Drift Production Gallery
March 7, 2012
Here’s some early screenshots from The Drift. [Read more]
Filming of The Drift has begun
March 1, 2012
Here’s a small selection of photos from the first weekend of filming of The Drift. A progress update from Producer Daz “The shots are looking great. We have the makings of a FANTASTIC movie – thanks to the Drifters!” [Read more]
Corridors are taking shape
October 2, 2011
The corridors for The Drift are being built in Lincoln, ready to be painted and dressed in October. [Read more]
Concept art for The Drift
September 2, 2011
Here’s a selection of concept sketches for The Drift. [Read more]
Luke’s Film
August 26, 2010
Backyard Productions’ youngest producer/director Darren’s 11-year-old son, Luke, has written, produced and directed his very own fan-film short based on well-loved characters from Nintendo’s games. It was a steep learning curve, although he has produced animated shorts on his computer... [Read more]
S-S-S-Studio!
August 26, 2010
Backyard Productions has a new studio This weekend, Backyard Productions moved into its new studio in Waddington, Lincolnshire. We now have our own functional studio complete with lighting, chroma key, camera monitor and most importantly, a kettle! The bare concrete structure with no windows had previously... [Read more]
Darren receives commendation at IOV awards 2009
October 16, 2009
On Wednesday (Oct 14th 2009), Darren and Ed attended the Institute of Videographers Trade show and (in the evening) their 20th annual Awards ceremony. Darren was nominated for best film for ‘Sugarcubes’, and we met Maggie Philbin of ‘Tomorrow’s World’ fame, who was genuinely... [Read more]
Cinders at Pinewood Studios
September 27, 2009
As you may already have read in Kevin’s great post, Backyard Productions recently had a great weekend filming at Pinewood Studios for our current production, ‘Cinders’. They have large, well maintained gardens, which you may recognise from such films as ‘From Russia With Love’,... [Read more]
Cinders at Ashby Hall
September 12, 2009
Backyard Productions was lucky enough to be able to shoot at Ashby Hall in Lincolnshire on the 12th September 2009. The Gardens and lake are beautiful, and we had sunny weather for our scenes with the King, Queen and Minstrel. We also filmed inside in an attractive panelled dining room (for the castle... [Read more]
Sundown Adventureland Filming
September 7, 2009
At the beginning of September, we had a very busy few days filming at Sundown Adventureland. On Wednesday 2nd, we filmed the Prince and Dandini in several locations around the park, then, at the weekend (4th-6th), when MANY more extras arrived, we filmed scenes at Cinders’ cottage with the Ugly... [Read more]