Day 18

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:03:13 > Production

We had a good day of filming on Saturday where we shot Lucy's final scene as "Karen", some exteriors that we need to add some depth and clarity to the current cut of the film and we filmed Dean as the model in the flashback. 

Si and Dave met last week for a six hour session to review the film.  Si is now continuing ...

Killing Chris (well, almost)

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:08:42 > Production

I have cut together the scenes where William and Ryan meet in Ryan's car in a secluded farming road.  We shot this on the second day of filming and it was AJ's first day with the crew.  The weather was great and Chris and AJ were like long lost friends coming back to work (or play) together.  There was a great mood on the Glouc...

News room scenes

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:51:17 > Production

We were incredibly lucky to be able to get the news room at the Bristol Evening Press/Western Daily Press to film a few key scenes between Ryan (Chris Hatherall) and Kat (Siobhan Bermingham).  We'd never have been able to get the location if it wasn't for our unit photographer Dan Regan pulling some strings and, of course, the powers tha...

Paris or Worcester?

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:15:30 > Production

Worcetser's a great place, don't get me wrong, but I never thought that I'd be making that comparison.

But as I cut together the scene where Karen (Lucy) and Andy (Craig) meet this is an unlikely comparison.  On the day of filming back in September we were blessed with beautiful sunshine and what seemed to be an almost endless gold...

Making history - the Cathedral scenes

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:39:39 > Production

I've been editing the scenes we shot in the Cathedral and visually they look great.  There's something about the space that I think helped everyone on the day.  Chris and AJ might turn around and say that I'm talking a load of rubbish (actually, they'd probably use stronger language than that), you'd have to ask them, but there is a...

Final casting

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:44:57 > Production

There is one more role to cast.  That is the crucial role of Stephen Maynard/Reverend Samuel Menzies.  I won't try and explain here why he has two names, but he does, and this is critical to the script.  For the 7,541st time on this project people who haven't read the script will just have to trust me.  I know we're well i...

A big, cold, good day

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:09:49 > Production

That was Saturday.  A long and at times cold, but very successful day.  We got the flahback in the can and a number of key 1978 reporters pieces.  The period wardrobe and car looked great - thanks Iain and Graham.  The location was fantastic - thanks Debbie and Andrew and, thanks also has to go to Adam for getting us enoug...

Ready to flash back

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:58:44 > Production

Well everything's in place for day 17 of principle photography which will take place this Saturday.  Huge thanks to a few people for making this day happen:  Adam for sorting out our night exterior lighting requirements, Debbie and Andrew for providing us with a great location and, probably more importantly, an aga so...

1978

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:06:20 > Production

Yep, we're going back to 1978 to get our crucial flashback scene.  Details are being finalised and the date is looking like we'll shoot on February 7th at a farmhouse location in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire.  After that we will have virtually everything in the can.  To everyone involved we'll be in touch very soon with more details.

One more day

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:16:04 > Production

Saturday saw us complete another day's filming, this time on the waterfront in Worcester and then at a farmhouse in Gloucestershire. The weather has been very kind to us on this film and the weekend was no exception, the light was extraordinary, it was like having four hours of magic hour to film in. Unfortunately the sound of the environment...

What's Next?

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:41:39 > Production

This weekend we're shooting in Worcester on the river bank, so come along and be an extra if you're available. Then we're off to Gloucester to shoot some pivotal scenes at a farmhouse. We've also recently secured the use of the Weston Daily Press's newsroom office, many thanks to Daniel Regan and his editor for helping us out with this.

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Getting There

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:28:34 > Production

Well it's been a long time since we've written here, mostly due to being rushed off our feet with filming and editing, but I can safely say we're well over half way through principal photography. We have 8 days shooting under our belts, with 6 more to go.

The footage is looking great and the performances have been wonderful. The two le...

First day out the way

Sun, 11 May 2008 05:12:35 > Production

Well we've now completed the first days filming, and a big thank you to everyone involved. There were a few teething problems, some kit issues, some scheduling to rejig and a slight shooting style adjustment, but all in all a great first day.

A definite working method has developed between the crew and we got some really lovely footage....

Funding

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:19:55 > Production

A big thank you to Lea Stores who have agreed to help out with the food for the shoot. Strangely our biggest hard cost on the production is feeding the cast and crew so this is a much needed donation.

- Dave

It arrives!

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:27:03 > Production

Yesterday our new bit of kit arrived, the piece we've all been impatiently waiting for, and I must say it was well worth the wait. The technical term is a 35mm lens converter, but what it means for the film is a fantastic cinematic look.

The first few initial tests, performed against an television industry standard DSR camera, hav...

Lenses

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:04:41 > Production

We now have all the lenses we'll be using for filming. The primary's will be 24mm, 35mm and 50mm. In tests we've found that these produce the best results with the 35mm lens adaptor that we'll be using.

- Dave

Camera Equipment

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:43:30 > Production

We have just secured some camera equipment that will allow us to shoot TPOR using 35mm lenses, this will add to the already very high production value that we're planning to give the film…. Very exciting.

- Dave