--From Script to Screen #12: Promise--
Our final Script to Screen entry. I cannot stress enough how proud I am of the execution for this sequence, especially the VFX, especially that final shot.
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--From Script to Screen #11: The Sodor Purge--
Like the Oliver's 7 Year Wait Montage, I really enjoyed bringing this montage to life - and it features some of my favorite lighting in the whole film, too.
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--From Script to Screen #10: THAT Scene--
I remember writing this scene and wondering how I would execute it. Needless to say, even *I* had to sit back and go "Woah" when it was finished.
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--From Script to Screen #9: Hell Gordon--
This scene was by far and away the hardest scene to do VFX-wise, not the least because of how long these fire FX took to render!! Still worth it, though.
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--From Script to Screen #8: Daisy's Battle Cry--
Daisy's yodel war cry had been in the script since the earliest drafts back in 2015, and it was a delight getting to bring such a goofy moment to life.
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--From Script to Screen #6: Oliver's 7 Year Wait--
This was by far and away my favorite part to film in the movie, and it was my favorite part to write during Oliver's first big flashback scene.
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--From Script to Screen #5: The First Warshire Reset--
One of my favorite scenes, for how it has the story take a hard left turn, and how well I was able to execute it visually and sound-wise.
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--From Script to Screen #4: Ultimatum--
I always like to call this the scene where Toby gets Gordon'd - banished from the railway for his transgressions.
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Brotherly love.
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Two tram engines - facing away from the camera, each pulling a brake van - head towards Laournaeth Harbour...
The Laournaeth Shanty: an analysis 🧵
(Spoilers for Arcane Merchant, obvs.)
A couple of weeks ago I came to a realisation that made a lot of things click in TATAM, particularly the meaning behind the shanty
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"Holy moly! We're still alive! How are we still alive!?"
"IDK. How did the shed not get knocked down?"
"Good point, Phil... What now?"
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--From Script to Screen #3: James's Ambush--
he way this scene was written is a little different than how it plays out in the final movie - cut lines, different blocking, different choreography.
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"Having fun yet, Montague?"
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--From Script to Screen #2: Roansfield--
I actually almost ended up cutting this scene, but some crew convinced me to keep it, as it served as important foreshadowing for the Tobias Personality.
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Consider the following:
Using the dead-name of a wooden box can land you in some very deep water.
(Credit to @tinesaeriel.bsky.social for the Tidmouth Sheds route, btw)
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The scene from Steamed Hams where Skinner is looking at his ruined roast, except with Toby in place of Skinner and Thomas' remains (from Tobias and the Arcane Merchant) in place of the roast. Caption reads: "Oh, ye gods! My roast is ruined."
The scene from Steamed Hams where Chalmers is pointing into Skinner's kitchen, except the kitchen is replaced by a shot of the second Warshire Reset from Tobias and the Arcane Merchant. Caption reads: "Good lord, what is happening in there?"
...A Warshire Borealis?
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Starting this lil' series for TATAM called "From Script to Screen," whereby I share a page of the script, and the corresponding final visuals they turned into:
--From Script to Screen #1: Cromsfield Prologue--
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(I'm in a corporate job so I can make this joke; reuploaded as a video because my gif wouldn't play)
THEM: I hope this email finds you well!
How This Email Finds Me:
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So did anyone else kinda expect Thomas to die? Like, I wasn't spoiled on it, I kinda just had a feeling. Mind you it still hit really hard, that shit was brutal, but when it started I thought "okay there it is"
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If I had a nickel for every time Thomas died in the run up to Christmas, I would have two nickels. It is not a lot but it is funny it happened twice.
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