Concerning Women - Revised

Enigma Entertainment is pleased to announce to the female community that there is potentially another female role in the upcoming film 'Osiris Unbound'. The woman in question features in a short scene where they are pursued by Crucifix Agents, before being brutally murdered. Although it is only a minor role, we believe that it is a breakthrough in Enigma Entertainment's production style, as women have never before been cast in an Enigma Production. The woman has been cast as Philip Smith's sister - Eleanor, and though it may appear to be bias casting, we chose the actress especially for her revolutionary acting style and her fortunate position of being on the same holiday to the Isle of Wight as Philip, so they were able to capture a number of shots there. Unfortunately there will be no further female roles available in the film, as addressed in the initial announcement concerning women. Apologies.

Preparing the music for 'Osiris Unbound'

Early on in the development of our sophomore motion picture we made the conscious choice to reunite with our 'resident' composer James Richardson, notable for his elongated fingers perfect for playing the piano and of course his elongated chin. His work on our film last year was acclaimed and so there was no other option than to request his input once again. The key difference this time, however, is that the music has been composed prior to shooting of the trailer. This was done for a number of reasons. Firstly, to speed up the post-production process (as last year the opening was already edited and there was somewhat of a rush for our composer to come up with a soundtrack) and to provide inspiration for our shots and editing - as with trailers the use of music is key in establishing and maintaining the pace of the action. We asked James to use the same sort of style he had done so well previously but also to experiment with other ideas. Below is the initial demo for the trailer soundtrack, which we were very pleased with. We have, however, requested the reworking of some parts in order to fit our envisioned structure of the trailer. The last part of the music will also have to be faster paced though this could be easily achieved with added percussion and strings. We also intend to utilise the musical skills of some of our other cast members such as Lee Davidson who is a master of the guitar and Richard Young, who is proficient on the drums.

Reusing unused footage from Sins of the Martyr

During production of our AS opening, we were so engrossed in the narrative and possibilities of producing a full film that we set our aims on completing our short film - a continuation of the opening sequence to 'Sins of the Martyr'. Despite a considerable amount of footage being shot and edited, we ultimately decided to abandon plans for the full feature due to time constraints and lack of cast availability in addition to a decline in our lack of interest as we wished to move on to other projects.

However it would be foolish to completely scrap this existing material so we made the choice to incorporate what had been shot into our A2 trailer. We even used a lot of this footage to put together the announcement teaser - which would have been less interesting if there had not been any footage to use. Due to the cast, characters and subject material the existing footage will fit seamlessly alongside the new sequences that we plan to shoot and take the pressure off us regarding accumulating enough footage for editing, though we still intend to film a huge amount in order to maintain the look and feel of an expensive production - which means, inevitably, that a lot of it won't make it into the final product.

Shooting over the Summer

While our outline for the trailer had not been fully envisioned until the start of this term, we has the very basic concept of genre and tone and were aware that we would require a wide range of footage. Thus we made sure we exploited our summer effectively in order to aid the production of the trailer. Both myself and my colleague, Philip, were to go on holiday during the summer; myself to the far reaches of the world, in Australia, and Philip to Paris and also the Isle of Wight.

While we were away we brought filming equipment. Being the owner of our main camera, I captured my footage using the Panasonic HDC-S90, which featured an anti-shake feature and would maintain our established look. However due to my family's incompetence with capturing effective shots, I also brought along a mini gorilla tripod - an ingenious contraption whose legs are flexible, so can wrap around most stationary objects. This was highly useful in capturing shots of myself without the awkwardness of family members filming me. For the landscape shots I simply filmed it handheld, employing the anti-shake feature.  Philip, however, was left only with two options; his cameraphone, the Galaxy Note, which could capture very high quality high definiton but at the expense of stability, a fault exascerbated by his shaky hands (and which he brought with him to Paris), and his sister's iPod Touch 5G which could produce excellent images with perfect stability to boot.

