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It's been a hectic couple of days. Yesterday I was helping with more urgent amendments to the Digital Economy Bill; today by contrast was a long-standing appointment for a very fun photo assignment.
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cairmen has now revealed, the veil of secrecy over his SEKRIT PROJECT can now be lifted. He's been working on Death Knight Love Story, an attempt to show just what can be achieved with Machinima if you try hard enough - and that includes getting serious professional voice talent.
We did one recording session before Christmas, of which more will be said soon, and the second today. I went to take pictures for the publicity material and extras package; I've been involved as legal adviser on the project and it's very nice to get to see actual production.
And when I say 'serious professional voice talent' Hugh has not stinted. Today we were graced with the presence of, yes... Brian Blessed! Or rather BRIAN BLESSED.
It went absolutely splendidly. Brian is a thorough professional, who had clearly read and thought about the script and his character, and put huge amounts of effort into trying different readings of the lines to get exactly the delivery Hugh wanted. And contrary to what you might imagine, that was by no means entirely shouting very loudly - Brian's a serious actor by training, and it very much shows. Mind you, there were some lines that required a very emphatic delivery, and I think it's safe to say Hugh got his money's worth.
Brian Blessed is also screamingly funny, very personable, swears like a trooper and, it turns out, is an absolutely fanatical space advocacy enthusiast who's on good terms with Zubrin, Pillinger and the rest of the Mars crowd. Apparently his latest exploration project is to get a ride to the ISS, for which he's been in training in Moscow; this led to a series of anecdotes on the ghastly enthusiasm of Russian space medics...
See the cut for some pictures from the day; including some animation. You have been warned...
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cairmen has now revealed, the veil of secrecy over his SEKRIT PROJECT can now be lifted. He's been working on Death Knight Love Story, an attempt to show just what can be achieved with Machinima if you try hard enough - and that includes getting serious professional voice talent.We did one recording session before Christmas, of which more will be said soon, and the second today. I went to take pictures for the publicity material and extras package; I've been involved as legal adviser on the project and it's very nice to get to see actual production.
And when I say 'serious professional voice talent' Hugh has not stinted. Today we were graced with the presence of, yes... Brian Blessed! Or rather BRIAN BLESSED.
It went absolutely splendidly. Brian is a thorough professional, who had clearly read and thought about the script and his character, and put huge amounts of effort into trying different readings of the lines to get exactly the delivery Hugh wanted. And contrary to what you might imagine, that was by no means entirely shouting very loudly - Brian's a serious actor by training, and it very much shows. Mind you, there were some lines that required a very emphatic delivery, and I think it's safe to say Hugh got his money's worth.
Brian Blessed is also screamingly funny, very personable, swears like a trooper and, it turns out, is an absolutely fanatical space advocacy enthusiast who's on good terms with Zubrin, Pillinger and the rest of the Mars crowd. Apparently his latest exploration project is to get a ride to the ISS, for which he's been in training in Moscow; this led to a series of anecdotes on the ghastly enthusiasm of Russian space medics...
See the cut for some pictures from the day; including some animation. You have been warned...
( Pictures )
