Tim McLachlan here!
As my whole Your Big Break adventure comes to an end, several things have solidified in my mind:
(1) Having money and a professional crew to make a film is freakin’ awesome!
(2) Low-budget, do-it-yourself filmmaking translates unbelievably well into the professional world.
(3) Larger projects with more money at stake needn’t be a stress-fest – [...]

Want to let our Your Big Break finalists know what you think of their work? Or perhaps you’ve got a great project that’s looking for a writer and/or a director. Why not contact them directly?
Here’s how you can keep in touch with Tim, Kristi, Aya, Raj and Andrés via email …
Tim McLachlan: hyperactivefilms(AT)hotmail.com
Kristi L. Simkins: KristiSimkins(AT)hotmail.com
Aya [...]

Yep – they’re all here. Tell your friends, tweet about it, put it in your Facebook status – help us give Tim, Kristi, Aya, Raj and Andrés the big break they’ve worked so hard for by getting their films seen by as many people as you can!
And, of course – discuss them below! Now, most [...]

First off, let me just say this: the films are coming! They’re all done, the wheels are in motion, they’re in the pipeline and really really really soon, you guys are going to be among the first in the world to see them. Really. Soon.
And while you’re judging the films, Peter Jackson will be too. The big [...]

I open my eyes and find myself lying in bed.
Sunlight dances playfully across the ceiling and I wonder what time it is. I vaguely become aware that the ceiling that’s greeting me is familiar – not the ceiling of some hotel room, but the ceiling of my own bedroom in Auckland. I’m home.
For [...]

Want to let our Your Big Break finalists know what you think of their work? Or perhaps you’ve got a great project that’s looking for a writer and/or a director. Why not contact them directly?
Here’s how you can keep in touch with both Kristi and Aya via email … more contacts to come!
Kristi L. Simkins: [...]

So it was bound to happen, with all the blog posts flying back and forth – one of our daily chronicles slipped through the cracks. But in the interest of giving you the full experience, let’s flash back ten whole days to Kristi’s edit …
– YBBC
02/12/10
I finished editing my film. I love editing so [...]

The Your Big Break road ends at the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Friday March 5th in Los Angeles. That’s when the wider world will get to meet the Your Big Break winner and their film will be broadcast to a national television audience in the United States. It’s a reminder that while the [...]

Hello all, it’s me again!
Yeah, I just can’t stay away from this blog thing … probably because I’ve got a lot of waiting around to do at the moment as people with far greater expertise than I could ever possess busy themselves finishing my film for me! I don’t know what day it is [...]

Hellooo!!!
This is my blog entry N∫3. Sorry for the lack of updates (it’s just that when i’m not very busy I’m very lazy).
I’m in Park road, at Wellington. This has to be the greatest postproduction place ever! Is like a dream came true.
My two shooting days were just perfect. Well, the second one was almost [...]