Cinders on BBC Look North

The BBC Look North crew came to Sundown Adventure Land to meet some of the cast and crew of Cinders. Here’s the report, in case you missed it.

Stranger than science fiction… SCI-FI CAPITAL EMBRACES SPOOF

This weekend, some of the TENCLO cast travelled to Cardiff to see it screened at the Chapter Arts Centre, where it was given a rapturous welcome by staff and audience alike.

Being the home of Dr Who and Torchwood, Cardiff is no stranger to science fiction. But this weekend, it saw Backyard Productions’ own spin on the genre, and from the response, it wasn’t quite what they were expecting.

The Chapter Arts Centre showed its modern image was more than just a lick of paint by screening The Emperor’s New Clones as part of their Fan-Tasia season. Many of the cast had driven for hours to see it on the silver screen again, and nervously awaited the response. Luckily for them it was laughter all round from the opening crawl to the end credits. Those that hadn’t seen it before were impressed by the visual effects and original humour.

Afterwards, Darren answered questions on the film regarding matters such as time and costs. Then, before settling down to drinks at the famous bar, the guests were ushered into another cinema. Some youngsters had started playing Lego Star Wars on the big screen! It was surreal, but maybe it will inspire them too.

Backyard Productions thanks Steve Sullivan and everyone at the Chapter Arts Centre for showing such enthusiasm for its work.

Darren receives commendation at IOV awards 2009

On Wednesday (Oct 14th 2009), Darren and Ed attended the Institute of Videographers Trade show and (in the evening) their 20th annual Awards ceremony. Darren was nominated for best film for ‘Sugarcubes’, and we met Maggie Philbin of ‘Tomorrow’s World’ fame, who was genuinely interested to hear all about Backyard Productions.

 

BYP Showreel 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 we make films and how it has captured the media’s attention.” says Darren, “But most of all I hope it shows how anyone can do this, if they really want to!”

You can check it out here!!

Get an extended BYP showcase by downloading the torrent of the BYP Showreel DVD [Read more]

BYP and TENCLO in the papers

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!