I AM (john noble) X!

I made it! A decade over my self-selected deadline, but I made it!

I have an IMDB (Internet Movie Database) profile at last!

here's a link:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4753400/

And just in case it disappears, here's a screen grab!

My entry to date

My entry on Song For Marion!

Batman Begins

Next step: acting credits, directing credits, production designer credits...

I am John Noble (X) - Hear Me ROAR!

Tauno Palts - Leading Man..?

A few weeks ago I met Tauno Palts, an Estonian English teacher and thoroughly nice bloke (thanks for the blogging advice, I've made the changes). Better still, the guy's an actor! Six foot Four of charming, multi-lingual Estonian action hero - and I'm just itching to cast him in a film!

The first possibility would be as the 'deceased male' in Jo Wakefield's 'Made For Loving You' - it's a small role where a mannequin is brought back to life... I've got the mannequin; it's about six-four...

Look, this guy is perfect, leading man material - forget the teaching Tauno, get yourself to Hollywood!

And for those of you who are curious, Estonia is right below Finland...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=57.833055,25.927734&spn=4.856876,9.876709&t=h&z=7&vpsrc=6

Make-up Tests

In two weeks time we (hoopefully) shoot our Straight-8 film competition entry, 'Made For Loving You', written by Joanne Wakefield. The story concerns a widowed woman who attempts to bring her husband back from the dead.

On the day, I'll be the camera op but in the run up, I'm acting as production designer and overseeing Rachel Lee (who was prop mistress on my short, 'Moving On') on props and make-up design.

I've been constructing a fake gravestone for one scene set in a cemetary and I'll be totally rearranging my home for interior shots on the day.

The make-up (yet to be approved) concept is that she stuck sections of torn photographs onto a blank mannequin head but when he is reanimated, the photographic sections remain in place but have come alive themselves... The shot will only be onscreen for a couple of seconds for the film version but there will be a DV version that could explore the concept further; personally, I think there's scope for a new horror franchise character right here!

Here's a couple of pics:

Original concept - apologies to Marc Price

I was only going to practice on my forehead but I got excited!

The black section was purely for contrast

The different flesh tones must contrast heavily between the photos and the 'skin'

Living photos

Removal of the parts: you can see that we covered the eyebrow area seperately - hence the nearly two hours make-up time!

A hairy version

A hairier version!

Mant thanks to Rachel Lee for taking time out from her studies to work on this with me, check out her blog:

http://cherrycurlz.blogspot.com/2011/10/begining-of-all-things.html

Open Acting Auditions at CCAD

It's that time of year again and Film and TV/Creative Film and Moving Image Production students are looking for fresh acting talent to appear in their work.

The acting auditions were a real changing point in my life; after deciding to audition, I ended up signing onto the course as well, I've entered film competitions, increased my network of contacts massively and wound up in Hollywood and Cannes.

I can't promise that for everyone, but it's got to be worth a shot!

A Blast from the Past AND the Future..!

A few years ago, I was asked by a friend if he could use my garage to make a spaceship set. Ok, help yourself...
The friend was 'Big' Al Bell, the prop was for a sci-fi film called The Kaliedescope Man. I made a little maquette and Al made a full sized door and we delivered both to Simon Cox, somewhere in the West Midlands...

We both moved on to other projects before anything really happened, but last year I discovered that Simon had a blog. His latest newsletter gives a link to funding possibilites for his sci-fi epic and a little more 'word-of-mouth' can't hurt now, can it?

Here's a link to more information:

http://www.prweb.com//releases/2011/11/prweb8935738.htm

Good luck Simon!

VIPs and Aftershow Parties...

So there we were, at the UK premiere of The Thing 2011 and the whole row of seats in front of us are 'reserved', and I'm thinking 'this is it, the film makers withing touching distance - we can't miss'.

Well it wasn't them. We deduced this from their lack of response to the film.

Hmmmm. Who were they then..? And I'm looking at this one guy and I'm thinking 'That's Andrew Garfield - the 'new' Spider-Man!'

I googled his picture - it really could have been him. At Leeds International Film Festival. Right next to me!!!

I caught up with the group after the show and asked if he was an old acquaintance of mine, 'Andrew?' - it wasn't him. Ho-hum.

Never mind, onto the judges bars. Last year we were invited for drinks with the judges, Marc Price and Steven Sheil, and director, producer and lead actor from 'The Dead' (Howard Ford) and I knew exactly where they go.

We went to the first bar. Just regular drinkers...

OK, onto the second bar: lots of cool people, hipsters dancing to 7" 60's singles, really good atmosphere - but NO FILM MAKERS!

Awww, forget-about-it! It's been a long night, time for bed.

Save the VIPs for next time!

The Thing is...

Here we are, Leeds town hall, moments away from the first showing of the re-quel of The Thing...

...Well, that was that then - actually, I fell asleep!

But of what I saw, I'm inclined to give it another try when it comes out for real!