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[He] may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.

[Development execs] should be asking you very deep and probing questions about your work in order for you to find those answers for yourself.

We invest in short films to develop talent, not to make short films.

Short film is a genre in itself. It's about storytelling. Often there is something dismissive to new talent because they're making short films, when in fact short films are really difficult to make.

The big worry in moving from short film to feature film is can they maintain that thematic relevance and tone.

I don't think narrative and non-linear filmmaking are mutually exclusive. I just find storytelling is perfect for me.

There was an atmosphere at art school that narrative was a dirty word.

The music carries most of the fun.

If people don't think about specialist things like a ringtone, anything they want that's clearable, they need to think of it in terms of a special prop that you need. Specialised sound are like that, you need to ask for them to be manufactured first.

Everybody seems to want to put in the door slams and gunshots and explosions, but if you build up the sound by blocking out the scenes in terms of atmosphere and different levels set against each other, these are the kinds of fun things you get to do.

My least favourite sound cliche is that when you see a cat, you have to hear a cat. As if you wouldn't know it was a cat!

Television flattens out the dynamism in sound, which is one of the broadcaster's requirements, so that's where we get a lot of our thinking from.

[As a sound dubbing mixer in film] a lot of what you are trying to do is to disguise the process. If you don't it well, they don't know you've done it well, because you've done a good job by concealing it.

If you're crowdfunding you need to be able to engage a community.

I'm excited about the emergence of crowdfunding. It means that instead of demeaning yourself by pitching to TV executives with their hands tied, and having to bend to their will, you can fund your film and make it your own way.

[Crowdfunding] is not necessarily about the quality of your film, people with a more polemical interest might help you out too.

Essentially it's down to you to know where your audience is, and to create your audience to start with.

If you want to use user-generated content, you have to find ambassadors. You have to find people who are into what you do.

3D is far from perfect, in terms of what comes out of the camera. It needs to be tweaked and fixed.

I personally think that 3D is unstoppable now. It comes down to user experience... now that it's digital (which is the only real difference since Polar Express came out), it's locked. It's perfect.