A side effect of becoming serious about directing, which happened to me a couple of years ago, was becoming interested in still photography.
I soon as I started thinking of directing in terms of visually composing the film, instead of just 'stopping some blowhard from fucking up my beautiful screenplay', I began to appreciate photography on a serious level.
I picked up my first DSLR (a second hand 30D) in the middle of last year and started snapping in my natural habitat - the live music concert.
I don't really get music radio though. It's the worst of both worlds. If I like the songs they're playing, I get irritated by the DJs talking over the intros and playing ads when I could be hearing more Adele (I'm assuming she's the kind of artist who gets played on radio). If I like the DJs, I get irritated when they interrupt their banter to play Nickelback. I realise this is a minority opinion.
But this bold new world of podcasting has been a godsend for the radio agnostic like myself. I get listen to Simon Mayo's Drivetime show with all the songs cut out. I can listen to Wittertainment without the bloody cricket score updates every six minutes. Not to mention I can listen to US and UK shows that air at three in the morning Australian time.
Anyway, the point of this article was really just to lead up to this interview I did on the wonderful Communication Breakdown programme with James and Emmeline on Monday night. Give it a listen:
My main purpose on the show was to plug the new Producer's Cut release of Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, which can be viewed here:
