05/04/06
WEBDOC 01 - Get your TENCLO fix while you wait for the premiere! Since you all have a little while to wait before the
official release of the film (currently planned for September - hang in there!
- it will be worth the wait!), and while we are all still busy beavering away
in post-production, we have prepared a few treats for you - Darren has been putting
together a few short web documentaries charting the course of the TENCLO production.
These will be released periodically between now and the official release date,
and will eventually feature as extras on the DVD (which will never be sold, but
may be available as a free download). The first webdoc is now available for download:
06/01/06
TENCLO CALENDAR AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD In anticipation of BYP's
latest production STAR WARS - The Emperor's New Clones,
you can now download the TENCLO calendar right here! "With
all our efforts going in to post production, we didn't
have much time to prepare something like a full 2006
calendar" says Darren Scales, producer and director
of TENCLO. "Fortunately, one of our post producers
got the bug and created the whole thing for us!! Special
thanks therefore goes to Dan Owen for producing the
calendar for us at such short notice. Enjoy!
TENCLO CALENDAR
09/12/05
TENCLO TRAILER RELEASED!!!! Yes,
the full trailer for our new Star Wars film, The
Emperor's New Clones is now available for download!! FULL TRAILER (11MB Quicktime)
... You
can also still download the teaser here (4mb
WMV) or here (7MB
quicktime)
18/11/05
TENCLO PICK UP WEEKEND A SUCCESS!!! As
with all big movies, it is normal practice
to bring the cast and crew together again to
shoot extra scenes or re-shoot things that
did not come out as planned during principal
photography. Well TENCLO is no different and
in November, the team returned to Lincoln for
a weekend of filming and sound work.
" We set out for quite a relaxing couple of days", said Darren Scales,
director of TENCLO. The schedule was about half the workload we set for a day
of filming during principal photography back in August. But obviously we are
a bit out of practice as it wasn't long before we were exhausted!"
Pick ups normally cover a variety of scenes, so the crew must make ready
a whole variety of set pieces and blue screens. "We are filming
shots for over 6 scenes today", said Mark Scales (Anakin Skywalker
and Visual Effects supervisor). It is taking a long time just to prepare
a shot!
The Pick up weekend also provided a great opportunity for the Computer
visual effects team to meet up and exchange notes. "There is a massive
amount of computer effects in this film." said Darren. "When
I first wrote the story, I did not expect to get the whole thing filmed.
Normally in amateur film, you have to make compromises right form the
outset, but with TENCLO, every set was built, every costume made. Now
we have the daunting task of actually turning that hard work into reality!
With less than 3 months to the premiere, it is going to be a close thing,
if we are to produce a film worthy of all the team's hard work!"
18/11/05 TEASER TRAILER ONLINE
Backyard
Productions are pleased to announce the
online debut of the teaser trailer for
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLONES! You
can download the trailer here (4mb
WMV)
03/10/05 Principal Photography
Well,
principal photography (or the main bit of
filming!) is now at an end! 16 continuous
days of being on set at 7am and leaving the
set at midnight are finally over! And what
a busy fortnight (and a bit) it was.
26/07/05
TENCLO Cast Begin the Duels! Calling in help from a member
of the UK Kendo under 18 team, the TENCLO team
have been practising their lightsaber routine
in preparation for filming in August.
Fighting for over 6 hours with Jake, the team
managed to work on several routines and introduce
some new concepts to traditional lightsaber
duels previously seen in fanfilms.
“We are hoping to have more than ‘simple’ lightsaber
fights. In Star Wars, the Jedi fight for a
reason, not just to have good special effects,” explained
Darren Scales, BYP’s Executive bully and producer
of TENCLO. “We are hoping to have a variety
of routines making maximum use of the enormous
main set we have built. But there are a few
surprises in store also!”
14/07/05
FIRST SET NEARS COMPLETION With
just 4 weeks to go before principal photography,
the first and largest set has been built. The
next step is to dress the set with authentic
looking pieces such as control panels. The
set will then undergo lighting trials before
the final stage of laying the floor!
“This set has been designed to feature in several
major scenes in the film,” said Darren
Scales, producer of The Emperor’s
New Clones. “Being our last
venture into the Star Wars world, we wanted
to create a really special set that was,
in many ways, true to the images already
seen in Star Wars, but with a few BYP twists…”
Work
still continues with the other 6 sets…
09/05/05
First TENCLO Bluescreen Tests Eager to not repeat the mistakes
we made with bluescreens during TESBY, the BYP
Computer FX team led by Mark Scales spent the day
at the TENCLO soundstage
for some good old blue-screen testing.
Results were mixed but already
an improvement on the last film. "We are
currently still using the same blue-screen package
as before, but with improved lighting" Mark
explained "We are then looking to improve
the effect with a new software package. Whatever
happens, the blue-screen effects are already
better than TESBY" Phew, they couldn't get
much worse!!
The team will be continuing more
blue screen work over the next few weeks.
09/05/05
BYP enjoys first Tech Test! With new dolly and Jib in tow, BYP set about
its first tech test day - On Luke's birthday!!
With
some members more keen than others (no pressure
Sandra!), the Jib was built and used. "It
was like Doom Raiders all over again" said
Darren Scales, producer for TENCLO. "I remember
Dom Gilvary showing the Cyprus jib for the first
time! This piece of kit will take our set-based
filming ability to a new level. We learned a
lot about using the jib out there and we hope
to bring those lessons to TENCLO.
The
Dolly was also tested and produced mixed results. "We
haven't used a track at this stage, because the
floor is already level." Tells Phill Hambrook,
Lead Set Builder and technical guru. "But
the carpeted areas are making the dolly difficult
to pull, we shall see" At least the dolly
pullers will enjoy a good work out!
09/05/05
Set Design Begins for TENCLO! After collecting dimensions of
the soundstage, Ed has been beavering away
planning the arrangements and sizes of the sets required
for our next
production, THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLONES. Current plans
are to build 6 sets,
ranging from cockpits to kitchens! "We are really
going for it this time"
says Darren Scales, producer of TENCLO. "Whilst
we have made other films
and smaller productions since our last Star Wars film
made in 1999, with the
release of the last Star Wars film, this will be our
last one also, so the
environment in which we film must be spectacular." Of
course that is easy
for Darren to say, he hasn't got to design them all.
That enormous
responsibility rests with Ed Hollingsbee, Creative
Consultant for TENCLO.
" Everyone is already aware of the Star Wars Universe,
but with our very
limited budget we have the challenge of having to create
the same
environment out of cardboard and wood."
Designing
began on paper and then onto computer where more
detailed drawings
were prepared. "The computer allows us to
quickly make maximum of use of the
soundstage area. Cramming in up to 6 sets in one
location is not an easy
task". Of course designing the sets is one
thing, building them is something
else! BYP has planned its first big set building
weekend on 28-30 May 2005;
anyone interested in coming along should email
Daz for details
More details on set work to follow.
09/05/05
Daz and Eds on Sunday Times' The Month DVD A short interview with Daz and
Eds was featured on the Sunday Times' 'The Month' DVD
a couple of weeks ago. An entertainment review DVD,
this issue featured an item about the new Star Wars
film and the Star Wars phenomenon as a whole. We've
got a little clip of it here...
Oh, and sorry Daz for not letting you get a word in
edgeways!
09/05/05
The Dead Donkey! In the newspaper industry, journalists
will chase stories that can be used as fillers for
when there is a lack of real news. These fillers
are referred to as Dead Donkeys and it is where BYP
seems to fit in quite nicely! On many occasions BYP
has been interviewed over the phone and even in TV
studios ready to be aired to the public, only at
the last minute to be dropped in favour of a more
exciting story. This is nothing personal and we understand
that there are many more interesting things going
on than us!
We
are therefore proud to have been ‘dropped’ by
the following:
The
Big Breakfast (Channel 4)
The Sun Newspaper
Movie Nights (Channel 5)
However
there have been a few occasions where BYP has
been lucky enough where the world has been quiet
allowing us to rule the airwaves!
The
Chris Moyles Show (Channel 5)
Sky News
Richard and Judy (Channel 4)
We
hope to set up a permanent page in tribute to
our fame, fortune and failure soon...
02/03/05
The Emperor is Back! ... and so is George! It
looks like trouble for the Galaxy again as Backyard Productions
is about to embark on its second Star Wars film - THE
EMPEROR'S NEW CLONES. Pre-production is now underway
with principal photography due to take place in August
2005.
Backyard Productions is looking for crew members to get involved in all
aspects of the production. Casting is due to begin in
April, but set designing, construction and
computer effects research is already underway.
02/03/05
BYP Has a new Jib Following from the success of the jib
(Boom arm) DOOM RAIDERS (link) Backyard Productions has begun work on
building a new Jib for its next production STAR WARS EPISODE III - THE
EMPEROR'S NEW CLONES. Built by our Technical wizard and house builder
Phill (Lead set builder in DOOM RAIDERS) the Jib extends a full 4 metres
high and pivots 360 degrees. The camera will be attached using a clamp-pod,
a clever little device that works a little like a vice used on a work
bench. A monitor will then be placed at the foot of the jIb for the operator
or director to observe.
Experience
from previous filmmaking suggests that a 2-person team
will be used for the more complicated jib shots. "Some
of the shots in DOOM RAIDERS where we needed a general
shot moving to a close-up required 3 operators!"
Phill
is now working on other items needed for filming
in August 2005 while the Lincoln team being testing
the new jib
22/02/05
Backyard Productions on Sky News With the new Star Wars film release approaching,
interest in Star Wars Fan Films seems to be on the increase yet again.
We've recently been approached by Sky
News for an interview about our amateur filmmaking activities, and
you can see the WMV clip featuring Darren and Mark here.
Since it was aired, we have gained some more media attention... WATCH THIS
SPACE!!!!
25/10/04
The Stereophonic Workshop has a Face-lift! With the return of Darren and Sandra
from Cyprus, the Backyard Productions Stereophonic Workshop (BYPSW) has
been rebuilt with improved design and functionality. "Now we have
a fully integrated real-time and off-line sound editing facility" Darren
begins to explain to an already bewildered audience. "I have divided
the studio into sound and vision, with an integrated interface mixer
allowing sound recordings to be utilized in either medium". Confused?
We were! We asked Daz to try to explain it again in 'normal speak'. "OK,
I can take the sound from a video and record it on to a CD, tape, computer
or Mini Disc and back again". "I can also compile sound effects
for projects. Generally the project determines the type of
editing to be used: Films generally involve off-line editing (using a
computer package), where as Star Trek the Next Generation Game is a real-time
live recording (mixing CDs together)".
The
next step is for Daz to develop the video-editing
suite. "I already have an off-line video system,
but it is hopelessly out of date. Anything other
than straightforward editing is a real chore with
hours of rendering and computer crunching".
Of course any upgrade is going to cost lots of dosh:
best he sweet talk Sandra before splashing the cash!
In
the meantime, the BYPSW stands ready to record the
next season of Star Trek the Next Generation Game
- some five years since the last season!
24/06/03
Indiana Jones Films on DVD! Two of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers,
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and one of the most popular movie
stars of
all time, Harrison Ford, have worked with Paramount Home Entertainment
and Lucasfilm Ltd. to create an unprecedented DVD event. Indiana Jones
and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are among the most-requested DVD
titles in history, and with the release of THE
ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES: THE COMPLETE DVD MOVIE COLLECTION on
Nov. 4, movie lovers can relive
all of the excitement, romance, danger and spectacle of this unforgettable
trilogy.
Each film has had its image meticulously restored with
THX digital re-mastering and sports a new Dolby Digital
5.1 soundtrack. But the fun doesn't stop when the films
are over ? because Paramount and Lucasfilm have teamed
up to create a spectacular bonus disc loaded with special
features produced especially for this DVD collection.
It includes newly produced, exclusive documentaries that
explore the making of these memorable films, including
brand-new interviews with the cast and crew, including
Spielberg, Ford and Lucas plus scores of other surprises
from all three films.
You
can pre-order this amazing box-set from DVDWorld now
to ensure you receive it as soon as it is released!
26/04/03
Doom Raiders DVD available to buy now! Finally what you've
been waiting very patiently for.... the Doom Raiders
DVD, is complete and is now available to buy!!.
The DVD features fully animated menus and contains a
digitally remastered and graded version of the film,
with a separate director's commentary, subtitles in
English and French, full scene access and the two Doom
Raiders Trailers. The
disc is presented in a double DVD case, with printed
inlay card. To buy the disc for just £5, inclusive
of worldwide postage and packaging, just visit our 'shop'
here.
We are currently still
in production of the second DVD of the set (containing
supplementary material / making of features etc.), and
we will make this available as soon as possible.
