Block 3 Shot

 

Block 3 was shot on the 24th and 25th of April 2015. It featured Penrott (Simon Gregor) and Rupa (Shanaya Rafaat). The set was Rupa's little Bedsit.  Thank you to Nat and Krina for sorting out the props and Simon for building another stunning set.

Paige Boston Joins

We welcome Amy Downham to play Paige Boston. Amy is known for Hollyoaks (1995), Doctors (2000) and Pen Talar (2010).

We Welcome our Narrator - Judi Dench

We are pleased to announce the acceptance of Judi dench for the role of The Mystery Voice.

More Amazing Food

Nick has again amazed us with his gourmet food.  This time he had a decent cooker, although to be fair his food was amazing during the first block.  He was asked on numerous times if he was a professional chef to which he replied "no, I just love cooking"

Moya described it as the best food she had ever had
and that is one major compliment

Block 2 Shot

Block Two in the media van has been shot during early December.  With Moya Brady and Simon Gregor playing Marge and Penrott.

A pleasure to watch and a pleasure to film..... only 6 blocks to go! Congratulations to Simon, as a Director as he completed the block under considerable pressure and challenges :)

Setting Up The Set for Block 2

A deserved glass of wine for Mr Devine.  You did brilliant Dom, with all the practical production genius and then to deal with setting up the Schadenfreude company too. Thank you.

Edel becomes an Executive Producer

Thank you to Edel for helping us with the film and welcome onboard as an Executive Producer

Welcome Onboard Zoe & Josie

Zoe joins us from block two as the production manager
and the editor of our behind the sceenes video.

Josie brings her art direction. 

We found Penrott!!!

We are delighted to announce Simon Gregor as Penrott.

Simon Gregor is an actor, known for Escape from Sobibor (1987), The Island on Bird Street (1997) and Welcome to the Punch (2013). He has also worked on numerous stage plays during his illustrious career.

Nick & The Green Room

A big thank you to Nick for cooking us great food on block one. He did it under difficult conditions and did so very graciously.  The food was wonderful too.

Also a big thank you to Black Door, who let us use their space. Much appreciated X

First Block Shot!

The first block was shot on 12th, 13th and 14th of September. Actors included Ronald Pickup, Virginia Denham, Bec Boy and Crispin Manson.

We Got The Look :)

We are very privileged to have Abbie & Dot working on the look of our actors.  Dot brings her imagination to the wardrobe and Abbie does a great job transforming actors into characters!!

By the way, they dont usually look this stressed, but I just love this photo!!!!

Home Sweet Home.... The Green Room

Thanks to Sam and his boyfriend for lending us their flat for our Green Room. We appreciate it enormously.

Youre space is great and it adds heart to the film!

Crew Announcement

We have been fortunte to have some of the best crew in the industry joining us for the production of the film. Welcome onboard and thank you for everything

Gaffer: Simon Battensby
Focus Pullers: Marek Polaszewski, Scott Norris

Sound Recordist, Lorenzo Grippo

Grip: Riccardo Cellotini

Crispin Manson Joins

We are delighted to welcome Crispin Manson to the acting cast.  He plays Tom Barleybone.

Director of Photography - John Hoare

We are very lucky that Mr John Hoare was agreed to be our DOP.

Fantastic :)

 John Hoare, Director of Photography

John has been a DoP for 20 years, shooting drama, commercials and branding films on celluloid and digital. Recent projects include the short film Disintegration starring Miranda Nolan and Nicola Stuart-Hill. He shot The Other Man for director D.R. Hood, winner of Best British Short Film Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival.

Gemma Vine Rolls in...

Welcome to Bec Boey who plays Gemma Vine.

You are made for this part.

Cast Announcement

An initial cast list has has been announced on The Schadenfreude website (www.schadenfreudethemovie.com). Below is a summary of who we have:

Steve Sweeney Steve Sweeney is an actor, best known for "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" (1998), "Slullduggery"" (1989), and "Nil by Mouth"

Ronald Pickup Ronald Pickup is an actor, known for "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" (2010), "The Mission" (1986) and "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2011). He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 1997 for his performance in "Amy's View".

Virginia Denham Virginia's acting career covers nearly twenty years. During that time she has appeared on almost every major TV series on UK television. Just some of them include "Agatha Christie's Poirot", "Casualty", "The Bill", "Bugs", "London's Burning" and "Eastenders".

Rachael Pickup Rachel is an actress known for her work in theatre in both London and New York. She has just finished shooting the feature film Chronic in LA with Tim Roth.

Moya Brady Moya has a tremendous body of work. Her credits include working for Mike Leigh, Terry Gilliam and Woody Allen. After that, what else is there to say?.

Rupert Holiday Evans Rupert Holliday-Evans is an actor, known for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988), "From Hell" (2001) and "Driving Lessons" (2006)..

Cream Cream (Kai Taylor) is an actor and Multi-Award Winning Rap Artist, Famous for his Hit Single "Daddy Kool", and for his role as The Rapper in the Hit BBC3 reality show/comedy series, Boom Town (2013)..

Howard Marks Howard Marks is a Welsh author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler. At his peak he was supposedly smuggling consignments as large as 30 tons. He was convicted but released in April 1995 after serving seven years. Though he had up to 43 different aliases, he became known as Mr Nice, and a film was made about him starring Rhys Ifans.

Set Building For The First Block

Simon and Steve at Work

Natalie Ashby becomes our 1st AD

Welcome Nat.  Great to have you as part of the team, although in all honesty you have been for ages!!

Schadenfreude Welcomes Mutant Robot

Schadenfreude has invited Mutant Robot, headed by Dominic Devine to join the team as a Producer.Dominic's skills and experience add a dimension to the film, which cannot be underestimated.

http://www.mutant-robot.com

More Artwork in Detail

Simon brings his vision alive with some more beautiful artwork