Feature Film
Final Truth
Writer / Director:
Producer:
co-Producer:
Editor:
Production Consultants:
Production Assistant
Supervising Assistant Director
Jonathan Brooker
Petrina Rodwell
Matt Goddard
Paul Burton
Gavin Saville
Andrew Fineburg
Hannah Slack
Harry Norton
In Production / Fund Raising
Project Launched 25th January 2025
see Production Status Tab for details
Final Truth: Shoot Schedule
The production is expected to feature shooting at more than a dozen locations, including scenes based in ancient Egypt and 1920's Southampton docks, in and around Chichester, and a number of period properties, and including Chichester Cathedral. Scenes will include a variety of dramatic chase sequences, stunts, moments of discovery, and indeed more traditional dialogue scenes, with a variety of period and modern day characters ranging from 8 years old up to mid-80's.
Consequently, the film's production is shooting each story element as a separate sub-project in order to keep the whole production moving forward whilst only engaging the cast, crew and services needed to complete each element. Whilst this is a slightly more time consuming approach to more traditional produciton methods, we believe this to be the most cost-effective way to ensure the story is told in the best way possible, whilst benefitting everyone that is involved and supporting the production. This approach also allows the production team to focus their fund raising activities on each sub-project, as well as raising the funds necessary to complete each stage of production and post-production. All funds so far (from October 2024 to July 2025 have been sourced from publicly funded grants, ticket sales, and small-scale private donationa).
The 2025 schedule will create a good variety of scenes to be packaged in to the production's Investor Presentation Pack, which will also include Treatment, Script, Storyboards and supporting marketing materials. We also hope for each scene to create a standalone short film, which can then be utlised for team showreels and marketing, whilst supporting our fund raising activities for the next sub-projects.
Final Truth: Action-Chase Scene (2025 Schedule)
Incorporating foot chases, motorbike chase, bus pulling away, cyclist, delivery van, hand-to-hand combat.
Status: Post-Production in progress: 3rd Edit, Music and ADR, with foley and sound design pending.
Filming Dates: 21st to 23rd May 2025
Locations: Central Chichester / Chichester Cross / Chichester Cathedral
Props: Bus, x2 police vehicles, x3 motorbikes, Artefact, Motorcycle helmet
Special Props: Helicopter within a green screen studio, Crash mats (separate sub-project)
CAST Claudia Gregory (Dr Harriett Carter)
Ketan Majmudar (Rami Haboor)
Peter McCrohon (Harry Peters, Museum Assistant Curator)
Sophie Karl (Madeline)
Mark Chapman (Henry)
James Wingate
Chris Sheen
Craig Standen
Will Challis
Mwenya Chisanga
Lee Richards
Richard Adams
Rhys Bloy (Motorcycle Thug)
Mike Freeman (Senior Police Officer)
Victoria Turton (Rapid Response Police)
Hannah Slack (Police Assistant)
John Keeley (Rapid Response Police)
Kasey Cave (Rapid Response Police)
Callum Madill (Ewan, Lost Motorcyclist)
Belle Stroud (Assistant Chef)
Tyler Gaucheron-Land (Delivery Boy)
Jack Malkin (Delivery Boy)
Lottie Norton (Cafe Staff)
Jason Haydney (Cafe Staff)
EXTRAS
Linzi Martin
Jack Malkin
Katie Burgess
Chantelle Mason
Mark Penny
CREW Director - Jonathan Brooker
Producer - Petrina Rodwell
Co-Producer - Matt Goddard
Production Assistant - Hannah Slack
DoP / 1st Camera - Jay Whittaker
Editor - Paul Burton
Supervising Assistant Director - Harry Norton
Assistant Director - Victoria Turton
Assistant Director - Catherine Cockerham
Script & Continuity - Rhianna Turner
Script & Continuity - Harvey Harrison-Doyle
3rd Assistant Director - Meg Cumberbatch
Action Stunt Director - Adam Richards
Fight & Combat Coach - John Keeley
