So I'm going through a bunch of old photos today. I happened to stumble upon some behind the scenes photos from my first zombie movie. It wasn't very long, only about 5 minutes, but it was the best time of my life. I would love to do it again in the future.
I figured I would post some pictures for you guys to see, as they really make me happy and I wanted to share them. (Sorry if the photos are large :x)
This is a photo of my crew. From the left- my zombie extra / make up artist Ebony, my camera man Sosa, the lead actress Vong, the chef I trained under / zombie extra (this was shot at Job Corps, haha), my husband's goofy tag a long / zombie extra Brian, the lead protagonist, Tom, me with bunny ears lol, and the lead antagonist/my husband JAaron.
This is a shot of Ebony putting zombie makeup on Brian
Epic meal time on the movie set (XD)
This is me running through a scene with leads JAaron and Tom
A blurry shot of me filming a scene between all 3 main characters, though only 1 is visible in this shot
And here are a couple of pictures of completed zombie makeup effects
Special guest Chef Mikey
and our lovely leading lady
I'm going over the script to see which shots still need to be filmed
Camera man Sosa and lead protagonist Tom conversing between takes
Time to memorize lines
the lead men discussing their next scene
And there you have it, a little tidbit of my behind the scenes moments. Unfortunately part of the agreement to actually be able to film this, as discussed with crew, was that I was to only use the film as part of a demo reel to get into film school, so I can't show you the end project :/.
It was originally set to be filmed in the ruins behind the old Fox River prison (the one from Prison Break, yes) but alas, just as we had finished prepping the entire shoot, it began to rain, and as much as I do love the rain, the cameras and laptops sure didn't lol. So I did a quick rewrite of the script and we ended up shooting it in an old community services building, in their attic. We were in production for 8 hours over 2 days, roughly.
But yea, this was pretty much the most fun I've ever had, even if it was just a cheesy amateur go at filmmaking. It was great working with the actors and crew, I learned what it was like to film and direct on location which was amazing, although admittedly my standards were a bit high, heh.
All in all, I ended up writing, directing, some of the filming, casting, and editing. It was such an amazing experience!
I've been tossing around a new idea for a zombie project that would theoretically be an episodic production that is ultimately feature length. It would be a massive undertaking, but one I would greatly look forward to.
Thanks for listening to me gush, guys. I hope you like the pictures
I figured I would post some pictures for you guys to see, as they really make me happy and I wanted to share them. (Sorry if the photos are large :x)
This is a photo of my crew. From the left- my zombie extra / make up artist Ebony, my camera man Sosa, the lead actress Vong, the chef I trained under / zombie extra (this was shot at Job Corps, haha), my husband's goofy tag a long / zombie extra Brian, the lead protagonist, Tom, me with bunny ears lol, and the lead antagonist/my husband JAaron.
This is a shot of Ebony putting zombie makeup on Brian
Epic meal time on the movie set (XD)
This is me running through a scene with leads JAaron and Tom
A blurry shot of me filming a scene between all 3 main characters, though only 1 is visible in this shot
And here are a couple of pictures of completed zombie makeup effects
Special guest Chef Mikey
and our lovely leading lady
I'm going over the script to see which shots still need to be filmed
Camera man Sosa and lead protagonist Tom conversing between takes
Time to memorize lines
the lead men discussing their next scene
And there you have it, a little tidbit of my behind the scenes moments. Unfortunately part of the agreement to actually be able to film this, as discussed with crew, was that I was to only use the film as part of a demo reel to get into film school, so I can't show you the end project :/.
It was originally set to be filmed in the ruins behind the old Fox River prison (the one from Prison Break, yes) but alas, just as we had finished prepping the entire shoot, it began to rain, and as much as I do love the rain, the cameras and laptops sure didn't lol. So I did a quick rewrite of the script and we ended up shooting it in an old community services building, in their attic. We were in production for 8 hours over 2 days, roughly.
But yea, this was pretty much the most fun I've ever had, even if it was just a cheesy amateur go at filmmaking. It was great working with the actors and crew, I learned what it was like to film and direct on location which was amazing, although admittedly my standards were a bit high, heh.
All in all, I ended up writing, directing, some of the filming, casting, and editing. It was such an amazing experience!
I've been tossing around a new idea for a zombie project that would theoretically be an episodic production that is ultimately feature length. It would be a massive undertaking, but one I would greatly look forward to.
Thanks for listening to me gush, guys. I hope you like the pictures 
