Thomasfan gets a promotion - and other good news!

Yes, Thomasfan who has wrote and edited scripts for all of my series, including my TrackMaster remakes has today been given a promotion. He will know help produce the movie (and Season 7 I hope). I hope this will make Kidnapped even better!

In other news, I purchased a new camcorder tape today which I hope will resolve my problems. If that goes according to plan - Kidnapped should resume filming very soon!

Bad News - KIDNAPPED on hiatus - AGAIN!!!

I filmed the first scene of kidnapped today which sees Thomas discover an old nemesis return to Sodor. All went  well until it came to edit it and my camcorder chewed up the tape! This is my only tape so it means, until I can afford another tape, Kidnapped will be on hiatus. 

Needless to say I'm very disappointed because I think the scene turned out excellent and not only did I lose that - I also lost the end of the New Year's Special, "Old Problems in the New Year" (which isn't too bad, but still...)

The only one consolation is that it was filmed with two cameras and the footage filmed on "Camera 2" still exists, but because this wasn't "Camera 1" a lot of the necessary shots weren't filmed on this secondary camera. 

Also, even when I do get a tape, the problem may be with the camcorder and in that case the movie may be pushed way back until I can afford a whole new camera. Anyway, he's a photographic still from today's filming (it may be all that we have left of that scene):

 

Promotional Poster for Kidnapped!

Here's the first promotional poster from Kidnapped!

Still no release date set as of yet.

Kidnapped ending to be re-written

The ending to Kidnapped was never considered to be very good, so Thomasfan and I are currently re-drafting the ending along with some very minor edits to some of the other plotlines. 

This will not affect the filming of the movie in any way, but it is currently unknown if any extra lines will be required from voice actors.

First scene of Kidnapped due to be filmed on Monday!

Yes, the long awaited Kidnapped will have the first scene filmed on Monday. The first scene involves Thomas discovering that an old nemesis is lurking on Sodor...

I will be recording most of my lines on Monday, too.

More information coming soon!

Docks to have makeover

The current Brendam Docks set is to be renovated in an upcoming episode in 2012 due to the switch to the brown TrackMaster track. Apart from the set itself, Cranky and Bulstrode will also get a new look.

The episode is still being written so the plot is subject to change.

Other Projects Pushed Back

My other projects that I usually begin filming in mid-March will be pushed back to late April to make way for the filming of Kidnapped due to the way it's going to be filmed. Instead of filming all the scenes first it has recently been decided that one scene at a time will be filmed and edited due to the assumed length of the special.

We aim to film and edit one scene per day starting Monday, so I hope to collect lines (if they haven't been sent to me already) over the weekend. 

A release date has still yet to be decided on.