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50 Films and a Happy New Year!

2010-12-26T11:08:00.000-08:00

Hello again!

well as I mentioned with last weeks blog, the latest video on our YouTube account would be our 50th film! The film is now officially online and we hope you watch and enjoy it!

We shall be uploading a new video soon celebrating the 50th film, giving special thanks and a little montage of every film we've created from September 2007 all the way to December 2010, including big projects, small projects, college projects and university projects.

Overall, it's been pretty awesome making all these films, telling all these different stories with so many different characters. Here's to the next 50! (and of course a Happy New Year too).

An Upcoming Milestone

2010-12-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody!

Next week will be the debut of our short film "Finding Santa", a silly little story about 2 teenagers trying to prove Santa Claus is real.

However, the film is quite an important film, as it marks our 50th film! In 39 months, FOW Pictures has created 50 films, ranging from 1 minute to 1 hour, from comedies to dramas to even horrors. We've done the lot.

This is a huge achievement for everybody involved in the crew, as each person played a key part to getting this far. From starting out as a media studies project to working with Ray Winstone and Jack Huston... this whole thing has snowballed massivly, and because of that, I hope you will all join in with the many things we have planned for the event!

While you wait, please check out one of our Bolex films, this one is called "Late" and is about a young man who is late for work.

And don't forget to keep an eye out on the YouTube page for "Finding Santa" - FOW Pictures' 50th Film!

Bolex Projects

2010-12-02T12:46:00.001-08:00

Wow, once again a lack of weekly updates. I should stay on top of this.

Well the major news is that 3 news films will be hitting the internet this December. 2 Of them are from the bolex projects that we worked on in early Novermber.

The final one is a film called "Finding Santa" which is the third film in the Liam and Tom saga.

We're also starting work on our next project currently named "Deadline", which is about 3 university students and the approach of an essays deadline. That will be online in late January.

Of course, like always, we have many more videos and films being made over the Christmas period, so keep watching.

Also, keep an eye out on this blog for a blog about the 1 year anniversary of the start of FOW vs WMG.

Cooling Down The Hot Potato

2010-11-13T11:46:00.000-08:00

So The Hot Potato has wrapped filming this past week, and it's been increasable being on set.

Myself and Jonny Hodgetts were down there for 3 days, and we met all the cast and crew like Ray and Lois Winstone aswell as Jack Huston too. We took tons of pictures and made a lot of contacts with the possibility of getting more work in the next few months. Not bad for some 20 year old kids hey?

But enough about that, let's talk about our brand new web-series "The Hot Sauce Guys", in it, me and Jonny decide to try and eat a tea spoon of hot sauces of all verities. In the first episode we tackle some Nando's "Peri peri BBQ sauce". Check out the results!

Late To London?

2010-10-29T12:47:00.000-07:00

Nah not really, but the words have specific meaning.

Firstly, our short film "Late", which was the first film we've worked on to be shot on 16mm on a Bolex camera, has wrapped filming this past week. It is now officially in the post production stage, with it's online debut being a couple of weeks away!

Secondly, next week, myself and Jonny shall be finally heading up to London to work as camera grips and runners on the film "The Hot Potato" starring Ray Winstone. This is huge for us as it's a big budget British movie that plans to Premier at the Sundance film festival next summer, and with a lot of powerful names in the uk film industry, we shall be doing our best to establish contacts within the industry. This shall hopefully be the first of many big budget pieces of work we'll be working on.

But do not worry, we shall not forget our internet viewers. Here is our 46th film, a parody of all 4 Jaws movies all in 1 minute.

That was a whirlwind

2010-10-21T12:11:00.000-07:00

Hello again!

Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few days. Things have been getting nuts at University. But do not fear, I shall try and keep going with the work I have for the internet fans.

In big news, Liam shall be going on Hull University Radio sometime next week with the debut of his film review segement. Keep and eye out on www.fowpictures.co.cc, our facebook/twitter/myspace pages or even on YouTube when we will bring it to everybodys attention!

On top of that, the pre-production for our Bolex film entitled "Late" is nearing the end, Production will be happening next week aswell.

So in the meantime. Check out this video of Liam and Andy drunk with the camera! Not what you may expect.

Work Slowing Down

2010-10-03T06:46:00.000-07:00

Hello again.

Some people may have noticed that the blog hasn't been updated, as well as having 2 of the 3 hosts of The Suplah missing and other odd things.

Well it's because we're back at University and things are hectic.

Once things are sorted out, we should be back on track, just stick around.

Liam

Work Experience

2010-09-21T06:47:00.000-07:00

Hello there!

Just a quick one, it seems that this work experience on this new film is nearly a done deal (just a few more details need to be worked out), so for a week or so next month, we shall be in Jersey on set of "The Hot Potato".

In the meantime, you can check out a 19 year old beating up a kid. Okay it's not quite that horrific, it's a trampoline wrestling match and I can assure you that nobody was harmed in the making of it.

So... Belgium anybody?

2010-09-10T13:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.

