Day 13 and 14

Here we go. Got a whole weekend booked for te 7th and 8th of February. Still at DMU and after this we have probably 2 days left at the University. Then we need a basement and for the final day we're out in the open air. Hurrah!

This weekends shoot sees the end of several characters and a mass zombie scene. We're getting there folks, we're getting there.

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Man On Fire

I'm flying now, taking off on the editing suite. Started yesterday to edit circular tracking shots around six actors. This was my Reservoir Dogs diner moment. Man its tricky to edit but when it comes together, as it is now, its awesome. Just love the pace and urgency of the scene as the group decide who will stay and who will leave. I'm loving this, just loving it!

Chew? Toby Chew? Charlie fucking Chan.

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Morrissey Zombie

Heres the outstanding Joe as Morrissey Zombie. Being a serious Smiths fan i just had to get Mozza in the film somewhere. Even sacrificed my Meat Is Murder long sleeve tee. Now THATS dedication.

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More Planning

New Year, new round of planning. Oh yes, i have my producer hat on trying to arrange the next shooting dates. Looking at the script I'd say we have 4 more days at DMU. I need to source a basement for the day after this then its the final days shooting outdoors. Looking forward to that one. No lighting set ups. But maybe rain! Who knows. So as i sit and type i'm awaiting responses from cast and crew as to when we can next shoot. Really chomping at the bit here to get going again as the end is in sight. Also Kris is working on a new script which is panning out to be a real corker. This one is going to scare the hell out of you.

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All gone dead ...

As Xmas and my MSC take over things go very quiet ......

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Day 12

Well, well, well - an interesting day this one to say the least. For starters we had two awesome signature zombies. First off was MORRISSEY ZOMBIE portrayed by my DMU co-student Joe. Nice one fella. secondly we had COCK ZOMBIE - which needs no explanation. James, a DMU drama student, stepped up to the plate and barred his buttocks and prosthetic member.

After a couple of pick ups we moved to a corridor scene which involved a cast member, Sandra taking a fall. Unfortunatly after a couple of excellant trips she actually fell and hurt her knee. Have spoken to her since and she is OK - take care Sandra and you'll be pleased to know your part is more sedate from now on.

The final scene of the day was FRANKS death. Really enjoyed this one as cast and crew chipped in ideas and his death scene became a collaborative blood fest. The days shoot ended for me with a trip to the toilet to be sick. After this joyful event i came back and we nailed the last shot. Packed up, went home and spent the evening in bed as sick as a dog,hence this is being posted the next day!

Cheers also to Viraj who did came in at late notice as a runner. Nice one.

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Day 12 Coming Up

Day 12 appraoches. Over the half way point now and charcaters are beginning to die off.... Havent filmed for over a month so looking forward to this.

Behind the scenes work is being done to recover so audio. In a lift scene for the last days shoot we seemed to looses the audio to a very low level. Russell is working hard to get the sound to a reasonable level without it sounding like the lift is underwater. Heres hoping we avoid those reshoots or ADR. It was a seriously bad feeling to potentially loose 3-4 minutes of footage so heres hoping.

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