Hey guys,
Just a quick blog here telling everybody that our short film "Not My Time" is now being filmed, as we did our first scene this afternoon. We will continue filming on Friday and Monday, with some extra things for the film being done during the next few days.
Hopefully the film will be on the internet in the next few weeks!
I also want to show my gratitude for Zoe Hallam who will be playing the lead in the film. I have been very impressed with her acting skills, and hope she pursues a career in acting.
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Friday, 26 September 2008
Michael Watson: Zero To Film Making Hero
Hey guys.
Ok this isn't really FOW Pic's news, however it does concern our good friend Michael Watson (Dark Angel Pictures).
If you didn't Michael is getting his short film "Zero Hour" (which stars FOW Founder Liam Dunne) entered into a national film festival, the same one that launched the career of Shawn Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright.
FOW Pictures entered the same film festival, however we were rejected (really shouln't have submitted Broken Adrenaline LOL!)
Anyway, Here's the short film and below it is the article from the website:
AN ASPIRING young director from Peterborough has earned
a boost for his budding career after his "diabolical" movie
was selected for a national film festival.
Prolific film-maker Michael Watson (17) from Farcet, will see his latest work Zero Hour – a special-effects laden action short about a battle with the devil – premiered at the National Media Museum in Bradford next month.
The Co-operative Young Film-makers Festival helped launch the career of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright, and Michael hopes it could provide a similar springboard into the movie industry for himself.
He said: "It's great news for me because it isn't easy to get your films shown at a national festival. I submitted a film to the same festival two years ago but was rejected so it's a personal ambition fulfilled for me.
"Any chance to get your work shown and to get involved with industry professionals will really help my portfolio and, hopefully, help get me noticed by other film-makers."
Michael fell in love with movie-making after creating a short film sequence for his GCSE art studies at Stanground College.
Now studying A-levels at New College, Stamford, and hoping to take a course in film production at university, he has become a prolific director – posting 89 videos, including 21 short films on YouTube.
He enlisted friends Liam Dunne and Sara Plumb to star in Zero Hour, a six-minute film shot at Crown Lakes country park near his home.
Inspired by the supernatural thriller Constantine, which stars Keanu Reeves, it tells the story of an action hero battling the forces of evil to avert an apocalypse.
Michael admits the movie is "not his best work" but the special effects – including computer-generated lightning bolts, gunfire and ghostly apparitions – ensured it was the most challenging.
Now his dedication has paid off and the teenager is thrilled his film has been chosen as one of 100 to be shown at the two-day festival starting on Friday, October 9.
"Film-making is something I really enjoy and something I'd love to make a career out of," said Michael, who lists Ridley Scott and Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson among his key influences.
"It's not like a normal, boring desk job – there's a certain escapism to it. For me it means I can have fun doing what I love doing but have an excuse for it."
Ok this isn't really FOW Pic's news, however it does concern our good friend Michael Watson (Dark Angel Pictures).
If you didn't Michael is getting his short film "Zero Hour" (which stars FOW Founder Liam Dunne) entered into a national film festival, the same one that launched the career of Shawn Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright.
FOW Pictures entered the same film festival, however we were rejected (really shouln't have submitted Broken Adrenaline LOL!)
Anyway, Here's the short film and below it is the article from the website:
AN ASPIRING young director from Peterborough has earned
a boost for his budding career after his "diabolical" movie
was selected for a national film festival.
Prolific film-maker Michael Watson (17) from Farcet, will see his latest work Zero Hour – a special-effects laden action short about a battle with the devil – premiered at the National Media Museum in Bradford next month.
The Co-operative Young Film-makers Festival helped launch the career of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright, and Michael hopes it could provide a similar springboard into the movie industry for himself.
He said: "It's great news for me because it isn't easy to get your films shown at a national festival. I submitted a film to the same festival two years ago but was rejected so it's a personal ambition fulfilled for me.
"Any chance to get your work shown and to get involved with industry professionals will really help my portfolio and, hopefully, help get me noticed by other film-makers."
