Q&A for some rather dubious publication that I did for 'A Short Film on Conformity', playing at Hoboken Film Fest soon...

http://www.gardenstatejournal.com/content/garden-state-journal-qa-matt-willis-jones-director-writer-producer-editor-of-a-short-film-on-conformity-(pilot-episode-for-everything-is-perfect-and-there-are-no-problems)-8697.html

huh.... just found this...

We had great time and the Conformity film got me up on stage. More soon. x 

Well the latest film in the Huma  Error series, 'A Short Film on Freedom' can now be watched on the website humaerror.com 

Well done to everyone involved. It's a great movie. Our best yet? That's tough to say, as everyone has their favourites. But it's definitely a goodie.

Check it out. ;)

Well we didn't win at the Boston Sci-Fi Fest - but we did get an 'honorable mention' - which is nice 

I've been watching a lot of these 'Dangerman' episodes lately...  I have been struck by many aspects of the production, not least the strong female characters. Check out the incredibly stylish Barbara Steele in this episode ... I love her 'slightly raised eyebrow' acting style in the bar scene with Mcgoohan 5 mins in..

The Twilight Zone is so fucking cool... Check this episode out. Bang on. 

.... and just found out the Conformity film will be playing in Edinburgh too!

The bad news is that it's the same weekend that I have a gallery opening in Oslo and there are no flights after that... so, yet again, I can't make it.

When, oh when, will I be able to make it to one of my screenings??!!

Pleased to announce that both 'A Short Film on Conformity' and 'A Short Film on Democracy' will screen at the Skepto International Film Fest this April in Cagliari.  Whoo Hoo! I wonder if I'll make it to the screening this time....

ONE OF MY FILMS IS PLAYING HERE...

I don't know which one as I submitted 2, and they said: 'Congratulations, your film has been selected' (!) 
We'll have to wait and see. Exciting isn't it? :)http://www.bostonsci-fi.com/

JOIN US IN MAKING THE LATEST EPISODE IN THE SERIES 'A SHORT FILM ON FREEDOM' BY CLICKING HERE! 

Hmmm... what is going on here...?! :) 

From Jan 13th's shoot... photo by Andreas Paleologos...

 more craziness scheduled for Feb 2nd... 

shooting update ..
Last Sunday .. Jan 13 ... we started shooting the next Huma Nerror film 'A Short Film on Freedom'. We have a few scheduling constraints - we can only shoot on weekends, one of our actors is in a long run stage performance in another city 6 hours away, another actor leaves the country for 3 months in at the end of January, and we also lose access to our fabulous location at that time. All in all it's a tight schedule - and this film is probably the most ambitious one yet.

The shoot went well - the actors are just amazing and I am incredibly lucky to have an equally good crew. Believe it or not we have graduated to shooting on a RED Scarlet camera, and we even got an Audi TT - straight from the showroom  - as a prop.

The previous 3 films we made for a cost less than 3 bottles of Cava (a fact I realised when paying the bill at our premiere party) and, despite the above paragraph - we are still managing to make these films for nothing (ok - that's not strictly true - I buy and prepare food for everyone the day before - but that's... well... less than a bottle of Cava).

I think from now on I'll budget in units of 'One Bottle of Cava' ... you want to do some sound mixing? That'll be 2 bottles of Cava an hour.

Next rehearsal on monday 21st. Can't wait.

Man that shit was crazy.  A great premiere party! Thanks for all who attended! The films were a hit and... well... maybe some pics would be in order :) 

introducing the evening... we got the audience to pick the order of the films....

....to spice things up, one envelope contained 'The Smurfs' DVD

and the first film is .... thankfully not The Smurfs... Ok ok .. we rigged it... 

after the films... introducing the cast 

more of the same

Cast members seeming quite happy. Clearly no-one's told them they're not getting paid... 

more slavery being rewarded with a DVD of films they've already seen and a rolled up poster...

introducing the most handsome man in Norway... not that he would have any of it

and every band needs a lead singer ... Hello Raya

Pete Rycroft - who did such a great job on the score for the 

Democracy film flew in from London for the party - 

I'm not sure who was happier about that. Awesome.  

so we took a bow and .... waaaahhhhhhh!!!! 

Ida Moen, and Charlie... When not being the masters of costume and make up.... 

they are part of the TOO MANY GIRLS DJ crew

More of my stunning cast .... 

yet more... 

and then it all hit off

yeah this was fun...

How awesome is this picture? :) 

Raya, dancing in character as the demonic 'Karen'.... 

Just fucking awesome. 

And the films weren't bad either.... 

and all that remains for us to say is.... 

Dubbin' 

yes ... that's a cast member in a cast! He felt like a bit of a member too.... poor Harald.... ;( 

Close observers will notice that none other than Chuck Norris is our sound recordist / mixer. 

Amazingly, Jørn (right) had come straight from a stage performance at Dansens Hus - so 20 mins before I threw him in the sound booth with hop-a-long -  to say a total of 5 words -  he had been bowing to a standing ovation in a packed theatre. What a sport. 

Harald and Jørn make it happen.
oops! top secret material on screen blurred out ... ;)

so what do these incredibly poor quality photo's mean? They mean we are getting ever closer to having this film in the digital can.

It's absolutely fantastic, btw.

For anyone out there who is wondering ...

A Short Film on Democracy ... is in the sound mix... and we are having to dub over some lines... so we'll not be finished by the end of this week... in fact it'll probably be another 2 weeks... as we have to co-ordinate the actors and the dubbing process

Hey... the best things come to those who wait, yeah?
;)

In other news, the Conformity film played in Germany last saturday .. sadly I couldn't attend as I was performing 'Jimmy Polaris' with Christopher Nielsen and the band Masselys. It's the third time we've done that now and it's always fun. Only drawback was the van we hired to make the 2 hour journey to the venue. Complaints about the vehicle included:

- steering wheel too cold
- nothing on the radio
- sticker on dash read 'husk lys', not 'Masselys'

tsk tsk...

'A Short Film on Conformity' plays here next saturday - Nov 10th.  

Pretty cool poster I thought :) 

Will I make it to Dusseldorf to attend a festival screening of my film for the first time? hmmm...

Final sound mix for 'A Short Film on Democracy' scheduled for tuesday Nov 6th....

Shooting for 'A Short Film on Democracy' was completed yesterday ... here's most of the cast between scenes... looking like they're awaiting test results... :) 

 

I'm gonna try and get an edit out in time for Halloween... bit tight really but I'll try... So what is this new film? Initial reports have it described as 'Rhubarb crumble with plutonium custard'   - I think that might be right...

My new favourite image ... 

Rita Hayworth in The Lady From Shanghai. (Dir: Orson Welles, 1947)

And this is Ragnhild H. Myntevik, one of the stars of my office films. 

Here she is in my latest project (in production)  'A Short Film on Democracy' 

Ummm.... I think that's right... or... hold on.... hmm... 

 Oh here she is again... Ragnhild H. Myntevik, aka Raya,  in 'A Short Film on Democracy' (WIP)