Saija Clark (Motorbiker Double for Claudia Gregory)
1st Camera Unit
1st Assistant Camera - Evan Riley
2nd Assistant Camera - Eloise Rouse
2nd Camera Unit
Steadicam Operator - Jake Allen
1st Assistant Camera - Tobey Gannon
2nd Assistant Camera - Simon King
Drone Camera / Operator - Alan Cross
Sound Boom Operators - Josh Ilsters / Ashley Thompson
Sound Recordist / Engineer - Paul Burton
DIT / Data Wrangler - Josh Ilsters
BTS Stills Photographer - Issie Collier
BTS Stills Photographer - Charlie Allison
Runner - Lee Richards
Runner - William Brooker
MARSHALLS
Arron Rouse
Kyle Gardner-Drury
Ryn Du Plessis
Belle Stroud
Lottie Norton
Jack Malkin
POST-PRODUCTION TEAM
Petrina Rodwell - Supervising Producer
Matt Goddard - co-Producer
Paul Burton - Editor
Jonathan Brooker - Soundtrack Composer
WITH THANKS
Birchwood Motors KIA, Chichester
Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cinema
Chichester City Council
Chichester District Council
Fernleigh, Chichester
NERO Coffee, Chichester
NewPark Film & Community Centre, Chichester
Performance Film & Media Insurance
Terry Pascaquale's Wholesale Fruit & Vegetables Supplies, Chichester
The Assembly Rooms, Chichester
The Dolphin & Anchor Pub, Chichester
The Ghost At The Feast, Food Hall, Chichester
The Highways Agency
The Prebendal School, Chichester
Stagecoach South / StageCoach Buses
St.Olav Christian Bookshop, Chichester
Sussex Film Office
University of Chichester
West Sussex County Council
WITH SPECIAL THANKS
Yellow Cactus Rentals
Old Chapel Productions
Shouting Sound & Motion Productions
Daniel Meager
Myfanwy Vaughan
Charlee Peters
William Brooker
Linzi Martin
Myfanwy Vaughan
Daniel Regnard
Tyler Gaucheron-Land
Jason Haydney
Final Truth: 2025 Schedule
ANCIENT EGYPT
Incorporating 4 to 5 shoot sequences within a green studio, featuring Cleopatra, with film sets created with CGI and VFX (Unreal Engine, Blender, Daz Studio, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Cinema4D).
Status: Pre-production / Open Crew Calls (see below), CGI in progress.
Filming Dates: July 2025 (tbc). Filming over 4 to 6 days (tbc)
Period: 3500B.C.
Shoot Locations: Green screen studio
Location: Ancient Egypt - Palace, Tombs & Temples, Village, Desert. Mountains
Props: Egyptian artefacts, various boxes, kitchen and misc props, gem-stones
Costumes: Arab / Egyptian garb, Egyptian soldiers (period)
CAST
Cassandra Monteiro (Cleopatra)
???? (Roman Anthony)
Supporting Cast:
2 Egyptian soldiers
3 Egyptian house-servants
1 elderly man / advisor
CREW
Petrina Rodwell - Supervising Producer
Jonathan Brooker - Director
Paul Burton - Editor
???? - 1st Assistant Director
???? - CGI / VFX Supervisor
???? - Digital Artist (Humans)
???? - Digital Artist (Textures)
???? - Digital Artist (Backdrops)
DoP
Isabel Saunders - Costume Designer
???? - Makeup & Hair
1st Assistant Camera
2nd Assistant Camera
Steadicam Operator
Jake Ilsters - Sound Recordist & Boom Operator
Grip
???? - Gaffer (Head of Lighting)
???? - Runner
Art Director / Set Design
Set Carpenter
Set Decorator
Set Props
Green screen props
SERVICES
Fog machines
Wind machine (light breaze)
CGI:
Jan Hussman (Environment and Landscape Artist)
Jonathan Brooker (Primary Design, Scene & Story Creation)
Iain Hollins / Debra Carmichael (Animation)
Andrew Fineberg (CGI Production Consultant)
Final Truth: 2025 Schedule
EGYPTIAN DIG (not yet confirmed for 2025)
Status : Development
Period: Modern day
Filming Dates: tbc
Shoot Locations: Green screen studio and actual dig site (to be sourced in West Sussex)
Location: Arab / Egyptiian Desert / Archeological Dig Site
Set: Part CGI / Part Location
Props: Jeep / White Canvas Tents x4 / Tools
Costumes: tbc
CAST Harriett / Rami / Momo
Supporting: Hans / Pietro / Lukni
Extras: 3 to 5 as dig site labourers and porters
CREW Director
CGI / VFX Supervisor
Editor
DoP
Costume Designer
Makeup & Hair
1st Assistant Camera
2nd Assistant Camera
Steadicam Operator
