Shooting Continues...

So tomorrow (Tuesday 1st August) sees the cast and crew reform for another week of shooting. By the end of this week we aim to have shot all the 'ship crew' extra dialogue scenes on Roanoke, all the interior scenes set in England, and all the model boats at sea.

The 1st trailer is also set to be available at 5pm - Sunday August 6th.

It will be at this time the shooting will go on a month break while we review, rough edit and prepare for some even more ambitious shooting from the end of September.

Don't worry about the blog, we have a lot in the pipe line to bring you over the next few weeks when shooting for the Summer has ended, I'll write more on that later.



In terms of stats:

3841 Hits to roanokethemovie.com and roanokethelostcolony.com since June 2006, and just under 500 unique visitors to the blog since it opened last week. We also come up on the first page of google when typing "roanoke the movie" so this should help boost the interest.

As of the end of this week we aim to begin a bit of publicity about the production given that it has had a somewhat promising start, there is still a looooong way to go until we have a reasonable production but we have to start somewhere.

Bertie

p.s - lots of pictures to come this week, which should be nice

Monday, a fine example!

Welcome back to a Monday, a new week for the blog, a new week for everyone to be fair.

Last week we changed locations around, switched shooting days, and generally set out a new shooting schedule for us all. But there's one thing that happened which is the primary reason for this entry, the helping hand everyone has when it comes to shooting an independent film.

Our John White (character name), Andy Sweet, went out and about last week looking for some boats that would be suitable for us to shoot on. Below are some pictures of his adventure.

The thing I love is how everyone on this film seems to be going out there way, doing jobs which aren't their own to help with the production of the film. From Andy going on a day quest to find and chat to owners of 16th Century Vessels, Leander (McNair) doing some internet research on boats close by, to name a few.

Well done everyone so far and hopefully everyone's effort can be turned into a great looking production.

(let's not speak to soon, but...maybe, possibily, who knows)

(image thanks to Andy)

A word from the designer

Well, not much been happening on my side lately, as I have been busy with previous commitments. But it all looks good...

I am getting ready for the model shoot which is coming up soon.

I have supplied a picture of one of the models to be used. I am calling this one the Griffin.

Anyway, it has all been going well so far, so I am happy.

Would love to see a trailer... Hint hint...

Gary

It's Coming...

The trailer is on its way. So far there have been three cuts. The crew cut which was the original teaser but due to copywrite issues could not be made avalible for public viewing, then 2 further cuts, one that was too fast, and one that was too slow.



We're getting there, there is now a good rough assembly of the final idea for the trailer, this will need touching up and then a bit of colouring, exporting, uploading, and we should be there.

Should have some nice news about something else this evening too, so watch out for that.

- Bertie

Roanoke The Lost Colony (Roanoke the Movie)

So with every film, must come the slightly annoying part, the sorting and storage, of sets, props, costumes, food, water.

Below is an image of part of the storage area where some of the equipment is held:



Included:

- Over 50 Costumes for cast and supporting artists: 80% thanks to Bradfield College and Niki Mallony

- Over 60 litres of frozen water for work days (normally will last the cast and crew a day on shoot)

- All props, including, cups, bottles, muskets etc...

- Smaller Set Dressing - WickerStands, Colonists Tools etc...

- Set building tools - Including workbenches, drills, hammers...

- First Aid Kits

And then some...so far we are coping, but we may have to loose some soon, anyone in need of a 16th Century axe?

p.s - the spare bed isn't part of the movie :-D

'Tis a Sign!

Imagine this, you're on your way to a location scout, before any filming or casting has taken place, you're unsure as to the feasbility of the project, wishing and hoping, and then this pops up:

This is what happened to Dan, Jenna and I about three months ago:



We drove behind it for a good few miles...is it a sign? is it a message?

Who knows!

Bertie / Malcolm as Dan now thinks I should be called

Update on Shooting Schedule

So it's been all very confusing with the Hartley Witney days being
cancelled, but great fun when you have to think on your feet to try and re-arrange stuff.

Firstly I'm sorry to all our Fleet extras who were waiting to come on the 3rd, the day will still happen, just somewhere else at a slightly different date.

Currently here's how the strong pencil stands:

Tuesday 1st August: Weald and Downland (back down to pick up two night scenes).
Wednesday 2nd August: Fleet House (to shoot exterior boat shots)
Thursday 3rd August: Fleet Pond (to shoot the crew chatting about where the colonists have gone. And then in the evening any pick ups on the boats.

We have found a few more "boats" to shoot in, and i'll keep you updated with whether or not there a possibility. If you do happen to know of any 16th Century longboats hanging around in your back garden, do let us know.

So for those who are a bit confused as to where we stand, we are back on track, just with a few different scenes being shot instead. (I'm looking into the possibility of shooting the interior cabin shots too, ohhh)

Nickname For Bertie

Following on from my post regarding nicknames, i've come up with my first.....for the director himself.


Bertie will now be more commonly known as......MALCOLM

Because.....

In Bertie's time in the states he was commonly known as Bird. The spine-tailed Swift is the fastest Bird in the world. Swift is a model of motor car designed by Suzuki. Suzuki is a Japanese company. Toyota is one of its Japanese competitors. In 96 they made the Toyota Mega Cruiser. The QM2 is a 'Mega Cruiser' being the largest cruise ship in the world. QM stands for Queen Mary. Queen Mary the 1st was known as Mary Tudor. Tudor relates to the period in British History between 1485 and 1603. in 1603 the Plague was at its worst. The plague was more commonly known as the black death. Which leads to the death of the most famous Black nationalist leader, Malcolm X.

And that's why Bertie's 'NEW' nickname is 'MALCOLM'


Daniel
1st AD

Nicknames

So for a little bit of fun i thought i could try coming up with nicknames for everybody involved in the project. And i don't just mean abbreviating their current name or using a term of appearance like 'curly'. I mean full on 'how the hell did you come up with that' kind of nicknames.

So look out for your nickname and lets see if any of them stick.

p.s i've come up with a million nicknames for people before but none have EVER stuck


Daniel
1st AD

View Through A Lense

Hello all! Just finished (yesterday afternoon) building on an extra part to what we're keeping on hold till we are ready to reveal all...

The Behind The Scenes clip was inspired by the teaser clip that has been floating around for the cast and crew.
I thought it would be nice to do a small clip using what footage and stills I had and presenting it online. Looking at it, it has turned out quite brilliantly. I hope you like it too.



This beloved clapperboard for used for the first time starting at Sc. 124 on our first day of shooting.
We thought we would give it an alias or nickname/codename not that anyone would want to take away our growing asset ;)
If it was that serious we would hire security but we can't afford it.



Jack (above) I think was the only member of the cast and crew who got to have the most sleep out of all of us! Bless him :)
I went outside for some air and found an abandoned shirt on the grass which then lead me to find him relaxed on a seat still with this his silk shorts on, (there's some yellow daisies next to him which I took macro stills of).

I think I may have a 'wondeful' clip of Bertie floating around. I'll dig up some video vocals and see if anything is viewable!