Lights! Camera! Panto!
December 9, 2009
After 8 months of production, our concept trailer CINDERS is now ready!!! Unlike a short “normal” trailer, this is a longer proof-of-concept piece. CINDERS has not been made yet, this was a test – a BIG test! Think of it as a summary of what CINDERS could be… But there isn’t... [Read more]
10 years since we started TESBY
December 8, 2009
It is Ten years since we started Filming our first Star Wars spoof, The Empire Strikes Backyard!!! Little Luke was barely nine months old! Our resident Poet Laureate of the Yard recounts the story that was the making of TESBY. We dare you to understand…. [Read more]
Stranger than science fiction… SCI-FI CAPITAL EMBRACES SPOOF
November 15, 2009
This weekend, some of the TENCLO cast travelled to Cardiff to see it screened at the Chapter Arts Centre, where it was given a rapturous welcome by staff and audience alike. Being the home of Dr Who and Torchwood, Cardiff is no stranger to science fiction. But this weekend, it saw Backyard Productions’ own spin […] [Read more]
HypTV 24 Hour Ad Challenge, Team 2
November 9, 2009
Competition run by HypTV, in association with Johnny Oddball, M&C Saatchi and the ICA. Produced entirely in 24 hours from briefing on the 7th November 2009 to showing and judging on Sunday morning. BYP was selected as one of 20 teams (from 400 applications) to take part. Out of 20 we were honourably... [Read more]
TENCLO in Wales
October 29, 2009
Get your popcorn ready… Backyard Productions’ biggest Star Wars film is showing on the big screen again, at the Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff on 14 November 2009. CLONYY yng Nghymru The Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, one of the largest and most innovative arts centres in Europe, will be showing our Star Wars-spoof, The Emperor’s […] [Read more]
Dreams and Magic at Sundown
October 21, 2009
Pictures and a tale from the filming at Sundown Adventureland at the beginning of September 2009, by Kevin Harper. [Read more]
Apply to take part in Cinders
October 5, 2009
If you’d like to be involved in the Cinders project download the application form here, fill it in, and email it to the address given in the application. Pre production will be from January to June 2010 with filming in June and July.
Cinders Trailer Cast and Crew
October 1, 2009
Filming for the Cinders Trailer is all over. We’ve all put in lots of work and produced a mountain of footage for Darren to get through. Thank you, everyone, for making it happen so far. You can all give yourselves a pat on the back, and here’s a big thank you from everyone at Backyard […] [Read more]
“That’s a Wrap” A magical weekend summed up in a fairytale
September 29, 2009
It was just an ordinary marquee, and I was on an ordinary camping chair with little Ben asleep on my chest. The only sounds were the occasional leaves and conkers dropping onto the white plastic roof and the tweeting of birds in the trees. The smell of pine cones and needles wafted in, which Ben savoured with each little breath. Suddenly there was a rustling by the open entrance beside us. [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]