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Dojo Films

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About Me

dojo films is a group of filmmakers based in and around newcastle upon tyne.
we also put on filmmaking events, this was our last one (click on picture to find out more):
held in newcastle, filmmaking teams had 48 hours to script, shoot and edit a film no longer than 5 minutes
there is a myspace group for the challenge, it can be found at: http://groups.myspace.com/northern48hrfilmchallenge
we are short film-makers and film event organisers, spending our day jobs working in various post-production roles for local production companies.
don't believe us? check out this link: www.dojofilms.co.uk
STEVE (far right) - is a freelance director/editor. for the last two years he has been working as an assistant editor for several tv series for the bbc. has degrees from newcastle university, northumbria university and newcastle college, but is most proud of his nvq in bar and restaurant skills (level 2 guys). has had short films shown at the leeds hyde park cinema, the northern lights film festival, london imax cinema and berlin britspotting festival. has recently directed a short called 'office space' for the digital shorts scheme run by northern film media and the uk film coucil.
NICK - works as a freelance editor. very involved in special effects. graduated from newcastle college with an fd in tv & media practice. writes and directs short films, one of which has been shown at the tyneside cinema.
NEIL - freelance offline editor (final cut pro). cut sean conway's "rabbit stories", which was shortlisted for bbc new talent 2006, screened on bbc three, and recipient of a special jury mention at clermont-ferrand. cut pinball film's debut feature "the other possibility", and three uk film council shorts.
KRIS - Works in media marketing...HA HA actually works in a branch of the popular DVD retailer SILVERSCREEN. Completed a Foundation Degree course in tv and media then promptly dropped off the face of the earth. I'm currently trying to get myself back into the wonderful world of film and hopefully start making films with the Dojo folk again.
Myspace Graphics
Myspace Layouts
Click here to go to the dojo podcast page
Q: "Hey, I don't have itunes or a video iPod, can I still watch the films?"
A: "sure you can, simply follow these instructions kids"
First, click here to open download page
Next, right click on the film you wanna see (where it says download), save it to your desktop (save target as), watch it with quicktime.

My Interests

Our latest short film is in the video player at the top right of the page. It was our entry to the London 48 hour horror film challenge. We came joint runner up out of over 50 teams.

It is called 'Strange wood' coz that is the title they gave us, they also gave us the genre 'horror-drama'.

We kinda like it, pretty decent for a film that was written, shot and edited in 48 hours. You disagree? fair enough...

I'd like to meet:

anyone with an interest in film. please feel to leave loving comments about our films we really appreciate it. unfortunately due to the sheer volume of messages and comments we receive we can't answer all of them, but we will try our best. if you wanna make a film and would like help, message us. if you're a band wanting a music video or live recording please message our sister page Newcastle Live (in friends section).

Music:

three of us have a similar taste in music, then there's neil with 'the coral'. boo, hiss...we all like the music of andrew fletcher, and have used his music in our films...if you are a composer please get in touch.

Movies:

we all like hitchcock and some of us like lynch. we all liked punch drunk love, i heart huckabees and dead man's shoes. pretty diverse really, but that's mainly because neil is picky, nick likes films that push boundries, kris likes films that are so bad they are good and i like (as my flatmates girlfriend describes them) 'gay-ass arty farty films'.
Neil: (enough of this Cameron Crowe bollocks, let's get some proper films on here) Badlands, Dog Day Afternoon,Three Kings, Donnie Darko, MASH, Planet of the Apes, Bullitt, Back To The Future, Man Bites Dog, Weekend, the first Star Wars trilogy, Rear Window, Psycho, Rope, L.A. Confidential, Se7en, The Conversation, Tron, Alien, Aliens, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Stand By Me, The Italian Job (original of course), Get Carter, Taxi Driver, Blue Collar, Dead Man's Shoes, Bad Day at Black Rock, Punch-Drunk Love, The Thin Red Line, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Transformers The Movie, Bicycle Thieves, The Taking of Pelham 123, Pulp Fiction, The Shining, I Heart Huckabees
oh, and we also run a podcast of short films, there's a link to it on this page, see if you can find it
Don't have itunes or a video iPod? Doesn't matter, you can still watch the films
Click here to open download page
Right click on the film you wanna see (where it says download), save it to your desktop, watch it with quicktime. I think they are Mp4 files.

Television:

twin peaks was mint. the sopranos is ace. arrested development was brilliant, why did they cancel it?

Books:

steve would like to recommend 'spice power: the inside story' by rob mcgibbon. neil likes 'short films 101' by frederick levy.

Heroes:

alfred hitchcock, david lynch, cameron crowe, paul thomas anderson, sam raimi, richard kelly, danny boyle

My Blog

More stuff online

Does anybody still use myspace?Anyway. Another of our shorts is now online at nemovies.co.ukhttp://test.northeastmovies.co.uk/films/88/sho rt-changedIt's quite good, but then, what else would I say?...
Posted by Dojo Films on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 12:31:00 PST

Updated website

Neil has just updated the news section on the dojo films website. For those of you that thought we hadn't been doing anything for the past 10 months, we have in fact been very busy, we just didn'...
Posted by Dojo Films on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:56:00 PST

Stuff

It's been a while since I blogged... So what have we been up to? Well Nick is heading up a new venture, it's called Newcastle Live and the myspace page can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/newca...
Posted by Dojo Films on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:48:00 PST

Dojo developments

Hi, we've been out of contact for a while, but stuff has been happening... A while ago I entered 90 second versions of 'Shelter' and 'Strange Wood' into a competition called 'One Minute Wonders',...
Posted by Dojo Films on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:07:00 PST

Making another 48 hour film in Newcastle

Okay, I've been talking to Nick and we're giving serious thought to entering the London Halloween 48 hour film challenge again this year. We came second out of over 50 teams last year (probably the on...
Posted by Dojo Films on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:19:00 PST

more horror film madness

Nick and I (half of Dojo Films) are making a film on Sunday (18th I think) and we're looking for some help. Yes, were doing another competition. We've got to make a 2 minute horror short for 'The Cut'...
Posted by Dojo Films on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:17:00 PST

New Group page for the Northen 48 hour film challenge

For updates, rules, tips, finding team members and inane chatter: http://groups.myspace.com/northern48hrfilmchallenge There is also a list of the teams taking part, and where they're from......
Posted by Dojo Films on Sat, 06 May 2006 08:32:00 PST

48 hr film challenge update

hmmm, things are looking good, we haven't started advertising properly (flyers, press) and we've already passed the number of teams we had last year. Methinks myspace is a powerful networking tool. Pu...
Posted by Dojo Films on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:00:00 PST

the 2nd northern 48hr film challenge - newcastle upon tyne. may 2006

the 2nd northern 48hr film challenge - newcastle upon tyne. may 2006it's back. and this is how it works. at 10am on saturday 27th may, give you some restrictions for your film and you have just t...
Posted by Dojo Films on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:55:00 PST

Watch our short film

It is on our page, takes a while to download enough to play, but it's worth it, I think...
Posted by Dojo Films on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:46:00 PST