoughts & emotions on here, but I've never felt comfortable with expressing my emotions, so I guess this will just be a blog about the films I'm making, or the latest script I'm writing, or the latest art I've done, stuff like that...

So I'll begin...

Recently I've finished a short crime thriller movie called Vengeful Retribution, which seems to be getting some very good responses when I've shown it. I'll be organising a few screenings of it soon to an audience & some of the money from ticket sales will be donated to 'The Stroke Association', a charity which has recently been bought to my attention for various personal reasons over the last year.

Now I've finished Vengeful Retribution, I've started writing & doing concept art for my next project. I haven't named it yet (I always seem to do that AFTER I've got the story done) but I have started work on the script. As it is still a work in progress, I won't say too much about it yet, but I can definitely say that it is a dystopian, action movie, with a slight bit of a science-fiction element to it, and after writing and filming a crime thriller for so long, it is great to go back to a genre that has always interested me from a young age. Another thing I am excited about is working on a feature length film after doing shorts, I realised when I was writing the basic synopsis that this story was going to be too long to go into 10 minutes, so removing any time restraints has given me a real freedom to let my mind wonder...

I'll probably keep blogging about the latest updates to the new project, and soon I might even name it!

Glenn