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After several weeks of emails, letter writing, and phone calls, Backyard Productions has managed to secure its most important location for “Cinders”. Sundown Adventure Land have kindly agreed to work with the BYP team and allow us to film the outdoor scenes at their wonderful children’s theme park.
Executive Bully,
Darren Scales, Production Designer
Ed Hollingsbee, and Writer / Composer
Mark Scales met with the Sundown team armed with the
BYP Showreel, bags of ideas and enthusiasm and one or two dresses (yes that’s right). After a very upbeat chat and plenty of coffee, The Sundown team were very happy to participate in the production.
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Backyard Productions have had some important meetings and the plan for the Cinders production is starting to come together. The story for the film is developing rapidly. We have had our first plot-line production meeting in which the characters of the story went through many transformations. We’ve come up with a cracking story, but it’s [...]
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A new set of informal video podcasts on our feed, chronicling our experiences during the production of our latest film ‘Cinders’. Featuring our Executive Bully – Darren. This is the first podcast in the series, offering an introduction to the project and an update on the latest exciting... [Read more]
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 [...]
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At last, FANFILMS – What are they all about?… has been released!!! As part of his Masters Degree in Media Production, BYP’s Executive Bully, Darren Scales, has produced a unique 30 minute documentary on Fanfilms. Darren has interviewed fanfilm makers, professionals from the creative industry and media academics. Darren explores the world of fanfilm making, [...]
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Several members of the BYP team enjoyed a trip of a lifetime to Tunisia this April to visit all the Star Wars locations in sunny (and sandy) Tunisia. A great adventure was had by all and we brought back hundreds (nay, thousands) pictures of sets featured in many different parts of the Star Wars saga. [...]
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We have now completed the full-length documentary of the Making of The Emperor’s New Clones. ‘Making TENCLO’ follows the BYP team from April 2005 right up to and including the World Charity Premiere on 9 September 2006!
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Wow! – We’ve had a bit of publicity recently! From the Sunday Mirror in Scotland, to the Lincolnshire Echo, to British Forces publicity. Mainly because while working abroad, Darren has met up with Colin MacGregor (Ewan MacGregor’s brother), who is also in the RAF. He has apparently been very impressed by our TENCLO trailer and ‘Battle of the Heroes’, and has agreed to pass on a copy of our finished film to Ewan. You never know – they may even make it to the premiere!
