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Shoot - Day 1

It begins. Countless work. Blood. Sweat. Tears. Here we are. The shoot. Day 1 began with the roadside scene where Ellis and Kane split...

Storyboard

This is the storyboard/shotlist Aaron and I put together. I don't want to stick rigidly to it, particularly during the montage. I want...

River Scene Update

So we have had to rush and update how we planned to shoot the river scene taking all the nightmarish factors into account. We've only...

Animatic

I found it useful to see the river scene cut together as an animatic, so I just did the same for the entire film!

River Scene Animatic

Using these storyboards, I put together a short animatic to demonstrate what the river scene could potentially look like. Try not to have...

Frame Forge

I used a program called Frame Forge to storyboard the film. The final images might not look pretty, but they effectively demonstrate the...

Gunshot Sound Effect

Juliet just phoned me really excited that she had worked out how to make a gunshot sound effect. I think she's cracked it!

Muzzle Flash Test

This is my first muzzle flash test. It's not great, but I can do better. I'm going to try to make smoke in blender. I think that's more...

The Trial

Franz Kafka's The Trial. A man is arrested out of the blue one day. Follows the court proceedings as he is sentenced for committing a...

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre was an absurdist philosophy. I think some of what he wrote about would be things going through Sonny's mind. If you...

Animation

So for so many reasons our locations are screwed. I'm not going to go through it all here. But Screen Edinburgh isn't letting us shoot...

Fully Cast!

We're fully cast! I have debated and debated and debated with myself about whether we should cast Rhys as Ellis. I really like him....

Guns

These are the guns I'm looking for. Ellis' gun should something small like a revolver, that he can just shove in his pocket. Maybe...

The Myth of Sysiphus

I recently read Camus' essay The Myth of Sysiphus. Fascinating book. Here are a few quotes from it which stood out to me. “There is...

Opening Voices

The script has always mentioned 'ghostly voices' at the beginning. But what would these voices actually say? Aaron and I each wrote a...

Ryan's Music

Music is an integral part of my filmmaking process. I draw a lot from of inspiration from music. Ryan was telling me that he actually...

L'etranger

I reread L'etranger by Camus and this passage really stuck out to me. Sorry to just dump a whole load of text, but I found it very...

Ellis Self-Tape - Third Round

Well, now I'm conflicted. So another group of really interesting actors applied for the role. Again, some were better than others,...

Ideal Locations

After extensive location scouts, these are the ideal locations for most of the film. Ruth is adamant that we use Bonaly Scout Camp as our...

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