Thought some people would be interested in knowing that FOW Picture's own Liam Dunne and Jonny Hodgetts have applied for work experiance on a Ray Winstone film known as "The Hot Potatoe" that is being filmed in Belgium.

We're not getting our hopes up, as it's not a done deal. But if we do it, then it will defiantly be the experience of a life time.

We'll update you when we know more.

In the mean time, here's our latest film, the infamous "Quann Of The Dead"!

The Suplah Goes State-Side

2010-09-05T11:56:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody!

We start today with "Good News/Bad News", firstly the bad news. Ali Shabby who won the co-host contest on WrestlingTruth.com to join The Suplah has officially left the show for good, however we still have a good friendship with him and maybe see him return in the future.

The good news is that we've replaced Ali with a new guy who will take over his slot. We don't want to give too much away just yet, however we have a feeling that bringing this man in will cause The Suplah to gain a huge amount of coverage over in the states!

The only other piece of news is that our dear Tom Bancroft has left us for University this past weekend, however not before we managed to finish off shooting the 4th film in our "Liam & Tom" film series.

Keep watching our YouTube channel as our resident wrestling critic Andy Quann" continues his hold over FOW Pictures...

Back In Business!

2010-08-29T11:15:00.000-07:00

Hello again there dear readers!

Just a short one this week.

Last entry I mentioned how the hard drive we use that contains all out work was basically dead and the future of our videos that we have was uncertain. Well I can confirm that all the videos were saved before the little hard drive snuffed it. Right now we're working off a low memory laptop, so work will be a little slower than normal, but it's not on hold indefinitely NOR have we lost anything except for some past audio episodes of The Suplah.

The next major piece of news is concerning "Quann Of The Dead". The original video is corrupted and nearly lost for good, however I came across a decent (not great but watchable) video file of it, but the catch is that it's lost it's audio. Andy Quann however has a very low quality version of the audio on his computer, so weither we see the films release is still up in the air at this moment.

We've recorded our pilot episode review for Hull University Radio, it's a review of Batman and Robin. I don't know if this pilot will ever be heard outside of the people who need to hear it (i.e. the people running the show to see if the review fits in with their kind of show) but maybe in a few months I shall upload it onto a public website in case anybody is interested in listening to it.

Our resident critic "The Reviewer" has changed his name to "The Massive Geek" and plans on returning soon with a series of videos looking at the Crash Bandicoot games. Also keep an eye on our website as we plan on informing everybody of his up coming blog where he has written articles on many films that people haven't read before!

Lastly, don't forget to check out Crazy Productions/Norton Productions short film "The Hollows" featuring a guest appearance by FOW Founder Liam Dunne. The video can be found on wwww.youtube.com/notraep OR on www.fowpictures.co.cc under the "Those Other Films" section.

Oh and also, keep watching our YouTube page for more videos in this "Andy Quann Takeover" season!

2010 Is Cursed?

2010-08-22T12:42:00.000-07:00

2010 is turning out to be a really bad year for us. We were banned for a month and a half at the start of the year. In April our external hard drive (which contains every piece of work we have ever made) busted. In June our laptop (that we use to edit films, and run our websites) busted and had to be sent in to the shop and be reset to factory settings losing all out work on that laptop.

And now, in August... the hard drive has once again busted beyond repair, and currently we are unsure if we can save all of out past, present and future work we have done.

It seems that every 2 months, we hit a snag in our career roads, and 2010 has contained some of the worst snags we could possibly imagine.

So right now, we have no clue what will happen thus far but it seems that our work, and our uploading of videos will be on a temporary hold.

Hopefully we can get back on track soon, and prepare for our snag that we will no doubt hit in October... which will be in 2 months...

Only a quick one!

2010-08-13T15:13:00.001-07:00

Hey guys

Quick update

The shooting for the 4th instalment in the popular "Liam and Tom" films is under way, not to give too much away but the lads face their greatest adventure to date after an accident gives them "super powers".

Now you maybe wondering "Well I know about 200 Subscribers and The Debit Card as the first two films, but what happened to the third?" well the third film, named "Finding Santa" finished post production at the exact same time as when our YouTube account was taken down, and the account wasn't re-activated until February, so it wouldn't have made much sense to upload it 2 months after Christmas. Right now it's technically an exclusive film to our Facebook page, however you can catch it on our official website at www.fowpictures.co.cc under the "The Classics" page.

Don't forget to check out the "Andy Quann Takeover" which starts THIS SUNDAY with the first film "Quann Of The Dead", a zombie parody film where 4 friends are stuck in a house with a zombified Andy Quann!

Also, don't forget to check out our first music video in 19 MONTHS!

The woodfootage Universe Expands

2010-08-06T11:02:00.000-07:00

For those who enjoyed and are fans of our woodfootage.wmv series from a few months ago. We have great news, the series continues!