26/04/03
Doom Raiders DVD release imminent Finally what you've
been waiting very patiently for.... the Doom Raiders
DVD, is complete and we will very soon be able to offer
it for sale!!. The DVD features fully animated menus
and contains a digitally remastered and graded version
of the film, with a separate director's commentary,
subtitles in English and French, full scene access and
the two Doom Raiders Trailers. The
disc is presented in a double DVD case, with printed
inlay card.
We
are currently still in production of the second DVD
of the set (containing supplementary material / making
of features etc.), but we're not going to delay the
release of 'disc 1' in the meantime.
22/11/02
By popular request We have had a couple
of requests for the finale song from TESBY to be made
available in a 'high quality' MP3 format. Well, you
can now download it from here!
(just right click it and save it to your disk to enjoy
time and time again!)
11/11/02
Backyard Productions on UK TV!! Well... it finally
happened - we got ourselves onto TV! After two previous
failed efforts on other programmes, we appeared live
on "Live with Chris Moyles" on Monday. They
showed clips of both TESBY and Doom Raiders, and Chris,
along with the crew and the studio audience (all air
cabin-crew) seemed very impressed. We'd also been asked
to make a short 'parody' of the Chris Moyles show intro
for ourselves, and they showed that too! We had a great
day - despite the short notice, all except one current
BYP member was able to go along - Mark, Phill and Eds
were interviewed, and Janine, Kevin, Matthew and Matthew's
mate Mark were in the audience... propping up the bar!
We
have some screenshots here
22/08/02
Linn Productions host Doom Raiders - Thanks guys! With many thanks to
both Michael and Eric Linn at Linn Productions, we are
now able to offer Doom Raiders for download once again
(and hopefully permanently this time!) Please visit
their site at Linn
Productions, their Media Downloads page at Linn
Productions Media, and the online magazine REwind
Video - a showcase for no budget filmmakers...
06/07/02 Doom Raiders Videos and Merchandise We
are now delighted to be able to offer Doom Raiders
on video! - the tape comes fully labelled, with
a specially designed inlay, in a plastic video case.
The video is available in PAL VHS only at present (NOT
NTSC or SECAM). For further details, please contact
Janine,
who is supervising video distribution from the UK and
will be able to let you know pricing and postage costs,
and how to pay.
We
also have a supply of Doom Raiders merchandise; baseball
caps, mugs and T-shirts, all featuring the Doom
Raiders logo... if you are interested, please contact
Darren,
who is currently supervising the distribution of merchandise,
and will be able to give you current pricing information
and postage costs.
01/07/02
Bad News! Unfortunately, the Indy Experience
could not cope with the number of downlaods of Doom
Raiders, so it has been withdrawn from that site. We
have, however, made it temporarily available from our
own site... you'll have to find it yourself though!
This will only be available for a short period of time,
as we are bound to exceed our 5GB bandwidth within a
few days...
24/06/02
Good News! The nice chap who runs The
Indy Experience has offered to host our film, so
it is now available for download again... There is a
link on the left hand side of the page under Site Features.
His server is sometimes fast, and sometimes slow, but
DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU. DOWNLOAD NOW!!!!!!!
05/06/02
FanfilmFX Down Unfortunately, FanfilmFX - the host
for the Doom Raiders
film, has run into some problems and are not able to
host our film at the moment. Rest assured though, we
are working on an alternative, and should be able to
let you know where you can download the film soon. We
have also hopefully ironed out the missing few minutes
at the end of the previous compressed version. We would
like to thank those at FanfilmFX, especially Nick Long,
for all their assistance with Doom Raiders hosting.
03/06/02
Doom Raiders Internet Release We are delighted to finally anounce
the internet release of our film Doom Raiders. It can
be downloaded from the site www.FanfilmFX.com,
who have kindly agreed to host the film for us. Check
out our Doom Raiders pages for information on other
ways to see the film.
03/06/02
Backyard Productions Forum Please
also note that we have setup a new Backyard Productions
forum - hopefully this will become a place where our
members and viewers can discuss BYP films and any other
topics that interest them. The
forums can be found here. News items will also
be announced there, where they can be discussed or commented
on.
23/05/02
Doom Raiders Premiere Well, I think we've recovered from
the after show party. What a night it was!
