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An opportunity has arisen to accompany an Auckland supernatural investigation group on a visit to one of New Zealand’s oldest Hotels.

The ‘Kentish’ was built in 1851 by Edward Constable who emigrated from Maidstone, Kent in England. Constable then went on to apply to the Colonial Secretary for a Publican’s Special Licence and Licence No.47 was granted on January 10th 1853. That same license still continues today and the hotel lays claim to the longest continuous liquor license in New Zealand.

Should be a great  chance to get some footage for a short documentary. After two fictional shortfilms, a fact-finding investigation will be an interesting challenge.

Due for completion in mid-January 2013.

The initial and final scenes of this (very) short film are completed. With the assistance of a keen but unsuspecting actor, a collection of scientific apparatus and the bare minimum of equipment, we have enough footage to put together a rough draft.

Our scientist getting suitably 'creeped up'.

The voice over is now done, and suitably creepy sounding. All that remains is the medial scene linking two settings via a small piece of live action. Should be an hour's work… unfortunately 'an hour'is quite a valuable commodity for me at the moment. I was hoping to get all the filming done by last week, but it might be a couple of weeks before I even get to the second run of editing.