Firstly, for those unfamiliar with the woodfootage.wmv series, it follows a couple of young men who encounter (but never actually seen on camera) some creatures of an unknown species. The men set out to find out what these creatures are and to rescue a friend of theirs that they believe to have either been killed or taken by these creatures for some reason. The film and story is all told via the camera, so a lot of unanswered questions remain, which could be explained in future instalments.

Now, we proudly present "Our Story", a parallel story that runs during the same time as woodfootage2.wmv. Now the characters are different, and the monsters encountered in this series is different to the ones in the original woodfootage.wmv series, implying that there could be more than one unknown species hiding in the countryside in England.

Our involvement in "Our Story" was reduced to just Producers/Consultant roles, instead of writing and directing. So we made sure that both series continued along their stories without crossing over into one another, but lived along side each other. The best way I can explain this is how the Iron Man films and the Hulk films exist in the same universe, but with different stories and characters with very little to no crossing overs.

Hope you enjoy this enthralling next chapter in the woodfootage.wmv/Our Story saga!

R.I.P. Shriek Watch

2010-07-30T08:22:00.000-07:00

Shriek Watch has, unfortunatly, ended my dear readers.

Casper's adventures as a masked killer has come to an early end. This was a decision that me and Tom B decided to make after we tried to shoot the first episode.

The first was was because we tried to take Shriek Watch a little more seriously, the sillier aspects of the show was removed and it was turned into a more documentary style show. Yet it was apparently after the first shoot that this style of filming just wasn't appropriate for something like Shriek Watch, we wanted to make it like "The Office", but the concept of there being an industry of Masked Killers is just a little too silly for this new approach.

The second reason is that, the storyline for the second series was just WAY too complex for us to shoot on the budget of £0. It involved a lot of stunt work, green screen and screen doubles that, dispute thinking we had the ability to pull it off, we just couldn't do in the end.

The third and final reason is that, we just don't have enough time to shoot this year for another 10 episodes. It's nearly August and we can only have 2 days a week of shooting time, this means we have 8 days of filming to get 10 episodes done. Not going to happen.

Speaking of things not happening, for the same reasons as above, Prime Target 2 is currently on hold as well, however that should continue during Christmas.

So yes, Shriek Watch is cancelled, at least for this year. Instead we shall be focusing on some other projects we have lined up.

On latest video news, we have submitted an entry into the Kevin McDonald film "Life In A Day", it shows me and the team preparing for a film shoot on the 24th of July 2010.

Concerning The Suplah. The show is now going to be a Bi-Monthly show, with a new episode every 2 weeks. This means that we can fill up a show with more meaningful news, and have more discussions on it. On top of that we would like to introduce Alistar as our newest co-host via winning the co-host search! don't forget to check out his debut soon!

Till next time!

Long Time No See Hey?

2010-07-01T15:10:00.001-07:00

Wow, this has been REALLY behind on news. I apologise about that guys!

Okay now for excuses. I guess I was just too caught up in being at University, the work that comes with it, the lifestyle associated with it and also... didn't help the fact that I had many problems all the while with my external hard drive and horrible internet connections.

So what's new with us?

Well we found out that Tom has managed to get into University in Manchester to do an acting course. We've already had a year of having the group be split apart due to locations, so this time we know what's going to happen so I doubt there's any need for worry.

Regarding short films and things, well me and Tom have had a long hard talk about the "Shriek Watch" series. Originally we had shot series 2 last summer, but only uploaded series 1 roughly in the winter time and found out that the series (surprisingly) wasn't much of a hit. We figured out that the show just wasn't good and wasn't going in the right direction, so we thought of rebooting the series or just ending it as a failed experiment, but we know in our hearts that we can make Caspers life fun, interesting, funny and complex. So Series 2 is going to be a reboot but a sequel as well, so those who didn't watch series 1 won't miss out on the adventure but they will continue some of the story lines.

The next major project will be a prequel to the film "Prime Target", a film we helped make with Crazy Productions.

So keep an eye on all these over the next few months!

The Summer Is Over...

2009-09-13T10:40:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.

So the summer has come and gone, and what a day it was!

We've done more projects than we can count. We've still got the highly anticipated Prime Target to debut, as well as the remake of Not My Time. We have loads of little videos at the ready aswell, like a drunken Andy Quann explaing the storyline to The Dark Knight and a new series named "Epic Trailers", as well as the return of The Reviewer who turns his attention to the Crash Bandicoot games.

Unfortunatly though, with the end of the summer, also comes the end of a fulltime partnership. With me leaving for Bournemouth in exactly a weeks time (19th September) and Tom staying in Stamford, you may well be seeing a decrease of videos from our end and even see the FOW pictures team change faces.

Anyway, staying on a cheery note. Shriek Watch has finally debuted, the series is continually getting more popular, so if you havn't checked out the latest episode yet. It's just below for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks

Liam.

FINALLY... THE SUPLAH... HAS COME BACK... TO THE INTERNET!

2009-08-16T11:48:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys,

This is gonna be short and sweet.

