As you may or may not know the humble multiplex is on a crash course with terminal amount of cinematic franchises, sequels, reboots and so on, and it’s due to hit in 2015. Only 2 men can prepare you for the fall out of such a catastrophic event. The preparation needs to start now, and those 2 men are the FILM CORPS.
Deadly Ground* is a short film noir thriller, set in modern day Scotland.
Rick (Jamie Forrest) and Eve (Jamie Melrose) are a young couple of thieves, skilled at stealing money from white collar criminals and living on the run. They’re hired by Mack (David West); an underground journalist to steal incriminating documents from a slimy businessman; Sinclair (Mark Wood). In doing so, they attract the attention of the mysterious Murnau (Nick Cheales).
Roger Moore brought the series back to its gritty, realistic roots.
Its an all too familiar scenario: you agree to go for just a quick one at the pub. You’ve got lots to do today, so you’ll just have one, maybe two and and then perhaps one more and then maybe another and then oh no look at that you’re completely wasted and its tomorrow. This is essentially what happened when Scott Forrest and I went for our brief sojourn in the James Bond franchise. The first installment was Scott and I going for that quick pint and staying for just one more.
In this episode Scott get a bit carried away on a full Bond bender.
Clearly hammered
In the words of AC/DC, “if you want FILM CORPS, you got it”. Back by popular demand, and frankly I’m surprised there’s been any demand for more of me bellowing nonsense into a microphone about movies, FILM CORPS is back. For the aforementioned reason I can therefore only assume that Scott Forrest’s frankly overpowering charisma has worked it magic and people are baying for more of his cinematic knowledge like the sick greedy pigs I know you all to be.
Such a sudden increase in quality from Superman IV: The Quest for Piss has literally given regular hosts Niall and I whiplash. To help us deal with this debilitating injury we’ve drafted in the Film Corps’ Scott Forrest to take up our slack.
(more…)
You wanted it, and luckily by coincidence its necessary as the previous episode was part one of this episode, so here it is, the frankly much-longer-than-anticipated and mammoth second and concluding part of The Golden Age of Television.
The Film Corps, RJ Bayley and Scott Forrest take you onto the shooting range of media mentorship, picking up where we left off with the Green Arrow show Arrow and look at
And with that menu, what do you have to resist? Tune into the concluding episode of The Golden Age of Television.
Spoilers Ahoy
Scott “R’s Akimbo” Forrest and myself AKA the Film Corps return, albeit this time looking at the phenomena of small-screen blockbusters.
We look back the constant state of ‘event’ television from the US, charting its course from 24, via Lost, The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Boardwalk Empire and others up until the present day.
In this episode I, having watched very little event television, take the role of someone who has watched very little event television. Scott meanwhile, as someone who has seen rather a lot of event television, takes on the role of someone who has seen rather a lot of event television. It was frankly a nightmare working out who was going to be in which role.
So, with the dynamic established, we debate what makes Event Television, and what identifiers we can see from it, through our respective scopes of film director and film writer. Scott takes me through why I should dedicate a little more time to it, and I get angry that he doesn’t like season 2 of The Walking Dead.
Goats In The Machine and Forrestfire Productions are proud to involuntarily enlist you in a brand new web-casting show from the makers of Twelve Months Of Terror.
Film writer and critic RJ Bayley is joined by director, writer and photographer Scott Forrest, who together lead the Film Corps. This unique and never before attempted combination of both film maker and critic (as far as they are aware) means all your bases are covered when it comes to your training in the dangerous world of film.
They even have the greatest theme tune ever recorded.
In this first episode they give a bracing overview of a subgenre very close to their hearts, the superhero movie. Suit up and prepare to receive top notch intel on the history of the genre, landmark films in it, innovations its brought about, and just where we think its headed.
Prepare to enroll in the Film Corps.
Goats in the Machine 