Fatal Fables Pilot Episode: The Bully (2014)
This was the first completely original concept film we shot as an amateur group.
The plan was to shoot 13 episodes in an original web-series in the vein of The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Tales of the Unexpected, etc. They were meant to be simple plots which could be shot in 1 or 2 days with minimum editing required. We would then release these fortnightly whilst we finished off filming our more ambitious fan series Hitman: Vengeance
I honestly thought at the time we could get them all done in 3 months!!
The series title, Fatal Fables, was decided by a popular vote from a list of 12 possibilities. The fact that the word 'Fables' was chosen meant that we now had to apply some sort of moral lesson in each one; something I hadn't planned on, I just wanted dark tales with a twist.
There are a couple of minor sound issues we couldn't overcome at the time or in the edit, but 99% of it is fine.
There are some nice effects used in the final scenes, some great acting for the most part, & it was shot with NO Budget.
At this point in time, only 7 of the 13 were actually written & only 3 were ever filmed before M.D.P. began to dissolve. I doubt the series will ever get finished, but some of the stories may be worked upon in the future.
2020 Update: During the UK lock-down, I revisited this film to tighten it up.
I only had the finished film & not the individual files, but managed to cut over 6 minutes out of it.
Watch the new version which played at The Horror On Sea Film Festival in 2022.
The plan was to shoot 13 episodes in an original web-series in the vein of The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Tales of the Unexpected, etc. They were meant to be simple plots which could be shot in 1 or 2 days with minimum editing required. We would then release these fortnightly whilst we finished off filming our more ambitious fan series Hitman: Vengeance
I honestly thought at the time we could get them all done in 3 months!!
The series title, Fatal Fables, was decided by a popular vote from a list of 12 possibilities. The fact that the word 'Fables' was chosen meant that we now had to apply some sort of moral lesson in each one; something I hadn't planned on, I just wanted dark tales with a twist.
There are a couple of minor sound issues we couldn't overcome at the time or in the edit, but 99% of it is fine.
There are some nice effects used in the final scenes, some great acting for the most part, & it was shot with NO Budget.
At this point in time, only 7 of the 13 were actually written & only 3 were ever filmed before M.D.P. began to dissolve. I doubt the series will ever get finished, but some of the stories may be worked upon in the future.
2020 Update: During the UK lock-down, I revisited this film to tighten it up.
I only had the finished film & not the individual files, but managed to cut over 6 minutes out of it.
Watch the new version which played at The Horror On Sea Film Festival in 2022.