Firstly, the major news is that The Suplah is now back, with a brand new audio episode found on www.fowpictures.co.cc, you can find it in The Suplah section of the website. You can stream it directly off the internet, or you can download it for you iPod and listen to it on the go. Keep in mind that this was a test episode to see if everything was working correctly, so quailty should improve shortly.

The second thing is the latest update of "Not My Time". The original release date for the film was 2 weeks ago, however we have decided to keep it on hold as we are arrangeing for a proper premiere for the film. After that's happened, you should be able to find it on the net shortly after.

Anyway, thanks and we hope you enjoy the new Suplah!

Liam

Good Old Technical Problems

2009-08-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

Well the Suplah is currently going though some technical issues. Basically, we're still not entirely sure how we work iTunes. So if anybody can help us out with that, much appreciation.

On the other hand, FOW's new on-screen talent search is going very well indeed. As we introduce Film Director Sam Norton to the team as well as vlogger Arron from all the way down in London to contribute his own video skills. As well as this we've got Reece Dooner too, now Reece has been with FOW from the start, but he was mainly a "behind the scenes" guy doing graphics (you may recognise his work as it's featured in nearly every video we've done... That's right, he designed the FOW Pictures Logo) But he's only just recently joined the on screen team with his character "Marfach" who makes vlogs about how strange his life has been. You can check out all of his videos at
http://www.youtube.com/marfach

If you're interested in joining FOW Pictures. Check out the video below for me info!

Thanks

Liam

News For Our Suplah Fan

2009-08-02T12:06:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

Got some news for the guy who's a fan of the Suplah. Unfortunatly the show is currently going through some technical problems with uploading onto iTunes. However it shouldn't be long till it's up, so keep your eye on the blog.

Thanks

Liam

Expanding Into iTunes And Twitter

2009-07-10T12:31:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

FOW Pictures is now expanding into new markets to try and expand our audience.

The first is our brand new Twitter account Why not follow us?
http://twitter.com/fowpictures

This way all of our fans can get information about our latest video being uploaded onto YouTube, and fan interactivity

The second thing we're moving into in new audio content. FOW Pictures will be opening an iTunes Store, all of our major videos will be available for FREE video download for iPhones and similar devices. We will also be uploading other content for audio users who have iPod nano's or just general MP3 players, but these guys will get exclusive content in the form of the revitalised "Suplah" show

The Suplah was cancelled a few months back, however we have decided to bring it back under this new MP3 format, which means it will be back every week now and could last for over an hour, but of course this means we loose the visual gags.

We should hopefully be doing special Suplah videos that will be up on our YouTube account over the summer

Anyway, we have plenty of videos avalaible, in fact the number of videos we have at this moment could take us into January 2010 if we upload one video every week. However we will continue to work our arses off to make the best possible videos

Thanks

Liam

The Summer Has Landed!

2009-06-20T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.

Well exams have finally finished, which means that the summer has started and we're going into overdrive.

The major project we will be working on will be the drama-action film "Rise Today" which has been on a 2 month production hiatus due to exams and other projects.

Other major projects will be a re-make of "Not My Time" with the original cast and crew all returning. However, there will be a few differences from the original, but what they are is somthing you will have to find out.

We also plan on starting a short comedy film entitled "The Debit Card". This will follow the mis-adventures of two friends who lose a debit card and the extremes they go in order to retrieve it.

As well as these, we will be starting production on the second series of "Shriek Watch" (the first series is a few weeks away from debuting!)

And of course, we shall be having other little videos appearing, including a 6 Part review from The Reviewer looking at the original Crash Bandicoot games!

This shall be the busiest summer ever for us, as it may possibly be our last as a full team due to me leaving to do a BA (Hons) Film Production course down at The Arts Institute In Bournemouth. It's the same course that film maker Edger Wright did in his youth. He went on to direct such films as "Shaun Of The Dead" and "Hot Fuzz", as well as that he's worked with THE Quintin Tarintino and is now signed to directed Marvel's newest Super Hero film "Ant Man".

In the mean time, check out the second part of The Reviewers look at the Terminator Films, in this he looks at the 1984 film that started it all "The Terminator"

Liam

Down To Bournemouth

2009-05-04T08:52:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

I just thought I would inform those who may be interested that on Wednesday I have my interview down at the Arts Institute In Bournemouth Universtiy.

I'm applying for a Film Production course, but I'm not getting my hopes up on getting into the Uni because it's the best Film School in the country and so is very tough to get into. If I don't get in, then it's no big deal and I'll re-apply next year.

Anyway, below is the video that I'm using to represent me, my work and of course our loyal fans who have helped push us to work our butts off and produce the best quality work we possibly can.

Thanks

Liam.

Perfect 300

2009-04-28T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.

Well in the past couple of days we managed to hit a major new milestone on YouTube as we achieved 300 subscribers. It's amazing that our work is enjoyed and appreciated by so many people, and we must thank each and every one of them... yes including the haters and the spammers.

In other news, our very own Tom Bancroft passed a film audition and is now working with a BBC Director in the summer with myself, Michael Watson and Scott Brown. If you're interested in seeing his audition, the video will be below.