Sound Recordist & Boom Operator
Grip
Gaffer (Head of Lighting)
Assistant Director
Runner
Art Director / Set Design
Set Carpenter
Set Decorator
Set Props
Green screen props
SERVICES
Fog machines
Wind machine (light breaze)
BTS: Action-Chase. Shoot Day 03
Final Truth: NEWS
- 23-May-2025 FINAL TRUTH: Action-Chase Scene completes filming on 23rd May without a hitch. Comprising of fast-action running and fighting around Chichester Cathedral's grounds, motorbike chase and double-decker bus stunt, restaurant chase and fight scene, crowded street chase, and final jiujitsu style fight at the City Council's offices. A carefully planned and rehearsed week of filming that required 7 months planning, with a cast of 21 and crew of 30. All largely from in and around Chichester, including a number of aspiring actors and crew, students from University of Chichester and Southampton, and the community.
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30th March - Final Truth has launched pre-production for it's Chase Scene, with filming expected to take place in May 2025
Final Truth: DIARY
Featuring historical events and memorable dates behind the making of Final Truth.
What follows is a brief summary of the key events that have marked the journey of Final Truth so far.
More details will be added.
26th July - Chichester FilmMakers Quarterly Event: Showing of the 2nd Edit of the Chase Scene with temporary foley, soundtrack and voice overs; BTS Trailer; Ancient Egypt sizzler; Insights in to the next steps for Final Truth.
26th May - Post-production commences for the Action-Chase Scene. Beginning with initial bin reviews, DaVinci Resolve timeline builds and reviews between the Editorial team and Director. There's a long road ahead as the story is cut together, and then the addition of foley, sound design, voice overs, visual effects (VFX) and CGI, and music are created, produced and applied to the edit.
23rd May - With filming starting at 8:30am outside the Cathedral, including police car arrival and police chases, thug takedowns, stealing of a motorcylcists motorbike, and an angry Museum Curator
22nd May - The day started early at 5:30am with rehearsals and filming kicking off at just after 8:30am. A full on day of fight shots, crowd scenes, a story reveal, motorbike chases, and culminating in the bus-motorbike chase and stunt sequence.
21st May - During a day of rain, shooting commenced at The Ghost In The Feast, with external filming being completed at the end of the day, when rain finally stopped
20th May - Action-Chase Scene: Go-No Go 'Heads Of' team call gives the go ahead to commence filming on 21st May
18th May - The Action-Chase Scene Production Team decides to go ahead and make major schedule revisions due to changes in the weather. Resulting in a complete reschedule of all 3 days filming
14th May - Ancient Egypt: Basic building blocks and architectural assets are completed and approved. Enquiries begin to locate and secure the use of a large-scale CGI rendering farm to convert the drafted assets in to believable footage for Final Truth, whilst work on the CGI environments commences (ie. landscapes, trees, skies, wind, sand storms, creaturs etc)
Early May - Insurance is issued after protracted negotiations and completion of greatly-enhanced risk assessments and safe-guard planning, and stakeholder presentations for the Action-Chase Scene
April - 'In Principle' filming permits are granted to Chichester FilmMakers for the Action-Chase Scene to be filmed on the streets of central Chichester
March 2025 - PreProduction for the Action-Chase Scene commenses, on the assumption of May shoot
February 2025 - Ancient Egypt: With help from industry contacts, CGI work begins on drafting the set-pieces for the various backdrops, palaces, temples, villages and villagers. Often an enormously expensive task due to the computing power needed and the artistic skills required.
