New Moon

Tomorrow is... new moon. And new MOON. The elements are in alignment with our start date of shooting. At 5.30 am on Monday morning the crew assemble, and thirty minutes later the camera will roll. Unusually for a feature film, the first scene we shoot will be the opening scene of the film.

How can words express what it means to have this film being made? The years are a testament to the perseverance, determination, planning and hope which has marked the dogged journey toward production. I doff my hat to my colleagues in crime. It was more than 6 years ago when 5 people ate dinner together in London and committed themselves to make a film. All 5 are still part of the adventure, all this time later.

Pip Piper and Rob Taylor (UK producers), Tim Sanders (Exec Producer), Rawiri Paratene (Lead), and moi (Writer/NZ Producer). That night a fat full moon hovered over our deliberations. Somehow it seems fitting that as we go into Principal Photography, it's a new moon which will smile upon us.

I couldn't be more delighted with our first rate production staff, crew, and cast. As Rawiri said some weeks ago, "I believe that the people who are meant to work on a project end up working on it." Certainly in our case there's the sense that a special group of people have been gathered for a special film.

Enough of talk: let the cameras roll!