Aidan despises the word beach. You have no idea how much.
The aerial shots are not archive footage, Aidan and Roseanne really got to go on a helicopter and film the beach!
Puzzle (the dog) was kept still in the grave scene by placing a biscuit in front of him and telling him to stay. Unfortunately, this caused him to drool uncontrollably, so the shot had to be taken from behind in order to disguise this fact!
John and Izzy were actually arguing about marmite!
This film began when it was joked that Mhairi should make a film (having been in media club for 3 years and yet never having made her own film). And somehow, she pulled it off!
All of the background sets were designed from scratch by Jason and here are some shots of the spaceship's bridge and Spacebot's quarters:
The props budget for the entire Screenplay festival took a big hit when Harry bought the gold material for the excellent shiny costumes.
We're sorry, very sorry. You have to understand - this film was just a big mistake waiting to happen... four friends trapped on Mousa; they all die horrifically in a Final Destination-esque style. At least their dead now, no chance for a sequel!
We woke up at 3am to film Masks. After this we had to finish Stallion Head and then went to St Ninian's (and later Mousa) to make this film. You have to understand how tired we were, explaining the poor quality
This film began with the plot premise of aliens using Mousa Broch as a base for their evil activities - and a war with trowies and other such thing happening. Unfortunately (or luckily) we didn't have time. :(
Sometimes even something simple can make you a hero in someone's eyes.
Cara had to pour water on Jenny (the tiny girl) and said that it was awful - I felt so bad
:( Jenny still seems to like us though, so it's all good!
The original edit included a shot of the moon at the end. It supposedly symbolised feminism - but then we realised that it's not important :p
Stallion Head is not your everyday superhero - he's a little rubbish infact... Can he rescue the residents of Horse City from Thobin Mine the evil life insurance salesman?
The pony actually bit Chris on his leg. Suffering for his art! :p
The horse mask was bought in Sendai in Japan and managed to travel all the way to Shetland.
The blood mixture was mainly milk and red food colouring — next time we plan on looking up a more professional fake blood recipe... Lorcan also didn't wash his jacket and wore it to the Screenplay festival.
A short film we made for Screenplay 2008. The film examines the destruction of identity that can result from drug misuse.
We were put on ITV because of this, though it was a bit rubbish cause they twisted everything we meant and wanted to say into "Shetland has a drug problem". Darn!
To get the street empty, we all stayed at Lorcan's house then went out on the street at 3am. After filming this we had to go and film some of Stallion Head, Trapped on Mousa and "The Running Film". It was quite a painful day!
Amanda Palmer (the singer and piano player in the song) mentioned this in her blog. She said:
starts slow, but stick with it. for high school, i'm impressed.
jesus. cocaine that young sort of makes me want to cry. why aren't kids dropping acid anymore? wtf.
