Freddy vs Jason vs Leatherface vs Ash: The Final Chapter

After years, I am proud to announce that we have a new short film up on youtube, in the form of an animation fan film. This project was originally abandoned for a year and a half as I felt no one was interested and knowing that is was extremely difficult to get right, what would be the point in doing it if there was no demand for such a project? This changed when I recieved enough calls from my youtube viewers after they saw teh teaser trailer to complete it.

It has been a very challenging task to achieve, as I felt it necessary to up the ante by doing something original with the backgrounds WITHOUT GREENSCREEN, and spending a lot of time of the sound designs, so that these figures actually sound exactly as they do in the films. This was difficult because I had to remember or search for certain words, sentances or sounds from each franchise, then check if the sound is useable and free from any unwanted music in the track itself . I also had to find shots of useable rooms within the actual films where there are no characters standing in the foreground or background, as I wanted it to seem as much as an unofficial crossover sequel to each original franchise as much as possible. In a sense this is a sequel that is a standalone and therefore draws it's own outcomes as to who lives and who dies and how. I think I achieved a more authentic homage than my other attempts at animation.

The funnest part was of course animating the fight scenes and lighting it to match the backgrounds. This was also challenging as you can imagine, I tried to avoid reflections and loss of continuity. A few scenes were actually redone becuause the errrors were too obvious to see.

This film will mark the return of production from Horrorville. Anyways enough talk... Here's the link to the animation: Youtube video

ENJOY!!

2012: The missing year and what may be coming in 2013

Firstly I apologise for the lack of blogs for an entire year.

Having said that, 2012 was a much better year than 2011, despite the lack of filmmaking output and the work troubles. The London 2012 olympic games and the so called apocalypse came and went with no consequence to me at all. I had two great holidays - Amsterdam and Cornwall, and went to some decent gigs/concerts - The Twins of Evil Concert in November, Rob Zombie was the best in terms of spectacle, performance and atmosphere. At one point there was a giant devil on the stage! Marilyn  Manson was ok, but I feel he could have put much more effort in. Overall it was a great night...

 In terms of filmmaking, I edited shot and edited an online advert for Gym in the park in January 2012, In July/August I collaborated with a friend of mine and write brief outline to a sci fi horror we were going to film, however the film never progressed as I didn't have enough money or free time off work. Shortly after I spent 3 months doing a challenging script rewrite for Brendan Gilday for his slasher film Reapers which may hopefully go into production in a few years. It was challenging because I've never done a re-write before, so I didn't know at first how much should be changed. I tried my best with it and in my opinion made it a more uncomfortable film to watch probably due to my negative outlook on life at the time.






In September I took up a new hobby - Airsoft, which is similar to paintball shooting, but more professional in tactics and with BBs and better guns. This has pretty much filled a lot of my free time, and has been a costly but exciting endeavour. Each location we go to has it's own uniqueness that changes the tactics of warfare, that and the various different opponents we come up against make it hard to know what to expect. A few weeks ago I was in an abandoned shopping mall in Reading, shooting a Terminator, two weeks before that we were in a former military outpost, the month before that we were in the woods and then in a bunker. In a couple of weeks time, we will be an indoor/outdoor abandoned urban environment around a building completely full of concrete graffiteed walls.

November 2012 was eventful not just because of twins of evil concert,  but because I finally got a girlfriend that appreciates me and accepts me for who I am. Although she lives far away from me, we make the effort to travel the distance (60 miles) to eachothers places pretty much every week.

Another side thing I've been doing in my free time is verifying conspiracy theories that are worthy of my attention. I say this because the Reptilian theory I have seen absolutely no evidence for, despite having listened to David Icke and others for many years on the subject, and drawings of a walking reptile in an ancient egyptian hieroglyph is not enough evidence to prove this.

Other theories, such as mind control research, the new world order, extraterrestrial visitation all hold much more weight and are worth further investigation. I will be spending 2013 checking and double checking all the evidence that is available, then I will hopefully have a closer understanding of the truth. I advise anyone reading this to do the same, as the mainstream news is not there to tell you facts, it is there to promote different agendas and play down, exaggerate or even lie about the world/universe around us, therefore independent research must be done from multiple and credible sources!



On a lighter note, this year I will be releasing my animated film Freddy vs Jason vs Leatherface: The Final Chapter shortly after my MAC  pro computer is repaired and if the footage is still intact. Regarding other film projects, there is nothing planned at the moment, although it is still possible I could shoot something cool and short with my camera and editing equipment if I have the time.... We shall see.

I will keep you guys more updated.

-John