More and more and more inspiration

There are a number of other support systems (apart from our above mentioned ever patient friends and families) who we would not be here without. And we have to mention them here; I think it’s important to share the wealth when it comes to resources. Although we have found a huge amount from our own research, it is a lengthy and painstaking journey, and I would have been delighted come across something that presented it all as one neat little blog (minus the neat in this case)...

Screen Training Ireland, you are my hero. I have attended two master classes with them in a month. One with legendary indie film producers Ted Hope and Christine Vachon, whose hours of inspiring words still ring around my head, in particularly where they personally told us all, “get out and make your movies and stop relying on someone else to come along and do it for you”. It is the only way. Another course, Refresh Your Creative Thinking, provided a wealth of idea generation and brainstorming tools. 

Last week we had a meeting with the Enterprise Board, who offer an introductory business advice session of 30 minutes - for free! A fantastic tool for new start-ups. Got great advice on grants and business plan tools (the boring stuff, you know!)

www.citizensinformation.ie and FAS and our local Citizen’s Advice Bureau have also been a godsend, and all of this is free and offers great advice on training and grants.

Just to make a quick point, or “disclaimer” if you want to get official (not often), we do not work for or are associated with any of the above. In fact it’s all state run. Our main objective for these name drops is to pass on what we’ve found to people in a similar position – those who might be too afraid, or put off by the lack of readily available information, to start up on their own. 

Ok, so that’s us, from birth to conception. Onwards and upwards. From now on we will write about our projects, development process, news, updates (and will keep the general ramblings to a minimum...promise).

Thanks for reading. Happy filmmaking/watching/enjoying.

The Cautious Train.