We
had 450 guests all dressed in black tie outfits. We
had pre-show drinks in a marquee setup outside the cinema
alongside a display of photos and vehicles we used (like
the 4-tonne trucks you see in the trailers). We also
had a 30 piece band playing music from the movies (ET,
Star Wars etc.) as well as selected tracks from the
Doom Raiders score!
We
had taken out the posters outside the cinema and replaced
them with Doom Raiders posters. One of the greatest
sights of the night was seeing 450 people queueing outside
a cinema waiting to see our film!
Once
everyone had taken their seats, a six trumpet fanfare
played as the guest of honour made his way to the front
of the cinema to greet the cast and crew. Darren gave
his speech, gave out a couple of awards, and then the
film played.
The
audience seemed to love it. Loads of little bits got
rounds of applause and as the end credits went up, the
audience didn't stop applauding til the screen faded
to black. It was absolutely amazing. We then went back
to the marquee for more drinks. We had people coming
up to us asking us to sign their programmes, so we'll
have to watch out for those on ebay. We also managed
to sell some Doom Raiders T-Shirts, mugs, and baseball
caps.
All
in all, it was a fantastic night. All those months of
work paid off in just one evening.
17/04/02
Doom Raiders Fever! Daz Says:
"Well
I suppose it only had to be a matter of time, but DOOM
RAIDERS fever is spreading into the republic! People
all over the island are talking about it. Rumours are
spreading from the 4th Indiana Jones film is being made
in Cyprus to sightings of Harrison Ford.
There are also some alternative titles: "Doom
Runners", "Tomb Diggers", and "Indiana
Jones and the Lost Idol" ...Well there
you are!"
09/04/02
Second Doom Raiders Trailer Released We are pleased to announce the release
of the second trailer for our film 'Doom Raiders.' We
hope you enjoy it and hope that it provides a little
more insight into the storyline fo the film! You can
download it from our Doom Raiders Media section here
For
many of those involved in the filming of Backyard
Productions' latest film, "Doom Raiders",
it would seem that now the filming is over, there
is little to do but wait for the premiere. However,
for some keen individuals, this isn't the case and
while the BYP members are hard at work editing the
film, others, such as Aaron Sayers and Megan Hudson
have been very much involved in the latest drama musical
at St. Johns School in Episkopi, Cyprus... [more]
28/02/02 Bill
Rimmer to attend Premiere It is confirmed Bill Rimmer (Seen
here with Darren Scales) will be attending the Premiere
of Doom Raiders on May 18th 2002. You may remember Bill
who introduced our last film the Empire Strikes Backyard.
Since then, he has attracted a small following both
within BYP and beyond.
Air
Vice-Marshal Rimmer is the Commander of British Forced
in Cyprus and by sheer coincidence Darren, Producer
of Doom Raiders is also currently based there. Darren
first met Bill at RAF Innsworth, the location for the
filming of TESBY. Always happy to oblige, Bill was delighted
to get stuck in although his parting comment to Daz
"Now will you please stop following me around the
Air Force" was hopefully in jest! Thanks Bill,
we look forward to seeing you on May 18th!
Backyard
Productions would sincerely like to thank Air Vice-Marshal
Bill Rimmer for his enthusiasm and support.
09/02/02 Doom
Raiders Premiere Set for May 18th Yes,
a date has finally been set for the much anticipated
feature "Doom Raiders". Producer Darren
Scales has confirmed that the first public showing will
be on Saturday May 18th, at Astra Cinema, Akrotiri Cyprus.
Darren informs us:
"It looks like there will be a lot of top brass
from all parts of the island. With so many Government
departments helping us out including the Cypriot National
Guard, the Dept of Education and Culture and Dept of
Cypriot Antiquities, it is sure to be a massive event.
We approaching confirmation of the
appearance of Air Vice Marshal Bill Rimmer and things
are really hotting up! I just hope the film is going
to be good enough."
Don't
worry, I sure they will be in for a treat - after all,
Backyard Productions is about making movies and having
fun!
More news to follow as it comes in!
21/01/02 Doom Raiders Trailer Release This
is what you've been waiting for - the trailer for our
new film 'Doom Raiders'. Available in quicktime for your
viewing pleasure! To download it now, go straight to the
Doom Raiders Media page here...
