Rats, Maggots and Coffins!

Back again!
Well in the last few weeks weve had some pretty interesting shoots at Kingswood in Overtsrand and at 'Take 5' in Norwich!
Our first shoot was in a longish hall in Kingswood where we were filming the banquet scene and so had to lay out a heap of food including jelly, apples, melon and a pig's head!
We brought along with us the two rats Jodie and Josie who were incredible actresses and did it in one take! We also had the pleasure of having the infamous Alex May with us playing Dracula once more. Nice one Alex! Then we got the maggots out..............

Firstly they absolutely stink!!!!
And after we filmed them squerming about all over our lovely feast we had to clear them up which i have to admit was the worst job i have EVER had to do.
And we did all this without the Kingswood crew noticing. Hehehehe!


The next shoot was in a cellar in 'Take 5' where we had to transport 4 coffins.....
3 came in the minibus along with about half a dozen slightly cramped pupils.
When we got there everyone had to be made up into VAMPIRES (except Alex Tebble a.k.a Guy). Jack C and me got some leafage from the middle of the roundabout outside.

Getting in the coffins was the easy bit, getting out was slightly harder...
Though we pulled it off while looking rather creepy!
Well done to everyone who filmed it! We're nearly there so keep up the good work!

Zoe x

Alby Barn Shoot

Ello all V+ fans!
In the last 2 days we have been filming at a secret location some where in the Norfolk countryside (Alby) and have been hard at work trying to get things done!
The first day we spent there the 5 main actors had to act slighty drunk (apart from Becky, who's a natural :) ).
The sets were fab! The crew were paitent! No chickens or lambs ran onto the shot (an added bonus).
The next day things became sligthy abnormal (for filming a vampire film anyway), where Becky AND Lisa tragically died in a sticky golden-syrup-and-food-colouring mess. Lisa was killed by Molly (no suprises there), and Becky was supposedly killed by a group of Vampire children. However as most of them were either at school or in another country we had to make do with what we had there (1 camera man, 1 sound man, 1 lighting man and 2 of the main characters)---so Fleur was killed by her collegues??? Haha only joking!
So lots of fake blood was used (made by me) and so as i made the mess i decided it was only right to clean it up so i spent 20 minutes scrubbing the shower to get scarlet golden syrup off (Kim and Aggie HELP ME!!)
Thanks to everyone for putting up with George :) (nah we love ya really) and thank the heavens for the weather!
Until next time......
Zoe (Suzanne) x

We are planning to put on a presentation evening to the parents and friends of the people who went to Romania. The idea of this is that the parents and friends of the people who went can find out what we did while we were over there. Should be good! I will try to get some of the team to put up some new posts soon.

That's all for now, keep looking here for more updates. Ash.

Pictures (supplied by Camelia)

Hannah & Zoe :)

Ello all!
Hannah:We haven't spoken in ages! Um, (laugh) (louder laugh), no don't keep doing that! (Silence from Hannah), ur turn!

Zoe:Ok, so its been (how long?) 2 weeks? maybe less since we came back from ROMANIA!!
wahhhhayyyyy!

Hannah; We miss it and everyone sooooo much! It was a truly amazing experience!
YAYAYAY

Zoe: We are still in contact with all the funky Romanian and German people. Hopefully we will see them soon! But its weird being back in England cause theres no snow! Its actually beginning to look like Spring :)

Hannah: I miss the sandwiches!

Zoe: fair dos......i miss the yummy soups at the hostel ---narock to all the funky romanian people at the hostel!

Hannah: We are really glad we have stayed in contact with all the Romanians(Love you all!) And the Germans!(Love you all too) We are hoping to see you all soon.

Zoe: Indeedy Hannah! We just wana say a HUGE thanks to James, Dom, Emma, Susanne, Monika, Camelia, G.G, Micheal and ALLLLLLLLLL the students for all the hard work they put into the trip. Seriously, it is really appreciated!! XXXXX

Hannah: I would also like to say thank you to all the staff in the hostel for their hard work, and patience. Seriously the food and hospitality was incredible. Thank you!

Zoe: Well that's all iv got to say...............(over to hannah)

Hannah: All I have to say is we miss you all and we'll see you soon. Bye Bye.

Zoe: Thats all folks!

We are back from Romania.

The V+ team have arrived safely back home. The party on Wednesday was great, and we were partying till about half eleven, when the last songs ended and we were told the bad news...We had to be at breakfast by 6:30 to say goodbye to the Germans and to get ready for the very big day ahead! We filmed some major scenes that day, including the arrival scene at the train station. We also did a shot with the camera up the top of the bell tower, but very few got to go up. In fact, the only people that went up were one of the romanian's and five of us(Suzanne, Matt, Me[Ash], Georgina and George). The view was amazing, and photo's should follow soon.

Back Home

Hey everyone!

Well we are back home now after such an amazing trip with so many memories from Suzanne and Dom raving it up to the stress and excitement of being on set.

Wednesady night was big party night which I will never forget. Many awards were given out and Molly and Harry's speech was a classic moment! After every award was given out it was party time with lots of dancing especially from Suzanne and Dom!! As the party came to an end our last song was 'Hallelujah' and after that song there was not one dry eye left in the house and after lots of hugs and tears it was time for bed.

Thursday morning was a difficult one as we said goodbye to our German friends and once again LOTS more crying!!!!
Thursday night was when we left and again more crying as the trip was over but it was a trip I will never forget as I have made sooo many friends who I will NEVER forget and I will always keep in touch with and will definately see again!! XX

Love you all!!!!
Lisa
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