Chance Encounters

THE VEIL US CUT coming soon…

2010 is the busiest year yet for the Chances. So not only are we at work on two short films this year the horror titled; apt. (synopsis and main trailer for film will follow shortly) a sole project directed by myself, which will be released in festivals starting July of this year and … Chance Brothers are back with The Timeslip; A SCI-FI, time travel thriller which will wrap up filming and post by fall of 2010!!! … here’s the extra kicker!

We have made a re-working new cut of our debut horror feature The Veil (working title) – The Veil US CUT. The main reason behind this is a few things; we wanted to give the The Veil the attention it so rightfully deserves over the many years by starting afresh to a new audience that missed out (the early days underground film was only shown at a few viewings including The Portobello Film Festival in London, 2005) and/or for the people who would like to see a tighter more taught version of the original. We also felt the quality of version that was released very much differed from our original masters (of which many critics applauded the film.)

Firstly; This is the real deal. The newer cut is a nice 1hr 43min as opposed to 2hr 30 min, though we would initially one day like to release the original cut when the film has picked up momentum over time and the public demands it.

But MOST importantly this version Directed by Richard Chance (which will be hitting festivals the same time apt. will be) is endorsed by it’s filmmakers. This is the version we want you to see. It will actually benefit the filmmakers. After hitting film festivals worldwide this year and local L.A theatres we will have already started looking for new distributors for the film. Contact here people/companies of interest …

The Veil DVD of 2008 (current) should not be sold or rented new anywhere, anymore as distribution has ceased. I beg for the audiences to look out for The Veil US CUT the real thing this year in film festivals and i promise you; our loyal long time supporters and the newly intrigued – the eventual DVD release will follow. We are very happy with this new version and can’t wait for everyone to see it!

So a summary;

apt – Premiere The International Action on Film Festival (Short) July 2010
The Veil US CUT – Premiere The International Action on Film Festival (Feature) July 2010
The Timeslip – completed and released in festivals Autumn / Fall 2010.

Watch this space as always! Trailers and information on all our new films to follow shortly!

All best,

John

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Part of two back to back films coming in 2010 from Chance Encounters Productions.

‘The Waiting Room’ Screenplay Nominated ‘Best Horror’

A story by Richard Chance which became the eventual screenplay ‘The Waiting Room’ by Richard Chance and Jonathan Chance was nominated at the International Action on Film Festival writers awards in Pasadena, California on July 29th. Producer and Creator of the AOF Del Weston proudly said “This year’s screenplays if you were nominated were the cream of crop” each year the AOF has gone from strength to strength becoming bigger with every year and 2009 was no exception. The AOF has recently been considered to be one of the top 25 film festivals by ‘Moviemaker’ magazine worth their money in entering. Not a small or minor category, ‘The Waiting Room’s category was for ‘Best Horror Feature screenplay’ a high end nomination to be in.  Our story requires financing and funding to make a reality but by even indie standards in cost is incredibly low. If you have an interest to get involved with us and our project IE; produce, sponsor etc get in contact with us here!

John

 Jonathan Chance
Along with his brother Richard, John Chance co-wrote their debut film The Veil, completing it in 2005, and secured a distributor for its release on DVD in January 2008. At the age of just 22, John assumed the roles of editor, co-star and assistant director on the project, and took on an additional workload of post production, sound mixing and establishment of the film’s “feel” with atmospheric sound and music.

Post-Veil, John and Richard went on to direct 2007′s Chainmail. The short, an example of what minimal actors and crew can accomplish with no money (just imagination and hard work!), showcases the brothers’ potential for what could be achieved in a second feature film with financial backing. An Official Selection at the 2007 AOF (Action On Film) Film Festival in L.A., and a finalist at the International Festival of Fantastic films in Manchester, England, its success continues with a showing on SKY Television’s Channel 195, reaching an audience of 8-14 million.

2008 has been a successful and productive year for the young filmmakers, with a critically acclaimed debut feature on DVD, a second film airing on a popular TV channel in Europe and the UK, and a recent Stateside win for their co-written eighteen-minute short, titled The Day I Tried To Live, which picked up “Best Guerilla Film-The Xristos Award” honors at AOF in July.

John is author of several short screenplays, a collaborator on four screenplays with Richard, and has just recently finished his first full-length feature screenplay.  The brothers are currently working on the script for their second feature film and are looking for agent representation and financing.

Richard Chance

Richard is an accomplished author of three novels, and is currently working with John on the script for their second feature film, for which they are seeking financing and agent representation. He wrote, directed and co-starred in 2005’s The Veil, minimally assisted by the cast and crew work of only a few friends.
The ambitiously epic, low-budget feature debut combines psychological zombie chills with biological catastrophe to create a post-Cold War disaster parable with a raw, bare-knuckle edge that Nigel Buckland of Channel 4’s Vids fame hails as “(heralding) the future of horror”, and its innovation under minimal cost beckons the kind of cult status lauded to its classic low-budget predecessors. Over a four-year period of many weekends, Richard, his brother/co-writer John and their friend Michael Himsworth assumed multiple roles on and off-screen to make The Veil possible, and it found its way onto DVD in January 2008 after finding a distributor.

Richard and John went on to co-direct Chainmail in 2007, which Richard wrote and starred in as “Chambers”, battling the forces of evil from his living room. It was an Official Selection at the AOF (Action On Film) Film Festival in California, and a finalist at the International Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, England. Its success continues, showing on SKY Television’s Channel 195 to an audience of 8-14 million.