04/01/02 BFBS Feature Backyard Productions and Doom Raiders BFBS
(British Forces Broadcasting Sevice) has recently featured
an article on Backyard Productions and the filming of
Doom Raiders. They were kind enough to visit us on set
during the filming period and were obviously impressed
by what they saw! The current affairs article was broadcast
on BFBS to all British forces areas overseas, including
Cyprus and Germany. We were able to record the feature
and can offer it to you as a download in our Doom Raiders
media section here...
09/12/01 DOOM RAIDERS
IS CUT!!!! Yes
the film has been finally edited!!! BUT THERE IS STILL
A LONG WAY TO GO!!!! WE are now in process of adding
the sound FX, score and visual FX! The film is still
on track to be ready for its world premiere in April.
The editing team have been ruthless in cutting the film
to keep the action flowing and gags a plenty. "There
is certainly a lot to see in the film" says Darren
Scales, Producer and director of Doom Raiders. Mark
Scales is well under way with the task of scoring the
film. "There are a lot of very specific themes
, concentrating on the characters mostly, but also some
very spectacular action sequences"
06/11/01 Doom Raiders Select 2 Here's
another teaser from the Doom Raiders production image
archive... just to whet your appetite!
03/11/01 Doom Raiders mentioned on
key Cypriot news website Mark's
web surfing has turned up another mention of our new
film. This time on a Cypriot internet portal and news
service (www.yourcyprus.com).
It refers to the very first filming that took place
back in August and the Fijian soldiers who enthusiastically
took part. Read the article below...
"Indiana
Jones spoof being filmed in Cyprus A
new movie based on the perennially favourite Indiana
Jones is being shot in Cyprus. Filming for Doom Raiders
produced by Backyard Productions has just begun and
help was sought from fourteen Fijian soldiers currently
serving with the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment in
Episkopi, who swapped their khaki uniforms for hessian,
leaves and plenty of face paint. The filming took place
in the Phassouri Plantation near Akrotiri, and the plantation
was quickly transformed into a tribal village with huts
and campfire! The soldiers needless to say thoroughly
enjoyed running around as savage head-hunters with spears.
They will be back in action as thugs for the 'desert
casino' scenes, but as several admitted ruefully as
the day's filming came to an end, being an actor is
not an easy job and that they would definitely stick
to their lives in the British Army!"
28/10/01 Doom Raiders principal filming
comes to an end We
are delighted to announce that the principal filming for
Doom Raiders has come to an end. We had a great week out
in Cyprus and have got some great footage for the film.
We wont be giving it all away yet, but will provide you
with a regular taster in the form of Doom Raiders Select.
Here'e the first one for you...
08/10/01 Successful BYP UK costume
making weekend! The
BYP members currently based in the UK are proud to annouce
that a costume making weekend 'blitz' has gone extremely
well. We got through approximately 60m of material and
have produced around 50 items of clothing for the Doom
Raiders film. Special thanks to Janine Russell who sat
in front of that sewing machine for hours on end, to
Phill Hambrook for driving all the way up from Kent
to help out, and to everyone else who did their bit,
including Kevin who kept us fed and watered for the
entire weekend - Good job Industrial Tea and Biscuits!
Now all we have to do is lug everything out to Cyprus!
We have our costumes and lots of props, and we are all
set to fly out to our filming location!
08/10/01 We're gonna make movie magic! The
time has come for the BYP crew to jet off to Sunny Cyprus
and begin filming our latest feature "Doom Raiders".
We are all very excited and ready to get our teeth into
filming! Darren has been working hard to get things
ready, whilst the UK crew have been busy preparing costumes
and props.
The filming is spread (thickly) over the next two weeks
and will be rounded off with a well earned PARTY!!!!
Wish us luck!!
02/10/01 BFBS to cover Doom Raiders filming Darren
has been in constant contact with the people from BFBS
during pre-production for the film, and it seems that
they are paying us a visit on set on the 20th October.
We look forward to it!
15/09/01 BYP at Episkopi Fete The
BYP 'roadshow' was a hit at Episkopi Fete at the weekend,
where we spent the day recruiting extras and technical
crew. Proudly displaying our BYP logo, we attracted a
lot of attention. Many people stayed to watch the whole
of TESBY which was being shown on a loop. Newcomers also
got to try out the camera boom and track dolly. T-Shirts
are selling well and more money can now go into the project,
thanks to NAAFI Financial. With only 4 weeks to go before
filming, things are really hotting up!
