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Creation of a Poster
As you will know, my pal Pete Starling created a wonderful illustrated poster for Raiding the Lost Ark. In the gallery below, I’ve included some of his amazing concept art, which he was kind enough […]
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Pete Poster Presentation
Friend of mine and wonderfully talented illustrator, Pete Starling (of Electrographica), presented me with my very own framed original of his fantastic Raiding poster design tonight. I was so humbled by his kind gesture, I […]
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Raiding The Lost Ark Released!
4th February 2011, RAIDING THE LOST ARK, A FILMUMENTARY After the success of Star Wars Begins, filmmaker Jamie Benning embarked upon a new adventure. This time turning his attention to the first film in the […]
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Raiding Poster Artwork
No less than three fantastic artists have created artwork for Raiding the Lost Ark. Peter Starling of Electrographica created several graphical illustrations depicting combinations of Indy, George, Steven, Marion and even little old me! I’ve included […]
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Its a Wrap. Raiding is Complete!
Tonight I rendered the final timeline for Raiding the Lost Ark. This part of the adventure is over for me. You will be able to see the completed product on 6th February 2012, on Vimeo.com […]
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Lunch With Film Royalty
As you know, I recently contacted Michael Ford, the twice Oscar winning Set Decorator, to talk about his work on Raiders of the Lost Ark. He kindly invited me to lunch to have chat. Yesterday I met […]
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22/01/2012 – News Update
Just a quick update. I’ve just interviewed myself for a possible NPR piece on me and my filmumentaries! A bit odd just talking to myself, but hopefully a cool outcome. Tomorrow I am meeting two […]
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Raiding is Nearly Done!
So, I am meeting Michael Ford next week and waiting for the artwork to be finished, but other than that, I am done! Check out this snap of the Raiding nearly final timeline in Final […]
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Short Progress Report
Tomorrow I have a little time to edit in the piece about the modified Jaguar/Nazi Merc (including some cool rare photos) and a few tweaks here and there. If the Raiding artwork (by four different […]
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Storyboard Procurement
A couple of weeks ago, I purchased a production used storyboard from an Indy collector. It shows Sallah, in a bluescreen composite shot. The seller wouldn’t tell me any more than “it was used by […]
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A Brief Conversation with Drew Struzan
I was fortunate enough to have an email conversation will legendary film poster artist Drew Struzan this week. I’ve always been a huge admirer of his work, so it was a real buzz to hear […]
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Part 1 Uploaded to YouTube
I’ve just uploaded a 10 minute part 1 to YouTube as I thought I might be neglecting all those YouTube subscribers. It’s a slightly updated one to the version on Vimeo. Things are going well. […]