Caution Wet Paint in Scotland - UK Premiere!

Oh yes, I will be here, in Coatbridge on Thursday to see Jay and Kay Save the World's UK cinematic debut. I am so looking forward to this, and anyone in the area, come, join me and have fun!

As for now, I am busy, there is a lot of things that a director has to do before heading off to Poland at the end of the week!




Caution Wet Paint: Jay and Kay Save the World:

UK Premiere at the Conforti Insitute, Coatbridge (Glasgow, Lanarkshire), 7pm August 18th!


More details about the festival here.


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(Nearest Train Station - Whifflet - trains every half hour from Glasgow Central, journey time 30mins)

Polish TV!

As part of the promotion of < ahref="http://www.quest-europe.eu/News.html">Quest Europe and its screening there, Jay and Kay Save the World! the whole movie was screened last night on Polish TV! Rah! You can check out RTV Lubuska here.

Yes, I will be in Zielona Gora in a couple of weeks for Quest Europe, and next week is the excitement of our UK premiere in Scotland, which I will also be attending!

More news is coming soon...

Caution Wet paint - The Kinkiness restarts!

As Jay and Kay Save the World has come to the end of its festival run, it is now time to focus on the next stage of CWP's development. I will be keeping you informed on what I do.

First the process that started development last year of a complimentary TV series to prequel 'The Movie'; to lodge themselves in between the webisodes and the movie with regards to the cannon is well underway.

I will also (finally) put Jay and Kay Save the World online in the next two weeks. This is part of the strategy of developing the TV series. Save the World is the most professional looking (and funniest) of the CWP series so far. Despite the fact it was done with a budget of ZERO! Note that, nothing!

Okay, maybe I am blowing my own trumpet, but I am incredibly proud of Save the World. It has gone international to film festivals abroad, which has been great for me as a director to see how audiences outside the UK react to CWP. Abd it is time for the rest of the world to freely see Save the World. Give me a couple of weeks. A redesign of the website is also happening.

However if you are either in Glasgow or Zielona Gora then you can join me at either to see CWP on the bigger screen...

Caution WetPaint - UK Premiere!

Jay and Kay Save the World gets its UK premiere in August at the Deep Fried Film Festival:

Venue and Guide for CWP at the Deep Fried Festival.

I, El Director, will be there in Coatbridge for the night to watch the film and to see how our first UK audience reacts to and hopefully loves our film!

So join me, at the Deep Fried Film Festival, Thursday 18th August at 8pm.

Venue: Conforti Institute, Calder Avenue, Coatbridge. Nearest Rail, Whifflet (trains every half hour from Glasgow Central).

Jay and Kay Save Budapest...

Now the festival is over, the party has finished, and the film makers from across Europe head off home to a life a little more ordinary, but a lot more fulfilled.

More importantly, what did Hungary think of Jay and Kay?

What did they think of the milk?



The most terrifying thing for a film maker is to not get a reaction from an audience. And comedy - well, there is only one reaction you are looking for, and if it is not received then you hang your head in shame...



But they loved it! A packed cinema, and here is something that was great for the lot of us. The only film where the audience clapped - really clapped at the end of the credits. And trust me, I saw virtually every film screened and the audience was in stitches. From beginning, threough the cartoons and right at the end with Captain Goldtop's laugh. We entertained.

Damn straight. Who ever said milk was good for you?

I'm off, again - to save the world...

That's it, old faithful - this backpack has taken my belongings round the world a few times and has done me proud. Back in the day, before 9/11 when it was possible to take penknives and shampoo in your hand luggage, I traveled much lighter. But as I now need these essentials with me, I dump this sack of crap in the hold and head off to the cabin with a morsel of hand baggage. Plus now, being part of the jet set group, I actually take a lap top with me.

Will I be online? Probably not. Personally, I love the privacy of being on holiday, even though this is very much a working vacation. If I can get a hold of some Wi-Fi, I may send a posting, but other than that, I am off to join Jay and Kay and Save the World at the Budapest Short Film Festival!

When I get back, I will have travel tales to fill this blog out for a month. Then, of course, I will need a new place to venture too...

