A Film Production Journal: October 2014

Who's the beast...

Man is Beast:

I produced an interesting short film this year, something different from what I have worked on before. Man is Beast is a Mandarin Chinese language short film which follows the story of two underground fighters, Sai Hu and Hei Xiong whilst they prepare for their upcoming fight. An action film with a real twist to it!

Written and Directed by Cai O'leary. I got to work with a fab team and deal with challenged I had not yet come across so it was very interesting. I was also 1st AD on this shoot so had a lot to deal with in that and producing it, I'm just glad I am an organised person.

We are very happy with how this short turned out, check it out and let me know what you think?

Man is Beast (2014) Teaser Trailer

Man is beast is a Mandarin Chinese language short film which follows the story of two Underground fighters, Sai Hu and Hei Xiong, whilst they prepare for their upcoming fight. Both fighters seem immune to the perils and dangers of the world that they are competing in. In mocumentary style we go into their houses and witness their day to day lives, training regimes and what drives then to do what they do. We flit between light hearted interviews and the fast paced gritty fight itself, which takes place two days later and emphasises the brutality of the 'sport'. This is life or death!

Man is Beast is an action film with a twist, a true original!

And here are some screen shot taken from the film:

The crowd cheers as Sai Hu and Hei Xiong Fight!

Hei Xiong

Sai Hu and Hei Xiong, a match to the death!

Hei Xiong talks work outs and eating right.

Sai Hu takes a Hit!

Man is Beast Facebook Page

www.manisbeastfilm.com

Horror Update...

Funhouse (2014) Trailer

Funhouse made it into round two of this year's Aesthetica Short Film Festival, and has been entered into many more! Fingers crossed and well done to all involved :)

Some of the cast and crew on the last day of filming!

Coming Soon!...

I have totally neglected this blog all year :s It just been so busy, had the pleasure to work on so many exciting projects which I will quickly show you now...

The Ipanema File:

A Feature film written by Daniel Owen van Dommelen, A Fighting Badgers Ltd Production.

Joseph Day is a private investigator in London, who lives by his loose morals and selfish intent. He is his own personal twilight zone, trapped between the daily grind and a surreal world of migraine-induced hallucinations. When a mysterious billionaire hires him to track down a woman from his past, he finds himself in the middle of something bigger than his wildest imagination.

The Ipanema File (2014) Teaser Trailer

Working with the Fighting Badgers team was a pleasure and we not only got to work on and bring this amazing film to life, we had so much fun doing it!

Due to working on another film at the same time I took the role of Production Assistant, which just as much fun as I remember - a real odd jobber! I was involved in pre-production starting February this year, assisting with location scouting and contracts, then during filming getting stuck in with anything and everything that needed doing including lighting set ups, taking behind-the-scenes pics and learning the ropes with sound!

It was a really fun and valuable experience, making me love film production even more than I already do.

Some Behind the scene shots taken by moi: