Category: Filming
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TrashHouse: The Uncensored Truth
I was born in 1974. Movies were always my love and passion, ever since seeing Star Wars on the big screen on opening night at the Southend Odeon. It was December 1977, and I was three years old. In that same year, my amazing mum also took me to see the rerelease of 20,000 Leagues…
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Guest Blogger: Avri Klemer on Spookin’ 2
Pat’s movies are fun. This does not surprise me in the least, because Pat is fun. Pat and I go way back, back to a time when I had short hair. A time when we would stand around the playground discussing the previous night’s Moonlighting or Max Headroom episode. When we would watch cheesy movies…
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Werewolves, Cheerleaders and Chainsaws
It’s here! It’s free! It’s NSFW (strong language, gore & nudity)! Full-length video about low budget horror filmmaking! Full of useful information for budding filmmakers about every step of the process, plus rare clips from Jinx movies (including behind-the-scenes stuff). Filmed live at Horror-on-Sea in January 2013.
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Filmmaking is now a Democracy. Maybe we need more obstacles.
As I’ve mentioned before, there’s pretty much only one reason that my shot-on-miniDV first feature ended up getting decent commercial distribution (which, in turn, led to me being considered a ‘proper’ filmmaker albeit one on a very, very low rung of the ladder). I climbed an obstacle. Cutting footage on a home PC was tough…
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Do we need a Champion?
I’ve been trying a bit of a smartphone detox lately, which makes a lot of sense given that we’re deeply involved in the development process for our smartphone horror Evil Apps. I’ve been attempting to stick the iPhone in a box as soon as I’m home, and to only use it when out and about.…
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I don’t like the sound of that…
Ah, sound recording. Been writing this blog since 2005 and think I’ve managed to avoid talking about sound recording at pretty much every step. I think it’s safe to say that it’s not my specialist subject. Not the thing I’d be grilled about on Mastermind. It’d be an understatement to say I’m ‘still learning’, because…
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Death Tales mini-comic: The tenth anniversary begins here!
Jinx Media has been going for ten years. Ten years of horror, rock n roll, killer cheerleaders and death tales. Ten years of celluloid and zeroes & ones. Ten years of staying afloat and staying alive while the entire industry reforms around us. To celebrate ten years of Jinx Media, we’ve got some really awesome…
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Auditions: from both sides of the table
It’s been a while since we’ve run auditions, but I thought it might be worth writing about the subject. What follows is meant for both low-budget indie filmmakers/producers and also those kind prospective cast members who come along to audition. Sod it, let’s turn this into a game of advice-tennis. Producers: Hire someone pleasant and…
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Last Call for Werewolves, Cheerleaders & Chainsaws at Horror-on-Sea
We’re into the final week before Werewolves Cheerleaders and Chainsaws at the Horror-on-Sea festival. As I write these words there are still a handful of tickets left, which can be snatched up by just clicking the logo above. It’s a 90 min live event about low budget horror filmmaking, including all sorts of clips, anecdotes…
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Nudity in Independent Horror Films
I’ve read a couple of pieces about nudity in horror films recently. As an independent horror filmmaker who needs to get my stuff distributed in order to stay in the game, the question of nudity tends to crop up in every film we make. I’ve seen it argued that horror tends to shy away from…
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