Hi all, just a quick update for those who’ve checked out the dance vid, or have been referred here by someone they know. We’re shooting a dance video for the Doritos ‘Make an ad, make a fortune’ competition THIS SATURDAY, 10th July from 10am-1pm. We’ll be out of there 1pm sharp ’cause we only have permission to shoot til then.

The shoot will be at Sadler Reserve in Williamstown on The Esplanade (near Williamstown Beach Station for those catching the train). Melways Ref: 56 B11.

We’re going to be there from 9:30 to go through the dance with anyone who isn’t confident they know it. Anyone who has already learned it can just turn up five minutes before 10am. We’ll start shooting right on 10am.

We need everyone to wear the brightest clothes they have. Make sure you don’t wear branded clothing (Billabong, Roxy etc) or clothes with fine patterns (stripes, checks, plaid, etc), but otherwise anything colourful and warm will be great (and feel free to accessorize, unbranded hats, scarves, gloves, will all be good) . We’ll bring a few extra things on the day for people who aren’t sure if they have something. Bottoms wise, jeans or coloured pants are cool.

Make sure you eat before you come, and just so people know – the closest toilets are about a 10 minute walk from the reserve.

We’re still looking for more people, so if you know anyone who’s interested in coming, bring them along and have some fun. The only thing is, the competition has a rule where everyone on camera must be 14 or older, so make sure whoever you bring is older than that. Also if you’re under 18, you’ll need signed parental consent BEFORE you can be in the ad so send us an email (smalltownmoviestuff@gmail.com) and we’ll email you a parental permission form to bring on the day. Also everyone in the ad will have to sign a release form before the shoot commences (we’ll have them with us on the day).

Thanks guys, can’t wait to see everyone on the day. It should be a really good time!

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Candice and I have been working crazy hard to get the movie finished for the past week or so now (she’s been on holidays from work since Saturday and I have since Wednesday). It’s seriously nearing completion which is a relief. It’s nice seeing it coming together at long last.

I sent out screeners to Az and Bart for scoring on Friday and Adam has been nutting away at the score for the past week and a bit in our living room too. They’re going to be working hard and fast so that I can hopefully get onto the final mix as early as next week.

That’s pretty much all the news for now. As always, if you want more regular updates on ‘The Least Damnedest Thing‘, the best place to go is my twitter page @markdeere. Hopefully the next time I update here, the movie will be done and maybe the site will finally get a (long overdue) make-over for what will hopefully be a really exciting year for us.

So here’s a quick update on where we’re at. The movie’s coming together nicely and hopefully shouldn’t be too far off. We’re heading to Brisbane this weekend for a final ADR session. Then it’s the last of the sound design, and a render of the final master.

It’s not too far off now people. I’m so excited about getting everyone involved in the test screenings and am also planning something really special for the opening night. More info soon.

For other updates, feel free to join our ‘The Least Damnedest Thing’ Facebook fan page here. Til next time.

Well hey, hey, hey! We’re back in a big way. We just finished production on our new movie – The Least Damnedest Thing – on Sunday and are now already well into post production. The movie’s almost edited and seems like it’s gonna run around 80 minutes. Once cut it’ll be on to ADR and sound post, as well as onlining…should be a great time.

Cheers to all who helped out. I’ll post some actual interesting stuff when we slow down a little- maybe some production stills or something. Anyway yeah, til I post again, hope everything’s still going well for everyone. Hopefully I’ll see you all again soon. Adios!

Hey all, hope everyone got their copies of Coits okay. New things on the way really soon. We’re working on the new movie and our various new plans. More info to come really soon.