Savage Witches

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FILMS!!!Submissions open for the...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:39:16 +0100

WE WANT TO SEE YOUR FILMS!!!
Submissions open for the London&Porto Underground Film Festival, find out how to submit for FREE here: http://londonundergroundfilmfestival.org.uk/
Please share and help us get lots of exciting submissions! Thanks x

REVIEWS!!!

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:44:52 +0100

Some new reviews of Savage Witches:

366 WEIRD MOVIES
http://366weirdmovies.com/366-underground-savage-witches-2012/

THE VERNS VIDEO VORTEX http://videovortex.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/a-written-exploration-on-savage-witches/

STRAT MASTORIS
http://stratmastoris.wordpress.com/film/

We are currently working on the DVD release and a making of book, these should be available early June.

Keep up to date with all the news here!

Daniel & Clara

Savage Witches Interview!

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:03:42 +0000

Daniel Fawcett and Clara Pais are interviewed about Savage Witches in the latest issue of One+One Filmmakers Journal, read it here: http://oneplusonejournal.co.uk/2012/12/08/issue-9-december-2012/

We are giving away Signed Limited Edition Posters to the first 5...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:11:25 +0000

We are giving away Signed Limited Edition Posters to the first 5 people to write a review of Savage Witches on Rotton Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/savage_witches/
don’t forget to send us a message with your address so we know where to send it to!

If you haven’t seen the film yet, it will be screening at the London Underground Film Festival on December 8th! Event info HERE!

Thank you everyone who came to the screening of Savage Witches...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:25:01 +0000

Thank you everyone who came to the screening of Savage Witches in Brighton on Sunday, we had a great time, hope you all enjoyed it too! Next screening will be at the London Underground Film Festival on December 8th - event info HERE!

Savage Witches will be screening this Sunday in Brighton as a...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:43:09 +0000

Savage Witches will be screening this Sunday in Brighton as a part of the Cinecity film festival!

The world premiere of Savage Witches was a great success, we had...

Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:19:00 +0100

The world premiere of Savage Witches was a great success, we had a lot of fun and it was incredible to see the movie on the big screen! Thank you to everyone who came, we hope you enjoyed it!!

Only a few days to go until the Savage Witches World premiere at...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:22:35 +0100

Only a few days to go until the Savage Witches World premiere at the Cambridge Film Festival!!!!!! More info here https://www.facebook.com/events/467238743297814/?ref=ts

We are very happy to announce that Savage Witches is finished!...

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:25:00 +0100

We are very happy to announce that Savage Witches is finished! The world premiere will take place as a part of the Cambridge film festival on Friday 21st September 2012! More information coming soon. Thank you so much to everyone that has been a part of helping us making this film, we hope to see you all at the screening!

Bored of waiting? Well it won’t be long now until Savage...

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:30:20 +0100

Bored of waiting? Well it won’t be long now until Savage Witches is completely finished.

The picture is locked, all edited and graded, the music is recorded and mastered, this week we are finishing off the sound design!!

Yesterday we received the official invitation to screen Savage Witches at the Cambridge film festival!! Preview screening news coming soon! We are very excited.

Also we have some short films showing in Brighton in August, details are on the way. Keep up to date with news on Savage Witches and other Underground Film Studio news here https://www.facebook.com/TheUndergroundFilmStudio

Photo

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:05:08 +0000

The Burning Sequence Process One of the more complex post...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:58:00 +0000

The Burning Sequence Process

One of the more complex post production sequences in Savage Witches was the scene where the girls burn at the stake. There were four main stages of this process. Firstly we shot VHS footage of the girls on a wood-stack, screaming and struggling for their lives, we then exported each frame and using photoshop made them black and white. These frames were printed and each frame was hand coloured with water colours. The painted stills were then scanned and printed a final time in colour on gloss photographic paper, and we then filmed each photo being burnt from underneath with a candle flame. Finally, we then took two frames from each clip and put them together sequentially to create the final scene! All that for a one minute sequence! But the results are incredible, as the girls burn at the stake the film’s image melts and burns upon the screen.

The edit is now finished and we are starting to hear little bits...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:13:42 +0000

The edit is now finished and we are starting to hear little bits of Fiona Bevan’s amazing music. We are getting ready to start on the sound design so not long now and we’ll be setting out into the world to show you Savage Witches!

Here’s a couple of stills from the dance sequence which will have you leaping out of your chairs in delight!

Last week we had a brilliant day of voice recording and catching...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:27:59 +0000

Last week we had a brilliant day of voice recording and catching up with Christina, Victoria and Janos Horvath, our sound recordist. Here they are voice dubbing for when Gretchen and Margarita are chased by bees!

The edit is nearly there - Fiona will have her rough cut to work with by the end of this week!

Savage Witches soundtrack composer Fiona Bevan dresses up for a...

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:44:30 +0100

Savage Witches soundtrack composer Fiona Bevan dresses up for a little scene in the movie!

Recording voice-overs tomorrow, the first stage of editing is nearly complete. Fiona will be starting on the music over the next few weeks!

The editing is going well and Savage Witches is getting into...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:49:00 +0100

The editing is going well and Savage Witches is getting into shape - here are some pictures of the animation we’ve been doing for the burning scene, hundreds of images that Daniel has been hand painting for the last few weeks. Soon we’ll be recording some additional audio and pick up scenes and more updates will come up on the next newsletter, featuring images of some of our super 8 footage which is now being processed.

Savage Witches Synopsis

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:53:00 +0100

Teenage sisters Gretchen and Margarita skip class and hide out in the school’s theatre store where they construct the most colourful and eccentric of cat costumes. Once again they find themselves in front of the headmaster who is bewildered and frustrated by their repeatedly strange behaviour. After receiving a severe telling off, they condemn the whole of society as pointless and resolve to either change it or be no part of it at all.

They leave school and wander through the woods, finding themselves in a secret garden. They peek over a wall to watch Philip Cyril who they believe to be a wizard, the last in a long line of wizards! He drops a key which they take assuming he intentionally dropped it for them - a search ensues for the lock to fit the key!

They have no luck; this frustrates them and triggers a rampage of destruction in which they eradicate all the pointless things from the world - but after going too far and eradicating themselves in the process, they set about creating a new world. At first it is beautiful and pure but it very quickly starts to resemble the old world.

Eventually deep in the woods they find a door which the key unlocks that leads them to an underground chamber. There they find the instructions for a spell which they perform without hesitation unleashing a vision of truth that they are not ready to face. However, once unleashed, truth invades the film and the games that follow pitch them against it.

They continue to run away from the things they don’t want to see, transforming everything around them to fit with their whims but their games end as the film ends with a final transformation, the death of Gretchen and Margarita.

Special preview!! Have a look at a few screen grabs of...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:33:00 +0100

Special preview!! Have a look at a few screen grabs of experiments from our edit!

Set photos - Gretchen and Margarita indulge in a relaxing bath.

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:03:31 +0100

Set photos - Gretchen and Margarita indulge in a relaxing bath.

Set photo - scene inspired by Balthus paintings in which the...

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:52:59 +0100

Set photo - scene inspired by Balthus paintings in which the witches are trapped inside a painting.