Comments for http://geoffrey.com.au Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:04:23 +0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Automatic Story Generator by 50 herramientas gratuitas para blogueros y escritores | AcosoTextual http://geoffrey.com.au/automatic-story-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-6913 50 herramientas gratuitas para blogueros y escritores | AcosoTextual Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:04:23 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?page_id=8#comment-6913 [...] inspiración para generar ideas; por suerte hay algunas herramientas que nos ayudan con esta tarea.Geoffrey’s Automatic Story and Idea Generator nos brinda ideas y relatos ya desarrollados para poder inspirarnos; The Story Starter nos provee [...] [...] inspiración para generar ideas; por suerte hay algunas herramientas que nos ayudan con esta tarea.Geoffrey’s Automatic Story and Idea Generator nos brinda ideas y relatos ya desarrollados para poder inspirarnos; The Story Starter nos provee [...]

]]> Comment on Filmmaking in Perth? . . . Are you guys nuts? by Vijay http://geoffrey.com.au/2008/07/just-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-6859 Vijay Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:22:17 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=7#comment-6859 Hi Guys, I am Indian dude, have a passion of film making since childhood, and have done TV soap in India. I am here in Perth since 2009 as a permanent Resident and looking forward to work with Aussie TV and Film Industry. Wish to start a perth based local film making group. where writers, cameraman, directors, editors, music composer and everybody else who has the passion of film making can come together and work for each other freely to get their job done so everybody can get a chance to make their dream true. would like to make short films for festivals. I have a good experience in camera n direction, i also do editing. so looking forward to hear from you guys, you can search my indian Group on Facebook as Film Makers Pune. also you can search me as Vijay Shinde Perth on facebook. Hope you would like to come together for this good cause. can call me on 0401428806. Hi Guys,

I am Indian dude, have a passion of film making since childhood, and have done TV soap in India. I am here in Perth since 2009 as a permanent Resident and looking forward to work with Aussie TV and Film Industry. Wish to start a perth based local film making group. where writers, cameraman, directors, editors, music composer and everybody else who has the passion of film making can come together and work for each other freely to get their job done so everybody can get a chance to make their dream true. would like to make short films for festivals. I have a good experience in camera n direction, i also do editing. so looking forward to hear from you guys, you can search my indian Group on Facebook as Film Makers Pune. also you can search me as Vijay Shinde Perth on facebook. Hope you would like to come together for this good cause. can call me on 0401428806.

]]> Comment on iPad Vs Kobo Vs Kindle 3 (redux) by edwin http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/08/kindle-kobo-ipad-compariso/comment-page-1/#comment-6820 edwin Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:28:27 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=580#comment-6820 Great to hear that you like the Kindle. I'm finding that, perhaps because I read at night and therefore don't require a light, the iPad is my goto option these days. Thanks for stopping by. I might take a look at the review and change it slightly now that I have had time to play with all three devices... Great to hear that you like the Kindle. I’m finding that, perhaps because I read at night and therefore don’t require a light, the iPad is my goto option these days. Thanks for stopping by. I might take a look at the review and change it slightly now that I have had time to play with all three devices…

]]> Comment on iPad Vs Kobo Vs Kindle 3 (redux) by TC http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/08/kindle-kobo-ipad-compariso/comment-page-1/#comment-6819 TC Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:32:30 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=580#comment-6819 I have just bought a Kindle the other day and am amazed at the text quality. I nearly didn't buy it as a result of your review. I found that you can download files document PDFs audible files mp3's to kindle folders using it as disk which your article suggest you can't it also has free 3G to download the books. For on line newspapers magazinesPDFs anything color the iPad wins hands down. I have owned two iPads. None have ever flickered gone to 256 colors or had massive crashes of apps. You either got a lemon which happens even when buying an expensive car or your overstating it. I mean complaining because you were given a new iPad when it was defective, b@@@@@@ giving you a new replacement instead of sending it to repairs for six weeks and giving you the same device. Wow such bad service, really is that what your saying. I'm writing this for balance as you nearly caused me to avoid the kindle and no doubt some people see your iPad and Kindle comments and may take it to heart you speak with some authority on this issue. Having said that if you want to read novels. Kindle and kobo win hands down iPad is a multimedia device with book reading capabilities as an extra the others a book readers each useful in their niche. If you reviiewing book reading tell people your experience of reading a book on the iPad kobo and kindle not that you don't like the iPad experience because of your philosophy or bad expereience or talk down the kindles ability to be used as a USB and store ebooks etc. Nonetheless all these things help keep the written word going strong so good on you for giving it a go. Cheers. I have just bought a Kindle the other day and am amazed at the text quality. I nearly didn’t buy it as a result of your review. I found that you can download files document PDFs audible files mp3′s to kindle folders using it as disk which your article suggest you can’t it also has free 3G to download the books. For on line newspapers magazinesPDFs anything color the iPad wins hands down. I have owned two iPads. None have ever flickered gone to 256 colors or had massive crashes of apps. You either got a lemon which happens even when buying an expensive car or your overstating it. I mean complaining because you were given a new iPad when it was defective, b@@@@@@ giving you a new replacement instead of sending it to repairs for six weeks and giving you the same device. Wow such bad service, really is that what your saying. I’m writing this for balance as you nearly caused me to avoid the kindle and no doubt some people see your iPad and Kindle comments and may take it to heart you speak with some authority on this issue. Having said that if you want to read novels. Kindle and kobo win hands down iPad is a multimedia device with book reading capabilities as an extra the others a book readers each useful in their niche. If you reviiewing book reading tell people your experience of reading a book on the iPad kobo and kindle not that you don’t like the iPad experience because of your philosophy or bad expereience or talk down the kindles ability to be used as a USB and store ebooks etc. Nonetheless all these things help keep the written word going strong so good on you for giving it a go. Cheers.