And so it has been one hell of a journey from:



to:



but I have loved every step of the way, while shedding a few tears, they are now long forgotten. If in town join us in Budapest for some fun in one of Europe's most beautiful cities along with plenty of milk! Toodles, El D.

Time: Friday September 3rd at 2:15pm and Saturday 4th September at 1:15pm.

Venue: The VÖRÖSMARTY MOZI Cinema, 1075 Budapest, Üllői út 4, Hungary. Nearest tram/metro - Kalvin ter Metro.

At the Movies with Caution Wet Paint!

12 months ago I finished the editing of Jay and Kay Save the World and we have gone from this:



to our first public screenuings of the world's greatest (and wackiest) short film!

Now I am ready for Caution Wet Paint's premiere at the Strasbourg International Film Festival on Wednesday, plus next week's fun at the Budapest Short Film Festival. It has been two years since the last public airing of the paint and many things have changed since then. However, it validates the hard work ad dedication from all that were involved with the making of the film.

I still have to pack my bags, but at least cash wise, I am all sorted out. Someone's going on holiday!

(I will be keeping you all updated while I am in France and Hungary, when I get the chance to access the web).

Toodles!

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WORLD PREMIERE OF CAUTION WET PAINT: Wednesday 25th August 2010, 7pm

VENUE: L'artichaut ~ 56, Grand' Rue, 67000 Strasbourg. Be there of be very square...

Good News Everyone!

Jay and Kay Save the World has got into a film festival! And this is my first international one, in Hungary, at the Budapest Short Film Festival. Originally I was planning a quick trip to India this September, but that has now been superseded. And seeing that I have never visited Hungary in my life, I think now is as good a time as any to pop the cherry and head to this magnificent city to have fun, love The Paint and generally frolic around!

It has been one hell of a battle to get into the festivals this year, so I am ecstatic that we are premiering CWP in such a beautiful location. Budapest is truly one of the more magnificent parts of Europe and as I have never been to this part of the world before it give the traveler in me a great chance to explore a new part of the world...

BUSHO - from the 1st-5th September.

Your life path...

This is an interesting link:

Ari Gill's Life Path.

To quote from this 'horoscope' description of one of the two lead actors from CWP:

'...Ari...has got a fine mind...an analytical thinker...intimacy is difficult for Ari, because he guards his inner world like a mother lion guards her cubs...Ari should guard against...shutting out the love of others and keeping him from experiencing the true joy of friendship and closeness....'

Bulls**t - someone just copied my description of the character of Jay!

After so long, why have I decided to revisit CWP? Well, do not confuse a lack of internet output with a killing off of the project. CWP is far from dead, and I have been doing a lot of work behind the scenes. A hell of a lot.

Some of this work has not paid off, but some has. I am under no illusions that there is so much more to do. But (and herein lies the rub) some things may come to fruition.



Will be keeping you all updated ;)

Jay and Kay Save the World! (Part 3)

This is it, the final Caution Wet Paint comic! Not exactly the final CWP ever, but the last creative spurt for a while...

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Can Jay and Kay save the world and themselves from the evil of Captain Goldtop? Will the milky remnants of Silvertop prove to be too much? Find out as we reveal the magic and laughter behind 'the paint'...

Jay and Kay Save the World! (Part 3)

El Director will still be blogging away on thing film and not-so-film related. You can follow him further by clicking here.

And Jay and Kay WILL return one day...

Jay and Kay Save the World! (Part 2)

Last week, Jay and Kay were beamed away by a milk bottle that had previously milked a cereal bowl...

What has happened to our intrepid duo, where do they find themselves now?

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Read on and find out more as Jay and Kay face up to the nefarious Captain Goldtop and the imbecilic Lieutenant Silvertop. These two wicked milk bottles want only one thing - the enslavement of humanity!

Jay and Kay Save the World! (Part 2)

What next will happen to Jay and Kay? Find out next week, for the very last Caution Wet Paint!

Jay and Kay Save the World! (Part 1)

All that Jay wants is a peaceful breakfast in suburbia. That illusion of tranquility is shattered by Kay's obnoxious dancing, and a whole lot more...

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The final adventure from 'Caution Wet Paint' starts here! With dancing, aliens and so much more, take a look at Jay and Kay's grand adventure to the edge of reality - and beyond!

