Saturday 20 March 2010

FIRST PIECE OF CONCEPT ART FROM 'NAMELESS'!

This is some concept art I've drawn for Nameless. This basically is a rough idea for the costume that the "Hunters" (as they are currently being called in the script) will wear.

The basic idea is that they will be clad in black from head to foot so that no one can see them as they work from the shadows, the costume will show no sign of human flesh, and will therefore make the person in the costume completely unidentifiable (hence the lenses built into the masks that even cover their eyes). Speaking of the masks, I want the skull stencil so that anyone who does see them is immediately confronted with an image of death (the skull & hood is inspired by Death/The Grim Reaper etc.).

I will be posting more concept art as the process continues, along with pictures from the film shoot which should start soon, I really want to start filming the flashbacks now I have all of the "real-world" footage.

Hope you like it.

Glenn

Wednesday 10 March 2010

"Ladies & gentlemen, welcome to the future..."

I have been on a slight hiatus from blogging, but this has mainly been due to writing up the final script/story for Nameless. This has definitely been a long process, and the story has now changed quite significantly from the original draft I jotted down God-knows-how-long ago. But this process is drawing to a close now, and I have the final closing shot of the film in sight. It's a shot that, as I have said to Lee, "I will not stop working on until my gut tells me it's right". I am really quite pleased with it, and hope that it comes across well on film and that you enjoy it.

I have been gathering up footage of various, real-world changing events from places like YouTube, and have quite a large selection of clips to use now for the title sequence, which I was thinking would be in a way like the titles of the True Blood TV series, a montage of slightly grainy clips and flashing up images to create an idea of the world that the series takes place, however, I have different themes to set up for the dystopian world of Nameless, so I am merging real world events with the fictional ones to tie our real world to the one on screen, making it feel a bit more realistic whilst introducing the main themes in the film.

I've decided that some footage can actually be filmed now, despite the script being currently incomplete. I know that making his film will also be a long, ongoing process (I mean, if it took me this long to write a script I'm actually satisfied with, imagine how long it will take to make the thing!) So I will have to start it as soon as possible, which means I'll have the look and feel of the film sorted quite soon, and can sort out some promo pics of the cast soon to put up and give everyone an idea of what to expect.

I don't know how long it'll be before I get time to blog again, but hopefully the project will be well under-way by the time I do.

Glenn