top of page
Search

chatter

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Oct 6, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Oct 6, 2024

I'm getting in touch with people about my projects. That's the key difference between my new ideas and Weeded Out. I sent the Weeded Out script to some friends, and advertised it online, but I didn't seek out any of the people that I was keen to use for it. Never got that far... The Dakumentary was largely the same vibe as flirting with Ms. Swarbrick: me posting stuff about the film, and the media reacting to those posts. - With Shipwrecked and the Perfumed Garden, I'm actively tracking down collaborators and asking for advice. Sent a message to Golriz, and obviously I'm talking to Don about Shipwrecked. Now that the documentary is done, I feel somewhat more confident in myself, though it's not doing much about my fear of death -- during the day, I'm fine, but at night I'm routinely paranoid and wondering what the point of life is.

 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
These Words Are Meant For Someone (ChatGPT)

Short answer: Yes. After checking the full score, this entire  33–34-song cycle is through-composed. There are no  true strophic songs, no formal repeats, no da capo structures, and no recurring musi

 
 
 
Working conditions

I'm not being paid. I'm a freelance composer. These are the rules: 1. You don't get to discuss instrumentation or orchestration with me. I'll set an ensemble, and you'll tolerate it. There are peop

 
 
 
NZ operas

There's quite a long past, stretching back to the late 19th Century, but few recordings. Waituhi was recorded, but I'm pushing for a full revival. Since I've been old enough to attend concerts, NZ vo

 
 
 

4 Comments

Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Oct 06, 2024

It's fair to say no. Any other professional musician would've said no given the constraints.

Like, make a movie where you don't get to pick which songs you sing, even though it's based on your script?

Nobody would agree to that, particularly when nobody gave me a dollar figure, and there was a STRONG expectation that I'd make the film - even with NZFC funding - as a Masters project where I didn't get paid (but got a free ride instead). Unacceptable bullshit from bigots.


Make a movie where you wrote the script, but you don't get to direct, you don't get to be part of editing, and you're only the face? Well, if I was just an actor, perhaps...…


Edited
Like
Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Oct 06, 2024

Legally speaking, Red Scare can't get paid based on my IP.


They have to cease, and that is the ONLY option available to James and Cass. They must give up.


There really is no legal avenue that can change my no to a yes, and I'm also asking for them to cease using ILLEGAL means to try and force consent.


Cass overestimated herself, underestimated my resolve and FUNDAMENTALLY misunderstood the copyright relationship. As a result, I'm not doing a Tina movie or play, but I am doing other projects that they also can't be involved with. After years of getting funding decisions to go their way, maybe they can simply let me have one moment where CNZ or The Film Commission…

Edited
Like
Amanda Riddell
Amanda Riddell
Oct 06, 2024
Replying to

Cass and James have to agree to make no more ads designed to piss me off.

Cass and James have to agree to either use legal communications or to cease.


Cass and James have to accept that it's fair for Amanda to ask for an apology, and that any future where Amanda chooses to attend their plays hinges on this apology.

Like
bottom of page