About
Hi. I'm Ian Chisholm
The creator of Clear Skies! Hurrah! I work in IT, and I'm just some ordinary joe without any background or training in film. I just learnt it all as I go along. It seems that I have a natural talent for this sort of thing, so I really pushed myself for Clear Skies 3. I previously wrote on here that “it scares me sometimes about how much there is to be learnt, worked out, tested, and just plain done”.
Well, I was right to be scared! I write this when I’m just about to finish principle photography on CS3, after 21 months since starting to write the script. I’ve achieved a massive amount in just under two years, but it’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever worked on – even more so thatn Clear Skies 1.
As I said before on here - I know the rewards are worth the effort. I still want to change careers and move into film or media, but I'm no starry-eyed fool - it's going to take hard work and sacrifice and revisiting the bottom rungs of a career ladder, something I thought I'd left behind 15 years ago.
But hey - you only live once, so why not take the chance to do something you love, and continue to have a positive effect on other people's lives. And I don't see JR shying away from a challenge, do I...