Saturday 31 January 2015

Behind the Scenes: Hold the Front Page!

Our current offering literally contains some graphic material.  It's a projection-type shoot, and one of the projected images is a moment from noir classic, The Maltese Falcon.  In fact, it's the newspaper article referencing Thursby, a character who has been bumped off prior to the start of the film, but who is referred to during the story.


The other 'news' images we created ourselves, including the use of one of our older images, echoed by the assassin character this time around.  We think our front page looks pretty convincing! 


Can you spot our recurring destination, 'nowhere but nowhere'?



                 Stay tuned, and join the adventure! 

Shadow Laughter schedule: 
Tuesday - trailer
Thursday, Saturday, Monday - Episode posts
Sunday - Blog


The Late Edition! Pt II

Sunday 25 January 2015

Behind the Scenes: Military Man?

New season, new location, and now a new character!  This week's dealing of mystery and intrigue involves a new face in the Shadow Laughter Haul of Mugshots.  Once again, it is time to ask, 'Who is this man?'


Whoa!  That's a it up close and impersonal!  He wears these excellent glasses, though, which are useful for interesting reflections.


Well, that's a bit better.  He smokes, but not in a dangerous way.  Despite all the guns, threatening poses and implied violence, we're very much aware of health and safety in Shadow Laughter.  The smoke is very atmospheric, and provides appropriate noir texture to our proceedings.


Ah, there we go.  Judging by his shirt and khaki neckwear, he seems to be an ex-military type, perhaps cynical, perhaps with a grudge to bear...who knows?  His character is yet to be fully revealed.


He seems to fit in very well with our cast of shadowy creeps!

Stay tuned, and join the adventure! 

Shadow Laughter schedule: 
Tuesday - trailer
Thursday, Saturday, Monday - Episode posts
Sunday - Blog





Sunday 18 January 2015

Behind the Scenes: Reach for the Sky!

It's up, up and away, as Shadow Laughter taxis down the runway and heads into the clouds!  Here we see the character of the pilot at work for the very first time.  Well, we say at work, he's clearly having such a bad time of it in the background that we've no idea how he keeps it together in the cockpit!


He seems to be haunted by some darker figure.  Is it real, or just an hallucination caused by the drinking?


Meanwhile, our shady traveller has arrived at the airport. For these location shots we returned to using back projections. They only work if we can get the proportions to look right.  



All aboard!  Compared to the pilot, our traveller prefers a nice mug of tea whilst flying, but what is the purpose of his journey, and are the two characters linked in some way?


Is something going on at the edge of the hangar here?  Tune in on Monday for more questions than answers!

Stay tuned, and join the adventure! 

Shadow Laughter schedule: 
Tuesday - trailer
Thursday, Saturday, Monday - Episode posts
Sunday - Blog