A New Life - book one

Under the Scales

Camera pans up to film the making of the scenes. "Ripper impaled on the skull take one. Action!" Camera cuts to interview the director of A New Life.

Name of director is displayed below on the left.

Director name: Tom Jones

"The film A New Life centres itself around the fact that our main character, Ripper who is played by himself, Ripper Indo, escapes death numerous times."

Interviewer sitting just out of shot of camera, but still picks up his voice by mic. "So, how did you come up with the idea of making this? Did you just decide that you would make a film about dinosaurs one day?"

"No, no," he chuckles. "We've been working on the script and the location for quite some time. Since we couldn't film on the proper location for legal reasons, so we built an almost exact replica of Lockwood Mansion."

"How hard was it to find the right actor?" The interviewer asked.

"It actually wasn't that difficult t find Ripper. We called him, asking if he wanted to work on a movie with the rest of the team, and of course he obliged."

Camera cuts back to the film crew working on the falling skull scene. "Ripper impaled on the skull whilst it falls take one. Action."

Camera cuts to the actor Ripper Indo.

"So, what was it like being told you were going to be impaled on the horns of a dinosaur skull?" The interviewer asks.

"Well, after I got that call saying Tom Jones wanted me to be in a movie, I couldn't say no," Ripper told the interviewer. "But then, he told me that I was going to be impaled on some horns, and I was like: 'what? Tom have you lost your mind?' But I went along with it anyway."

"And, what do you think of the other actors?" The interviewer asked.

"You want me to talk about all the actors, or...?"

Just the main characters," the interviewer finished.

"Well, there are only two at the moment, me and Blue. So..." he trailed off and chuckled a bit. "What can I say without sounding sappy? Um... Blue Veloce plays her character really well, she puts her heart and soul into her character and sometimes..." he leans in closer to the mic. "She can be a little bit scary," he whispers.

Camera cuts to film crew setting up the next scene by rebuilding the skull. "Ripper impaled on the skull whilst it falls take two. Action!"

Camera cuts to the actor Blue Veloce.

"So what was it like being told that you were chosen to star in a movie?" The interviewer asked.

"It was definitely a surprise," she said. "Especially after I heard that I was going to be one of the main characters."

"That brings us to our next question: what do you think about working with Ripper Indo?"

Blue pondered this question for a while before coming up with an answer. "I think working with Ripper is definitely interesting, he likes to put as much as he can into his performance and I can respect that."

The interviewer nodded. "Funny. Because that's pretty much what he said about you."

Blue opened her mouth in surprise. "He did?" The interviewer nodded. "Where is he?"

"Over there," the interviewer pointed to Ripper talking to the director and one of the extras.

Camera fades to black as slow piano in the background also fades out.

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This was a behind the scenes of the film 'A New Life.'

Written and directed by Tom Jones.

Disclaimer: this was just a fun little chapter to add, do not take it too seriously.