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I'm an actor, writer and first time director of Death of the Dinosaurs. A 15 second micro short.
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Film Production Blog "deathofthedinosaurs"

Time flies.. Mar 11, 2008 07:40PM
Well.. it's been a while and it's been a blast marketing Death of the Dinosaurs. The film did so well on the festival circuit. I still love watching it and am really greatful that my first effort towards filmmaking paid off so well... but then again, I've always been lucky. Here's a link to the OTTfilms filmography page with our laurels from the fests we got into. http://www.ottfilms.co.uk/filmography/death_of_the_dinosaurs.html We also sold the film to a TV production company for one of their programmes. We didn't make a profit but recouped all the production and marketing costs and got ourselves a broadcast credit. The film is also on the fourteenth Raindance shorts DVD and on Raindance.TV http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?aid=720 Happy days. Everybody say roar! ;)
Dinosaurs Just for Laughs? May 31, 2007 08:39AM
Death of the Dinosaurs has been headhunted to screen at Comedia, the Just for Laughs Film Event in Montreal which takes place from 12th to 22nd July. We love this event so are very pleased to be taking part in it!!
Dinosaurs in London! Mar 25, 2007 06:05PM
Death of the Dinosaurs has been selected for the London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film! Along with our sister film Tarot this is the second OTTfilm to be screened at the festival which selected only 15. That's a really good result for OTTfilms!! We're looking forward to the festival and hope all the cast and crew of both films can come along so come down and meet us if you're in town at the beginnning of May!
A Horror Fest of Dinosaur fun! Mar 16, 2007 10:13AM
This month also, Death of the Dinosaurs will be screening as part of the selection of animated horror fun in A Night of Horror Short Film Festival in Sydney Australia! The dinosaurs hope to come back dripping in gore from this frighteningly entertaining festival!
Dinosaurs at World of Comedy Toronto! Mar 16, 2007 10:10AM
Death of the Dinosaurs proudly screened at the World of Comedy film festival in Toronto, Canada this month. We received some great feedback after the event and have been invited to submit to participate in other screening events and festivals.
Happy times! Jan 21, 2007 06:12PM
And Death of the Dinosaurs has also been selected to be screened at the Faux Film Festival in Portland, Oregon. Portland has apparently been rated the number two city in the USA for independent filmmaking by Movie Maker Magazine so the film will no doubt be amongst good company. Not least of which is our sister film Tarot which was written and directed by John Condon, writer of Death of the Dinosuars!
A couple of articles.. Nov 04, 2006 06:41PM
James MacGregor has written a couple of filmmaker articles about Death of the Dinosaurs. You can view them both online.. Netribution. Shooters Films It's great to talk dinosaur!
Death of the Dinosaurs nominee at the British Independant Film Awards! Oct 27, 2006 07:03PM
Hooray! Death of the Dinosaurs has been selected as a finalist of the Nokia Shorts competition for which it was made!! As a result of this the film is nominated for the British Independant Film Awards! The dinosaur team are extremely proud and excited!! (and ahem.. suitably humble..)
Watch Death of the Dinosaurs! Oct 07, 2006 06:43PM
Official Selection - WT Os International Film Festival. Sep 17, 2006 04:39PM
Death of the Dinosaurs has been selected for it's first film festival. The WT Os International Film Festival in Norway which takes place in November. The Dinosaur team are all very proud!
Death of the Dinosaurs on myspace Sep 06, 2006 06:23PM
You can now watch Death of the Dinosaurs on myspace. Death of the Dinosaurs
Death of the Dinosaurs shoot. Aug 15, 2006 04:01PM
Death of the Dinosaurs is a 15 second short made for the 2006 Raindance Nokia shorts competition. Writer, Director and Crew came together through filmmaking collaborative group OTTfilms. www.ottfilms.co.uk The initial idea was to use toy dinosaurs, which would remain quite static, and then add movement in the camera shots to make the whole come to life. It was decided however to go for stop motion as opposed to camera movements when some very expressive faced and moveable toy dinosaurs were found. The first step was the FX tests. From stills Gus Martinez assembled a test using distortion, which worked well. The film shot in one day (approx 8 hours inc. set up) It was decided to keep the background simple due to the 15 seconds length to give an overall clean look to the film. Green felt and blue paper were put together with a bonsai tree (a 30 year old maple) and a couple of ferns to provide the landscape. Extra help was provided by OTTfilms members Kevin Magee and Marc Knapton in the form of dedolights and dinosaur spit. We shot in HDV using a Sony A1. The edit took place that week and was a precise and intricate job for so small a film. A cut that worked and best served the script was agreed and the FX and grading began. Distortion was used in the form of a partial morph to make the dinosaurs move blink and speak. The film was then graded and using masks and chroma key the original blue sky was graded and moving clouds introduced. The sound design and voiceover took place later. The background atmosphere was designed to suit a hot savannah and foley added including grass chewing and dinosaur footsteps. The Gigantasaurus roar was put together using a mixture of sounds including bear and dear noises. Actor Tony came to record the voiceover for the small dinosaur and director. The whole came together and Death of the Dinosaurs was complete. We hope you like it!! Some photographs from the shoot. Charlie Pite (DoP) does the stop motion Dinosaurs on Set Gus Martinez (FX/Editor) Leilani (Director) and Charlie view the action Dinosaur action while Gus checks the last frame capture in the background. The Gigantasaurus had some trouble standing up.

