Friday, 26 February 2010

Research of Other Zombie Films


This is a still from the movie 'Shaun of the dead'
which has inspired our opening sequence greatly,
the zombies in the film are still dressed in
normal clothing yet the blood and facial
expressions changes the characters purpose
entirely. Also the story line for our filming is
similar to 'Sean of the dead' as the world suddenly
has zombies living in it and they have to survive
against the odds.

We have taken inspiration from this shot, a

zombie attacking a human, and have used it in

our animatic. This scene is useful for us as

although it is funny, it is also scary and the mise-

en-scene is clear in that the woman's face is pale

and her eyes are distant.

We have taken inspiration from this shot for the

end of our animatic as it is zombies hovering

over a body and tearing it up. The picture

shows a bloody human body screaming whilst

being killed by zombies and the guts are exposed.

This shot is useful to us due to the posture of the

zombies; they are stood awkwardly and misshapen

which adds to the mise-en-scene as well as the

bodies being covered in blood. Also this shot is a

high angle shot showing the zombies are in power

which intimidates the viewer.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Shooting Schedule

DATE

SCENE NO

D/N

INT/EXT

LOCATION NAME/ ONE LINE DESCRIPTION

CAST

Monday 1st March 2010

Two back packers walk over an unpopulated area.

Day

External

Seaton Carew, Hartlepool

Adam and Paul


The two backpackers arrive at the sand dunes and see two people ‘kissing’ on the beach.

Day

External

Sand Dunes,Seaton Carew Beach, Hartlepool

Adam, Paul, Katie, Charlee, Sarah, Anna, Annie


The backpackers are on the beach, they see zombies and run away. (One of the backpackers dies)

Day

External

Seaton Carew Beach, Hartlepool

Adam, Paul, Katie, Charlee, Sarah, Anna, Annie


Preliminary Task

Monday, 22 February 2010

Characters, Location and Costumes

Actor/Character List:

Paul Hegarty and Adam Strickland - 2 male backpackers; Carl and Percy

Handful, approx. 4-5, of female zombies.


Location List:

Sand dunes, Seaton Carew.

The beach, Seaton Carew.


Costumes and Prop List:

Backpackers – Coats/hats, backpacks/bags, casual clothing.

Zombies - Normal casual clothes, ripped and covered in fake blood, make-up.


Monday, 8 February 2010

Script for Horror sequence

Script for Horror opening sequence

Carl- Kurt

Perci – Paul

Hart Village:

(After walking down the road)

Paul: Where is everyone?

Kurt: Yeah I know, this town is pretty dead.

(Continue on their journey)

(See them walking in various places)

(Get To Seaton (or Crimdon))

(See two people ‘necking on’’ on the beach)

Kurt: Well there’s the first life we’ve seen since we got here!

(Hear a scream and turn around)

(They turn back and a zombie is standing in front of them)

Kurt and Paul: AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH(look at each other, still screaming, then look back)

(Start to run away)

(Zombie chases them)

Paul: Carl! I can’t go on!

Kurt: You have to Perci! She’ll kill you if she catches you!

Paul: NOOOOOOO (falls down)

(Zombie catches up to him and starts dragging him away, Carl watches helplessly)

(Blood-curdling screams come from behind the dune, ripping sounds)

(Close up of Carl looking scared, then he turns and runs)

End.