This will be a short post, but that's mostly because my cast list is tiny. There are only 2 Actors but I thought I should give a run down of the two:
Corban Wishart as an Unnamed character stuck in this alternate reality. I decided to use Corban for the film because he was able to show the emotion I needed, seeing as I wasn't using any dialogue. And also I used him because its fairly convenient to pick him up and get some shots done in the day.
Henry Frater as the busker found in the town. Henry can play the guitar and sing which was what i needed for this shot (wouldn't be the most helpful thing if my actor for this role couldn't play or sing) I plan to give him a rather scruffy and homeless look to help with the role. He does however act very well too and will be able to give off that sinister look needed for the role.
If this was a real project, at least less money would be going to the actors seeing as there's less of them...
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Locations (Part 1)
OK so I have my idea and ive been working with a handful of locations and ideas which Im about to run through:
To start I needed a deserted, run-down area to open up the shot of the car and to start this was an issue as there arent really any areas of that description around me. However I first heard of a lone road in Bicester called Gavray Drive which had a bit of a story behind it, that when building the road they ran out of budget for it and just simply stopped bulilding it. If you go there and have a look its a long road, with a few turns off to housing estates but make it all the way down it just stops at a few trees. There are even a few un-operational street lights. It looked really good but I eventually ended up using another location which I will talk about but I think I may use this location still as it really does have that eerie, abandoned feel.
The main location I used for the intro is a place in Upper Heyford very close to the Upper Heyford RAF Air Base and even closer to where my main actor in my film lives. There is the most perfect location there: a fenced off, derelict and abandoned supermarket, including a decent sized carpark. Even the sign just reads "We come To Y ur Superm rket". Its something you can picture out of a zombie/postapocolyptic movie. We needed permission to use the area because it was still private property but they let us use it, I set the car up in there and have Corban sit in the car and I readied the camera. I could'nt ask for a better starting location.
To start I needed a deserted, run-down area to open up the shot of the car and to start this was an issue as there arent really any areas of that description around me. However I first heard of a lone road in Bicester called Gavray Drive which had a bit of a story behind it, that when building the road they ran out of budget for it and just simply stopped bulilding it. If you go there and have a look its a long road, with a few turns off to housing estates but make it all the way down it just stops at a few trees. There are even a few un-operational street lights. It looked really good but I eventually ended up using another location which I will talk about but I think I may use this location still as it really does have that eerie, abandoned feel.
The main location I used for the intro is a place in Upper Heyford very close to the Upper Heyford RAF Air Base and even closer to where my main actor in my film lives. There is the most perfect location there: a fenced off, derelict and abandoned supermarket, including a decent sized carpark. Even the sign just reads "We come To Y ur Superm rket". Its something you can picture out of a zombie/postapocolyptic movie. We needed permission to use the area because it was still private property but they let us use it, I set the car up in there and have Corban sit in the car and I readied the camera. I could'nt ask for a better starting location.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
A2 Production Update
It's been a while but I'm back! And with news. I will post the updates in their own sections but for now I will say that progress has been made. Before, the story was fairly complicated and I had always wanted to simplify it so now the story is as follows:
Our character wakes up in a car. In an abandoned car park. Just this will give you an idea of how the film will look. We have no names and no dialogue for the first part. He makes his way out and stumbles around shouting for any life. Through the shot we can tell someone is watching him and our main character sees a glimpse and begins to run. He makes his way to an abandoned street, sounds of ambulances and sirens and crashes can be heard in the background, he makes his way up the street to see a lone busker on the other side of the street playing (track undecided) and just looking at him as he walks past. They exchange glances with an almost desperation to communicate but they don't, as our character walks off the music dies off in the distance. The pace picks up slightly as our character grows more nervous of who or what is following. He eventually ends up along an alley with the one door in the side of the building. With no where else to go he enters and stops dead as he comes out. He ends up in the same car park he was before looking at himself in the car, as he was earlier. The story goes around in a circle.
Deep stuff, kind of. More updates on the way!
Our character wakes up in a car. In an abandoned car park. Just this will give you an idea of how the film will look. We have no names and no dialogue for the first part. He makes his way out and stumbles around shouting for any life. Through the shot we can tell someone is watching him and our main character sees a glimpse and begins to run. He makes his way to an abandoned street, sounds of ambulances and sirens and crashes can be heard in the background, he makes his way up the street to see a lone busker on the other side of the street playing (track undecided) and just looking at him as he walks past. They exchange glances with an almost desperation to communicate but they don't, as our character walks off the music dies off in the distance. The pace picks up slightly as our character grows more nervous of who or what is following. He eventually ends up along an alley with the one door in the side of the building. With no where else to go he enters and stops dead as he comes out. He ends up in the same car park he was before looking at himself in the car, as he was earlier. The story goes around in a circle.
Deep stuff, kind of. More updates on the way!
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