]]> Comment on Australian films are crap – mostly! by edwin http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/03/australian-films-are-crap-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-6810 edwin Sun, 01 May 2011 04:16:10 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=626#comment-6810 I'm with you. If I was an investor, it's a no-brainer to think that if I invest my $1m in 10 x $100K films, I'm more likely to get a return. But it's more complicated and exploitative than that. Using tax laws, employment points and other financial acrobatics, investors have already made their money back before a film is released. It's nearly a 100% write-off against their income and they get to play Executive Producer for a day (it's usually only ever the one day). Unfortunately for Australia, if the film bombs, the investor gets his money anyway. In the US, they're driven by "incentive to make money" not write-off losses. Here it's all about screwing the (stupid) Nanny state and the taxpayer. The actual "movie" is an after-thought. And the screenplays demonstrate that. Directors and writers are judged on the way they wear their business suit, rather than their ability. It's all about delivery, not "content." " "Can X writer deliver by Friday?" "Will shit in a bag do, Sir ?" So we have a crude film industry made up of Lawyers and Accountants and well-dressed people who can take great photos and "deliver" on time. NOT creative people seeking to push the envelope. Peter Jackson, in his shorts and bare feet would never get a look in here. "Come back when you've put your clothes on Peter, this is taxpayer's money you're wanting to spend!" I’m with you. If I was an investor, it’s a no-brainer to think that if I invest my $1m in 10 x $100K films, I’m more likely to get a return. But it’s more complicated and exploitative than that. Using tax laws, employment points and other financial acrobatics, investors have already made their money back before a film is released. It’s nearly a 100% write-off against their income and they get to play Executive Producer for a day (it’s usually only ever the one day). Unfortunately for Australia, if the film bombs, the investor gets his money anyway. In the US, they’re driven by “incentive to make money” not write-off losses. Here it’s all about screwing the (stupid) Nanny state and the taxpayer. The actual “movie” is an after-thought. And the screenplays demonstrate that. Directors and writers are judged on the way they wear their business suit, rather than their ability. It’s all about delivery, not “content.” ”

“Can X writer deliver by Friday?”
“Will shit in a bag do, Sir ?”

So we have a crude film industry made up of Lawyers and Accountants and well-dressed people who can take great photos and “deliver” on time. NOT creative people seeking to push the envelope. Peter Jackson, in his shorts and bare feet would never get a look in here. “Come back when you’ve put your clothes on Peter, this is taxpayer’s money you’re wanting to spend!”

]]> Comment on Australian films are crap – mostly! by Yani http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/03/australian-films-are-crap-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-6809 Yani Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:39:55 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=626#comment-6809 Hardware... a bit over $1.5M and seriously kicks butt. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/ Damned if I know why it only scored 5.6 in IMDB "After all the horrible things I heard about this movie, I wasn't expecting much when I found it for $3 in a pawn shop... and, after watching it a couple of times, I don't know what the hell people who say this is "the worst movie in the world" were smoking... because this is one of the best low-budget sci-fi flicks I have ever come across." That pretty much defines it. Stuff this big budget stuff, all that pays for is named stars, big lunches and feeds the Fox / Warner movie machine which couldn't give a stuff about Australia unless the dollar is worth 50 cents. There is massive space on free to air TV now that is filled with crap from the 60s & 70s. That's the space that needs to be filled with content, get that American crap off. (What's that you say... we can't as they get it for free with major film purchases. ;) Hardware… a bit over $1.5M and seriously kicks butt.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/
Damned if I know why it only scored 5.6 in IMDB
“After all the horrible things I heard about this movie, I wasn’t expecting much when I found it for $3 in a pawn shop… and, after watching it a couple of times, I don’t know what the hell people who say this is “the worst movie in the world” were smoking… because this is one of the best low-budget sci-fi flicks I have ever come across.”

