And so, we begin...

This week is the start of principle photography for Shields Of Justice, we have already started by doing a few test shoots on location and all looks set to begin.

The PCPD is starting take shape and the lobby is slowly begining to look and feel like the heart of patriot city's police department.

We have been doing some tests for The Chief's office and are glad to be working with Duke Palmer, who will be portraying the anxious Chief Rappappaport.



All is going swimmingly...

Test Shoot and set dressing

We have finally started to put together the sets for shields of justice and have done a small test shoot to start blocking scenes.

All is well.

Bang Bang...

The fabulous Mr Jonts has bored out the prop revolvers to take some old shells.

Lovely job sir!

As the shoot looms...

7 days from principle photography...

Our initial Kay house shooting schedule has been drawn forward in line with getting the location, this has cause a few problems as we were still in pre-production. Nevertheless, we are excited as the location is absolutely perfect.

Filming during the easter holidays means a lot of our extras and crew have disappeared for the holidays (including most of our make up team)

Detetrmined not to let this slow us down we have been intensively working on the set dressing and wardrobe for the major characters.

The feature is fully cast now and we are battoning down the hatches on various production teams. However this is Guerilla filmaking so we are saving a lot of the crew for the bigger, more difficult shoots.

Our last minute decision to abandon the prop police badges we had and resin cast official PCPD ones, is tricky due to sourcing of mouldmaking silicon in the UK. It only seems right though, as the quality of props and wardrobe improves that the PCPD officers are rewarded with a proper shield for their uniforms.

We have also developed much more material to flesh out the world of shields of justice and for use as promos. This includes two 15-20 minute 'damaged' episodes and two short trailers.

This means we have even more stuff to shoot on the locations before Kay house yields unwillingly to the wrecking ball in future months.

All is still going surprisingly well....

What Has Gone Before...

After months of pre-production and scripting, Shileds Of Justice is finally coming together...

What initially started as a dream-inspired sketch has now become a full length feature with all the trimmings.

In recent weeks we've done numerous screentests with some fablulous actors, had a look at some fantastic locations and had many headaches over insurance and sound recording.

One of the biggest builds has been cop killas four-foot, tri-barrelled, pump-action, drum-fed machine gun.

in future blogs we'll try and give more details as to the behind the scenes work that's gone on.

The Blog Of Justice

In an attempt to clarify the progress of the Shields Of Justice Production, an online blog seemed to be the most logical and self-absorbed method of communication between the core team.

Though we are already in the late stages of pre-production, we shall attempt to catch up somehow, and hopefully this blog will give some insight into the inner workings of the project.



"In these gruelling hours, where the grace of God has all but left us. It is difficult to understand words such as freedom and honour. But once, not so long ago, things were different.

Two men, tall as spires and proud as lions, once strode where no others dared.

Their bravery was a blade in the darkness, their valour - an armour against evil.

In bitter times their hearts were pure and untainted, their strength unwavering. In the coldest of nights they were two shields.

Shields of righteousness...

Shields of peace...

Shields of justice."

- Season 7, Episode 1: Opening narration.