2008 has been a productive and successful year for the young filmmakers, with one critically acclaimed debut feature on DVD, a second film airing on TV in the UK and Europe, and their latest winning “Best Guerilla Film-The Xristos Award” at its first film festival of the year. In July, the brothers celebrated a Stateside win at AOF for their co-written, produced and directed eighteen-minute short, titled The Day I Tried To Live, which was filmed on location in Spain and England.

Written, Produced and Directed by

Richard Chance and Jonathan Chance

Narrated by Jim Mulcahy

Cast:

Survivor…………………………………..John Chance

Shadowman 1………………………….Michael Himsworth

Shadowman 2………………………….Chris Nicholls

Shadowman 3………………………….Craig Gardener

Older Survivor………………………….Jim Mulcahy

Crew:

Music by…………………………………..The Chance Brothers

Editing and Sound by……………….John Chance

Story by……………………………………Richard Chance & Jonathan Chance

Dialogue by……………………………….Richard Chance

Screenplay by…………………………..John Chance

Additional Lighting by………………..Emma Boutier

Visual Effects by……………………….Richard Chance

Make up Special Effects by……….R & J

Segment ‘Witch Watching’ by……Halo Ego Trip

Filmed on location in Calpe, Spain and England, UK.

Latest Reviews :

‘The black & white filming helped make the movie seem more desperate & hopeless, more destitute.’

3.5/5
(Quote from Zombob) Zombiefans
Full review here;
WWW.ZOMBIEFANS.COM

‘The Veil succeeds where countless of its multi-million dollar and fellow indie counterparts have fallen flat on their faces.’

8.5 /10
(Quote from Ulisis Silva) QuietEarth
Full Review here;
WWW.QUIETEARTH.US

‘The Veil is a very ambitious film and the people behind it deserve a huge amount of credit for managing to realise such a significant vision.’

3/5
(Quote from Paul Prichard) Pulpmovies
Full review here;
WWW.PULPMOVIES.COM

Other reviews from Dec 07′- Feb 08′

‘Splatter-tastic Zombie Flick makes ebola look like a picnic.’

KKKK 4/5 – Nick Ruskell Kerrang! Magazine

“The Veil: Heralds the future of Horror. Forget trite comparisons with
other films, shove, oneupmanship and crappy ‘debates’ like ‘Brit flicksvs American Movies’, this is where it’s at. The Veil packs more
visceral punch than Cronenberg on Amphetamine sulphate…see it”

Nigel Buckland ‘VIDS’ Review

‘Great zombie action…Awesome Brit flick with bite!’

Mark Bennet Gorezone Magazine

‘Gritty,realistic…The Veil is brutal enough to terrify the dead themselves’

Send More Paramedics

Full review for the film by Send More Paramedics can be found here!

Green

Played by Richard Chance

Green is the leader of ‘Beta group’ an SAS team sent in on a recognizance mission, the mission at hand; to retrieve information on the viral outbreak of a small town and recover survivors wherever possible. Green’s team is tight, reliable so taking orders from new recruit SBS lieutenant Anderson isn’t going to be an easy one. Green is a natural leader, a survivor and respects his team they earned it. Loyalty given, he would gladly take a bullet for them, so it comes down to one question; trust. Green doesn’t know Anderson and instinctually doesn’t trust him furthermore Green is harboring a secret of his own, one he must never tell. ‘Beta group’ has already lost one man along the way so there is no room for anymore mistakes…

Anderson

Played by Michael Himsworth

Anderson joined SAS ‘Beta group’ via SBS on emergency recoup to take over command of the group. Anderson was met with an unwelcoming tightly knit group already firmly commanded by Green. Anderson’s relationship with the rest of the group is a strained one he’s unknown background keeps him separate from the group but he gets on with the job at hand. Through what the group has been through they have banded together and become closer, in this there is one thing they agree on, survival. With supplies rapidly running low and the only source of communication destroyed, these are minor inconveniences to Anderson. He has his own objective to think about one of great urgency and will be stopped at nothing to get it…

Weston

Played by John Chance

Weston is part of Green’s tightly knit ‘Beta group’ of which Green refers. To Weston to serve under an old friend such as Green would always be one of honor and pride. They’ve been to hell and back and still live to tell the tales. Weston’s Recognizance mission is namely in favour of finding survivors above all else, so he’s intentions are firmly with Green’s when new recruit Anderson starts laying orders down differently. While Green and Anderson are in the forefront of decision-making Weston follows orders and sticks to his guns although underneath, the pressures of warfare are taking their toll on Weston. He comes to a decision; stand up or give up. Should things get to their very worst in quiet desperation could the unsung take the unlikely role of leadership?

Credit List

Directed by: The Chance Brothers
Story/ Screenplay by: Richard Chance
Editor: John Chance
Photography by: The Chance Brothers
Makeup and Special FX by: The Three Amigos
Theme Music by: Very Little Effort & Stu Skinner
Music by: Lana
Music by: Darran Smith
Additional Music by: Lyre Effect
Additional Music/ Music Supervisor: John Chance

Cast

Chambers……………………… Richard chance

Mike………………………………. Michael Himsworth

The being………………………… John Chance

Mum………………………………. Pauline chance

Paramedic……………………… John Chance

Couch Potato…………………. Owain Jones

Lighting…………………………… The Three Amigos

Sound FX…………………………. J&R

Paramedic Clothes made by… Zoë Aldridge

Vehicle Transport………………… Michael Himsworth

A Chance Encounters Production.
© Richard and John Chance Copyright 2007