There are so many genre’s to film and television. There are commercials, short films, tv shows, documentaries, content and corporate films to name but a few. This blog I will share about reality TV, and a show that I had the honour of working on. Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, oftenContinue reading “TOP ACTOR”
Category Archives: exploring portugal
FILM LEGENDS
MARCUS NISPEL, SHANE MARTIN & HOWARD GUARD Working in film you get to meet people from all walks of life, this is what makes it such an amazing Industry. We sometimes think the famous people are the ones that are special, but its a combination of the many factors that leads one to success andContinue reading “FILM LEGENDS”
HOW TO MAKE A DECISION
How do you prioritise what’s important and whats not? What happens when you confronted with a decision? Tony Robbins said ‘it’s in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped’ and then I read another quote that jumped out at me ‘Unsuccessful people make decisions based on their current situation, successful people make decisionsContinue reading “HOW TO MAKE A DECISION”
Working abroad
follow me on brucemac1 on my instagram account Arriving in a new country and building a new client base and work flow is harder than you can imagine. Especially in a country where the language is not English. Accordingly My strategy, was invest time and effort back into myself and the art of making films,Continue reading “Working abroad”
RESIDENCY IN PORTUGAL
What’s needed for Residency? My wife a British citizen and is a Resident of Portugal, and with Brexit, she had to apply for a Residency certificate. This allowed the family to apply for re-unification. A lengthy process but it’s done. In order to achieve residency the documents you need all have to be Apostilled &Continue reading “RESIDENCY IN PORTUGAL”
AWARD
Congrats to our team Joe Piscatella, Luke Mason, Chris Mason who directed the film Last Known Co-ordinates, our protagonist and co-director Chris Bertish who captured the imagery of his journey on a GO PRO, which enabled the film makers to put together this unique film for their first official selection of our documentary. The filmContinue reading “AWARD”
DOES SPORT UNIFY?
I was told that the best way to make friends in a new place is join as many clubs as possible and this way you will meet people. And how right this is : Troy and I joined “Douro Rugby Club,” and the people have been so amazing, caring and have made such a bigContinue reading “DOES SPORT UNIFY?”
ANNOUNCEMENT
Out on digital platforms (Apple iTunes, Google Play & Vimeo On Demand) August 17! So happy to announce that THE LAST KNOWN CO-ORDINATES documentary feature film is releasing in less than a month. Its been a mammoth journey to complete this film, – there were 100’s of hours of footage which Chris filmed on hisContinue reading “ANNOUNCEMENT”
QUESTION OF MOTIVES
Why did we immigrate ? Why Portugal ? What motivated us to move to Porto? Sadly a typical page (NEWS 24 in South Africa) is all about either corruption, crime or mismanagement of companies. Literally all Government Departments are crumbling, the power utility ESCOM has excuses for ‘load shedding’ and their corruption which is effectingContinue reading “QUESTION OF MOTIVES”
JUST STAYING ALIVE?
Is one still useful in the work environment when you 50+ This is a good question, especially when in a new country, – are you marketable?, do you skills meet the requirements of a new destination, will language be an issue? In film, like good red wines, a Director should get better as he/she isContinue reading “JUST STAYING ALIVE?”
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