Michael fell in love with movie-making after creating a short film sequence for his GCSE art studies at Stanground College.
Now studying A-levels at New College, Stamford, and hoping to take a course in film production at university, he has become a prolific director – posting 89 videos, including 21 short films on YouTube.
He enlisted friends Liam Dunne and Sara Plumb to star in Zero Hour, a six-minute film shot at Crown Lakes country park near his home.
Inspired by the supernatural thriller Constantine, which stars Keanu Reeves, it tells the story of an action hero battling the forces of evil to avert an apocalypse.
Michael admits the movie is "not his best work" but the special effects – including computer-generated lightning bolts, gunfire and ghostly apparitions – ensured it was the most challenging.
Now his dedication has paid off and the teenager is thrilled his film has been chosen as one of 100 to be shown at the two-day festival starting on Friday, October 9.
"Film-making is something I really enjoy and something I'd love to make a career out of," said Michael, who lists Ridley Scott and Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson among his key influences.
"It's not like a normal, boring desk job – there's a certain escapism to it. For me it means I can have fun doing what I love doing but have an excuse for it."
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Best Picture In East Midlands
Hey guys,
Found out yesterday that our short film "Watching The Famous" won the Nobody's Perfect film festival for our catigory, the East Midlands. That contains the countys of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamtonshire, Rutland and (where we're located) Lincolnshire. Out of all them we delivered the best video.
Unfortunatly because we don't live in the London reagion we couldn't get the full prize of making a short film, however we were instead sent the prize of a Samsung SGH-U600 phone worth £100. No offense intended to the organisers of the festival, but I would have prefered to work on the short film, but the Phone is a nice prize never-the-less. So a huge thanks to them and a massive thanks to everybody who went on the site and watched the video, because it made it the 11th most watched video in the entire film festival!
And for those who havn't yet seen Watching The Famous. Here it is:
Found out yesterday that our short film "Watching The Famous" won the Nobody's Perfect film festival for our catigory, the East Midlands. That contains the countys of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Northamtonshire, Rutland and (where we're located) Lincolnshire. Out of all them we delivered the best video.
Unfortunatly because we don't live in the London reagion we couldn't get the full prize of making a short film, however we were instead sent the prize of a Samsung SGH-U600 phone worth £100. No offense intended to the organisers of the festival, but I would have prefered to work on the short film, but the Phone is a nice prize never-the-less. So a huge thanks to them and a massive thanks to everybody who went on the site and watched the video, because it made it the 11th most watched video in the entire film festival!
And for those who havn't yet seen Watching The Famous. Here it is:
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Not My Time Officially Annouced
Hey guys
Just a quick blog informing you all that pre-production on our latest short film called "Not My Time" has begun.
The film is very dark indeed, and is out of character for us. It's about rape, teenage pregnancy, abortion, religion vs. moral and suicide. From that you can proberly gather the main plot line of the film.
I'm also thinking of making a side project called "Teenage Film Maker" which will document the making of Not My Time. The reason why I'm thinking of making this is because I hear a lot of people saying that film making is really easy, and hopefully this documentary will de-bunk that and show just how hard it is to make a short film.
Untill then though, we will keep you hooked with a brand new trailer for our upcoming web-series "Shriek Watch"
Enjoy!
Just a quick blog informing you all that pre-production on our latest short film called "Not My Time" has begun.
The film is very dark indeed, and is out of character for us. It's about rape, teenage pregnancy, abortion, religion vs. moral and suicide. From that you can proberly gather the main plot line of the film.
I'm also thinking of making a side project called "Teenage Film Maker" which will document the making of Not My Time. The reason why I'm thinking of making this is because I hear a lot of people saying that film making is really easy, and hopefully this documentary will de-bunk that and show just how hard it is to make a short film.
Untill then though, we will keep you hooked with a brand new trailer for our upcoming web-series "Shriek Watch"
Enjoy!
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