With only a basic idea of what was going to happen in our trailer we weren't ready to record any significant scenes or any dialogue, but instead capture many establishing shots and action shots, with our locations being optimum spots due to the famous landmarks and breathtaking landscapes. In Paris Philip had the advantage of filming such famous places as the Arc de Triomphe and the Pere Lechaise cemetery, while I had some stunning cliffs in Australia and a few shots in an airport, and the Isle of Wight had a castle and an exciting multi-coloured sand beach. There were a few short shots filmed of various members of our cast running or jumping - shots which could easily be intercut as parts of action sequences to speed up the ending to our trailer. One of the problems with the footage is that only select members of the cast were able to be in each shot, so there are no full group shots in Australia or Paris, but this is only a minor issue, and it still looks very high budget. While much of this footage will probably end up on the cutting room floor due to the somewhat irrelevance to our film's narrative, (and the shakiness in the case of the Paris shots) what will be used, however, will immensely add to the production value of the trailer due to the exciting international locations which demonstrate the lengths to which we have gone to produce it.

Shot List

The rough list of shots to film, as seen in the storyboard animatic:

- Establishing shot of landscape.
- Wide shot of Thorne
- Wide shot of silhouetted figure in forest
- Wide shot of ruined abbey.
- Shot of Thorne in shower.
- Shot of Thorne in corn fields.
- Enigma Entertainment logo appears.
- Shot of balaclava mercenaries capturing Thorne.
- Agent Davidson opens car boot.
- Wide shot of Rothen in forest.
- Two shot of Rothen and Zubasu.
- Anke appears briefly on screen.
- Close up of Zubasu.
- Close up of Davidson loading gun.
- Close up of Ricky on computer.
- Extreme close up of Thorne with gun.
- Mid shot of Thorne with knife.
- Mid shot of Zubasu with gun in Highgate Cemetery.
- Wide shot of Thorne and Rothen on a suspended log with Thorne holding a gun.
- Close up of Thorne with gun pointing at Rothen.
- Close up of Rothen with a gun in his face.
- 'This Year' appears on screen.
- Shot of car driving towards man with gun.
- 'From Nicholas Ashurst and Philip Smith' appears on screen.
- Mid shot of Thorne with hands up.
- 'The Acclaimed Directors of Sins of the Martyr' appears on screen.
- Shot of Thorne holding Davidson's body.
- 'Nicholas Ashurst' appears on screen.
- Close up of Davidson with many gunmen behind him.
- 'James Richardson' appears on screen.
- Fast paced montage of action shots.
- Close up of Thorne lying behind a log.
- Close up of Thorne and Rothen's looking into each others' eyes.
- 'Osiris Unbound'
- 'Coming Soon'

Storyboard Animatic

Initial Script

Below is the (very cheesy) planned dialogue and narration that will accompany the trailer. Obviously lines will change or be removed once we enter the recording stages and decide what fits best or sounds more appropriate.

THORNE: "I knew a man...a long time ago... he stood up...he fought for those worth dying for..."

RICK: "What happened to him?"

THORNE: "That man is dead...he's not coming back...after all this time I haven't the strength to be part of this fight anymore..."

ENIGMA ENTERTAINMENT LOGO

DAVIDSON: "Lucas Thorne...it's time to wake up...get yourself back in the game"

THORNE: "What would you have me do?"

ROTHEN: "Find it"

GATES: "I've never seen anything like this...it's all connected!"

DAVIDSON: "The weapon has been compromised...OSIRIS is unbound"

ROTHEN: "Shall we begin?"

FROM THE VISIONARIES BEHIND 'SINS OF THE MARTYR'

ROTHEN: "“In all my years I've never met another so alike…we’re both destined for the same hell…just I’m willing to watch the world crumble along the way”

NICHOLAS ASHURST

THORNE: "It was never supposed to end like this"

DAVIDSON: "I gave you my word...I would stand by your side...

THORNE: "...until the end"

JAMES RICHARDSON

RICK: "If we're gonna go, we have to go now!"

THORNE: "I must be the one to finish this!"

and LEE DAVIDSON

ROTHEN: "Your honour...valour...strength...what have they amounted to? ...nothing.

ROTHEN: "I am a god!" :P

O S I R I S   U N B O U N D

(MISCELLANEOUS DIALOGUE)

"Nooooooooo"

"Oh my god!"

"Run!"

"I trusted you!" 

OSIRIS UNBOUND Sneak Peak #1