Once again, thanks to all that has helped us along the way, and continue to help us. We're getting more popular and more experiance by the day and that wouldn't be happening if it wasn't for you great people!

Thanks

Liam

Best FOW Film Ever?

2009-04-08T16:17:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

Well we've uploaded a brand new short film named "The Intimidation Game". The film was created as part of our film studies course. The objective was to translate everything we've learnt in the past 2 years into a short five minute film, so the narrative took a back seat for the use of camera angles, lighting, music, mise-en-scene and the use of diagetic and non-diagetic sound.

The film parady's and pays tribute to classic films like "Alien", "The Matrix", "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly", "Dirty Harry", "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", "Star Wars" and even classic Samuri films. As well as paying a small tribute to the popular internet short film "Ryan vs. Dorkman 2".

We also use a number of different genre's in the film, we use Comedy, Action, Horror, Thriller, and Sci-Fi.

The film has been a surprise hit with audiences and managed to get myself and Michael an A. It's great that nobody has taken the film seriously and the fun that we had making the film managed to transition to the audience extremely well.

This is just the first in a string of upcoming new films and videos from us, as we still have plenty lined up for you all.

FOW Does Comic Relief

2009-03-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

Another update as there hasn't been one in ages.

So, in the last blog I mentioned that we're having some technical problems which has lasted a few weeks which has resulted in the lack of progression of new work, and even cost me an interview at the Arts Institute At Bournemouth. However it looks like these problems will be ending in just a short number of days, as the laptop is fixed, and we now have a brand new HD Camera at our disposal. Good times!

So what have we been doing during this dead period? Well the main thing we've been doing is coming up with ideas, we have TONS that are going back in production (like "Live For The Moment") or will start production (Like "FOW vs. Dark Angel") as soon as everything is sorted.

Other good news, FOW Pictures has actually landed a slot on NCS Radio. Every Tuesday between 2:30 and 4:15, Liam Dunne and Tom Bancroft (with various special guests) will present "The New Stuff Show". Why is it called the NEW Stuff Show? Well back in the 80's my Father, Steve Dunne, had a radio show too which he named "The Stuff Show". On the show, we shall be chatting about various topics, have a few skits, do some improv comedy and... of course... play some music. Generally just chill out on a Tuesday afternoon. Now I am aware that not everybody will have accsess to listening to us, but have no fear as we will actually be recording the event on video and hopefully cut down a near 2 hour show into 10 minutes for our internet based fans. Similar to what we did with The Suplah.

This past Friday, we uploaded a short film that we made especially for Comic Relief 2009, a great cause that raises awareness about the poverty in Africa though laughter.

Thanks for reading!

Liam.

Technical Hitches.. Don't We Love Them?

2009-02-21T16:40:00.000-08:00

Hey guys.

I've been getting a lot of questions about the next FOW Pictures video. Well if you subscribe to YouTube's DJE179 channel, he should be uploading an exclusive interview with myself and Tom Bancroft and we answer that very same question.. so keep your eyes peeled!

However, we are experiancing a huge technical hitch. With us, these arn't uncommon, however this is a very big one that threatens my current laptop which contains all of our work. Yes previous work, Pre-Prduction work, Production work, Post-Production work and the videos we're waiting to release. We do certainly hope to get these problems fixed, but you will have to bare with us for a couple of days untill we have everything sorted.

Another reason as to why FOW Pictures is slowing down in production is simply because of Universtiy situations. I'm currently applying to Uni and right now my main focus is to try and get into the best film school in the country the Arts Institute in Bournemouth, and for anybody who's applied to Uni you know how hard it can be to even be shown interest by it. So wish me luck for my interview at Bournemouth on March 9th.

But, like I said. Stick by us and we'll continue to make videos for our great fans and subscribers!

Finally, if you have a Facebook account, don't forget to check out FOW Pictures new page. It shows exclusive production shots of the videos we make and will hopefully have some exclusive videos uploaded onto that page. So click that fan button!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FOW-Pictures/77970645872

Thanks!

Back To Work

2009-01-23T09:22:00.000-08:00

Hey guys.

We all hope everybody had a peaceful Christmas and a fantastic New Years, as ours were the complete opposite lol.

Anyway, it's been a month since we've really updated anything. We've uploaded 2 new videos in the new year, the first was "Andy Quann - The Quest" which was where our very own Andy Quann takes part in a wrestling trivia game to win a copy of the latest WWE game. The second was a trailer for our co-produced film with Dark Light Pictures' film "Deathnote" which should be making it's appearance online very soon.

Anyway, dispite our Christmas being hectic and our New Years being disasters, we've have a very nice break from film making. As much as we love doing the things we do, sometimes you just need a bit of time to stop and let the world catch up with you. So now that we've had a rest, we're ready to get straight back into production. We've currently got 2 things going right now, the first is the 2nd series of our up-coming mockumentary serie "Shriek Watch", the second that we're filming is another drama film named "Live For The Moment" however that's all I will reveal for now.

