BECCA BARNES AND ALWYN DALE - MAKE OUR HORROR MOVIE!
Hello Make My Movie team. You were expecting a showreel and you got this page instead. You lucky devils.
We (Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale) have been writing together since 2008, after attending Film School and then going on to complete the same screenwriting degree. We've put this page together because we don't have a slick showreel to show you - we're just two writers, and we have far more on paper than on screen. Together, we're on a crusade against the mundane. We're never happy making things we feel we've seen before and we're never happy watching those things either. We believe that there's little point in rehashing well trodden territory unless it has a fresh and original spin on it. For this reason, many of the stories we write together have a quirky point of difference. Like poltergeists. And telekinesis. And tentacles. And that makes Make My Horror Movie bloody perfect for us.
Our goal is to create content we'd read about and be desperate to see ourselves. Both of us watch hundreds of films a year, and we make a point to not just see Hollywood films and New Zealand films. We watch new, weird and wacky content from all of the world. Becca's about to fly off to Fantastic Fest for the first time and have a blast. We also read copious books, comics, and ‘Internets’. This way we see a wider scope of stories, which feeds into what we write, hopefully creating something unique and intriguing. Plus, we write a shitload of stuff. We hold 48 Hour Script-a-thons at our place where we get a whole bunch of writers over to write a feature film each in 48 hours. We firmly believe that the best way to get better at what we do is write, not just talk about writing.
We want to be the sort of up and coming filmmakers who aren’t predictable. It’s true our hearts lie with the extraordinary, but what’s truly important to us is telling stories that we haven’t heard before, and that engage us. Filmmakers like Rian Johnson and Ben Wheatley are great inspirations to us, because they never do the same thing twice. We’d love to be like them when we grow up.
Mostly, we get a kick out of writing things that make people go "Wait, you're writing about what?!?"
We'd love to make the final 12 with either of our two entries BIRTHDAY DEATHDAY and THE LACTATING. We'd kill for the chance to work with you to find a great director and a great producer right for our type of storytelling. Would we literally kill? Well, perhaps we should have a chat in person. Let's just say we're not ruling it out.
Here's a quick combined CV you are welcome to completely ignore:
CURRICULUM VITAE - BECCA BARNES AND ALWYN DALE, SQUIDWIG PRODUCTIONS
2013 - ‘Crawlspace’ - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters/directors - 5 min short film for 48 Hour Film Festival 2013
‘Put It In My Blowhole’ - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters/directors - 55 min play Wellington Fringe
Festival 2013, received Kakano funding grant.
‘Leongatha’, Episode 5: The Break Down - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters - Australian television series, dir. Shane Dunlop.
‘Allie and the Power Cut’ & ‘Bath Time’ - Becca Barnes - Writer - 2x 5 minute episodes of Production Shed’s children’s show ‘Story-Tree’ on Sky TV KidZone24.
2012 - ‘Resistance’ - Becca Barnes - Writer - 15 episode 12 min radio drama series, Radio New Zealand. Currently airing.
‘Wheel Love’ & ‘Big Ben’s Big Bean Challenge’ - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters/Directors - 5 min short films for 48 Hour Film Festival 2012 with interlinking stories.
2011 - 'Everybody WINZ!’ - Written by Becca Barnes - 12 min radio drama, Radio New Zealand.
‘Girl, Disembodied’ - Written by Alwyn Dale, Directed by Becca Barnes – 7 min short film for 48 Hour Film Festival 2011. Wellington Nomination for Best Makeup.
2009 - ‘Shacklock 77’ - Alwyn Dale - Writer/Director/Editor - 11 min short film.
‘Tobias & Selda’ - Becca Barnes - Writer/Director 10 minute short film.
2008 - ‘One Last Shot’ - Directed by Becca Barnes, Edited by Alwyn Dale - 16mm 15 min Short Film with New Zealand Film and Television School (Graduation Film). National Kodak Cinematography Prize in 2009.
NUMBER OF UNPRODUCED LARGE PROJECTS BETWEEN US: 6x feature film scripts, 1x 6 episode television series. Plus a ridiculous number of short films.
NUMBER OF FUNDING DECLINE EMAILS FROM NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION: A glorious 16 and climbing.
EDUCATION/ACHIEVEMENTS:
2011-2012: Becca: Attended EAT Writers Workshop weekly for the six months it ran.
2011: Becca: Selected for and attended the Show Me Shorts/Script To Screen Short Film Lab 2011.
2011: Alwyn & Becca: Published in ‘First Act’, the Graeme Tetley tribute book.
2009-2011: Alwyn & Becca: Bachelor in Applied Arts (scriptwriting) from Whitireia Polytechnic.
2008: Alwyn & Becca: New Zealand Film and Television School, Crew 16. Becca: Most Outstanding Student Award.