That pretty much defines it.

Stuff this big budget stuff, all that pays for is named stars, big lunches and feeds the Fox / Warner movie machine which couldn’t give a stuff about Australia unless the dollar is worth 50 cents. There is massive space on free to air TV now that is filled with crap from the 60s & 70s. That’s the space that needs to be filled with content, get that American crap off. (What’s that you say… we can’t as they get it for free with major film purchases. ;)

]]> Comment on Australian films are crap – mostly! by edwin http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/03/australian-films-are-crap-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-6777 edwin Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:17:59 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=626#comment-6777 Yeah, you're spot on, I reckon. Basically, though, rather than supporting several $5-7m Aussie films, my opinion is that they could make 100 x $250K films. They'd have more chance of getting a hit or at least getting their money back. I believe one has to finance a lot of box office failures in order to have one hit. As you point out - the only films (besides "Kenny") that have returned anything decent were the US-backed films (or even US-financed with maybe A$1m from our government so they can gloat). I suspect it's a matter of sacking administrators who have been there for 30 years or more and letting newer, more progressive (and less risk-averse) backers run the show. Mediocre films? No thanks. Also interesting to note is this - unlike in the US - heavily AFI-awarded films hardly ever return the investment. The awards are pretty much always swapped for a US Green Card. Yeah, you’re spot on, I reckon. Basically, though, rather than supporting several $5-7m Aussie films, my opinion is that they could make 100 x $250K films. They’d have more chance of getting a hit or at least getting their money back. I believe one has to finance a lot of box office failures in order to have one hit. As you point out – the only films (besides “Kenny”) that have returned anything decent were the US-backed films (or even US-financed with maybe A$1m from our government so they can gloat). I suspect it’s a matter of sacking administrators who have been there for 30 years or more and letting newer, more progressive (and less risk-averse) backers run the show.

Mediocre films? No thanks.

Also interesting to note is this – unlike in the US – heavily AFI-awarded films hardly ever return the investment. The awards are pretty much always swapped for a US Green Card.

]]> Comment on Australian films are crap – mostly! by Skribe http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/03/australian-films-are-crap-mostly/comment-page-1/#comment-6776 Skribe Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:39:29 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=626#comment-6776 Interesting list. The question is what constitutes an Australian film these days. Weren't 2-5 heavily funded from overseas sources? Would that mean that LOTR would be considered a kiwi film? The Australian industry never really recovered from the throttling and cancellation of 10BA IMHO. I feel that the bulk of our film gems came from that era. Lots of crap too but that's the nature of creativity. Interesting list. The question is what constitutes an Australian film these days. Weren’t 2-5 heavily funded from overseas sources? Would that mean that LOTR would be considered a kiwi film?

The Australian industry never really recovered from the throttling and cancellation of 10BA IMHO. I feel that the bulk of our film gems came from that era. Lots of crap too but that’s the nature of creativity.

]]> Comment on Automatic Story Generator by 50 Herramientas Gratuitas para Bloggers y Escritores | LIBROS GRATIS PDF http://geoffrey.com.au/automatic-story-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-6773 50 Herramientas Gratuitas para Bloggers y Escritores | LIBROS GRATIS PDF Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:25:19 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?page_id=8#comment-6773 [...] Geoffrey”s Automatic Story and Idea Generator – Necesitas más ideas para su historia a continuación, sólo tiene que llenar algunos datos [...] [...] Geoffrey”s Automatic Story and Idea Generator – Necesitas más ideas para su historia a continuación, sólo tiene que llenar algunos datos [...]

]]> Comment on iPad Vs Kobo Vs Kindle 3 (redux) by edwin http://geoffrey.com.au/2011/08/kindle-kobo-ipad-compariso/comment-page-1/#comment-6762 edwin Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:53:58 +0000 http://geoffrey.com.au/?p=580#comment-6762 Kobos are great. They're kinda friendlier than Kindles and more dedicated to actual ebook reading. The Kindle is also good, but I fear it's trying to compete with the iPad unnecessarily. I have both. Hope you enjoy your "Koby" Frank :) Kobos are great. They’re kinda friendlier than Kindles and more dedicated to actual ebook reading. The Kindle is also good, but I fear it’s trying to compete with the iPad unnecessarily. I have both. Hope you enjoy your “Koby” Frank :)

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