Master Of Puppets

Hello Blogworld

I have great news! I'm super excited to say that we have cast Jack and Sam Ridley in Marionette. We held auditions last week and I'd like to thanks everyone who traveled to rainy Stoke-On-Trent and performed. However on the day Orla Mullan and Richard Hand really stood out and gave excellent performances. Congratulations to both of you.

 

In other news I'm super pleased to say that "Amicus" will be screening on the opening night of the National Fesitval for Talented Youth (NFFTY) in Seattle, USA on 28th April 2011. Head over to NFFTY.com and you will see that we made the front page. It's a great feeling to know that so many people will be watching your work, especially as Seattle is so far from Stoke and the fact that I was invited through my vimeo account. However as I am currently funding two films I can't afford the flights to Seattle which is a real let down but I'm sure there will be more festivals. So if you live in Seattle head on down to the fest and watch Amicus on the big screen! Also sorry for the lack of video updates of late, we have been working really hard here in rainy Stoke securing locations, actors and scripting so kinda run out of time but this week I'll make sure to get the camera on and record some stuff.

Cheers

Rich

Marionette Update

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It's been a while since I wrote an update instead of recording a video so I thought I'd give you a more in depth idea of what's been going on. First off production is manic! the last few weeks have been pretty much a blur. The script for Marionette is really getting into shape and the response to the casting call has been really encouraging, audition are taking place next Wednesday primarily and I'm really looking forward to casting my Jack and Sam Ridley.  The other projects are also evolving nicely, Steven Cooper's A Baked Mess has it's script and most of it's visuals laid down and most of the major locations are locked which is a huge relief. Trick Poker has been getting a good response casting call wise and again I'm looking forward to getting our cast well cast. Now it's just a case of keeping the pace we have been operating at until now up to production.
 Major updates will be posted at the end of next week and I'm hoping we will have our Sam, Jack, Greg, Dale, Blimp and Roge all cast. Oh and you guys should check out this awesome documentary short "Some Old Ford" it's got a great story and some cracking visuals, head on over to vimeo and give it a watch, what else are you gonna spend five minutes doing?

Some Old Ford from Ben Pender-Cudlip on Vimeo.

Cheers
Rich

Week 2 Of Production

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Another video update showing behind the scenes on Trick Poker, A Baked Mess and Marionette..... Enjoy
Video Diary Week 2 from Richard Stephenson on Vimeo.