Behind the Scenes Photos

Here's some pictures from our shoot last Sunday.

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The release date for The Third Age looms ahead next month. In the mean time, we’ve been shooting some cool stuff. Last Sunday, we shot out at Larchmont Reservoir, where they’ve got a giant wall, which looks like something out of an old Kung Fu movie. So, our shooting style was The Seventh Seal meets a Touch of Zen. A couple of weeks ago, we shot some crazy car footage. A night car scene is the menace of low budget cinema, but I think we pulled it off in a dynamic and exciting way. Judge for yourself when episode two is released.

In other news, we lost an actress from the project. Rather than recast, we decided to ditch that whole plot line. It’s weird because we were kind of feeling that there wasn’t that much of a place for her in the project, she was a relic of old storylines, old ideas, and after inventing new characters and situations, she proved herself inessential. So, perhaps she did us a favor. There were pieces I’d have liked to use with her arc, but we’ll do okay without her.

The Latest on T3A

The release date for The Third Age looms ahead next month. In the mean time, we’ve been shooting some cool stuff. Last Sunday, we shot out at Larchmont Reservoir, where they’ve got a giant wall, which looks like something out of an old Kung Fu movie. So, our shooting style was The Seventh Seal meets a Touch of Zen. A couple of weeks ago, we shot some crazy car footage. A night car scene is the menace of low budget cinema, but I think we pulled it off in a dynamic and exciting way. Judge for yourself when episode two is released.

In other news, we lost an actress from the project. Rather than recast, we decided to ditch that whole plot line. It’s weird because we were kind of feeling that there wasn’t that much of a place for her in the project, she was a relic of old storylines, old ideas, and after inventing new characters and situations, she proved herself inessential. So, perhaps she did us a favor. There were pieces I’d have liked to use with her arc, but we’ll do okay without her.

The Trailer is Live

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Here it is, the first real trailer for The Third Age. This will give you at least some idea of the plot, or at least the feel of the work. As it says in the trailer, episodes will start going live in May. Shooting is happening regularly, and most of 'Volume I' has been written, so we should run smoothly to the end of the first Volume. Please post any comments you've got on the trailer, it's obviously still early, but I always love to hear feedback.

When the Hell Does it Begin?

The initial release date of February 2008 has come and gone, and we're rapidly moving past April. When will you actually get The Third Age? Well, the primary reason for the delay is that we don't have episode one done. We've been shooting the first seven episodes or so out of sequence, so despite having over a half hour of edited material in the can, we're still missing one scene from the first episode. That's the problem with working on a low budget, it's hard to schedule people when you're not paying them.

But, we should be shooting that scene on April 20th. If that happens, the first episode will be done shortly after, and online by May. In the long run, it's good. We can store up six or seven complete episodes, and have a lead on producing new ones. It's going to be tough to keep episodes coming out at a reasonable pace, but this way, we should be able to put out ten, and complete 'Volume I' before having to take a hiatus.

I'm working on a more plot-oriented trailer now, that will likely be online by the weekend, and give you a better idea of the project. I think it's coming out great, visually we're doing a lot with essentially no budget, and the acting is stellar all around. Hopefully you'll like it, once it does finally begin.

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