Interview with filmmaker Zachary Denman

Today I had the opportunity to ask Zachary some questions about his filmmaking, Hello Zachary tell me about yourself?
My name is Zachary Denman, I am 28 years old and live in London City. I was brought up in Kent, then moved to London at the age of 16 to pursue my art career.
I attended Art college to study a fine art degree at the age of 19 focusing on making short experimental films / video installations. My main focus throughout college was in editing/post production, I started on the Media 100 and then the famous Final Cut Pro was introduced, a revolution in digital filmmaking had begun.

During and after I finished college I worked on various stalls/markets selling my own hand painted craft work. Also making experimental video works which were screened on various on-line websites and some fringe festivals.
In 2002 I set up my own post production company ODC pictures in Warren Street, London mainly editing reels and promos, some short films. Soon after my work expanded into doing visuals for various London clubs & bars.
In 2004 I began to focus on telling narrative stories and started writing scripts. I fully understand story and the pieces needed to complete the script. Through studying various books and watching 3 to 4 films a day, you begin to understand all the elements needed to complete a film. But what I love about film is you are forever learning. You can read or see on how to something, but the main thing is how you do it as an individual, that’s magic!
I believe film to be the most powerful medium in our world today, so this has encouraged me to make films with messages that carry meaning. A film can change your life, so it must have soul and extract something from the world we are living in today. Films are to make you think objectively about where, why and who you are.

Share with me some insight on the film The Longest Night" and what was your inspiration to produce this film?
The Longest Night was influenced by my reading on The Mayan Calendar. The Mayans were advanced civilization that built a calendar spanning over 26,000 years on earth, some people say the whole universe. All the dates mentioned within the calendar correspond to huge major world events that have happened on the earth. The film “The Longest Night” is based around w