09/09/01 Steve Tittensor to appear in
Doom Raiders BYP
can confirm that Steve Tittensor will be appearing in
Doom Raiders. Steve previously featured in Sad Boys 2
as well as a rather extraordinary private karaoke function
in Tilmanstone. Renowned for his acting talents and great
sense of humour, we are looking forward to Steve getting
in front of the camera.
09/09/01 Doom Raiders T-Shirts available We
have now in stock our exclusive BYP Doom Raiders T-Shirts.
With the Doom Raiders Logo on the front these T-Shirts
are fantastic to look at, even greater to wear! Following
the BYP tradition, these T-Shirts have "Film Crew" written
on the reverse. Now BYP members, fans and followers
alike
can own a Film Crew T-Shirt! T-Shirts are only £6 plus
p&p and come in sizes med, large and Extra Large. If
you are interested, please send an e-mail to *deleted*
20/08/01 First Production Shoot... "it's
a success" Due to cast commitments,
the first Doom Raiders production shoot took place on
18 Aug 2001, 6 weeks before the main shoot. The scene
involving over 18 cast members took a full day of filming
over 3 locations. Not wishing to reveal the storyline,
Director Darren Scales said "Everything has gone to plan.
Despite a few technical problems, we still managed to
finish ahead of schedule." BYP has not had such a large
cast representation since 1995 during the filming of Batman
Returns Forever. "I wasn't at the filming of the massacre
scene in BRF, Mark helped me out on that one! But I can
see what he had to go through with directing so many people!"
Remember...The main film shoot is set to take place 13
- 28 October 2001
10/08/01 BYP T-Shirts are ready - Order
yours now! The
BYP T-Shirts we have been hoping to make for some time
are ready for you to order. If you are interested, e-mail
*deleted*
08/08/01 We have a camera boom! Thanks to the
skill and efforts of Dom Gilvary our resident "techxpert"
in Cyprus, we now have a boom arm capable of raising the
camera to over six metres high!
That's 2 storeys! The great thing is that the camera can
be raised and lowered in seconds. We can also tilt the
head remotely! The boom is currently being prepared to
be fitted onto the track dolly allowing transit shots
of varying heights. The combinations are endless! You
may be surpised to know that this boom cost less than
£30 to make! The Tripod has been borrowed but our estimations
show that a base would cost another £10. If you have the
enthusiasm it is that easy! Check out some pictures of
the boom arm in testing in our doom
raiders media archive
18/07/01 More action images added to Doom
Raiders Media Archive We
have added a storyboard type sequence to the action page in
the Doom Raiders Media Archive. We are using rough animated
'storyboards' to aid in set design, construction and dressing.
16/07/01 We need YOUR help! The
production, set design and set dressing teams are keen to find
a number of items. You can see a list of the currently sought
after things here (no longer available) . Please let us know
if you can help!
13/07/01 Fight Storyboarding Begins Moving on from testing equipment
for the time being, we have now started storyboarding and planning
fight scenes and sequences. As with the lightsaber scenes in
'The Empire Strikes Backyard', we have no previous experience
in this sort of filming. You can see some pictures of our first
attempt in our Doom Raiders Media Archivehere.
Soon we may be able to upload a short test fight scene in full!
12/07/01 Our new film has a name! After much deliberation, we have
settled on the name 'Doom Raiders' for our film. We feel it
converys the subject matter well, and we already have a logo.
Check it out on our Doom Raiders pages here
26/06/01 Casting Decisions... A number of casting decisions have
been made for our new film. Check out the list on our Latest
Project Page - there are still many parts available if you
are interested, even if all you want to be is an extra. Check
out the recruiting page as well - we are not just looking for
actors!
04/06/01
Dolly on Location
Well things are still moving in Pre-production.
In fact you could say moving on rails! We have now taken the
track dolly to a location for testing - The Abandoned village!
The terrain was quite rough with pot holes to be negotiated.
See the pictures here.
The dolly is still squeaking but we are confident that the problem
will be sorted shortly. Next we hope to take the equipment to
the jungle...
03/06/01 Someone has made an 'Empire
Strikes Backyard' Fanfilm! Well...
it is a tribute to George Lucas as played by Darren
Scales
in our film. Produced by Seth Johnson of Tallahassee,
Florida, USA, it is a montage of footage from our
Making of Mockumentary. Well received on TFN, we
all love it and consider it to be a great compliment
from
one of our fans. Seth has kindly agred for us to
host the film for you to download from this site,
and you
can find it on our SW2
DOWNLOADS page. You can contact Seth at
*deleted* or visit his website at http://jjason.com/seth
02/06/01
"I said: Dolly...."
