Filming test scenes from "Night is Day - The Movie"!

This weekend saw some filming take place for "Night is Day - The Movie" around Glasgow. As we're trying to put together some promotional material (teaser trailers, some scenes, posters etc) to help raise awareness and funds to help us, we thought filming some actual scenes from the movie might help us.

On the Saturday we went to the Citizen Theatre and filmed three scenes involving DCI Iain Mullan (Steven McEwan), Inspector Rebecca Munro (Clare Sheppard) and PC Douglas (Kenny Boyle). Filming went smoothly and we managed to film some behind the scenes footage too. Yes it was raining, yes it was windy, but it was still fun!

(Simon Ferguson - camera operator on the film)

(DCI Mullan, Inspector Munro and PC Douglas)

(A still frame from the scenes we shot)

On Sunday we started in the Glasgow Harbour at the waterfront with main female lead, Lena Dwyre (Kirsty Anderson) and her best friend Sara (Vharri Lavery), followed by an intense scene with Lena and Jason (Chris Summers) and finally we went to a dodgy looking alleyway in Kinning Park and filmed a scene between a young girl (Ilaria Nardini), a rough attacker (Kevin William McIntyre) and Jason! 

(Camera operator Simon, myself, and Ross Hardie our production manager)

(Simon and Ross in the alleway)

(Lena (Kirsty Anderson) confides in Sara (Vharri Lavery)

(Lena looks troubled)

(Never annoy a Glasgow superhero!)

Our race night is Friday the 23rd of April at 8pm at Glasgow University's Queen Margaret Union in the Food Court. It's free to come along and we're bringing along some cast and crew for you all to meet, so it's a chance to meet them and win some money! 

Thankfully we were only troubled once by 4 small children (aged 14 apparently) with toy guns who constantly asked if they were going to be on TV...ah, Glasgow.

Roll on the Summer when we start filming properly!

Elaine C Smith becomes part of the "Night is Day" Family

Elaine C. Smith who is the star of "Rab C. Nesbitt", "55 Degrees North" and the hit West End play, "Calender  Girls" has joined the cast of "Night is Day - The Movie"

Elaine will be playing Inspector Rebecca Munro's (played by Clare Sheppard) mother in the movie. 

Visit Elaine's official website at http://www.elainecsmith.com/

We're filming some test scenes this weekend for the film so expect some new pictures and a behind the scenes video! 

Location, Location, Location

(Photo by Jack Photography)

As "Night is Day" series 2 continues it's adventures in post production with special effects, music composing and sound design on episodes 4-7, the pre-production on "Night is Day - The Movie" moves ever faster forward.

While the producers, Lindsay Dowell and Gavin Orr, and myself will be working on the filming schedule in the next couple of weeks I can confirm that our first official date of principle photography is the 5th and 6th of June 2010! 

Along with Taggart star Colin McCredie on board (playing DCI Iain Mullan's smart-looking informant, Taylor), we also have two other well known and well loved Scottish actors joining the production, but sadly until their contracts are signed I can't say who they are, but I am very excited about working with them both as I've been a fan of their work for quite some time!

On the 5th of June we will be filming with one of our latest signings, and hopefully on the 6th we will be filming with Colin too. 

We have also secured another location for filming - this time it's the bar/club "Muse" on Queen Street in Glasgow. They're letting us use their club downstairs on a Sunday to film pivotal scenes for the movie, which we will require a lot of extras for to fill out the club.

On Friday the 23rd of April at 8pm we will be holding a Race Night at the Queen Margaret Union in Glasgow University - everybody is invited to come along and join in on the fun, bet on some races, and help raise awareness and funding for the film, as well as meeting some of the cast and crew.

Exciting times ahead for Night is Day!

Strangely satisfying being on IMDb

Night is Day - The Movie is moving along quite nicely. We've got our cast in place, locking down locations, the schedule, props and costumes, as well as a few well known Scottish actors to take smaller roles in the film to help raise the profile of our superhero action film.

With 5 test scenes in the works for the 17th and 18th, a fundraising race night on the 23rd of April and some superhero student nights being worked on in May, it's only going to be a matter of time before we're ready to start filming principle filming!

So another step in the road is having the film listed on the Internet Movie Database. Check it out at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1629444/

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