Freekstorm VFX Blog

Name: Rich (as “Dick” or “The Boss”)


Occupation: Act-or, Director, CGI-Artist, Sound technician, Photographer (no he is not responsible for these photos – that highly dubious honour goes to moi, I'm afraid.) Dick is a (bull) whip-cracking, smoooooooth dude with a fetish for fedoras and a fancy for a second (or is it third?) career as an indie film-director…or maybe just as “Indy” (as in Jones.) Oh and he has a degree in physics too, which certainly comes in handy in the movie world: “Nothing shocks me. I’m a scientist.”

Name: Michael (as “Coppertop”)


Occupation: Actor, Michelin Star Chef (one day) who thinks nothing of whizzing up a mega-tub of melt-in-the-mouth vanilla ice-cream for the cast, thus cunningly sabotaging Director Dick’s diet. Attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in year 6 where he diligently studies his spell (ing) book and spends too much time devising dangerous new potions and plotting the dastardly demise of the monstrous Madame Maxime.

Name: Maria (as “The Petulant Princess”)


Occupation: Actress, diva, fashionista, beautiful young starlet. Obsessed with kittens, kitten stories and anything pink. Our young prima donna has the world at her feet and quite rightly expects everyone to worship their pink-slippered loveliness. An enchanting young lady with a natural flair for high drama, this perfectly precious princess is surely destined for fortune and glory in Hollywood.

Name: Trevor (plays himself)


Occupation: Devilishly handsome troll. Despite enduring Extreme Troll Torture where he is pushed, pulled, bent and rendered into all sorts of painful positions, our Trev never once complains (largely because he has no audio yet.) His first break was playing a “scary bloggie troll” designed to repel other evil trolls from harassing the good people of the blogosphere, a role which he fulfilled admirably due to raw acting talent, not to mention devilishly good looks, bulging muscles, a winning smile and a singular wit. Following this dazzling debut, Trevor’s career has since lumbered from strength to strength and he is surely destined for movie stardom. Go Trev!

Name: Sam (crew)


Occupation: Assistant director, cameraman, hero extraordinaire. Wants to be the next Spielberg, but taller and infinitely cooler. Shortly to be cast as hunky vampire thespian in our next exciting epic highbrow horror movie (hits your screens later this year!) Our resident idol attends Hogwarts in year 9 where he shows talent for sarcasm and advanced spell techniques with a particular aptitude for the Imperius Curse. Addicted to computer games, Lolcats and Garry's Mod. Girls aren’t too bad either (although Belgian buns are better!)

Name: Lin (crew - no photo - sorry)

Occupation: No fixed designation, but closest job description would be “minion.” Last week I was in charge of the movie budget (but blew it – I blame the Director.) Yesterday apparently I was “producer” (I’m not sure what a “producer” really does, but it sure sounds cool. ) However I am in the dog-house today because I have been demoted to teasmaid, cleaner and general servant. Next week I am due to prance around in a big green Teletubby suit, oozing blubber and pretending to be Trevor. Yes indeed, I am relegated to a stand-in for a cyber-troll. Well, that’s just great (actually it’s not too bad because I get to spend the entire day beating the Director with a big green stick. Hurrah! Payback for 21 years of suppressed marital frustration! Bring it on, Dick!) Ambition for the future: Writing a decent script would be nice. One day, maybe…

Labels: cast, DIAPP