But to keep you all happy, we have yet another new video up. It's not the greatest or the most well done, but if you've never been to Orlando Florida, well it's your lucky day as I've managed to capture some footage of when I was over there.

Enjoy!

Christmas Break

2008-12-11T06:50:00.000-08:00

Hey guys.

Well FOW Pictures is taking a much needed break for the Christmas holidays, but not without one last new video to keep you all excited for the bright future we have.

Our latest, and most likely last video for 2008 is a short music video we put together. The song used is "Bring Me To Life" by Evanesence and features clips of the video games "Resistance: Fall Of Man" and "Resistance 2".

However, we have a lot of great stuff lined up for you all in 2009. Here's a quick list of confirmed projects that should be coming your way over the course of 2009:

The Quann On Rocketbuster Radio
A short video that contains Andy Quann on RBR and his quest to win a free XBox 360 game.

Shriek Watch Series 1
A "documentary" crew follow Casper, the local masked killer of Stamford in Lincolnshire, as he goes on his killing sprees.

Teenage Filmmaker: The Making Of Not My Time
A documentary showing the fun and the stress of a teenager making a short film.

Christmas In Orlando
Another documentary that follows the Dunne family on their Christmas holiday in Orlando.

He's Back: Terminator & CGI
An in depth look at how CGI effects have helped and hindered the Terminator story.

Broken Britian?
Yet another documentary, showing how British teenagers are portrayed in the media and what we're really doing in our spare time.

The Suplah At TNA: Round 2
The Suplah team once again heads off to TNA, this time in London. This episode will once again feature special guest Keelan Balderson, who is editor of www.wrestlingtruth.com

The Suplah: Goodbye
The final episode of The Suplah. More hard hitting news, more comedy and a look back at some of the best and worse of The Suplah.

Rise Today
A new short film in pre-production. A druggie falls into debt with a gang leader, which leads to people dieing. A tale of redemption.

Shriek Watch Series 2
The show returns

Guitar Zero 2
Daz Jones' story continues with the purchase of the latest Guitar Hero game.

Well thats all in 2009.

Have a great Christmas everybody. From all of us at FOW.

Been Over A Month

2008-11-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

Hey guys

I do apologize for the lack of updates. FOW Pictures (along with Dark Angel Pictures) has been recuited by New College Stamford to help out with extensive film work, as well as teach a few Media Studies classes about film editing.

However, we havn't completely abandoned work. Our latest project "Rise Today" is currently in pre-production with a draft being finalised as well as casting already being done.

We've also been coming up with ideas for the second series of Shriek Watch, yes I know the first series isn't up yet, but we're completely sure that you'll all love the series so much that you'll want to continue following Caspers adventures.

The bad news is, all of these projects proberly won't even be in production untill the start of the new year.

Anyway, we do have something for you. We have commentary on the latest FOW Smash Hit short film "Not My Time" featuring Director Liam Dunne, Actor Tom Bancroft, Technical Advisor Michael Watson and Good Friend Rhiannon Taylor.

200 Subscribers!

2008-10-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

Thought everybody would like to know that we have now reached the 200 Subscriber mark on YouTube.

In celebration of this, me and Tom created a short comedy video where we look back at our past films.

And please note that 95% of the stories told in this film are made up for entertainment purposes.

New eBay account

2008-10-19T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

We have finally joined eBay and are now selling some old film props and costumes that we don't need anymore.

The items are going dead cheap ranging from £3 - £17.

So if you want to go to a costume party as Spider-Man or if your an avid crossdresser stop by the eBay store for a selection of great cheap and (slightly) famous items.

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/fowpictures

Not My Time and CODE: Omega Online

2008-10-14T11:18:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

Letting everybody know that our latest film "Not My Time" has been uploaded onto the Internet.

As well as that, our good friends "Dark Angel Pictures" has uploaded THEIR latest film (ironically including 2 of the 4 FOW Members) onto the internet too. It's called CODE: Omega.

Enjoy both of these films!

Not My Time's World Premiere

2008-10-09T04:32:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

I just got back from the very first public showing of "Not My Time".

Even though it's not fully finished, the film has been very well recieved, even recieving an applause at the end of the film with a few requests to re-watch it straight after

There has been a few problems with the film, self admittiedly for example some people have unfortnatly considered this film as one of Tom's worse acting performaces. Not that he was bad, just that he's been better in things like Shriek Watch and Watching The Famous. It maybe because Tom likes to play more comedic roles instead of a serious character like he played in this new film.

So I shall just be editing the remaining problems that I can and we should have it up on YouTube this Saturday.

Thanks

Not My Time Officially In Production

2008-09-30T15:30:00.000-07:00

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.

Michael Watson: Zero To Film Making Hero

2008-09-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

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."

Best Picture In East Midlands

2008-09-24T14:31:00.000-07:00

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:

Not My Time Officially Annouced

2008-09-21T08:04:00.000-07:00

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!