Construction of a travelling dolly and track is complete. Many
thanks to the hard work put in by Dom Gilvari and has father
over the past few weeks. You can see some pictures of the dolly
in our media archive here
20/05/01 Hotline server up and running The film is now available for download
from our hotline server. This featres video files not available
from TFN, in AVI format, which are superior in quality and the
larger of which are playable fullscreen on a computer. Details
about the server can be found on our SW2
DOWNLOADS page. NO LONGER AVAILABLE
19/05/01 Radio Spots
There are now a couple of adverts for our project playing
on BFBS - download them from our media
archive or from here: one
- two
- three
15/05/01 T-Shirts
We hope to produce T-Shirts to advertise our company and film.
Until the design is finalised, suggestions and requests should
be sent to Eds
or Darren.
We are also looking into producing BYP Lapel pins and keyrings.
Let Eds know whether you would be interested in these.
26/04/01 IMPORTANT! - Our latest production The
film is going to be a parody based on all those classic action
adventure films like the Mummy, The Jewel in the Nile and
of course, the Indiana Jones Trilogy!
Filming
is set to begin in October and in the meantime, the immense
task of pre-production is well underway. Several challenges
face the BYP team. This feature is going to be filmed on location
in the middle East and Africa, and we are hoping to have some
amazing stunts and special effects! The title for the project
is not confirmed as we a looking into copyright rules... Characters
also haven't yet been finalised. Any ideas or contributions
would be gratefully received...
We can be sure that we are going to need lots of extras of
all ages to play village folk, soldiers and Arabs! We are
also open to offers of help in post production - there will
be a significant number of special effects shots that will
need working on - If you have skills we might find useful,
get in touch! For the latest info keep coming back to the
website. We also hope to keep our mailing list members up
to date with regular bulletins.To
join the mailing list simply click the join list button in
the left hand column on our homepage...
20/04/01 For a limited time only -
Download TESBY
and Making Of Due to bandwidth restrictions,
we are unable to make these available permanently, but for
a short, trial period, we are going to put the AVI versions
up on our site. These are superior in quality to the Quicktime
versions offered by TFN, and are smaller in size. We do have
even higher quality versions available, which can be played
back fullscreen, and my be setting up a Hotline server in
the near future in order to make these available. If you
are
interested in getting better quality copies of TESBY and
the Mockumentary, please contact me on *deleted*NO
LONGER AVAILABLE
27/02/01 BYP Book '...is not about Star Wars' now available for download During the latter part of 2000, we
put together a book describing both the history of BYP and details
of the making of our Star Wars film 'The Empire Strikes Backyard'.
We find this a useful reference source for ourselves, and hope
that it will provide a few tips to any other budding filmmakers
out there! You can find the book here.
23/02/01 Get well soon Jordan! We were all sorry to hear that Jordan -
Phill's cat (named after the famous racing team) - has broken
three of his toes. Unfortunately this means the poor little
blighter will be wrapped up in bandages, hobbling about, and
unable to go out for several weeks. We send him all our best
wishes and hope he is back on form soon... maaaaaaaaooouuuse
! Send your get well messages to *Deleted*
23/02/01 BYP Opportunities... you can influence what we do next! Darren and family are on the move. This
may mean that not only will BYP have a chance to organise a
team building group holiday this year, but we probably will
be able to plan a filming project based around this. We are
always keen for people to put forward ideas for projects, short
films, documentaries, audio projects etc. etc., whether they
are active members of the company or not, and would like to
give you - the viewer, the opportunity to make suggestions.
If you have a story, a script or screenplay, or simply an idea,
let us know on *deleted*.
We will do our best to discuss these on a regular basis and
let you know what we think.
23/02/01 Slow Progress Unfortunately, progress on our album has
been slow. Some have proposed that this is because BYP works
best as a team, and motivation can be difficult to find when
people are working alone. Nevertheless, the project has not
been abandoned. We have limited experience in music mixing,
and this has also often made matters difficult. Still... remember
guys - new year - new you - new BYP. Other plans are afoot that
may make life more interesting...
