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Behind the Scenes of The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith - Part Four

From Benjamin Cook’s interview with Nigel Havers (and David Tennant) from DWM 416

Benjamin Cook: Do you ever watch yourself on TV?

Nigel Havers:  I haven’t for a long time. I still don’t know how to operate my bloody Sky Plus thing.

BC:  Earlier today, I spotted Tommy [Knight] and Daniel [Anthony] showing you how to work your mobile phone!

NH: Yeah, I’ve got an iPhone.  So does David [Tennant].  He has an application on his phone that simulates a -”  [In walks David…]

David Tennant: What’s that?

NH: Oh. We were talking about phones.  Didn’t you say that you can cock yours and it fires - ?

DT:  No, no, that’s Steven Moffat.  He has everything on his iPhone. He can turn his into a lightsaber, he drinks pints of beer from it…”

BC:  Some people - they’re called killjoys - would say that’s a bit pointless.

NH: No. You see, when you’re filming, you’ve so much dead time, it gives you things to do.

DT: Yeah, it’s great.  It’s a whole leisure centre! I’ve got a spelling game on mine

NH: Have you, David?

DT:  I thought it would educate me, but all I do is find three-letter words.  Hundreds and hundreds of three-letter words.  That isn’t quite the point. I’m looking for that elusive 13-letterer.

NH: Or the longest word in England

DT: I wouldn’t go that far. I’ll settle for antidisestablishmentarianism

Link to [ Part One ] of this set, or click the #whoBtsWedding tag for all parts.  A link to all behind-the-scenes sets can be found [ here].

Super Brainy Zombies Posters & Merchandise

A few months ago, I was asked by Hazel Hayes to contribute some graphics for her upcoming zombie short film. She pitched the idea of a dual brand. One for the “fake” film set which the movie takes place, and one for the film’s branding.

The first poster was made to be a pretty vulgar poster. Which was all about having it look as macho as possible. Tom had to have the muscliest arms on show, and Emma was to be wearing some horrendously skimpy clothing. I referenced the comic art of Scott Pilgrim for the look, and made it as bright as possible. It was made to be a poster which felt very out of place being a poster for a zombie film, which would add to the feeling that the fictional film shoot was falling apart at the seams.

The branding for the film was designed to have all the tropes of horror movie posters. The floating heads, the texture, the colour pallet, everything. I think the seriousness of the poster mixed with the slightly daft title works nicely. This would work in direct contrast to the bright garish poster used in the film. This branding would be used in the opening, the end credits (screenshots coming in a later blog post), and all the merchandise.

Watch the short film now at YouTube.com/Hazel

You can purchase both of these posters along with wristbands, badges and T Shirts from the Super Brainy Zombies store.

-Jonny