New Year, New Title

Hello Blog world

I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.Although it has been the holiday period work hasn't stopped on "Wheels". A final edit is being put together as I type and I am very pleased with the film, the footage although ungraded looks crisp and appealing and more importantly the message I aimed at getting across does. However the title which as you may have guessed by this updates title has changed once again, as I have said in previous blog posts "Wheels" didn't really tie in with the film or it's message and "You've Got A Friend..." made everybody instantly think of the Toy Story films so I did a bit of thinking. I searched through every dictionary I own looking up words to do with friendship, adventure and escape and drew a blank until I stumbled across the latin word "Amicus" which means friend. The word sounds good, has everything to do with the message and has no relation to toys of any sort and as a result is now the official title of the film. Below is an updated version of the poster with a little more grading and changes.

Some other good news is that Folk Uke a small folk band from Austin, Texas in the US have given permission for their track "Shit Makes The Flowers Grow" to be used in the film. I can't thank them enough for their kindness and feedback on an early cut of the film as without their music the final act of the film would have been terrible empty and nowhere near as poignant. Please follow the link and check them out as they are awesome! (http://www.myspace.com/folkuke)

Finally although Amicus hasn't even been released yet I have started work on a new script which I believe will be my final film at university I am looking forward to a little bit of a break once Amicus is completed (hopefully in the next few weeks) as I am really excited and eager to finish the first draft and begin another film all over again.  I am aiming to upload a final cut of the film by mid January but until then I'll keep updating with what's going on as it's going on.

Cheers