1st February - Action-Chase Scene: Cast Calls are published for performance artists to play the part of thugs and police
1st February - Action-Chase Scene: Crew Calls are published to start filling additional key production roles
26th January - Official launch of Final Truth project at Chichester FilmMakers Annual Event
January 2025 - Social Media marketing begins
1st November - Location scouting gains momentum with key locations, and gains assistance from local creative and education community. Prelimary enquiries and presentations for the key locations begin withadditional stakeholders.
1st October - Key scenes identified for fund raising activities, with early stage planning underway for central Chichester film shoot and engagement with key stakeholders.
1st September - Story development for Final Truth continues with a re-draft of ACT I
Final Truth: Action-Chase Scene
Final Truth: Action-Chase Scene (Shoot Day 01 / 21st May 2025)
Final Truth: Action-Chase Scene (Shoot Day 02 / 22nd May 2025)
Day 03 Content Updates in October 2025
Final Truth: Action-Chase Scene (Shoot Day 03 / 23rd May 2025)
Information
More content will be added here as it becomes available. Initially focussing on the Cast & Crew of the Action-Chase scene shoot from May 2025, and then more of the general BTS Stills.
Pre-production and post-production stills will be made available as time and content allows.
Additional BTS content will be added as we continue to shoot scenes for the Final Truth. Keep watching the shoot schedule tab for forthcoming dates and opportunities, and above all ...keep in touch via our Chichester FilmMakers Facebook Page.
If you have any photos or videos of any of our Final Truth film shoots or from any of the supporting BTS activities and would like us to consider posting them here, then please send these via WeTransfer.com to final-truth@ChiFilm.studio
Cast & Crew from shoot day 02 (22nd May 2025)
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Director
Production Team
Jonathan Brooker
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Production Consultant
Pre-Production Team
Gavin Saville
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Data Wrangler / DIT
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Josh Ilsters
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3rd AD
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Meg Cumberbatch
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2nd AC
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Eloise Rouse
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Drone Camera
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Alan Cross
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Sound Recordist
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Paul Burton
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BTS Stills Photographer
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Charlie Allison
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Producer
Production Team
Petrina Rodwell
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Production Consultant
Pre-Production Team
Andrew Fineberg
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Supervising A.D.
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Harry Norton
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Continuity
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Rhianna Turner
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Steadicam Operator
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Jake Allen
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Action Director
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Richard Adams
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Sound Boom Operator
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Ashley Thompson
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co-Producer
Production Team
Matt Goddard
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Editor
Post-Production Team
Paul Burton
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1st AD
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Victoria Turton
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Continuity
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Harvey Harrison-Doyle
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1st AC
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Simon King
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Fight & Combat Coordinator
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John Keeley
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BTS Stills Photographer
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Issie Collier
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Production Assistant
Production Team
Hannah Slack
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DoP / Cinematographer
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Jay Whittaker
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1st AD
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Catherine Cockerham
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1st AC
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Evan Riley
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2nd AC
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Tobey Gannon
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Action Driver
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Saija Clark
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BTS Stills Photographer
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Matt Goddard
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Final Truth: Action-Chase Scene
Dr Harriett Carter
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Claudia Gregory
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Madeline
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Sophie Karl
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(thug)
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Mwenya Chisanga
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Rapid Response Police
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Kasey Cave
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Bar Staff
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Jason Haydney
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(thug)
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Chris Sheen
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Lost Motorbiker
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Callum Madill
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Delivery Boy
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Tyler Gaucheron-Land
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Harry Peters
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Peter McCrohon
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(thug)
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Craig Standen
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(motorbike thug)
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Rhys Bloy
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Police Assistant
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Hannah Slack
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Assistant Chef
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Belle Stroud
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Delivery Boy
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Jack Malkin
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Henry
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Mark Chapman
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(thug)
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Will Challis
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(motorbike thug)
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Lee Richards
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Plain Clothes Police Officer
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John Keeley
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Waitress
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Lottie Norton
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