film
Ruddock Film Director
David Harmston
viewings are planned for the weekend of the 5th and 6th December.’ We delve into the marketing of the movie, which surely poetry and drama, plays Spanish mobster is integral to its success. ‘It’s mostly been Pascal del Torres. ‘Guy was perfect for the word of mouth throughout the whole part.’ Craig beams. Our very own Gibraltar process,’ Craig explains, ‘we don’t feel the Magazine Editor Anna Kolesnik also acted need to shout about it from the rooftops. in the feature film, noting that compared We’re interested in showing people what to amateur film sets she we’ve done, more than trying to sell has worked on in London, tickets and make money. I’m much Our little film Dirty Cash was very well more focused on people who really company is here put together. to stay and we’re want to see what we’ve done. If always looking for there is a demand for a Gibraltar viewing then we’ll certainly do one.’ At the time of our meeting, talented people Now, deep into the editing of the Craig is nearing the tail end who really have a motion picture, Craig works with of a yearlong process; the passion for film.’ Adobe Premier Pro. ‘Everything’s initial screening was held done on Windows including the on the 29th November at after effects and CGI.’ He commenced the the Manilva Wine Museum. ‘It’s also the edit very soon after they began filming, Manilva Theatre. Believe it or not, they to help concise what would prove to be have a fantastic location that hardly gets an incredible amount of work. ‘From 400 used. For me, it was just perfect. It’s a hours of film, it’s now been condensed to beautiful two hundred and forty-seat venan hour and thirty minutes, and I imagine ue that’s right on our doorstep. Two more
it’s going to get shorter. It’s a tedious task because we always made sure to get so much coverage throughout the filming, to make the most of our time and effort. It’s emotional too, reliving every single day and the mistakes that we all made.’ Incredible pride As I struggle to comprehend the immense amount of preparation and thought and work that has gone into the project, I probe Craig on whether he found that he hadn’t taken certain aspects into consideration, ‘we did though. Right from the offset we knew what our shortcomings were, and it was usually relating to our low budget.
Craig editing the hotel scenes
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GIBRALTAR MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2015