"Of course there is aspiration there but these people are realistic. Ireland is a small pond, in fairness a quite talented and lively pond, but in terms of success and treating this like a main source of income just can't happen for everybody. Most of these people work demanding full time jobs and try to organize their own tours around the country or abroad when they can get the time off. That doesn't leave a whole lot of time to try to put themselves out there, to try to gain a larger fan-base."

It's a situation Daniel can relate to. "The music industry is like a direct parallel of the film industry, it's quite amazing how much we could relate to what the bands were saying in the documentary. It's so hard to produce a good movie, it may seem quite easy at first, but it almost impossible to find or write a good enough story? So a lot of the time we plough on anyway just for the experience of making a movie.

"Making money from making independent short films is harder than getting blood from a stone, if anything they cost a fortune to make, it's hard enough just to get someone to sit down and watch one, never-mind ask them to pay to see it? But you do because you love it. You do it because nearly all of your buddies are doing it with you, you do it because its better than doing nothing, and who knows some day it might all pay off?"

"Its taken about 20 months," says Sean, "a long time to dedicate to a project, and it took a lot of hours getting to gigs, meeting people in lots of different places, the gargantuan effort of capturing and editing all the footage, cutting it all together, sound design color grade. Lots of asking, phonecalls, meetings, rearranging, last minute chances to catch someone for an interview. "We're building momentum, a lot of people are interested in Filmmaking. Cork is a great place to make Film - Great variety of locations, Urban and Rural, very good general infrastructure, some great companies like Stormlight, who provide production facilities, the Gaiety school of acting have in the last few years opened their Cork Branch. Every year more shorts are being submitted to the festival . It's an exciting time."

Having completed the documentary, and guaranteed their place at the Cork Film Festival, optimism is high among the movies makers. Evidently a gap between the music and movie communities has also been gapped, which bodes well for future endeavors. "Making the doc has taken a lot of time and a lot of patience, but we feel we've managed to make something that's informative and funny, that flows and tells the story of the recent Cork scene by the leading protagonists themselves," says Iain. "I've been lucky enough to learn so much about the filmmaking process from a standing start, and I can personally go on from here to incorporate some of the bits and pieces of technical skills that I've learned into other projects."

"The success of films like The Shed led us to believe that there was an enthusiastic audience for locally produced films," says Páraic, another key member behind the documentary. "Totally self-funded, we grabbed spare time when we could - we all have day jobs - to meet and interview bands, all the while editing along the way. What started as a small project took on a life of it's own and we did our best to steer it in the right direction. Basically we believe a rising tide floats all boats. We love Cork music so hopefully any exposure that it gets will help. Selfish reasons were also there though, film guys and music guys collaborate all the time, it was a handy way to get to know musicians, some of whom might be interested in composing for screen or willing to provide music royalty free for future projects."

"We hope that we can get this documentary out there in Festivals across Europe and America and hopefully TV later," says Sean. "The more people who see it outside Cork the better - it really spotlights the great talent and variety here but the whole is easily interesting to anyone with an interest in music. Hopefully it can help someone get a break. It really is interesting though to anyone trying to get a start in the music business, it shows how difficult it is, outlines the things that make it great and the kind of work that needs to go in. We're really pleased , blown away by it really, so it needs to take it's course.

Before all that however, there is the documentary's launch in Cork Pavilion on Thursday, October 16 – a night of live music and film all of which has been fostered right here in Cork. Lights, camera's, rock-action – what more could you want?

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