The Gifted Babies

Unfortunately they invariably end up in the cutting room floor due to the fact that they have utterly nothing to do with the film whatsoever or end up heavily edited down for the sake of keeping the integrity of the film. We literally have hours of footage cumulated over the past year and a half since we kick started this hobby back in ’07. It would seem such a shame to simply throw them away and forget about them.

Fret not! For there is another way to display these clips. What you’re about to see is a simple collection of two outtakes from The Undead Wore Red which features one of those classic Piratehelm moments when she’s behind camera. This will hopefully start off a new series of short clips that have captured the random goings on of your typical Gifted Babies production that both our viewers ( hi Mum! )  have missed out on upon earlier viewings.

Gold.

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Filming started yesterday, 21st of March in the convenient apartment location which has made an appearance in less than 5 films already, luckily this time it will only be featured in the first 2 minutes of the short film. Shooting started shortly at half 3 and wrapped it up at 6, plenty of photos were taken at the scene of the crime and hopefully we’ll have them up soon. Filming commenced today ( 22nd March ) starting from 2 and finishing shortly after 6, fewer photos taken this time but at least we filmed it at Hodrum’s residence much to the behest of his dogs who weren’t used to such “ruff” treatment. So far we are approximately 3 – 4 minutes into the film, I reckon we have half of it done and that’s discounting possible ( or probable )  re-shoots, cutaways and inserts. But overall it’s been a fairly productive process, with an expanded film crew,  a set of new toys ( shotgun mic, boom poles and a portable digital recorder ) and Cethan’s newfound ability to pretend to act in front of the camera,  it should be a step up from the previous Gifted Babies production, Cork Christmas Carol and that other film.

Speaking of that other film, Milton Murder Mystery Part 2 is currently in the works and hopefully will be released by the end of the week once I find the will to finish it, it’s only unfortunate that I misplaced that somewhere in a field in Millstreet.

And speaking of time traveling houses, a new Cethan Leahy story titled “The House That Tripped Through Time” has entered preproduction, borrowing some of the good  elements of an imaginary John Carpenter film about time travelling houses, this will be guaranteed to be Cethan’s second Magnum Opus, or just plain chocolate icecream if not.

Watch this space for more news and info … ruff

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Currently our project is in the pre-production stage. There is some delay on providing release dates as our team is currently involved in separate individual projecs. The script is in the process of being finalised and the roles have already been cast. Hopefully we should be ‘shooting this shit’ by mid april! Several attempts will be made to move toward new effects and camera ‘wizardry’. Fingers crossed.

P.

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Still rough around some areas but the Cork Christmas Carol is online. There’s a few things that I intend on fixing when I’m back in Cork but for the most part it will remain mostly the same( Update! You can watch that version from this link ). I’m surprised we managed to get this far in a space of 5 days although I spent the last two days constantly editing but hardly getting any sleep ( 1 hour for the past 48 hours ) so I’m going to keep the post fairly short. Hope you enjoy the film and happy Christmas.

Update: No video! I’ve decided to set the video to private. The 2nd edition is virtually identical except features improved audio and some tighter cuts.

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