Tuesday, 30 November 2010

15 Days Of Pizzaman - Episode 13


Pizzaman - Episode 13

It's Almost

Over

2 Days To

Go!


What was on that footage?

Is Becky going to see Taj?

Will Catrin beat anyone up?

And will the assembly minister have anything to say about all of this?

(Click The Hat To Find Out)



Behind the Scenes

Its always a fear that you’re not going to cover all of the footage  needed to make a scene interesting and exciting. Plenty of cutaways, alternative angles, close ups and wide shots are needed. Then, to make sure you get a take that pulls all the elements together correctly (framing, sound, acting etc…) you need to do at least five takes of each of these shots, sometimes more, sometimes less. To give you an idea of the statistics involved for our 90mins of drama:

39 actors.

  43 locations.

  121 scenes.

  2,500 takes in total.

  38 hours of footage were shot.

  £2,000 was the total cash spend for the production.

  2 years from inception to release.

  Nobody got paid.

  The people and places of Cardiff must have a special mention, as it is them and they whom made this possible. Without their generosity and enthusiasm for the project nothing like this could or would exist. Cardiff is a hub of drama and creative activity with many people pushing to see more and more of the city on the big and small, and very small screens. Pizzaman always wanted to be a pioneer. Please help its audience grow by forwarding this to your inbox contacts. Thank you.

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Thurs 2nd Dec 7pm - Buffalo Bar

Pizzaman is being shown in full. Come to the full viewing at Buffalo Bar in Cardiff. Live acts include J-Roudh the Pizzaman website designer. Not only will Pizzaman be shown but you can meet the cast, buy the DVD and discover how on earth it was made. Hosted by the talented CT & Hilly of Radio Cardiff.

Fresh Ties is proud to start a new kind of night in Cardiff, one which supports all the arts, entertains while raising funds for some very deserving grass roots charity organisations.
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Monday, 29 November 2010

15 Days Of Pizzaman - Episode 12


Pizzaman - Episode 12


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Read all about it.The Fresh Outlook.com is your new daily national onlinenewspaper founded on responsible coverage to inform, andpositive news to encourage. The Fresh Outlook is a trueindependent, free of political, religious or financial ties.  The newspaper champions the rights and opportunities forall people. Currently, it is looking to feature new talent, whethercreative, business or community, in its new section,'Fresh Talent'. So, if you want a national profile,contact newsdesk@freshties.com.  The newspaper is part of not-for-profit organisation,FreshTies, as part of its mission that everyone can have adecent life.www.theFreshOutlook.comand www.FreshTies.com

CASTING Most of the Casting was done by James and Teilo but for a lot of the female parts there is a debt of thanks to:
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Since it's formation, Creative Casting has continued to build on the links with the various productions crews and is now continually developing it's level of service to position itself as the television agency of choice in Wales and beyond.

We currently have a port folio of over one thousand individuals of various ages and from all ethnic groups, that are available for every kind of role. We can offer you the chance to find that perfect person or even find that elusive walk-on part.

We specialise not only in the supply of Supporting Actors, Extras, Walk-on, Background Artists and Chaperones but also in the provision of skilled individuals for one off dramas, commercials and model shoots.

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Is Taj going to expose Nick?

What is Nick going to do?

Has Taj over stepped his mark?

And what about the pending court case?

(Click The Number To Find Out)


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Behind The Scenes

Believe it or not the whole of the Pizza-shop scenes, and Nick and Taj’s office scenes were shot on the same day. Venus Kebab House on Crwys Road in Cathays

They closed to the public at 2am on a Sunday evening, which is when filming started. The filming continued all the way through until 6pm the following day.

Actors came in at different points during the day so there was a variety of staff always bustling around. Venot, the owner also donned a Pizzaman T-shirt and became one of the extras even getting a line in one of the episodes.

One of the difficulties in filming something about Pizza delivery was the change from day to night. Surprisingly the logistics of this make things more complicated than you would imagine. In Episode 3 where Taj meet Nasty Nad, his Sister’s psychotic ex-boyfriend, played by Sameep Nankani, came from Bristol for an hour first thing in the morning to shoot when it was light. He then went to work in Bristol and came back again in the evening for a further five hours to do the night time filming.

