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I'd written
and filmed a no-budget James Bond before, Vengeance Comes To
Those Who Hate (1997) and had never really intended to do
another, until Sam Smitter who'd played Bond said he fancied being
the character again, so about a month later, December 2000, SpyGlass
was written.
Just
like before this was a totally no-budget affair, being filmed
where and when we could while members of the public wandered by
wondering what we were up to! I think the actual cost of filming
SpyGlass came to under £200.
Much
shorter than it's predecessor (About twenty minutes compared to
forty five.) SpyGlass featured some of the same actors as before
but in different roles, it also introduced new actors too.
Previously
we had used excerpts from the soundtracks of real Bond movies,
I didn't feel comfortable with this. So on SpyGlass we had an
original soundtrack and theme composed by Caroline and John Hoare,
from the band The Haunting AD. Caroline sung the theme doing her
best Shirley Bassey impression.
SpyGlass
was shot between January and March 2001, the bulk of filming being
over the weekend of 10th-11th February. The scenes at MI6 and
the Hotel Splendid were in the can by Saturday evening, while
Sunday saw a full days location filming at the castle. Saturday's
filming went smoothly and the day ended well with the help of
a couple of bottles of wine.
Sunday was a bit trickier due to the location, weather and time
of year. It was cold, windy and the light faded quickly. Which
meant the final scenes were a bit rushed. The day ended in a local
pub where we warmed ourselves from the wintry cold outside.
SpyGlass
was edited together on an iMac using iMovie over many long evenings
and was completed in May 2001. The web version of SpyGlass was
edited together in June 2002.
October
2006 update: Graham Quince of Shivering
Cactus created a CGI opening title sequence for the fan film using
The Haunting AD's theme tune as a basis. Once added, a new downloadable
version of the film was rendered and put on Google Video.
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