A first chance to look behind the scenes of The Stone, the new British paranormal thriller movie featuring Corjan.

This morning over breakfast, director Philip Gardiner casually informed me he had made some slight last minute changes to the script. Was it OK if I got killed?

We have just finished filming on my second day on the set of the movie The Stone. For me it was the first time I acted in a movie. After a short rehearsal with the rest of the cast the whole scene was shot in one take, with a 2nd take as a backup. Later on the day we shot the part in which I am killed. It was great and scary at the same time. Tomorrow we’ll shoot an alternative version of the killing so the director will have two scenarios to choose from. I’m sure I’ll die even better than today

In between things I gave an interview that will be used for the making of or possibly a full documentary about sacred stones. In the afternoon we shot the last scenes for the music video. From what I have seen so far, both the movie and the video are going to look awesome.

Philip has really gathered a fantastic group of people, who have been cast very close to their own personalities. Especially Sarah Dunn was incredible today. In an heavy, emotional scene she genuinely cried her eyes out to the point that all of us who were looking were all choked up. No idea how she did it but impressive it was.

It is remarkable to feel and experience how committed everybody is. People genuinely help and support eachother. Carrying stuff, rehearsing lines or just getting some batteries or tape for someone in the village.

Again today, things happened that should go into the strange-and-weird factfile. The water boiler went on and off seemingly randomly without anyone touching it and Philip lost an entire scene when a camera started acting up.

I am really looking forward to the next day, even though for me it will be the last one on set.

To be continued.

PRESS RELEASE
London, 4th January 2010

Dutch singer/songwriter Corjan will feature in a new British Psychological Thriller movie titled ‘The Stone’.

The Stone is a movie production by bestselling author and award winning film maker Philip Gardiner who will be the director and co-wrote the script with John Symes. The film will be released in 2010 to festivals across the world before being distributed on major release.

In the film, Corjan will play himself in and will perform his single “Haunting me down” which he wrote especially for the occasion. His show will be filmed on an abandoned RAF airbase near Rendlesham, United Kingdom that previously served as the backdrop for StarWars and Mission Impossible.

Gardiner and Corjan got in touch as a result of Corjan’s Mystery Pop project, an upcoming album full of songs each inspired by a bestselling international Mystery book and and endorsed by its author. Corjan wrote a song inspired by Philip Gardiner’s book ‘The Bond Code’ and performed in his talkshow on SKY TV last year.

The film ‘The Stone’ will feature special effects by the same team who produced ‘Shaun of the Dead´ and actors such as Tony Scannell (The Bill), Bunny Reed (Hammer) and several unnamed A-list actors a.o. from the Harry Potter cast.

In the film, Corjan will perform alongside Staffordshire Rock Band ´No Redemption´ of Gemma Simpson and James Earnshaw who will also do the musical direction.

For more info check The Stone Official Movie Website