Imagine This – Sades World

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Dealing With Disappointments

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:31+00:00May 25th, 2014|Crowdfunding, Film, Funding trip, Imagine This, Rant|0 Comments

Dear Blog, it's been months since my last confession. I was in the middle of my Lagos trip the last time I wrote a blog post. Not that I've been lazy, I've been busy doing things. And I have, truth be known, been a little lazy in updating my blog. However moving forward, I'm going to try for one post a week or month or something. So lots of hail Mary's and I do hope I am absolved of my non crime. :-) So what have I been busy doing you're asking yourselves? Well I've been trying to raise finance for my short and feature film as well as finish a collection of short stories. If you've been on the Podcasts page, there you will find some of the podcasts I've already released. Sadly I just uploaded the last one left in this series, usual story, I ran out of [...]

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Day 2 in Lagos

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:31+00:00December 3rd, 2013|Film, Funding trip, Imagine This, Lagos|0 Comments

It's been day 2 and a little bit of headway has been made. I ventured off the Island and headed into the mainland to an important meeting which was arranged as I was on my way to another meeting in Gbagada. I did my first ever film pitch and it wasn't until I was halfway though that I actually realised I was trying to sell the idea to this guy. Which is when the panic set in and the levee's breached underneath my arms and all the tips and tricks I'd learnt in the past couple of months just went to pot. Despite my mumbling and fumbling with sentences, I was able to articulate my vision for the film and in the process, bag myself an Executive Producer (EP). Which means I've gone from being a team of me to a team of two. Yay. I've also set up a [...]

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Day 1 in Lagos

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:31+00:00December 3rd, 2013|Imagine This, Lagos|0 Comments

Today has been a bit of a non starter, bought myself a sim card which had to be registered. Was told to wait 1 hour before activating, 10 hours later and I'm still waiting for service. So have been available only on email, which hasn't been great for setting up appointments. I've been thinking about my Herculean task and what I really need are industry partners who know the business, and the ins and outs of film financing. Although I'm having to learn really fast, film finance is not my greatest strength. As mentioned in an earlier post, I've little expectation of being able to raise the required capital, however I'm going to give it a darn good go and dazzle them with my projections and my story and hope that something resonates. I want to make a film that is commercial and successful, but the feedback I've received so far [...]

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My Thoughts on the Diversify Conference

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:31+00:00November 14th, 2013|Film, Imagine This, Thoughts, Who am I|0 Comments

Today started with me not wanting to get out of bed, because as usual I was up late. I had to get a draft of the script to the lovely Ben, who is sorting out the budget. Anyway I woke up and thought, I have so much work to do, do I really want to go to a conference and listen to people tell me what I already know? But then I thought, but maybe they will have solutions or action points or suggestions on what can be done to improve the diversity of minority groups in the UK film & TV industry. I've dipped in and out of the media world through the passing years. I started with radio, managed to get one radio play on Radio 4, but then my lovely producer left to have a baby and that was the end of that. The next play she [...]