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Warrior Elf: Elvar Zar
Believe it or not, casting someone to play an elf is no easy enterprise. They have to look like they are made of fine bone china and...

Simon Roptell
Sep 16, 20191 min read


My First Cat Video
King Mhett the 3rd's Cat army in Quest for Steel Can you imagine the Egyptian Bronze age and its submission to the golden hue and what it...

Simon Roptell
Aug 29, 20191 min read


Age will not weary him.
One thing that makes Martin Scorsese’s 1995 Casino work is his mainly elderly cast. There is a montage at the end, done in time with the...

Simon Roptell
Aug 26, 20192 min read


New "Order of the Bo" comic art
Our first look at the legendary Order of the Bo and the combatants who trained there. Both a temple and school built on the edge of a...

Simon Roptell
Aug 19, 20191 min read


ACTOR SPOTLIGHT: Gary Boulter
I believe there is a magic in art and in film making it comes when a character you penned, comes to life and roars, really roars right at...

Simon Roptell
Aug 12, 20192 min read


The Dragon Vishkotury
Animated talking dragons and other musings. Well they say never work with children and animals or animate a talking dragon. I wrote all...

Simon Roptell
Aug 9, 20192 min read


Raber Croven
The Overseer of the Eternal Fort. No soul is taught What rules the court Of the lands and port Of the Eternal Fort. - Anon - If you were...

Simon Roptell
Aug 5, 20192 min read


Quest for Steel: The Map
Know your Amazora Major from your Amazora Minor. Every epic needs a map and this one was developed on bits of paper throughout the course...

Simon Roptell
Jul 31, 20192 min read


SAHINA: Egypt's Warrior Queen.
All hail Sahina! Dweller east of the river. Killer of Kings. Whilst Quest for Steel is set in the mainly mythological region of Amazora...

Simon Roptell
Jul 22, 20192 min read


ACTOR SPOTLIGHT
THE WONDERFUL JAMES CHARLES I met James Charles almost seven years ago when I made my first 30 minute drama the 4th wall. It was also my...

Simon Roptell
Jul 3, 20192 min read


Casting Complete! Actress for Elvar Zar selected.
Elva Zar is a beautiful elf from the east. Sister of Bouda Zar. She lives in Zova, the capital of Amazora Minor. She is one of the Order...

Simon Roptell
Jun 24, 20191 min read


The Sea Horse banner and the White hand of mutiny...
Oh, and my appearance in this film. Had a lot of fun shooting this scene, because I am the Sergeant (or what the Ancient Greeks would...

Simon Roptell
Jun 11, 20192 min read


Oh Captain! my Captain!
Very grateful to work with somebody I have collaborated with in more than a few dramas. My good friend and mighty fine actor, Stuart...

Simon Roptell
May 30, 20191 min read


The man beneath the mountain...
It is said that a man who is beneath a mountain either fell from it or is attempting to scale it. The Back Horde, the most feared...

Simon Roptell
May 28, 20191 min read


Make a Siren fly
It is written in my script.... The siren launches herself from the deck and slowly hovers with flapping wings, towards her prey, and...

Simon Roptell
May 23, 20192 min read


The Sword of all Swords
Sourcing the sword of all swords...quite a quest. Nobody knows what the first steel sword looked like so there was nothing to really go...

Simon Roptell
Apr 30, 20191 min read


The Sea of Fates
Tegra Fez boards a ship for her quest with a motley crew of unsavoury characters. What is strange about this vessel is that none of the...

Simon Roptell
Apr 30, 20191 min read


The Siren Song...
Quest for Steel draws from many of the Grecian mythological tropes and aims to create something different. I remember hearing about the...

Simon Roptell
Apr 24, 20191 min read


Has there been...
a film about the Sea Peoples? There's been films about the Romans, the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Trojans and the Persians, but I strain...

Simon Roptell
Apr 18, 20191 min read


When you edit...
When you scripted well, storyboarded and cast the right people, the filming and editing takes care of itself. Every now and then while I...

Simon Roptell
Apr 16, 20191 min read
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