Last blog, I ended the "zombies" section with "we'll see if it works".
I spoke to Logan, and asked him
"How possible do you think it'd be to write (probably just scene outlines), plan and film a series of short-short films (i'm thinking like 5mins total, split into 5). Zombie related. Make up an' all."
That led to us planning out each minute of the 'film', figuring out a basic storyline to go throughout and even using time-shifts, while trying not to get too "Lost".
Over the next couple of days, I spoke to some people, got a cast together and on the 13th, we went into the woods to film. Just like that!
Well, not quite like that. That happened. But because of the two-day turnover in terms of 'writing' and 'filming' we weren't entirely sure of what we wanted. We spent a good deal of time working out shots, location scouting on location. Waiting for people to show up, who didn't and collecting people who we didn't expect to show up at all.
The cast is made up of Tain, Allan, Debbie, Logan and myself. I hadn't planned on being in it, but due to circumstances, that's how it worked out. Tain's been in just about everything I've done, so it's nice to have him along for the ride again. Allan was in the failed BMR, as was Debbie, so it's nice to have them in something that should, all things going to plan, see the light of day. Logan's Logan.
In the end though, I think we've definitely got something good and we'll hopefully complete filming soon. Editing will take a while. With a score being created, as well as special effects being added.
I'm exited. Romeo/Romeo may not be a masterpiece, but I'm still proud of what we were able to scrape together with very little time/preparation (there were many times that I didn't think we'd get it finished) and I'm still annoyed that we didn't get Black Man Red finished.
Photos
Taken in the Oakwoods, while filming.
Quiz
Team Name: Will Smith was wrong, with just the two of us, we failed. LOL.
Score: 20.5 (I think)
The quiz this week was stupidly hard. The entirely picture round was pictures of paintings/sculptures, from which you had to name the artist and the actual questions weren't much better. The last round being acronyms. How am I meant to know what QANGO means?
4 comments:
Sorry about the quiz... It was my first time and I think maybe I gauged it wrong... I spent actually ages on it and really had the best intentions but I didn't want it to be full of celebrity shite which annoys the fuck out of me every time I attempt it. The picture round was a bit of a fuck up too but whatever. I underestimated how hard it is to actually write a quiz which 66 people reckon is ok. You totally should know what a quango is though if you take an interest in the world!
I don't think I've met you but we must know people in common, who else was in your team?
Paul
Hey man, I didn't hate the quiz, I just didn't know a lot of the answers. It was better put together than some there have been.
Were you there for the "2" round? Where every answer was 2, too, tutu, or toto? That was crap. At least, with tonight's, it was a challenge, even if it was a challenge, that I wasn't up to.
It was just me and my mate Allan on the team tonight. We were sat in the corner, behind Kirsty Maclennan's team.
We could have and should have scraped together more points than we actually did, really.
Glad you didn't hate it :) I missed the "2" round unfortunately, sounds amazing!
The quiz got me thinking about what people want to get out of it. For my part I enjoy a night out with mates where the focus is on chat instead of loud music & dancing. I'd also like to win obviously but if that isn't possible then I want to at least learn interesting things or have my eyes opened.
You should volunteer to do the quiz some night :)
I go to the quiz to socialise, be with friends, chat, etc. The quiz element is an added bonus.
As you say, winning would be awesome, but it's not about that. If it was, we would have stopped going a long time ago.
I've considered volunteering, but, yeah... No. I'll leave that to you. I miss the days when it was a regular host though, there was a proper routine to it all then.
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