Oddball Johnnie

london, United Kingdom

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creator of the 1st 48 hour film challenge in Europe

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">WHO IS JOHNNIE (ODDBALL)The name "oddball" came from a nick name johnnie was called when he ran oddball film productions , the nick name stuck to this day , his real name was kept secret just encase it never worked out in the industry ?5 low budget feature films and over 800 short films created from his film challenges later , johnnie made cinema history , in the last three years he has inspired over 10,000 film makers from all over Europe to what is possible with team work and real talent and no money !"it has been a great feeling to of inspire so many into making a film without excuses , they really needed someone to give them a kick start in how easy it really is to just drop the excuses and just get out their and make a film !" even when things went wrong behind the scenes of some of my events, i kept my promise to screen all the films whatever it took" ,"i felt that every film made in my event was as personal to me as it was to the film makers who took the time and effort to make it !, i learned allot about film makers and how they really love to be inspired ,the events where just the start of things to come , i wanted to make feature films all my life but like fellow film makers never had the funds , so over the years i bought & borrowed equipment from fellow film makers and just made films , it wasn't about if the films where any good, it was about learning the hard way by doing it for real on set or on a street with no permission , I really learned allot by doing it this way , you can never learn film making from a book only by exp ?""this is why i created the events to inspire others , but without funds to run the events and without charging film makers again 25 quid to take part , i gave the events over to others to run around the UK , so i could get back to making films ,well hopefully i can inspire film makers by making films with no moneythat anything is possible with team work !! , earlier this year i linked up with raindance to launch the 1st 24 crash courses this was going to be the 1st time film makers get real hands on exp with a cameras lighting directing editing etc all within 24hrs and all without books or lectures or classrooms""this way film makers get to really make a film like in the events , i always wanted to teach film making but couldn't think of a way to do it without all the books n stuff the events did what i always wanted and more , it was never about how i would look in the industry or about making money it was about making a real difference to someone's dreams of making a film , that's why i do it , its the biggest buzz to see peoples faces in a cinema when their film is being screened its priceless that is worth more than money or fame it is priceless , it's what i would of loved when i started out in film making someone to kick me up the arse " with dv becoming so cheap now their is no excuse not to just have a go and learn"........ johnnie oddball .....................

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