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Wilma has killed Doris, what next? – Episode 42, Season 3.

Wilma has killed Doris, what next? – Episode 42, in Season 3.

It was bound to happen, not just because Doris and Wilma are literally at each others throats, but because the executive producer who funded the show is a world ranked stunt coordinator with endless serious credits and awards. However, Stuart St Paul, has little to do with the filming of the show. He invested the money and his scripts were adapted to two women in a kitchen.

Now on Season 3 there is a point where they have to fight, and he called a number of the stunt women to come in and arrange the fight but they were all too busy. Stunt women, compared to their male counterparts never stop working. One was in Hungary on the Martian, her sister was abroad, and others of Stuart's regular team were also working. There are so few stunt women compared with stunt men which is amazing when you think many women come into the industry through dance and gymnastics ... still that is another story.

In last week's episode Wilma has thrown Doris to the floor, left her for dead and plonked the chainsaw firmly on the kitchen table. She goes for Doris’s purse where Doris keeps the gun in order to finish her off, but there is no gun. Doris had been bluffing. Wilma is therefore not able to coldly put a bullet into Doris to conclude the evening. (episode 41).... but before the end of the season one of them will have to go!

Here in episode 2 of season 3, Wilma looks down and sees Doris is dead, Doris hit her head on the tiled floor as she fell.

“Sorry, Doris’. Wilma says, then changes her mind. “No", she reconsiders, "I’m not. Bitch”.

The question now; will Wilma cut Doris’s body up with the chain saw like Doris just cut up the dead body of the councillor? Maybe, but the recycling bin is already full with one body.(Episode 40)

We have to thank Breaking Bad for making that word so fashionable, ‘Bitch!’ But Wilma had just about had enough of Doris and it was coming, though unexpected. However, expect the unexpected with Shades Of Bad.

Sure, Wilma started the problem in Season 1 by sleeping with Doris’s husband, then not understanding that if she took the man she should also take the mother-in-law. How Wilma ever remained friends with Doris is played out in a twisted needy relationship over the first 40 coffee break episodes of Shades Of Bad.

Doris might just not be dead yet ..... cat fight. The younger director had ambitions of a Jean Claude Van Damme fight, for his showreel no doubt, but that would have been out of character. The cat fight is in character as should every word of the dialogue, be which is why your stunt coordinator is so so important a choice Stuart tells us. Take a look at some of his credits by clicking here.

The showcontinues to get darker and more ambitious as new stars and new locations in new countries line up for the next few episodes. Shades Of Bad is getting alittle grittier, which could be said to be more in keeping with the type of product INDYUK FILMS is known for. Stuart St Paul has just released the book of the movie FREIGHT in novel and Kindle form on Amazon. If you are in the Kindle library you can download it free. That film won awards worldwide and Stuart won Best Director in the USA. It is a hard hitting story of sex trafficking in the UK centred on a turf war in Leeds between a local heavy and an Eastern European gang. Click here for the Kindle.

If you never saw Freight, it is a movie they made for ICON Entertainment. Jean Heard who plays Doris, then played Billy Murray’s wife and their daughter played by Laura Aikman was stolen.

The film was made before 'Taken' and stayed quite a long time in post as the distributors made changes then found a slot for it, or were they waiting for Taken to be released and ride on the back of it? Either way Freight is a very gritty film, and Shades Of Bad is just about to get mucky.

Above right is Natalie Anderson who won a role in Emmerdale after the performance in Freight. Stuart worked on Emmerdale as a creative head for 26 years. To the left, Danny Midwinter won Best Actor seen here with the Berlin prize winner as rising star, Zsolt Nagy.

If you go to our channel (click here) there are playlists of some of the companies work and Freight cast interviews and clips are now there.

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Shades Of Bad has to date been a coffee break series, three minutes to watch on the go and its viewer base has got used to the short cliffhanger episodes. However, at the start of the playlist is a new beginning if you wish to start from the very beginning; 5 of the episodes are cut together to make an 11 minute episode. Click here for the playlist (or find it via the channel).

Our suggestion is go to Episode 40 and start there, that is the racier material, then 41 and this weeks 42. If you just want the cat fight episode 42, then it is below.

We would love to hear your comments about which format you prefer, either as comments on the film or via the website www.shadesofbad.com

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

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Shades Of Bad Doris Vists the Royal Yacht Britannia on the Queen's 90th birthday.

In the spin off travel show, Doris Vists the Royal Yacht Britannia on the Queen's 90th birthday.

With the episodes on scheduled release, the team start to travel again. All but a few scenes in July episodes are shot where they need an old jeweller or similar in a jewellers shop. Location is the key, the casting is easy so they will cast to location access if easier. Doris obviously kills him....

so...

The Shades Of Bad team planned a well tweeted visit to Edinburgh on the 21^st April 2016. It was to shoot a film for the spin off show Doris Visits. Here at the production company we had been contacted by two local lads, Sam and Findlay, who wanted Doris to Visit Edinburgh. They produced a list of top visitor attractions and we noted that cruise ships stopped there so it fitted our remit. We decided to drive given the kit.

What we did not put together until we were in the car travelling and listening to the radio, was the ‘two plus two equals huge prize’ scenario. It was the the 21^st April and it was Queen Elizabeth II’s 90^th birthday and her decommissioned yacht The Royal Yacht Britannia is Edinburgh’s number one attraction. We went straight there before meeting our local team and found bands playing and the whole place felt heavy in music copyright issues. Doris would not be able to commentate in her normal way. However, after the band left we found a wonderful sign that encouraged us to make a complete film on Britannia not just add it as part of a general Edinburgh film.

One of the reasons it is the number one attraction in Edinburgh might just be because it totally allows you to support it in social media. Maybe they know that only positive will come of it as they have such a great product. Whether you are a royalist or not, this is history at its best. It is fantastic. The Royal Yacht is detailed right down to the bone china, attaché case and the personal pictures. You see everything from the Queen’s bedroom to the state room, from the officer's quarters to the medical surgery and laundry. It is an incredible visit which was an effort to edit down to under ten minutes. It will take you a couple of hours as there is more to see and much to study. We learnt a lot andwere grateful of this unplanned birthday treat.

I would suggest you get there early, as soon as it opens and before it is busy, or late as we did. Then attempt the rest of Edinburgh as per our other films. Another tip is to take earphones or headphones and ask for an audio guide with a neck strap.

You might just want to use your camera a few times.

Our second prize was finding that Edinburgh was the origin of Harry Potter. None of us were fans of the books or films, so the Potter era had escaped us all, apart from my visit to have lunch with a colleague at Leavesden when he was on themovie. And it was just another film set and I have grown up on film sets.

But then,when you think and remember, yes, Edinburgh was where it started. Then, walking the streets it all makes sense. Every building inspires such wizardry. We had even seen close friend’s production of Potted Potter at the festival more than once and never focussed on it coming from there. We have a separate ‘HarryPotter’s origins film’, which you can get to by clicking here.

The main Edinburgh film covers a good few of the other attractions, Arthurs Seat to the Castle, the Royal Mile to Restaurants and buildings. You need more than a day and good walking shoes.

The £4 all day bus pass is worth considering too if you wish to get to places in and out of town.

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