Crisis averted

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that finishing that dissertation was one of the most stressful experiences of my life, no exaggeration. I should have stuck to what I knew, last year, I researched Propp's Theory and applied it to three films, this year I took it one step further and went for surveys. Compiling the data into graphs took a lot longer than I anticipated and I nearly missed the deadline. Having said all that though, handing in another finished dissertation was incredibly satisfying, the weight of the world off my shoulders.

In other news, I'm still working of the script for the Ghost Recordist. I'm not really sure what to change, so I'll just develop it further and hand it on to Niall soon. It's a bit loose but I hope he likes it. I've also got to start planning for the next shoot, it's a month away and we still have to find our lead actor, and a location. Speaking of which, I should have shown these off before; I took some recce photos in Shane (Davidson)'s granddad's old house, it's abandoned now and it would be absolutely perfect...

Spooky exterior...

 Dusty old interior...

It even has this! This is pretty much exactly what I had in mind when I thought of Mikael's house, I went in and my jaw dropped, it was perfect. Too perfect. It turns out Shane would rather we didn't use the place, out of respect for his granddad, and because it's not 100% safe in there, someone might get hurt. Well, at least I have something to work off, I'll send Steve the pictures of the place so he knows the look I'm going for. I don't think we'll be able to recreate it in all its glory, but we'll give it a shot.