If they win they would get £30,000 to make a film with so fingers crossed
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( 3.1 / 135 )The second half of Sean's and my trip to America after the SDCC was the filming of Shadower. Shadowers are like vampire's but have been around longer. They kill by not biting with fangs but by crushing the throat and opening a vein to feed.
The story is of a young girl (Asha) who believes she is a Shadower, she has lost the will to live, hating her way of life as a Shadower and tries to starve herself to free her of what she see's as a curse. Upon running away from the clan of Shadowers she stumbles across a farm where she finds Danny and maybe her salvation. Danny has recently returned to his parents farm after growing up with his aunt in England after the death of his parents when he was a child.
The leader of the Shadowers (Garin) sends Rand to bring Asha back. Rand is a protector, a pure blood, stronger, deadlier and more powerful than any other Shadower.
The story follows the torment that Asha suffers, having now found Danny and feeling love for the first time, and the need for redemption for the killings she has done. Rand is torn between duty and caring for Asha and not wanting to hurt her, waits for Asha to become too week to struggle so she can take her back without a fight. With Rand seeing humans as inferior in everyway, she pays Danny a visit to warn him off and to stay out of her way when she comes for Asha.
Rand also has to deal with the leader of the clan who disagree's with her methods and sends another protector to bring Asha back. The film follows each characters stories and the choices they make and the consequences for their actions. Will Danny save Asha, will Rand go against the wishes of the clan or take Asha back, or will Asha's need for redemption over rule her feelings for Danny?
The time we had over in Oklahoma was just an amazing experience and we felt so welcome and at home. We were filming on a farmstead in the middle of nowhere with the nearest neighbour over a mile away in any direction. It as so peaceful and hot! The hottest day was 104f so most of the day was spent inside staying cool! There is so much to report on the trip, too much to put on here! For now I will just write about the film and maybe write another blog about the other stuff later.
I loved playing the role of Rand and I got to ride a 650cc Kawasaki in the film, just great! Rand is such a cool character to play and I enjoyed scaring people!
Sean was amazing as Danny, Trinity who played Asha was brilliant and it was a pleasure working with them as it was with the rest of the guys. I cannot write about this without mentioning Delane and Arlyne, Denny and Jayne and Jessica I cannot thank you enough for making our stay and experience so lovely.A website is under construction at the moment and there will be a My Space and Facebook page set up soon. I will post up on here as soon as I have the links.
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( 3 / 228 )I have just finished my 6 week stint on this production as a "stand-in", for those of you who are not sure what that is, a description on Wikipedia explains:
A stand-in in film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting.
Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of production. Lighting setup can be a slow and tedious process; during this time the actor will often be somewhere else. Stand-ins allow the director of photography to light the set, the camera department to light and focus scenes. The director will often ask stand-ins to deliver the scene dialogue "lines" and walk through "blocking" the scenes to be filmed. In this way, a good stand-in can help speed up the day's production and is a necessary and valuable cast member on a film.
Stand-ins are distinguished from body doubles, who replace actors on camera from behind, in makeup, or during dangerous stunts. Stand-ins do not appear on camera. However, on some productions the jobs of stand-in and double may be done by the same person.
Stand-ins do not necessarily look like the actor, but they must have the same skin tone, hair color, height and build as the actor so that the lighting in a scene will be set up correctly. For example, if the lighting is set up with a stand-in shorter than an actor, the actor might end up having his or her head in relative darkness.
The Four Seasons is a four-part television series based on an original idea by Rosamunde Pilcher, author of best-selling novels The Shell Seekers and Coming Home. The 4 episodes are all self contained stories, the first 2 have already been shown on german television and were well received. Each episode has a story in a particular season, it's best described as a family saga and love story set in the present day. The cast contains a number of British and German actors and actresses. The film has been made in English but has been dubbed into German for it's german audience. Summer and Autumn were the first two, Spring and Winter are the 2 stories that I have been involved with.
The actress I stood in for was the German actress Natalia Woerner.
The other well known actors involved with this production were Tom Conti, Michael York, Frank Finlay, Juliet Mills, Senta Berger and John Light.
I would like to say how lovely Tom and John were, Tom especially as he looked out for the stand ins (there were 4 of us) and made sure we were treated properly. What a star and a pleasure to work with. The crew was also lovely to work with and created a real family feel to the production. It was great to work on with some gorgeous locations and meeting lots of lovely people along the way. Hopefully this production will also be aired on the Hallmark Channel over Christmas, I will keep an eye out for it.
There is talk of possibly more being made so I maybe involved with them, who knows. I didn't do anything infront of the camera this time apart from my hand doubling as Natalia's for a close up! But I'm still really looking forward to see how it has all come together.
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( 3.2 / 210 )Had an early call of 6.30am in central London
For once the weather forcast was nice which makes a change! After being corsetted up and and dressed to the nines I had my hair and makeup done too.We were based at the Royal College of Surgeons which was a 5 minute walk away from where we were filming. The first half of the day was shooting a London street scene at a place called 'The Temple' just off Fleet Street. Here is a photo of the actual part of the street we were filming on and my start position for the take was literally on the pavement in the bottom of the photo.
Obviously there were no cars or modern things when filming, the picture was not taken by myself it was one I found on the web.
The scene involved the main actor Benicio Del Toro stalking a woman as he walks down the street. We were playing the crowds walking the streets, I passed in front of Benicio at one point, who knows you may just see a blur of me!
The second part of the day was another scene, this time outside the back of the Royal Courts of Justice on Carey Street.
Here on the corner they put a false front on the shop to create an antique shop where some of the action happens. They put foam cobble sheets down to make the street look authentic which it really did. All shots at this location was filmed during a downpour of very heavy rain! A large rain machine was used and boy did it work! These scenes involed a couple of the main characters played by Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving. Everyone got soaked during these scenes whether you had an umbrella or not! Even though the day was very long, I didn't sign out until 9.45pm it was very enjoyable. I doubt if you will see me but it looks like its going to be a really cool film. My only disappointment was the other main actor Anthony Hopkins wasn't on set that day. Oh well can't have it all!
Me in my fancy hat!
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Went for my fitting for a days filming (just background)on the new adaptation of "The Wolfman" starring Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro. Set in Victorian times the days filming I'm involved with will be filmed in a weeks time. I love my dress, Very fitted! At first they were worried they wouldn't have a dress long enough (I thought here we go again!) My height and period productions don't seem to blend well, but thankfully I will be ok in this one. I will have my hair up and have a small hat on too when it comes to filming. Can't wait, will hopefully get some more pics of me in costume on set.
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