Kingswood Associates, the location used for Taj’s Solicitor’s had allowed time on one day and so it was co-ordinated to film one scene in one direction and then turn the camera away from the window to shoot what we could as night before it actually got dark. Even a night scene where Taj and Becky have a heart to heart was filmed in the daytime with the windows behind blocked out with large pieces of black cardboard.

The entrance to the police station had to be co-ordinated twice for one shoot in the day and one in the night as well. This usually means a lot of driving around picking people up and staying in touch to make sure everyone is happy and aware of the schedule. It is a normal thing to film day as night and vice versa but with such little money they had to be very creative about how certain scenes were filmed and what was possible within a non-paid actor’s schedule. We hope you can't tell which was which.

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Sunday, 28 November 2010

15 Days Of Pizzaman - Episode 11


Pizzaman - Episode 11

Is Taj about to catch a beating?

Is Taj going to do the beating?

Where does this go next?

How will it end?

(Click The Number To Find Out)


Behind The

Scenes

(Click Here For Another Making
Of... Video)

The episode where the makers get a cameo. It happened by accident that James and Teilo were in the same episode. James is the one at the police reception looking mighty tired, an easy emotion for him as he was exhausted by this time in the shoot. Teilo played a very convincing self-obsessed Welsh Media type trying to belittle Taj.

It was felt this scene was of supreme importance to theme. Everyone knew it would highlight cultural integration in Wales. Wales is vibrantly multicultural with Cardiff at the heart of this diversity. James and Teilo have felt a lack of representation of this cultural group in Cardiff when people from different ethnicities make up for 30% of the population. It was a conscious decision to avoid the religious stereotypes in Taj’s characterisation and play him as any other person having a hard time.

The same went for Gethin, Taj’s best friend. Of course there are the ‘in’ jokes surrounding his ethnicity from the older characters but Taj’s patriotism always shines through, none more so than in this scene with Taj and Teilo. Incidentally it was Teilo that scripted this scene.

There were a few times when James thought he might need to become a character other than the one he was planning to play. But igt seemed all of the actors had faith in the project and never let the side down. We take our hats off to them. Printing.Com must get a mention for supplying their offices for the interview scene. It was actually a big conference room that was used although it was shot it tightly enough to give the kind of claustrophobia J & T were looking for. The person interviewing them both happens to be James in a white shirt. It was on this day that we had a work experience girl with us. She’d just won a prize for an animation she’d done and proved herself very well by helping out with kit and lights as our Runner for the day.

It’s probably a good time to mention that a lot of what you see was worked out on the fly; where to shoot the scene in each location, and work with what was available. Both James and Teilo had full time jobs before the shoot so did not have a chance to recce any of the locations let alone a budget to get anyone else to. It was a case of thinking on your feet at every moment. They had of course planned a comprehensive shot list but with all great shot lists it was generally a template for what happened on the day.

One of the funniest places to use was James' old high school’s entrance as the police station foyer complete with ‘buzz-in’ button and sliding glass window. They had to angle out the big crucifix on the wall, if you look closely you might catch the edge of it.

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Watch the whole series at your leisure. Have it forever to treasure the moments you helped create together. You are clever people. Buy now. Click the film reel.


PIZZA PARTY
Thurs 2nd Dec 7pm - Buffalo Bar

Cardiff
Pizzaman is being shown in full. Come to the full viewing at Buffalo Bar in Cardiff. Live acts include J-Roudh the Pizzaman website designer. Not only will Pizzaman be shown but you can meet the cast, buy the DVD and discover how on earth it was made. Hosted by the talented CT & Hilly of Radio Cardiff. Location details - Click the Pic.
Fresh Ties is proud to start a new kind of night in Cardiff, one which supports all the arts, entertains while raising funds for some very deserving grass roots charity organisations.


Fresh Ties realises the importance of supporting the arts in the community and the need for people to come together to express themselves and be heard. If you'd like to be a part of Fresh Ties, whether you're a musician, film maker, photographer, artist or you just have something say, get in touch and be part of something special. Entrance is donation based.