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Sci-Fi London.. May 06, 2007 06:28PM
Just spent a good evening at Sci-Fi London where Death of the Dinosaurs and Tarot were screened.. saw some other great films too! We were also given free tickets for 28 weeks later.. very good indeed! A fun evening all round and great because it's the first festival that I've actually been able to attend! I really want to write my zombie movie now.. but I've got another couple of projects to finish first.. damn my schedule!!
Dinosaurs and Dark Matter! Mar 16, 2007 10:33AM
Wow.. Death of the Dinosaurs has been such an amazing experience. Following on from the BIFA nomination we've been selected to screen at festivals all over the world and have even been invited to submit for free to some of them who heard of the film by word of mouth. I'm just constantly amazed by how exciting it all is! In the meanwhile work is continuing on my second film Edna and the Dark Matter which is a 2d animation. It's going slowly as animator Andrew is doing it in what little spare time he can manage (after animating in his job all day) and we're taking our time with the plot and characters, trying to make adjustments and add in bits and bobs that will make it special. So hopefully more news on that in due course!
The British Independant Film Awards! Dec 01, 2006 05:40PM
Well, we didn't win the British Independant Film Award but it was a blast being nominated! And sitting in that room because of a 15 second film, alongside the likes of Ken Loach, Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent (among many other champions of independant film), I felt truly humble and grateful for the talent and passion that overcomes the obstacles of independant filmmaking and makes the magic that we see on our screens each year! I am truly fortunate to have gotten to do the things I did this year. Long live British (and all other nations) Independant film!!
Death of the Dinosaurs Sep 14, 2006 10:30AM
Well here we are! I don't really know how I got here. I'm an actress by profession. And last year began to write. I spent the majority of my acting career in the theatre but fell in love with film when I joined collaborative filmmaking group OTTfilms based in London. The ethos of the group is in bringing filmmakers together and sharing skills, advice and equipment to help one another make films. It works on a "reap what you sow" basis and it works well. I joined to act and write but soon found myself in love with a script called Death of the Dinosaurs and encouraged by writer John Condon I found myself directing. Since then I've gone on to produce a couple of films, act in a couple, write some and am embarking on directing another animation, this time with one of my own scripts Edna and the Dark Matter. In the meantime I continue to act and write. Death of the Dinosaurs is being submitted here and there and we shall wait and see what happens. However well it does in festival land I'm glad I made this film and I love it! And I get to say "I made a dinosaur flick this year!".. which sounds kinda cool!

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KingRey
Jun 28, 2007 04:52PM

Very cool! How have you done in film festival thus far?

YesMSG
Feb 12, 2007 11:35AM

Thank you for the great write-up on "We, The Screenwriter," Leilani. Mucho appreciated. I only wish I had as cool behind-the-scenes shots as you!

VERY-TAY
Nov 12, 2006 12:24AM

Hi. Loved your Death of the Dinosaurs. Funny!

richmanclubonline
Nov 07, 2006 05:51PM

Hey!
Congrats on your British Independant Film Awards nomination! Great work.

MP4Fest
Oct 26, 2006 10:42AM

are you part of this "ott collective" thing, as well? i'd love to hear more about this!

CarrieHunter
Oct 14, 2006 02:38PM

I love your animation. It's very funny, especially considering its only 15 seconds.

YesMSG
Sep 14, 2006 06:00PM

Fun! Fun! Fun! Damn non-SAG dinosaur method actors.

leilani
Sep 14, 2006 07:22AM

I'm still getting the swing of this withoutabox thing. Waiting for the techies to sort out the technical hitch they had uploading the film. In the meantime you can watch the film on www.myspace.com/deathofthedinosaurs all 15 seconds of fun. And I've updated the Death of the Dinosaurs audience page. Enjoy!

YesMSG
Sep 12, 2006 06:39PM

We wanna see your micro-short, Leilani. Give it up! Or at least tell us about it.

blacktrack3
Sep 11, 2006 09:44PM

That's real short alright.

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