DWE were invited to show their short film version of Zombie Undead at the three day Zombie Fest 2007 and it went down a storm with Kris, Gav ( lead SFX ), and myself all there to witness it. The brain child of Terror4Fun the festival centers on a LRP ( Live Role Play), which means participants take on the role of a character, dress as and act as that character within scripted scenarios. 2007 saw Zombie Fest set in the village of Willard during the summer of 1977 and started with the traditional village fete and ended with a handful of survivors, loads of undead and gallons of blood. In addition to the LRP are zombie themed events such as archery and shooting. Other highlights were make up demonstrations by legend Stuart Conran ( Hellraiser, Shaun Of The Dead ) and films.
Commencement of principal photography on Zombie Undead ! Goresome. The trails and tribulations of pre-production are over. Well not quite - the spread ouit nature of the project means pre, production and post are intertwined. But anyway back to the day. As one of the few external scenes we were blessed with great weather for this. The M2 adapter our DP uses eats of a stop or two of light so a wide shot on an overcast day would just not happen. As it was we got great light. Everything went to plan and we nailed the shots we needed. Our DP Neill did some acrobatics as he stationed himself precariously over a 10 foot drop to get the subway security camera shots. Awesome. Off to export the footage to the mac so Kris can get to work on the edit.
