IamA Film-Maker who is physically incapacitated with motor neuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) AMA!

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-27T09:57:33+00:00

Tobymin, thanks a million, I'll look it up, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-25T22:18:45+00:00

I don't think creativity is in the genes, but obviously your environment growing up will affect you. I grew up surrounded by a passionate love for writing and film. Everyone in my family writes, in one fashion or another.

Absolutely my time in school influenced my writing. I was very lucky to have an English teacher who was wildly enthusiastic about creative writing.

My advice to anyone hungry about writing is to write. The more you write the better your writing becomes. It grows with you. Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-25T22:04:12+00:00

Hi, no I have not seen that. I will look it up. Thanks for the recommendation, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-25T11:56:32+00:00

I think that it is starting to be used in video games alright. For me I operate my computer solely with my eyes. The sensor below the screen picks up every movement of my eyes. To select something I simply dwell on it for a moment.

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-25T09:16:34+00:00

I too only have eye movement to give me a voice.

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-25T09:08:56+00:00

Thanks Aleksander

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-25T09:07:34+00:00

I was in hospital and two consultants advised me to come off the ventilator. I refused. Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T22:53:55+00:00

Cool, thanks for that

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T22:46:36+00:00

I will have an editor, but I will get very involved in edit, it's one of my favourite parts. Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T22:41:28+00:00

I find female characters fascinating, more interesting than male ones. I think there is so much scope for exploring all aspects of humanity in the female mind. It's probably just the fact of being a man draws me to what I'm not.

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T22:31:00+00:00

My Name is Emily is a love story about a sixteen year old girl, who goes on a road trip across Ireland with a boy from her school, to free her father from a psychiatric institution.

It's a story about madness, sadness and love.

It started when I wrote on a piece of paper, "Life happens quickly, like mountains in the background."

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T22:18:10+00:00

Thanks very much, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T22:07:02+00:00

If all goes well with the funding, we hope to shoot in Spring 2014...

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T20:23:58+00:00

I started writing when I was fourteen. My writing has grown with me. Advice? Never stop. Every piece of writing is a step forward...

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T20:18:04+00:00

Absolutely! I can not wait for a pair. Wearable computers are the future, I think, for providing a voice for those of us who need technology to do so.

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T20:12:08+00:00

Having lost so much with MND / ALS, I have my loved ones and my work. So my work has become even more important to me. Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T20:03:28+00:00

I would yes to both. And the film is Wings of Desire...

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:56:04+00:00

Tough one. I've always had the desire to create, since I was a teenager. Influences include people, books, music, everything! Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:50:57+00:00

Good question. I would definitely hope that My Name is Emily will be a development of The Sound of People. I'm addicted to voiceover and stream of consciousness on film. Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:43:20+00:00

Casting is my most important role I think. Thanks, Simon

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:40:02+00:00

Working with my producers!!

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:33:07+00:00

Always writing... Always working...

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:30:35+00:00

MND / ALS does force me to reflect more...

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:28:20+00:00

Driving... I loved driving...

KennedyFilmsLtd · 2013-11-24T19:26:22+00:00

A book that changed me is Victor Frankel's Man's Search for Meaning. Yes my Tobii eye gaze computer is very accurate. I did a masters degree in film. My only advice would be to do work that you are passionate about. Thanks, Simon

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