She did, in some ways. And she isn’t even real. This is the beginning of a series of blogs about the role that this fictional character has played in my life over the last eleven years, and how she came to be the subject of two short films I have produced. Its not a particularly long story; it's a little sad in places, but as far as there is an ending, it is more or less a happy one.
You might have found this blog because you know me, or someone involved in the film. You might have been kind to the strange people at EMS giving out lollies and free films and signed up to our mailing list. You might have serendipitously stumbled across Jenny in the vast landscape of the internet. So to get you all up to speed:
Jenny Ringo and the Monkey’s Paw is a 25 minute horror-comedy we shot on a shoestring budget in the summer of 2010. Post production was slow for various reasons and the completed film was unveiled in September 2011, by which time we had started planning the sequel, Jenny Ringo and the Cabaret From Hell, which we shot 11th-17th February this year. The film is just entering post production and our goal is to finish it by the end of June 2012.
If you fancy seeing the first film, sign up to the mailing list at www.jennyringo.com and you will get a confirmation email with a link and password to the film online. We don’t spam you, it's just to keep you up to date with the progress of the second film once a month. Here is the trailer:
and if that doesn’t convince you, previous viewers have likened it to Spaced, The Mighty Boosh, or a kids tv show with swearing in it. We’re generally pretty happy with these comparisons!
Over the next few weeks, I’m intending to blog about the inside story of Jenny Ringo, what she means to me and why its important to me that other people get to meet her too, through these films and future projects. If you also want to know about the ‘outside’ story of Jenny Ringo and the making of the films, check out my husband’s production diaries for the first film, starting here. If big chunks of text aren't you thing, how about liking us on Facebook and getting your updates in nice little bitesize pieces?
