August 3, 2009
Last weekend (August 1/2) Backyard Productions had the first tech test weekend for the Cinders project. It was an opportunity for many of the cast and crew to meet and get to know each other. The focus of the weekend was on testing of costumes, filming techniques and set pieces. Also, fun was had acting [...] [Read more]
July 20, 2009
Monday 20 July marks the 40th anniversary of the first man on the moon. To celebrate the achievement we had a moon party hosted in usual great style by Darren and Sandra on Saturday! Space style fancy dress was worn…astronauts, stars, planets, 60′s dress and even Albert II the first chimp in space. Darren and [...] [Read more]
July 10, 2009
Backyard Productions said a sad farewell to a much loved companion, crew member and actor today, our dog Chewie. He was always there by our feet during editing, barking during filming and even had the honour of knocking over our George Lucas! A gentle giant, he was our very own “walking carpet”... [Read more]
July 8, 2009
Set on the glorious South Bank, the Movieum of London provided the perfect location for Backyard Productions’ second set of auditions. And what a day it was! We were treated to some exceptional talent and some stunning singing performances. Again, Dom provided a fantastic spread, and his “crew” were the epitome of professionalism. Without the [...] [Read more]
June 30, 2009
Backyard Productions has just held its first ever auditions, and they were a resounding success. Word of the latest project seems to have spread as there were auditionees from as far afield as Preston, Norwich, London, Ipswich, and some homegrown Lincoln talent. Dom Gilvary hosted the proceedings exceptionally with a fabulous spread of sandwiches and [...] [Read more]
May 30, 2009
UPDATE!! The casting call and auditions for major roles are closed (at least for the time being), we’ve been overwhelmed with the response. Please do register your interest if you are keen to participate as crew or supporting cast, or if you’d like to be put on a waiting list for future audition opportunities! Contact [...] [Read more]
May 25, 2009
Space Shuttle Atlantis has just landed safely in California after a very successful 12 day mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope for the very last time. Furthermore, with this mission concluded, there are only eight more Shuttle missions planned, ever. Four members of Backyard Productions – Darren, Edwin, Matthew and Luke – went to [...] [Read more]
March 22, 2009
People are often asking us what Backyard Productions is all about. Well, it seems that our Executive Bully, Darren Scales, has had some spare time and used it to produce a short BYP Promo video to answer just that!! “I hope this short video shows what we are all about, in particular the unique way... [Read more]
February 22, 2009
Firstly, please excuse the technical nature of this post. If you are familiar with bittorrent, DVD images and DVD burning, read on…. if not – no worries!! I’ve been aware for a while now that although we’ve offered TENCLO as a DVD image download through bittorrent, this has been an .NRG file, which not everyone [...] [Read more]
October 19, 2008
Well who would have guessed it? Finally, Doom Raiders is now available for pre-order on a number of sites, including Play.com, Amazon.co.uk and WHSmith online (Just search for Doom Raiders on their sites!) Sales of our great spoof adventure will help us make our next film, so tell your friends and buy one! NO, Buy [...] [Read more]