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Jay and Kay Save the World! (Part 1)

This is it - 'Caution Wet Paint' is coming to an end! Enjoy the final adventure, share the laughs and beware of the milk...

The End is Coming!

It has been a great ride in CWP land, but all things must come to an end. So to announce it in style is the very last adventure with Jay and Kay, for now...

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Starting from next week we will see Jay and Kay in their final and greatest adventure, as they try to save humanity and themselves!

CWP Ends!

Storyboarding...

Ah, the storyboards. Sometimes I draw them (stick men, at best) but often I will photograph the actors/actresses in a dress rehearsal. It is surprising how close to reality these boards are. They are also ludicrously fun sessions when you can really muck about during rehearsals and flesh out the story itself.

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Most of the storyboards I did for Save the World were from the fight scene between Jay & Kay and the milk bottles. This was practical. To put it simply, this was going to be the difficult scene, an action scene, and so the planning needed to be good. Also mixing animation and live action into the same scene was going to be tough and I needed to know exactly where the actors were going to be before I shot the animation sequences.

The only was way to do this was during a photographic storyboard so I knew where the actors were going to be in relation of the rest of the set.

Enjoy, the logistical nightmare that is the shooing of 'Caution Wet Paint!'

Storyboarding

Poster Boys

From Poster Boys

Posters like all aspects of the post production stage, are essential to the publicity of a film. They are there to make a visual impact of the film to the casual observer, and so have to grab the attention of the average audience member who has seen every special effect known to humanity.

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I'm on a limited budget, so spectacular graphical representations of 'Caution Wet Paint' are simply out of the budget. Otherwise I would be in that holiday home in Columbia by now...

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So I have decided to stick with the comic book theme of 'Caution Wet Paint' in order to design the perfect poster for 'Jay and Kay Save the World'. Plus it is a short film that contains loads of animated clips, so it suits the subject matter of the short very well. And so, here it is, the final design for the poster to 'Jay and Kay Save the World!'

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So, the difference between this and the first pic? The stills within the poster have been stylised as a coloured drawing rather than using plain pics lifted from the film. The speech bubbles have a deper bacground, the 'credits list' at the bottom of the poster have a background to make them stand out and finally there is a lovely gold background, to contrast with the main images.

Knowing me however, this is probably not the last poster design coming your way...

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The Director's Chair

A little look at film making from the Director's Point of View.

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You see what happens in front of the lens, but there is a whole process that goes on behind the lens to make the magic come to life! Enjoy!

The Director's Point of View

2010 Calendar

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2010 is upon us and so we here at CWP will add a little bit of fun, milk and alien invasion to the beginning of the new decade!

CWP 2010 Calendar

Watching...

This week has been a busy week in terms of sending of the film to five festivals. It is a pretty laborious affair, each festival having slightly differing entry requirements. Some want one DVD, others want two copies, some want an E-Pack, some want paper based materials. All in all, there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Some have fees to pay, others are free, but always I need to register the post due to the ongoing postal strikes. And then comes the testing of the DVD's. It is important to sit down and watch the DVD's to see that they play properly.

This time, instead of doing other things while the DVD was running in the background, I actually sat down to watch the DVD of 'Jay and Kay Save the World'. It has been a while since I have actually watched the short film - really watched it. And you know what, I really enjoyed it. It is surprising, but seeing the film through rested eyes, I actually remember why I love CWP so much! Let's get into some film festivals now...

Goldtop takes over the World!

It is quite simple. Goldtop is evil...



Our first comic book installment from our latest HD short, 'Jay and Kay Save the World!'

Goldtop!

Milk! From Outer Space!

I really liked doing this, both as a short film and as a comic strip.

Originally, Nick came to me and asked me to shoot Jay and Kay in the back garden, just chatting, and most importantly, having the milk bottle 'disappear. He then told me to 'trust him'. So I did. A few weeks later, he brought me the animation sequence and so was born the two alter egos of Silvertop and Goldtop.



The reason why I have enjoyed this webisode so much is that the story is continued in the latest incarnation of Caution Wet paint, Jay and Kay Save the World! Yep, give me a chance, and I will string a story out far beyond the stars...into the realms of madness!

Milk! From Outer Space!

(el d.)