LOW-BUDGET WEB SERIES BECOMES SILVER SCREEN ACTION MOVIE THIS SUMMER!
Who is Jason Mackenzie? That's the question you'll be asking next Summer if all goes to plan for Silly Wee Films and their associate production companies Goldray Productions, Artist Media Ltd and FK1 Productions.
Originally a low-budget web series shot in and around Glasgow city centre for less than £5,000 using local actors and filmmakers from all around Scotland, "Night is Day" follows the adventures of Jason Mackenzie, a man in his mid-twenties who has the power of foresight and lightning thanks to a good demon, Ames, who believes Jason is the man to fight crime on the streets and protect us all from evil.
Series 1 was shown on the Sky Channel Propeller TV in 2007 and featured "Sweet Sixteen" legend Martin Compston as a gangster while series 2 is going to be complete in 2010 and features Colin McCredie who is best known for playing DC Stuart Fraser in long-running crime drama series "Taggart".
Now armed with 5 years of experience making short films and promotional videos for local companies in Greenock, Glasgow and beyond, I'm turning my attention to feature length films in the hope to advance my career and let people see how serious I am to succeed at putting my ideas on the big screen.
The script features a brand-new exciting story with Jason having to use every ounce of strength he has to find and stop a mysterious entity only known as the Caillech, who is determined to wipe out mankind in three days. To make matters worse a corrupt businessman, Mr. Philips, is in league with the Caillech in hope that he can benefit from their mutual arrangement. Meanwhile tough city cops Sloan and Mullan, teamed with the latest member of their team, Inspector Rebecca Munro, have to investigate who and what the Caillech is and the connection she shares with a young highland girl, Lena Dwyre.
Producers Gavin Orr and Lindsay Dowell of Goldray Productions have locked down the schedule which will see the team film in Glasgow and surrounding areas at weekends from June until August, with the hope they can take a completed cut of the film to International film markets next year in order to find a distributor and a Summer premiere is currently planned.
Joining the current cast of Chris Summers, Steven McEwan, Clare Sheppard, John Gaffney, Kirsty Anderson, Tam Toye, Nicki Fleming, Alexandra Mackenzie, Vharri Lavery, Kenny Boyle, Mark Harvey and Anna Walseth is Rab C. Nesbitt legend Elaine C. Smith who features as Rebecca's mum. Taggart star Colin McCredie plays Taylor, Mullan's informant, and Simon Weir who starred in "The Acid House" and "Monarch of the Glen" plays CS Carlisle - Sloan and Mullan's boss who isn't too pleased with their recent methods of police work.
Filming starts on the 5th and 6th of June with sponsors such as The Hub at Pacific Quay, local bar Muse providing the nightclub locations, West Beer providing the on-screen alcohol and locations and props gurus The Quickening backing the first Scottish superhero film.
If you want to get involved visit http://www.nightisday.net or our Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=237674711930&ref=ts.
A superhero fancy dress party is being held in the Karbon Nightclub in Glasgow on the 18th of June from 7pm onwards where everybody can come dressed as their favourite superhero or villain to meet the cast and crew and win the chance to appear in the movie itself! A sponsorship party on the 2nd of July will let people bid to sponsor the characters for the film to help us raise the budget needed to pay for costumes, props, locations etc.
Your superhero needs you!