Shriek Watch Finished

2008-08-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, just a very quick update

Every episode of Shriek Watch is now finished, we wrapped up filming at 1:00 am on Friday 22nd of August. All we have left to do now is edit the footage together and add in the special effects, sound effects and music. After that we should be good to go.

Just as a note now, we will be removing Episodes 1 and 2 from our YouTube page in the coming days as we will be doing a slight "re-boot" to the show. Episodes 1 and 2 havn't been re-shot, however we will be tweaking the mistakes made in the episodes (i.e Casper saying Scream Watch in the first episode instead of Shriek Watch) and also adding the latest FOW Pics intro as well as a brand new show intro.

Keep and eye out.

AND AUDITION FOR OUR SHORT FILM LIBERTY!!

WE NEED YOU!

2008-08-20T08:22:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

just a quick blog here letting you all know that you all have the chance to voice a character in our up-coming short film "Liberty"

So if you are interested in voicing a character or a number of characters for the upcoming "Liberty" short film, here's what to do.

Firstly, you need to grab your best quality microphone, then you need to turn on your recording software and say these lines:

"Ahh I see. But in my opinion Liberty City is the worst place to start your life over again. This city is so corrupt that the police act almost like one of the mob family themselves. I had a friend, couple years back, his name was Niko Bellik, similar story to yours, left his old country to start a new here in Liberty... but he fell straight back into the work he tried to leave behind. Drugs, Guns, Death... everything, and worse, was a daily occurrence."

Once you've done that, save it and then e-mail the audio file to us at
fowwepics@gmail.com

Honestly, this "audition" isn't to see who's the greatest voice actor, it's generally to see how good your microphone is.

This is a great oppoutinty, and we hope that giving you guys a chance at somthing like this will show you how much we appreciate your support!

So thanks guys, hope to get some of your voice work soon :)

Been A While

2008-08-16T15:56:00.001-07:00

So it's been about 16 or 17 days since I last made a small update. So I thought I'd do one.

The main reason why we havn't been posting as many blogs is because we're currently finishing filming on our short series called "Shriek Watch". We still have a little bit of filming to do that should be completely finished in a few days, then it's onto the editing business and then finally we should be getting 1 episode up a week. Keep an eye out for that.

We've also been busy filming out latest series called "Market Town". It's a sketch show similar to Little Britain and it follows the adventures of a teenager who has recently moved to "Market Town" and is unlucky enough to run into the towns more... colourful characters.

Lastly we've also been finalising the script for our Liberty film. Now we should be accepting voice overs and the such.

Anyway, thats all for now

AND DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE MICKIE KNUCKLES INTERVIEW!

Mickie "Moose" Knuckles Interveiw

2008-07-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody

Just would like to update you all on whats going on lately wth us.

Well earlier today I managed to get into contact with TNA Knockout Mickie "Moose" Knuckles and asked if she could do an interview for us on the 11th episode of The Suplah. Which she has agreed. This is a very big deal so be fore to keep an eye on out on YouTube for the video as it shall be up on Wednesday 6th August.

Also, uploaded earlier this week was the music video for MCW's wrestling event on the 6th of July which was recorded by myself and Michael (www.youtube.com/mickall) and also edited by Michael. So enjoy the video:

Suplah Week 10 Contraversy

2008-07-27T19:27:00.000-07:00

Well it has come to my attention that The Suplah Week 10 Uncut version has caused a bit of contraversy, and in so has apparently lost us help from somebody from the writers guild who was trying to help us get more exposure in the film business.

I was shown that I apparently use the word "gay" as an insult aimed towards Tom multiple times though out the show. This may make it look like I am homophobic. Believe me I am not homophobic, I have a number of gay and bisexual friends and I have always believed in doing what makes you happy (as long as your not killing or hurting people... cause thats just weird).

I was also told that in the video, it appears that I try and assassinate Tom's character and belittle him on camera for amusement. This is also false. If I had ANYTHING against Tom, he would not even be featured in any FOW Projects let alone be the main star for nearly all of the things we did. Tom is one of my best friends and I would NEVER think of hurting him in that way.

What the camera caught was the last few moments of the day. There had been a lot of issues before hand when filming new episodes of our web series "Shriek Watch" like creative differances between myself and Tom, add that onto the fact it was uncomfortably hot, only having 4 hours sleep and being extremlt hungry all adds up to one very grumpy Liam.

Same with Tom. I had been getting on his nerves all day aswell. And it was just unfortnunate that the camera was on when the "Explosion" happened.

I deeply regret what I said during the filming of The Suplah, but I do get very nasty when I get angry (a trate I picked up from my father) and sometimes I can't control my temper and I say and do things that I know I will regret.

Thanks to everybody who has kept supporting us though out this time, we still have plenty of great new stuff coming up for you, including some great new episodes of Shriek Watch and a brand new web-series called "Market Town". So keep your eye out for it :)

Everything Alright

2008-07-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

Hey guys

Just wanted to update you on the situation of Tom.

