Kerry Media Network

A STRANGE REQUEST director Maurice O Carroll and Rory Kirby

"How many times have you been sitting down and chatting to friends and heard a story that you thought should be in a book or a film?" asks Kerry Media Network's, Rory Kirby. "Well people in the media industry always have the 'let's make a film' conversation and Kerry Media Network was set up to help people do just that."

And do that, they have. The group which was formed towards the end of last year has produced two shorts, both of which are available to view on their newly updated website www.kerrymedianetwork.com

The short film, A STRANGE REQUEST, directed by Maurice O' Carroll, which was shot on a shoestring, is a black comedy dealing with the request a sick old man makes to a pretty young cleaning lady.

The budget may have been shoestring thin but the production values and the cinematography belie nothing of the fact, the film looks like the producers had money to burn. "Maurice and I have been friends for years and we both have experience working in the Film industry so we called up some friends, called in some favours and made a professional short without paying through the roof for it," explains Rory Kirby, who is also the film's producer. "The production values are of the very highest standards from start to finish and for that we need to say a big thank you to Brian Nolan and Paul Dolan at FAS for allowing us use of equipment, Martin Corcoran, who did the music and Barry Donnellan the Director of Photography."

And there, in essence, lies the genius of Kerry Media Network - utilising a network of friends and professionals from the media industry to allow budding film makers to move beyond simply talking about making films and to start actually making them. With two short films wrapped KMN can now think about making the leap to creating features.

Kerry Media Network is a collective of like minded individuals and is open to everyone interested in making films - actors, directors, producers and writers. The group meets on the first Wednesday of every month in the Tom Crean centre in the Technology Park, Drumtacker, Tralee. Kerry Media network is free to join and no media or film experience is needed but a love of film and enthusiasm is a necessity! For more info please email info@kerrymedianetwork.com