Second Day of Filming

On the second day of filming we were luckey as it rained again so we didnt have to worry about the mise-en-scene being different to the first day. But we got most of our shots done on the first day so all we did was re-do shots we didnt like or add in shots we wanted. We followed on filming from the previous day and preceeded to film the climax of the opening scene and the main action scene. This involved all actors on set, all props and clothes we used for the zombies. we filmed these scenes from many different angles to create a good effect, we also made sure we used the environment to our advantage. Overall the second day of filming was a success as we got alot done.

By Peter

First Day of Filming

On the first day of filming we all met at Nics house. Once everyone had got there we made our way with all the props to the church/graveyard. once we were there we got Billie (the actress that plays a antagonist) into her costume, back combed her hair and smeered blood over her. The two main characters were already in there army outfits and had the guns. We had trouble with the guns as some of them were still wet with paint so we couldnt use them that day. On Monday it rained all day so it was very difficult to film as we needed to keep the HD camera dry. We started by filming the two main characters walking down towards the graveyard. We tried shooting the same shot from different angles. After we shot the walking scene we moved on to the first scene where we see a zombie/witch.

By Frankie

Perparing for Filming

On Monday we had to prepare costumes, set, props, mise-en-scene, narative and the dialog. We also had to phone all the actors and acresses to check that they were still coming and that they knew where we were shooting first. For the costumes we had to get old t-shirts, jumpers and troussers. we cut them up and stained them with fake blood and left them to dry over night. For the props we had to make sure we had guns, fake blood, army outfits, hair product (for the zombies) and ashes to make the zombies look dirty. After we got all the props and costumes together we phoned all the actors and actresses to make sure they still could come. When we had sorted it out we sat down and went over the dialog and made changes to it, adding and taking away lines.

By Nic and Peter

Props and Costume

Before we stared filming we got a list of props that we were going to use. We knew that using probs would enhance the realism of the situation that they are in. Also props help us to get the genre across to the audience, for example, if we didnt have army costumes for the soldiers then it would be extreamly hard show that they are soldiers to the audience. The soldiers uniform was also iconic that they are fighting for suvial as this links to the army and then links to war. We also had to have red food dye, ripped cloths and ashes. we used these to make the zombies look more realistic as we poored red food dye on the cloths and rubbed ash on it. After we did that we put red food dye on the actors and smeered the ashes all over them to make them look dirty and more realistic.

By Nic and Frankie

Storyboard

By Peter

The name of our Film

We have been discussing names for our films. We have been getting inspiration from zombie films and death metal bands as there names suite the genre of horror. Here are some examples of some of the names we came up with;
Abysmal Dawn, Deceased, Shadows fall, Dead Infection, Apocalypse, The End Is Nigh. Once we got the names down to two names, we did a team vote on what name we thought set the genre and plot to the audience the best.
Once we decided we asked our friends if this name was suitable and if they would go see a film named 'Dead Infection', we found that 95% of them said they would.

Dead Infection.

By Frankie and Nic

Questionnaire

1. Do you enjoy watchin films?

2. How often do you go to the cinema?
-0-1 per week -2-5 per week 5 or more per week

3. Do you enjoy zombie films?

4. What age group would you say would go and see this genre of film?

5. What rating would you expect on a zombie film?

6. What gender do you think would enjoy a zombie film more?

7. What was the last horror/zombie film called?

8. When was the last time you watched a film with zombies in it?


By Frankie

Ideas For Opening Sequence, Storyboard

We have started planning and drawing up ideas for our storyboard. We have come up with many different ways to start and finish our opening sequence jotting them down on paper and sharing our ideas. Once we got all our ideas on apaer, we decided to try and put together a opening for our opening sequence. We ellimated the weak ideas and made the good ideas stronger by linking them with other ideas that fit in with the story. We then tried to put together the ideas we had and fit it into a opening sequence. We then started thinking about the lighting, set, location, characters, how many people we will need and what days we will need them. We also started planning what props we will need and who can do makeup on our actors/actresses. We have already selected the main character and who will play him. We have also started practising the make-up and how to make it look realistic.

Nic & Frankie

Inspiration

We have got our inspiration from certain films and games. One film that we feel has influenced us the most would be '28 weeks later'. This has helped us to think about conventions and general themes. we also found inperation off of blood effects that we researched. we also found that the pace of the opening should be fast to put the point across the emotion of the characters.

By Frankie

Inspiration: Zombieland

Zombieland' came out in 2009 and was directed by Ruben Fleischer. The editing to this opeing sequence was slowed down, this can show the reaction most people get when they are in a bad situation, this puts us in there position. The opening sequence is zombies attacking normal people in normal situations, but what we dont see is zombies actually killing them, we just see that they have caught the 'normal' people. this makes the audience use there imagination, this is very clever as the imagination can think up of a very gory scene which is not actually in the film, the imagination is the most powerful thing they could of used. also this makes it less effort for the director as he doesnt have to use any CGI to make a scene of complete gore. this has helped us, as we no we cannot make our film as 'real' as '28 weeks later' but we can use the imagination of the audience for the gory scenes.

by Frankie