We (Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale) have been writing together since 2008, after attending Film School and then going on to complete the same screenwriting degree. We've put this page together because we don't have a slick showreel to show you - we're just two writers, and we have far more on paper than on screen. Together, we're on a crusade against the mundane. We're never happy making things we feel we've seen before and we're never happy watching those things either. We believe that there's little point in rehashing well trodden territory unless it has a fresh and original spin on it. For this reason, many of the stories we write together have a quirky point of difference. Like poltergeists. And telekinesis. And tentacles. And that makes Make My Horror Movie bloody perfect for us.
Our goal is to create content we'd read about and be desperate to see ourselves. Both of us watch hundreds of films a year, and we make a point to not just see Hollywood films and New Zealand films. We watch new, weird and wacky content from all of the world. Becca's about to fly off to Fantastic Fest for the first time and have a blast. We also read copious books, comics, and ‘Internets’. This way we see a wider scope of stories, which feeds into what we write, hopefully creating something unique and intriguing. Plus, we write a shitload of stuff. We hold 48 Hour Script-a-thons at our place where we get a whole bunch of writers over to write a feature film each in 48 hours. We firmly believe that the best way to get better at what we do is write, not just talk about writing.
We want to be the sort of up and coming filmmakers who aren’t predictable. It’s true our hearts lie with the extraordinary, but what’s truly important to us is telling stories that we haven’t heard before, and that engage us. Filmmakers like Rian Johnson and Ben Wheatley are great inspirations to us, because they never do the same thing twice. We’d love to be like them when we grow up.
Mostly, we get a kick out of writing things that make people go "Wait, you're writing about what?!?"
We'd love to make the final 12 with either of our two entries BIRTHDAY DEATHDAY and THE LACTATING. We'd kill for the chance to work with you to find a great director and a great producer right for our type of storytelling. Would we literally kill? Well, perhaps we should have a chat in person. Let's just say we're not ruling it out.
Here's a quick combined CV you are welcome to completely ignore:
CURRICULUM VITAE - BECCA BARNES AND ALWYN DALE, SQUIDWIG PRODUCTIONS
2013 - ‘Crawlspace’ - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters/directors - 5 min short film for 48 Hour Film Festival 2013
‘Put It In My Blowhole’ - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters/directors - 55 min play Wellington Fringe
Festival 2013, received Kakano funding grant.
‘Leongatha’, Episode 5: The Break Down - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters - Australian television series, dir. Shane Dunlop.
‘Allie and the Power Cut’ & ‘Bath Time’ - Becca Barnes - Writer - 2x 5 minute episodes of Production Shed’s children’s show ‘Story-Tree’ on Sky TV KidZone24.
2012 - ‘Resistance’ - Becca Barnes - Writer - 15 episode 12 min radio drama series, Radio New Zealand. Currently airing.
‘Wheel Love’ & ‘Big Ben’s Big Bean Challenge’ - Becca Barnes & Alwyn Dale - Cowriters/Directors - 5 min short films for 48 Hour Film Festival 2012 with interlinking stories.
2011 - 'Everybody WINZ!’ - Written by Becca Barnes - 12 min radio drama, Radio New Zealand.
‘Girl, Disembodied’ - Written by Alwyn Dale, Directed by Becca Barnes – 7 min short film for 48 Hour Film Festival 2011. Wellington Nomination for Best Makeup.
2009 - ‘Shacklock 77’ - Alwyn Dale - Writer/Director/Editor - 11 min short film.
‘Tobias & Selda’ - Becca Barnes - Writer/Director 10 minute short film.
2008 - ‘One Last Shot’ - Directed by Becca Barnes, Edited by Alwyn Dale - 16mm 15 min Short Film with New Zealand Film and Television School (Graduation Film). National Kodak Cinematography Prize in 2009.
NUMBER OF UNPRODUCED LARGE PROJECTS BETWEEN US: 6x feature film scripts, 1x 6 episode television series. Plus a ridiculous number of short films.
NUMBER OF FUNDING DECLINE EMAILS FROM NEW ZEALAND FILM COMMISSION: A glorious 16 and climbing.
EDUCATION/ACHIEVEMENTS:
2011-2012: Becca: Attended EAT Writers Workshop weekly for the six months it ran.
2011: Becca: Selected for and attended the Show Me Shorts/Script To Screen Short Film Lab 2011.
2011: Alwyn & Becca: Published in ‘First Act’, the Graeme Tetley tribute book.
2009-2011: Alwyn & Becca: Bachelor in Applied Arts (scriptwriting) from Whitireia Polytechnic.
2008: Alwyn & Becca: New Zealand Film and Television School, Crew 16. Becca: Most Outstanding Student Award.
