Blood and Bone China is a set of 12
webisodes that together form a wonderful little movie. It is a
Victorian mystery about vampires, with just the right combination of
humour, Gothic melodrama and some clever little twists.
Rachel Shenton, who plays Anna, reminds
me of a cross between two of my favourite actresses, both in
appearance and acting style. She reminds me a bit of Anna Paquin
(Rogue in the X-men movies) and also of my beloved Elaine Cassidy,
(Fingersmith, The Lost World, The Others) in all her delightfully
reserved period piece acting.
Anthony Miles as Newlyn Howell is
adorably bumbling and hopeless, not so much so that he becomes
annoying. Despite being well out of his depth, he continually tries
his best to help out with the horrific situations he finds himself
in, which is quite touching. It was funny to see him making scared
puppy eyes at the indomitable Anna.
The costumes were a little bit
Steampunk, and very nicely made. The sets also, looked acceptably
period, rather than just sets. Obviously, it was filmed in
historical buildings, but it's the little things like the clutter in
a room that make it seem real, not just a set just created
for filming.
I vastly enjoyed watching this! You can
see it for free on YouTube, or buy your own copy of the DVD. I'd
really like to make something like this myself from one of my stories
in the future, although there aren't really many historical buildings
where I live that aren't surrounded by really obvious looking modern
ones. Maybe I can find someone who's good at CGI.
Just a thing I have been looking for recently! :D I'm going to watch it. Now. ^^
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ReplyDeleteAh, thanks for the tip. I will watch them as soon as possible. :-)
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