Our next episode, “Trapped”, is due for release on the 1st of July at 7pm and you can watch the cast discuss their roles and their experiences filming!
And here’s an exclusive preview of the minisode:
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Thank you Glasgow Live for running yet another feature on their website! Click on the link to visit the piece and watch our behind the scenes tour of the Cops and Monsters series 1 finale!
Our next minisode, “Trapped”, guest starring Katrina Bryan, Joanna Harte and Victoria Gibson, is nearly finished post-production, and will be released soon!
Our next episode, “Trapped”, a spin-off minisode starring Katrina Bryan, Joanna Harte and Victoria Gibson, is currently in post production.
The episode has now been colour graded and the score and sound effects are being completed. Once this is done we will be sending a private link to our backers before making up DVDs and blu-rays for those who supported our Kickstarter campaign. Then a date will be set for the episode to be released to the public.
We will be holding a red carpet event in Glasgow in August where all of our episodes will be screened for our cast and crew, plus invited guests. Tickets will be made available shortly so please keep an eye on our social media pages and official website for details.
With episode 9, our series 1 finale, now complete and being edited, we would like to thank every single backer and supporter who has helped made series 1 possible.
We are currently accepting spec scripts from potential series 2 writers and we hope to start funding our 6-part series early next year to film in Spring/Summer 2018.
Thank you again for all of your support and love from everybody at Cops and Monsters.
9 episodes later, 2 and a half years in the making, it’s done!
“Inhuman Nature”, the final part of this story, was shot over the 21st, 27th and 28th of May with the most cast we’ve ever had on board.
We had an amazing time shooting it and we can’t wait for you all to see it.
A screening is being planned for all of the episodes, in Glasgow, in August, with limited tickets being made available. Once we have confirmed the details we’ll put a post up about it here, on Twitter and Facebook.
Thank you to EVERYBODY who has supported us, been in the show, worked on it, pledged to our campaigns and been awesome. We would not have a show without you!
We will be hiring writers for series 2, which we hope to shoot next year. If you’d like to know how to get involved, click here.
While you’re waiting for our TWO brand new episodes to be released, don’t forget to catch up on our first 7 episodes and please subscribe! Thank you.
Award winning web-series Cops and Monsters is looking for writers to be involved with their 2nd series, due to be shot later this year and early next year.
Cops and Monstersfollows the Paranormal Investigation Team Scotland as they police and protect the supernatural community in a near-future Scotland. Each episode will follow a different case of the PITS team throughout a 6 episode run, made up of 20 minute episodes.
So far Roland Moore (Doctors, Rastamouse) and Laura Anne Anderson (Ooglies) have contributed scripts to the first series, which can be watched at www.copsandmonsters.co.uk
Cops and Monsters is a completely crowdfunded project, however they will be offering payment to all of their writers. The series is made available via their website and YouTube. They regularly attend comic cons around the UK and have a presence in LA and New York, to promote the show around the world.
This is an ideal opportunity for upcoming writers who have a bit of experience and are looking to get their work produced.
What to Submit:
They are looking for a 20-30 page spec’ script that matches the tone and genre of Cops and Monsters; which is a supernatural drama. Please send a covering letter, detailing why you’d like to write for the show, along with your CV and spec’ script to contact@sillyweefilms.co.uk
OPENING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Monday 29th of May 2017 at 9am
CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Thursday 29th of June 2017 at 5pm
Whilst the series is shot in Scotland you do not have to be based in Scotland to be involved. Interviews and production meetings can be held over Skype. They would however like all of the writers together in Glasgow for a couple of days, TBC, for storylining sessions.
Watch James T Harding and Laura A Anderson, who have wrote scripts for series 1, discuss the process below:
We will soon be releasing our 8th crowdfunded episode, “Trapped”, for all of you lovely people to watch. Ahead of the release you can watch our cast – Katrina Bryan, Joanna Harte and Victoria Gibson – discuss their roles.
“Trapped” is a spin-off episode that focusses on werewolf Jenny Connor as she is forced to team up with PITS agent, Astrid Bennett (last seen in “Astrid’s Secret”) when a vengeful werewolf hunter, Karis Jones, attacks and plots to kill Jenny.
This episode will be released in the next few months.
In the meantime be sure to catch up on our first 7 episode of Volume 1 below:
Our next episode, “Trapped”, is currently having it’s sound and music worked on, and will be released in the next few months.
When a routine security inspection on a werewolf meet-up group is interrupted by a vengeful werewolf hunter, target Jenny (Katrina Bryan) and PITS agent Astrid Bennett (Joanna Harte) have to work together to ensure their safety!
Episode 9, “Inhuman Nature”, is currently being filmed with the final two shooting days this weekend.