Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Independent Film Production Companies in Derby

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Independent Film Production Companies in Derby:
Guillermo del Toro is a bit of a hero for me. Not because of the films he makes (although Pan's Labyrinth was particularly phenomenal) but because of the direction he took his career. He keeps his film career going around making his own films by putting his name to other peoples'; he produced Troy Nixey's Don't be Afraid of the Dark because he loved the original, then he executive-produced Mama to give Andrés Muschietti his first big break in mainstream film. This is to name two recent examples.

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Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Review: "Caught in the Headlights" and "Pro Kopf (...

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Review: "Caught in the Headlights" and "Pro Kopf (...:

A new blog by the talented Sophie Black - this time she turns her skills to reviewing ...

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Sophie On: Her Brief Stint With Acting

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Sophie On: Her Brief Stint With Acting:

 You could say that I was a bit of a theatre baby. I come from a musical family (my uncle is a proffessional organist and some of my earliest memories are of me sitting being bored whilst my parents rehearsed with their Christian band), and I did ballet and tap aged six, then again with ballet and Modern when I was in my teens, although I was never very good at it.

Amongst all this, I was very much into acting, perhaps because I was such an extrovert child. I was part of my school's version of a Glee club (before it was cool!) and performed in all the shows it put on outside of regular drama classes. I have a variety of embarassing photos to prove it, and my memories from that time are what inspired me to make The Opening Night ...

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Sophie On: Her BBC Debut

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Sophie On: Her BBC Debut:

As all the lovely Stop/Eject fans know, we were featured on the news before, when Neil went on Midlands Today to raise more pre-production funds. It was a wonderful piece but the whole thing was a bit of a waiting game, particularly when it came to the broadcast itself. This time round, they couldn't see us quick enough, and both myself and Neil were in Hereford when they rang - 100 miles away from the studio we needed to get to!

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Spotting Ghost Trains on a Disposable Camera

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Spotting Ghost Trains on a Disposable Camera:

A shoot happened this weekend - I signed onto it in a second and it was over in a flash, but it was a lovely chance to work with Neil Oseman and co again, and to pay another visit to sunny Hereford.

Made as an entry into this year's Virgin Media Shorts competition, Ghost Train Spotting featured two characters and one location, so it wouldn't be a massive challenge for me to take on all of the film's design. Of course, no film is ever as straight forward as it sounds, and I still found myself running round like a headless chicken last minute, but none of it was exactly difficult...

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Stop/Eject hits the Internet!

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Stop/Eject hits the Internet!: Hello everybody,
        Less than a week since the Stop/Eject website went live, and it's already recieved a lot of hits. If you haven't checked it out yet, now is the time:

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Sophie On: Jema Hewitt

Triskelle Pictures - the work of Sophie Black: Sophie On: Jema Hewitt: Hey guys,    A few months ago, I did a survey on my Facebook Page to find out if there was anything my readers/fans wanted to see more...