Second Draft

We completed the 2nd draft of the script, and did what we had never done before - we let other people read it.

The general concensus was that it was a cracker of a script - the dialogue is sharp and funny, the characters are well-thought out and humanised, the horror is sickening and the twists and turns unexpected.

There has never been any negative comments about the script, but some people thought that it could have been longer. Roll on the third draft!

It was at this stage that we decided to cast some of the roles. Our good friend and colleague, Michael Smyth (http://www.michaelsmyth.co.uk/), has always been in mind for the bad guy, mainly because he is built like a brick shithouse and wears contact lenses (probably means nothing to you now, but wait until you see the film). Michael has played numerous roles in both mine and Brian's films.

Brian also had his long-term girlfriend, Lesa Gillespie (http://www.lesagillespie.com/) in mind for a role whilst writing the script, so we asked her if she was up for one of the roles after she read the script, and she said "HELL YES!", so happy days! "Red Harvest" has two confirmed cast members!

Introduction

My name is Bill Taylor, and I am a film maker. My colleague and all around good guy is called Brian Mulholland. We are both from Northern Ireland.

Bill (left) and Brian (right)

Together, we created a series of short films for Halloween, and we named the series "Screaming Room". We also created a website at http://www.screamingroom.co.uk/ to showcase all of the videos.

Something happened after Halloween. We became despondent and restless, wondering why everything was so quiet. Why weren't people knocking on our doors congratulating us on our efforts? After all, we had accomplished a lot: all of the films on Screaming Room were made with no money, and were different from normal horror cliches.

After some discussion, we decided "to hell with that" - our egos were not that delicate that we needed people to stroke them. We knew we were capable of doing much, much more. We also knew what we were capable of doing with no money, so we decided to attempt something with a little bit of money.

Thus over a series of long winter months, "Red Harvest" was born.

"Red Harvest" is a horror film about four people who decide to relive their schooldays, when horror ensues. The title is very misleading as it is not the final title of the film, but a project codename, derived from "Blue Harvest", the production codename of "Return of the Jedi", and the colour red, which symbolises blood.

The purpose of this blog is to let the public know about the progress of the film, and to gather momentum on the project.