"Home", the first in a series of viral adverts to be shot for the series, was completed over the weekend awaiting some eventual tweaks. The image is a teaser for the eventual published release of the trailer, hopefully come start-December. By this point, we are hoping to move onto one other viral entitled "Club", stylisitcally similar (dark visuals, dynamic flowing camera-work) but importantly, including what we would refer to as our 'considered' final cast.
The whole series, our tag as it were refers to "Think You Know The Police?". With cop drama in general, the focus within the genre has been to concentrate on the job; what it's like to be a cop. Our focus subverst that common conception by looking at 'real' people who are cops. I think as a tag, it's a big slap in the face; like what you know thus far does not tell the whole picture.What we want, is to invite you to see more of the picture, whilst maintaining a profound sense of realism matched with a dramatic sense generated from the realism.
The Job: 'A' Shift, the initial first series, is looking at a completion within the script stage, for end of the year; to follow a series of workshops with the principal writing team, and our producer and myself as director going through each of the episodes to get the best possible drafts we can muster. I reckon this is a process, very much like our initial read-through from the feature draft of the script, that will highly enjoyable.
Now that time remains short and the end of the year approaches, we've decided to bat out as much footage for The Job as physically and as mentally possible for us.
The time for us to do this now and with as much attention as we've had since we started this project 18 months ago, this could slowly be the time, with every single one of us involved, to make some daring and important decisions.
Certainly, from my own point of view, the time is now to prove what we all have to offer and thus far, it's looking pretty tremendous.
Thanks and keep showing your support.
Ryan Jon Amey Henderson
Co-Creator/Co-writer