The Lucky Monkey Principle

There is nobody here but us chickens… Because I’m on Twitter.

Mark Iddon — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:18:07 +0000

I’m aware that it is almost a year since I last posted on this here blog. I’m ashamed, I’m full of regret… But most of all I’m aware that nobody really reads this anyway so the following statement is probably falling on somewhat deaf ears!

From now on I will purely be posting on Twitter – www.twitter.com/markiddon please follow me /talk to me/ abuse me as you will.

Hopefully see you there!

Mark

Stuff what I like

Mark Iddon — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:02:31 +0000

Dear blog,

My posts are at a mere trickle these days… It’s not that I don’t love you… It’s just that you end up at the bottom of a very long list full of other lists. Regardless, I have decided to feed you some clips of things what I like. I hope you enjoy.

The Rethink Scholarship advert is also amazing… Well worth a watch.

Four Lions… Welcome back Mr Morris!

Mark Iddon — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:50:24 +0000

Very much excited about seeing what Chris Morris does with his new feature called ‘Four Lions’. As quoted from the Mirror newspaper:

“Described as doing for the modern face of terrorism what “This Is Spinal Tap” did for heavy metal and “Dr Strangelove” the Cold War, “Four Lions” tells the story of a group four wannabe suicide bombers from the North of England.”

The clip floating about online looks good and feedback from Sundance festival also sounds positive.

In the meantime, I’m going to geek out on my DVD’s of ‘The Day Today’ and ‘Brass Eye’.

I miss the Beastie Boys!

Mark Iddon — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:42:48 +0000

When I was a kid there was nothing better than managing to catch a glimpse of a Beastie Boy video. Everything about them was so f***ing cool. Effortless style and confidence in what they were doing. I just want to know what happened to this kind of act? How come it doesn’t exist anymore?

I’ve just been researching their music for a video we’re shooting for one of my shows and I came across some great old vids, so wanted to share with anybody that happens to read my blog!

I’m a crap blogger!

Mark Iddon — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:17:52 +0000

Wow, I’m really dropping the ball on my blogging frequency! In fairness I’ve been pretty busy producing ‘Russell Howard’s Good News‘ for BBC3 and also ‘Mouth To Mouth‘ also for BBC3… Needless to say, it’s been a very busy end to 2009!

Anyway, I’ve seen so much good stuff on the internet that has inspired me that I thought I’d post a few links of things I’ve seen in the hope that anybody sniffing around here doesn’t think I’m just some creepy Michael Jackson fan (yes my last blog post was more ‘emo’ than an episode of ‘One Tree Hill’).

So to kick off, I’ve just seen a beautiful animation by Andersen M Studio. I’m a huge fan of making things textured, hand made even. There is always something warm about images that look like they have been crafted by hand.

Some things have just made me laugh… Proper belly laugh.

Until the next blog… Adieu!

Michael Jackson

Mark Iddon — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:45:06 +0000

I am a life long MJ fan. Still very saddened by the loss of such an influential artist to not only the world, but on a very personal level, myself. Being a child of the 80′s I very much caught the MJ bug from as early as I can remember, watching his videos and listening to his music until I knew every nuance of every line of every song and dance move. I was so truly affected by everything he did, that it genuinely inspired me to do what I do today; which is make TV programmes with what I hope is the same quest for entertainment and energy that he had.

There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t miss him, and miss the fact that I’ll never get to see what he might have done over the next many years. He was an icon. He still is an icon. I can’t wait to have kids and hopefully pass on that same pure joy and excitement that watching MJ perform had for me. He was one in a million.

Here he is at his ultimate best. Moonwalkers – Smooth Criminal. I still catch my self holding my breath and twitching on the beat with his every move. He may be gone, but somewhere in me, he is still very much alive.

Sorry for this slightly personal rant. It may come across corny and it may seem a tad embarrassing to read… But it’s my blog, so deal with it

Halo ODST (Xbox 360) Live action trailer

Mark Iddon — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:42:25 +0000

I truly wish they had made a feature out of Halo. Having seen District 9 (directed by Neil Blomkamp) I can only imagine what he would have done with this material.

You Make My Dreams Come True (500 Days Of Summer)

Mark Iddon — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:41:18 +0000

You can never have enough Hall & Oats in your life.

Outstanding Short Film – Mark Webb (Director)

Mark Iddon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:43:43 +0000

I love this music video that Mark Webb shot during filming of ‘(500) Days Of Summer’. What a great way to promote the film whilst obviously having a ball making it!

‘Moonmonkeys’ A forgotten BBC3 Pilot

Mark Iddon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:07:27 +0000

Having just finished shooting a series written by the very talented Mr Karl Minns (he paid me to write that). I just revisited a pilot he wrote that never picked up a commission on BBC3 and I think it could definitely do with being revisited.

Enjoy.