The War: Documentry for History channel

[Ashe Raven]

I'm currently at work on a script for a History Chennel type documentry on the War. I'd love to get some voice overs for the footage as well as mat painters and cG for the work. Most of the images will be of digitally enhanced photo's, paintings, recreated old film (few to add to realism) and some re-enactments.

It's gonna be a challenge, but a fun one. Remember this is not a movie, but a documantry based on the war as if it happened.

I'd like some input into how you'd like this achived.

Ashe

[Ashe Raven]

I am currently getting permission to film the inside of the British Natural History Musuem in london so I can can set up the scene to recreate the classic Martian in Spirits display.

Anyone in london wanting to take a part in this are more than welcome if they don't mind pretending to stare at a martian in spirts

I don't think I'll be perfomrong a Martian autospy though

[Gnorn]

You pay my airfare to London, I talk all you want! ;-)

I've been thinking of such a documentary from time to time. I thought it would be cool to visit the places where the big battles took place (Horsell Common, Shepperton and Weybridge, London, Tillingham etc.) and show the spots. Maybe show - or read out - newspaper clippings and letters, diaries etc. Personal acounts of the war.

Have you seen the fake-documentary 'the day Britain stood still' (or a something simulair title) on BBC? It was about a big airdisaster over London due to the overstressing of airtraffic-controllers. Also, a couple of years ago, the BBC had a series about ongoing disasters and how desision-makers would go about it. All this looked very realistic, as if it really happened.

-Gnorn

[Ashe Raven]

I was a big fan of the BBC "what if...?" series

my favourite being whatif Martin Luthur King became president?

[McTodd]

AsheRaven said:

I am currently getting permission to film the inside of the British Natural History Musuem in london so I can can set up the scene to recreate the classic Martian in Spirits display.

Anyone in london wanting to take a part in this are more than welcome if they don't mind pretending to stare at a martian in spirts

I don't think I'll be perfomrong a Martian autospy though

Ooh, when? I live in London so it wouldn't be a problem for me to potter over. I also have a three-piece suit that someone once told me made me look like an Edwardian chauffeur (cheeky $£%er)! ;D

[McTodd]

AsheRaven said:

I was a big fan of the BBC "what if...?" series

my favourite being whatif Martin Luthur King became president?

Ah yes, I like all that sort of stuff.

There was another barmy BBC series looking at the near future, certain trends were extrapolated. Stuff like 'What If Fat People Ruled The World?' or 'What If Dogs Had Two Bottoms?'

I may be wrong, though.

[Ashe Raven]

McTodd said:

Ooh, when? I live in London so it wouldn't be a problem for me to potter over. I also have a three-piece suit that someone once told me made me look like an Edwardian chauffeur (cheeky $£%er)! ;D

The scene itself is to be modern day. Hopefully with a curator and a modern day family looking at the martian remains.

Certainly one twist will be at the third chapter of documentry when we look into the world since the inavasion. Tripod figures walking in the modern london streets, in a draconian but otherwise seemngly normal, with modern day cars, people going to and from work society and a London sky line hauting smiliar but different as well. A result of the martian technolgy left behind.

[McTodd]

Ah, intriguing...

I have modern clothes too...

[Bayne]

[glow=red,2,300]Well, there would need to be some over-dramatised reenactments
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[Ashe Raven]

I have a plan for that

And I'm writing some Diaries from the time to add to effect.

plus on einteresting quote from my script

"...perhaps one of the greatest ironies of the Martian invasion came from it's timing. In a time when the future of the British Empire was in increasing question, the tragedy of the Martian invasion would become the Empire's saving grace..."

Read from that whatever you will

[CPP]

Hi, new poster here.

Done lots for The History Channel over the years. I would say that you should probably send over to Sci-Fi at USA TV first- much better chance of something happening. THC has a problem with fictionalizations, and you'd best have some kind of tie-in with Paramount.

Just my .02 cents worth, mind you. One should always try. A ruel in the non-fiction world: yesterday's trash is today's treasure; it all depends on the mood in the exec suite.

[Ashe Raven]

THis si more civilasation channel than history

But I love the History Channel format so much Iwanted to emulate it. I'm well aware that History wont take it, but SC-Fi more than likely would ^-^