Both sides have been talking and we have settled any differences we had and we're back in buisness and even talking about a possible new skit show.

So thanks to everybody, and look out for uncut Suplahs on google videos.

FOW Pictures on Hiatus

2008-07-21T13:33:00.000-07:00

Well... err.

It seems Tom Bancroft, who is the main actor in FOW Pictures, may have left the group for good.

Earlier today, Tom and myself seemed to have had a small argument, which resulted in Tom storming out of my house during the filming of the 10th episode of The Suplah.

With Tom now possibly out of FOW Pictures, that means that many of our up-coming projects may be on hiatus untill we can get some new people with acting experiance. Unfortunatly though if Tom does remain out of the group, it will see the end of the Shriek Watch series (which we just finished filming Episode 6), aswell as stopping any production on the up-coming Liberty film, as well as the Guitar Zero sequal we were planning for this winter.

I will just take this time to express my opinion of what's happened today.

Tom left because apparently I was moaning to him all day. Ok so I admit I can be a bit of a handful when it comes to filming as I basically need everything to be perfect, and if it's not it winds me up. However during the filming of The Suplah, Tom (who was off camera) was doing everything he possibly could to try and get himself noticed on the show itself, interupting at random points during the show with completely useless gags that wern't funny and just disturbed the flow of the show itself. This was getting on mine and Andy's nerves so (because it's the kind of person I am) I told Tom to shut up and let us finish filming. He then continued to be a pratt where at one point he accidently kicked my laptop, the one I do all my film work on. I then had a go at Tom for that, which resulted in him storming out.

I later found out that Tom had been annoyed at me all day because I had a go at him about misplacing my PS3 controller and the tripod to the camera.

Unfortunatly, what Tom seem's to not understand is that these are MY things, and he's treating them with the utter most disrespect. If I went over to his house, misplaced his X-Box controller, messed up his bedroom, used his house as if it was a hotel with it's own maid and then kicked his computer (even if it was by accident) I'm pritty sure he'd feel the exact same way I felt.

Now I can hear many of you saying "why did you have a go at him for accidently kicking your laptop", yeah ok that would be fair enough, thing is though is that he didn't even apologise for kicking it, all he kept saying was that is was by accident. Yeah? That's ment to make everything ok is it? What if he accidently kicked the laptop so hard that it fell off the bed and broke? It may have been an accident but I would expect him to apologise and buy be a new one. Now I'm not saying he has to get me a new laptop, but the fact that he didn't even apologise is what annoyed me.

Tom seem's to forget what I have done for him. I personally chose him to be my main actor in FOW's films and shows. I made it so that he can add the fact he's been in 3 films that were entered into film festivals onto his CV. Me casting him into the films gave him a MUCH bigger portfolio than what he would have had AND if it wasn't for ME casting him in our films, Tom would never have been contacted by somebody who used to be in the media writing guild helping him try and get his big break in Hollywood.

The ever so lovely Mr. Bancroft has yet to realise that all of this wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for me. Hopefully after reading this though he may just realise that fact, get over himself and come back and finish off these films.

Brand New Liberty Trailer

2008-07-16T08:56:00.000-07:00

Well here's a trailer for our upcoming film named "Liberty"

as you can proberly tell, the film is made using the video game "Grand Theft Auto"

We did this because this technique gives us many new oppotunities. I mean let's face it, we're not going to be able to hire out the whole of New York City, blow up helicopters in mid air and have people flying all over the place because of the explosions (which again is hard to do with the current stage we're at). However at the same time, it gives us more limitations, for example our control on the film is less in this one due to the computer doing basically whatever it wants.But stay tuned, shall be an interesting film if it's not a good one :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Lr3m6GcQeg

Starting The Blog With A Smile On Our Faces

2008-07-12T08:54:00.000-07:00

Hey guys.

Ok, well this is the first blog here on the site, and it will be used to basically just tell people who are interested on upcoming things with FOW Pics. Like upcoming project's or important news.

Now the first entry into our blog is about VERY big news indeed.

As you may know from watching "The Suplah Week 9", I recently did some work for the UK based wrestling company MCW, along with my good friend and fellow film maker Michael Watson (www.youtube.com/mickal).

It turns out that MCW are planning to get a TV deal on the UK sports channel "Sky Sports". If they manage to get this slot, they will continue to have us as their film crew and allow us to put our logo's in the show, i.e in the opening of the show and on the skirting of the ring.

Now, obviously this isn't a done deal, and even if they do get the TV pilot we don't know when they want to do it. So we're trying out best to not get our hopes up about it, but hopefully for the UK citizens, they'll see FOW Pictures on their TV screens soon.

In other great news, FOW Pics actor Tom Bancroft has been talking to somebody on youtube who believes him to be a great actor, and has forwarded to him a list of agents. This is great for Tom because now he may be able to star in actual films, but bad for us as we'll lose him and (with him being the main character in a lot of our stuff) some of the shows/films we have planned may have to be scrapped (I hate it when films replace the actor's)