A Darren Maxwell Film

Production Images (by Reg Spoon) - ungraded

Production Photos (by Rob Hamilton)
The Lumberjacks	Little Red Riding Hood	Approaching the 18th century tavern

Reg Spoon	Tamsin Scrimshaw and Tamara Donnellan	What the camera sees...	PiaGrace and Darren

Production Photos (by Chris Brennan)
Tamara Donnellan	The hub of the production, all the crew stations ... Bottom left: Makeup. Top left: costumes. Top right: Roam setup and data capture	PiaGrace Moon

Tamara Donnellan	Tamsin and PiaGrace	Zane Schultz	Dave Hankin and Iris Jackson

Emma Beddows and Jake Corcoran	Andrew Kutzer with Dave Hankin	Dave and Adam made their own crew chairs

Roam and Adam	Roam's paw, the finished item ready for filming	Rob Hamilton, who came up with the concept of Red back in 2005

Pre Production (photos by Chris Brennan and Adam Gill)
Iris Jackson (the Grandmother) undergoes the casting of her neck	Even though it is not a long nor difficult task the casting process is somewhat uncomfortable	Ta da, the final product. From here a prostectic appliance will be created that will sit on her real neck for the film

PiaGrace models for Debbie as she compares different types of fabrics and colours in preparation to make Genevieve's dress	Tamara tries on her red cloak at the first costume fitting. This is one of two cloaks that will be made for the film	Debbie and Darren review Brendan's costume. It may look contemporary now, but the shirt will have the collar, pockets, buttons and cuffs removed to eventually give it that 18th century lumberjack look
Darren adjusts Tom's sleeve so Debbie can make notes as to where it needs to be resewn	The creation of Little Red Riding Hood's outfit was subject to a lot of discussion as there have been many incarnations of the character in films and publications that we did not want to copy. Here Debbie, Peter Sims and Darren review Tamara's corset to determine the overall style, design and colour	Even little things like the style and colour of the piping used on Tamara's corset was discussed in detail

This photo is to prove that the Director of the film does do something from time to time. The picture suggests that Darren has created Roam's claw but in fact he was given permission from Dave to modify and change the design (and have a bit of fun with clay)	With Roam's head built, Dave works out where the wiring will be located so Adam Gill can begin to install the electronics. Next to Roam is a cast from a real wolf's head including various measurements	Working with fibreglass and plaster can be a really messy business. Fortunately someone invented a car wash with a hi pressure hose to help make live easier for Dave and his team	He's coming to life now. The guys put Roam together as a mockup to see how he will look. It's worth noting the gap left between the forearm and claw as Dave's actual arms will be held straight when wearing the wolf suit

It might look like some type of dinosaur, but this is actually Roam sans ears and fur. Looking at him like this certainly gives the classic Red Riding Hood phrase "my what big teeth you have!" a whole new meaning	Behind every good looking puppet are some equally impressive electronic gizmos to make it all move. Here you see some of Adam Gill's great handiwork in action

Paul Potiki creates paper templates for each "finger" of the paws then uses those templates to cut out the fur which will be attached with glue	Michael Laizans cuts out the fur for Roam's head after having created a template using calico. Unfortunately it was discovered that when the fur was attached, Roam's menacing design suddenly vanished as all the sculptured detail was missing	The boys at work. Adam Gill focuses on the electronics for Roam's head while Michael works with the fur. The Roam head in between them was used for practice

It might've taken nearly a year of sculpting and moulding by Dave, but the time finally arrived to attach Roam's skin to his skull. There are two heads being created for Roam, one is the full electronic version for the close ups and the other (this one) will be worn by Dave for the long distance shots	He lives! Even though this is the long distance shot version of Roam, Adam still installed some electronics so his jaw will open and close	What's a wolf without the ability to do some lickin! Shown here is the clay design for Roam's tongue which will fit nicely inside those big front teeth of his

The final stages of Roam's construction are now taking place. With the fur added and painted by Michael, Adam attaches the ears to Roam which will be able to move thanks to Adam's great electronic skills	With the home stretch in site, the three guys who have brought Roam to life focus on completing the job in time for filming. Michael on the left attaches some fur to one of the two Roam heads, Dave in the middle cuts out some foam that will be used to pad out the costume body and Adam on the right prepares the other Roam head for some extra work	It's not just the outside that needs attention, here Michael paints the inside of Roam's mouth in preparation for the tongue that will be added in later

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