Read all about it. The Fresh Outlook.com is your new daily national online newspaper founded on responsible coverage to inform, and positive news to encourage. The Fresh Outlook is a true independent, free of political, religious or financial ties.   The newspaper champions the rights and opportunities for all people. Currently, it is looking to feature new talent, whether creative, business or community, in its new section, 'Fresh Talent'. So, if you want a national profile, contact newsdesk@freshties.com.   The newspaper is part of not-for-profit organisation, FreshTies, as part of its mission that everyone can have a decent life. www.theFreshOutlook.com and www.FreshTies.com


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Saturday, 27 November 2010

15 Days Of Pizzaman - Episode 10


Pizzaman - Episode 10
LOOK AT THE

COMPANIES

INVOLVED
 

(For Home Pages Click The Logos)

KAPAW MEDIA

CRASH EDITING

CATAPULT IT
SOLUTIONS

SPACE STUDIOS

WORLD WELSH FESTIVAL

TRINITY METHODIST
CHURCH

CT & HILLY
OF
RADIO CARDIFF

MEDIA WALES/
WalesOnline

PRINTING.COM

KINGSWOOD ASSOCIATES

ST TEILO'S HIGH SCHOOL

ELMER'S CAFE

DOMINOS PIZZA

CLUB X CARDIFF

 


Where has he gone?

What is he doing?

Are you completely hooked yet?

And how psychotic was the Caravan Lady!!

Where is he going now?

(Click The Number To Find Out)

Behind The

Scenes


You don’t want them to exist but you know they do and they could be anywhere. Lisa Norris who Played Cathy the Caravan Lady had a reason to get into acting. She felt she was quite shy and needed to overcome this trait and turned to acting classes. She told me afterwards that Pizzaman had been a great conduit for her development. It surprised me greatly as she comes across so confidently and self-assured it was a pleasure watching her craft the character.

Originally a non-actor I felt she could be up there with the greats if she put her mind to it. She told me she jumped for joy on hearing she’d got the part. Since Pizzaman I’ve worked with her on almost every short film I’ve directed since.

On to episode 10: the quickie. Poignant, punchy and funny, Taj finally takes the reigns of his life by confronting his demons.

The final scene was the second use of the same location, the only one we duplicated and hope we got away with it. (Can you spot which episode it appears in again?)

The doorstep belongs to Martin Flynn the guy who plays Muckle in Pizzaman. We were there very late in the evening trying to keep the noise down but subsequently failed. I remember it was a logistical nightmare having three actors in such awkward places. Shadows from the lights we had were everywhere and no matter how we did it we felt we were ‘crossing the line’ (breaking the 180 degree rule) every time. People were tired here and pulling the performance up was the ever enduring Sunny, stalwart to the last.

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PIZZA PARTY
Thurs 2nd Dec 7pm - Buffalo Bar
Cardiff
Pizzaman is being shown in full. Come to the full viewing at Buffalo Bar in Cardiff. Live acts include J-Roudh the Pizzaman website designer. Not only will Pizzaman be shown but you can meet the cast, buy the DVD and discover how on earth it was made. Hosted by the talented CT & Hilly of Radio Cardiff. Location details.

Fresh Ties is proud to start a new kind of night in Cardiff, one which supports all the arts, entertains while raising funds for some very deserving grass roots charity organisations.


Fresh Ties realises the importance of supporting the arts in the community and the need for people to come together to express themselves and be heard. If you'd like to be a part of Fresh Ties, whether you're a musician, film maker, photographer, artist or you just have something say, get in touch and be part of something special. Entrance is donation based.


Read all about it. The Fresh Outlook.com is your new daily national online newspaper founded on responsible coverage to inform, and positive news to encourage. The Fresh Outlook is a true independent, free of political, religious or financial ties.   The newspaper champions the rights and opportunities for all people. Currently, it is looking to feature new talent, whether creative, business or community, in its new section, 'Fresh Talent'. So, if you want a national profile, contact newsdesk@freshties.com.   The newspaper is part of not-for-profit organisation, FreshTies, as part of its mission that everyone can have a decent life. www.theFreshOutlook.com and www.FreshTies.com

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