About me: This is the official myspace page for the short film THE RAGE which shot in Glasgow for 4 days in late October 2007, and ran some additional pick ups in February 2008.
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THE RAGE is the second collaboration between Scotland based film makers Colin Ross Smith of FOGHORN FILMS and Carter Ferguson of ICKLEPIX. Their previous collaboration, the short film BY YOUR COMMAND was created for the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 4 minute film competition and was promoted by scifi.com on their official newsletter and on the front page of that site.
Whats it all about? The Rage uses the blueprint established on By Your Command, this time taking the world created for Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later films and a story which involves the military and scientific communities collaborating on a mission which could help derive a cure for the virus which has destroyed a country. The RAGE virus. If you want to know more, watch the trailer... but please have patience, all will be revealed in time...
UPDATE 29TH MAY 2008
THE RAGE WILL NOW BE RELEASED AS THREE "WEB"ISODES AS SOON AS POST PRODUCTION CGI AND SOUND WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED. CARTER HAS TAKEN OVER AS OVERALL EDITOR (NOT A JOB HE HAD PLANNED TO DO, BUT THIS IS TO INSURE THE FILMS RELEASE IS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.)
RELEASING THE FILM IN THREE EPISODES IS FOR SEVERAL REASONS. FREE WEB HOSTING SITES HAVE A TEN MINUTE LIMIT ON FOOTAGE SO THE RAGE WILL BE RELEASED IN 3 APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTE PARTS. RELEASING IT IN SECTIONS ALSO INSURES A QUICKER RELEASE, AS POST PRODUCTION DEPARTMENTS CAN PRIORITISE THEIR WORK. ALSO THE CLIFFHANGER ELEMENT IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC TO ADD TO THE PIECE. WE HAVE CRAMMED SO MUCH INTO THIS SHORT FILM THAT THE ADDITIONAL BREATHING ROOM CAN DO NO REAL HARM TO THE STORY.
WATCH THIS SPACE. EPISODE ONE COMING SOON...
UPDATE 31ST MAY 08
Carter has completed the edit on The Rage. Post production grading, CGI and Sound work will begin in earnest this week.
The Rage full cast and crew details will follow. The actual film credits will be previewed here prior to the films release.
UPDATE 15TH JULY - LATEST TRAILER BELOW
PLEASE NOTE --- Costumes, equipment and props from THE RAGE and from Battlestar Galactica BY YOUR COMMAND will shortly be sold off to help pay for distribution. I will make sure that everyone who gave up their time to work on this project receives a pack including stills and a quality copy of the finished film on DVD. I will re-invest all additional capital in the next film. If you would be interested in buying anything please get in touch.--- I am currently seeking sponsors for future film projects. If you would like to know more please ask for details.
Your welcome. I'm glad I could help. It was lovely to meet new people and I love doing what I do so I hope I managed to do everything you needed and you were happy with it. Hopefully get to work together again sometime.
