Documentary Breakdown

Reconstruction:

The captivating pilot stories from the letters, diaries, memoirs and interviews of British RFC veterans along with French stories either from audio archive or memoirs that have been voiced; will be illustrated by dramatic reconstruction. The voices of the veterans will fade into the voices of our characters establishing the link between the real life and dramatised worlds.

Filming real flying replicas of these aircraft cut with high quality green screen compositing and VFX as well as portraying the gruesome and explosive conditions suffered in the trenches and some of the safer backdrops of high command HQ and the airfield mess halls, we will achieve a story with exceptionally high production value, paying close attention to detail in our production design.

We aim to create an exhilarating informative experience for the audience, as well as convincing trench scenes as the ones seen in ‘A Very Long Engagement’ and ‘The Trench’ to show the gruesome reality of the conditions.

There is also the potential to access the sky above the battle fields in Northern France today and to use drones with cameras to add the latest technology to enhance the production.