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Neiloseman.com has barely been updated for three-and-a-half years because I ve been busy showrunning Ren: The Girl with the Mark, a fantasy web series. My involvement with that series has now come to an end, sadly. At least that has given me the chance to update a few things around here. While making Ren I was blogging [ ]
In late 2019 and early 2020 I shot a contemporary adaptation of H. G. Wells seminal sci-fi novel, The War of the Worlds. Despite the usual chaos of an under-budgeted production, as a fan of both the book and the Jeff Wayne concept album, I had fun putting a version of this story onto the screen. [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. Dear Marked Ones, As you know, Kate Madison and Christopher Dane created Ren and made the first season. In 2022 they gave me permission to carry on the series as showrunner, and for the last couple of years their involvement in the series has been minimal. Last [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. All five episodes of Ren Season Three will be released here on Patreon, for everyone on the Villager level and above, on Monday 9th March. You can find the official synopses below to whet your appetite. There is, of course, a chance to see it a day [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. Something you’ll never unhear: the spellbook in episode 301 is actually an instruction manual for a mitre saw. Sonically speaking, that is. The colour grading and VFX for Season Three were completed a few weeks ago. Rob Westwood delivered the last tweak to the music this morning. [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. I m delighted to report that Season Two won two awards at last night s Rio Webfest ceremony in Brazil! Wow! Although we couldn t attend, the ceremony was livestreamed on YouTube and you can watch the moments we scooped Best Series (Action/Horror/Sci-fi) https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxPYgkV915TaTm6t8e8s5gHYtAvZLh8JO8?si=FVr1ew5FZgErSRJZ Best Costume…
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. Actively Dubbing Ren is not what ADR stands for. It stands for Additional Dialogue Recording or Automated Dialogue Replacement, depending on who you ask. This is one of the main tasks we ve been accomplishing since my last update. Essentially the cast come into Dale s studio and record [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. When last I wrote, we had just test-screened Season Three. The next step was to work out whether any extra shots (“pick-ups”) were needed to make clearer the bits which had confused the test audience, and to organise filming those. Understandably it was the later episodes in [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. Fun fact: I spent yesterday evening adding a CG dagger into a character s hand. Follow-up fun fact: it s the same dagger model used in the opening titles. Frustrating fact: I m not going to tell you where it is. Goodie bag for anyone who spots it in the [ ]
This post first appeared on Ren s Patreon page. I’m delighted to report that Ren Season Two was awarded Best Costume Design at Die Seriale yesterday. I’ve been attending the festival in Giessen, Germany for the past few days, and the love the series has received from the people I’ve met is really something special. Ren [ ]