LIVING ON THE LINE BEHIND

IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET IT ALL FILMED IN TWO DAYS BUT I DID IT , WITH TEAM WORK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE ,WE CAMPED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND HAD ABOUT 60 RE-ENACTORS FROM GERMAN AND AMERICAN RE-EACTMENT GROUPS PLUS A FEW REAL WW2 VEHICLES AND WEAPONS IT WAS AN AMAZING EXP FOR ME AND THE ACTORS AND THE CREW , THE LOGISICS OF PULLING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OFF WITH NO FUNDING OR EXCUSES ,ITS WHAT GUERRILLA FILM MAKING IS ALL ABOUT, YOU CAN'T PREACH TO OTHERS IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING AS EPIC AS THIS PROJECT , I HOPE IT INSPIRES OTHERS TO WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY , I WAS LET DOWN AT THE START WITH WANNABE ACTORS AND CAMERAMEN BEFORE THE SHOOT BUT THE ACTORS AND CREW WHO STUCK WITH ME CAME THROUGH IN FLYING COLOURS THE REAL HEROS OF THIS FILM WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND TRUST IN WHAT I SAID I COULD DO I COULDN'T OF DONE IT WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BEHIND THE IDEA ,I WAS HONEST WITH ALL THE ACTORS CAST N CREW AND RE-ENACTORS FROM THE START WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUDGET THEIR WASNT A BUDGET JUST SOME FUNDS I HAD TUCKED AWAY FOR TAPE STOCK AND PETROL ,I PROMISED NOTHING BUT ONLY WHAT I COULD COME UP WITH , REMEMBER YOUR WORD MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE IN THE FILM GAME SO NEVER MAKE PROMISES YOU CANT KEEP IVE LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY , IT WAS A GREAT EXP FOR ME AND EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART

IF YOU WORK WITHIN A REAL TEAM ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND I PROVED IT AGAIN WITH THIS MAD WW2 SHORT FILM / TRAILER "LIVING ON THE LINE" PROJECT

JOHNNIE ODDBALL DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/EDITOR/CAMERAMAN

LIVING ON THE LINE BEHIND THE SCENES STILLS	THE COMPLETE BUDGET FOR THE FILM WAS JUST £200
JOHNNIE ODDBALL DIRECTING THE AMERICAN JEEPS	CAPTURE OF THE 40+ GERMAN TROOPS
	29th infantry (dan butler Hell n back group) War and Peace 2006
johnnie working hard behind the scenes !
IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET IT ALL FILMED IN TWO DAYS BUT I DID IT , WITH TEAM WORK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE ,WE CAMPED OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND HAD ABOUT 60 RE-ENACTORS FROM GERMAN AND AMERICAN RE-EACTMENT GROUPS PLUS A FEW REAL WW2 VEHICLES AND WEAPONS IT WAS AN AMAZING EXP FOR ME AND THE ACTORS AND THE CREW , THE LOGISICS OF PULLING SOMETHING LIKE THIS OFF WITH NO FUNDING OR EXCUSES ,ITS WHAT GUERRILLA FILM MAKING IS ALL ABOUT, YOU CAN'T PREACH TO OTHERS IF YOU DON'T DO SOMETHING AS EPIC AS THIS PROJECT , I HOPE IT INSPIRES OTHERS TO WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY , I WAS LET DOWN AT THE START WITH WANNABE ACTORS AND CAMERAMEN BEFORE THE SHOOT BUT THE ACTORS AND CREW WHO STUCK WITH ME CAME THROUGH IN FLYING COLOURS THE REAL HEROS OF THIS FILM WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND TRUST IN WHAT I SAID I COULD DO I COULDN'T OF DONE IT WITHOUT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM BEHIND THE IDEA ,I WAS HONEST WITH ALL THE ACTORS CAST N CREW AND RE-ENACTORS FROM THE START WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUDGET THEIR WASNT A BUDGET JUST SOME FUNDS I HAD TUCKED AWAY FOR TAPE STOCK AND PETROL ,I PROMISED NOTHING BUT ONLY WHAT I COULD COME UP WITH , REMEMBER YOUR WORD MEANS A LOT TO PEOPLE IN THE FILM GAME SO NEVER MAKE PROMISES YOU CANT KEEP IVE LEARNED THIS THE HARD WAY , IT WAS A GREAT EXP FOR ME AND EVERYONE WHO TOOK PART IF YOU WORK WITHIN A REAL TEAM ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE AND I PROVED IT AGAIN WITH THIS MAD WW2 SHORT FILM / TRAILER "LIVING ON THE LINE" PROJECT JOHNNIE ODDBALL DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/EDITOR/CAMERAMAN