First try at filming

Last thursday i had my first go at filming i just filmed different scenes that had came to my head that i could use in a zombie apocolypse. I had one of my zombies biting into a person, some one getting pulled away from a zombie and various zombies up against windows. Most of the shots turned out good first time as the time of day was early evening so that it gave the dark effect yet you could still see everything. For these scenes i have used my house and outside it and i have used myself my brother and my dad in the scenes. I will continue to use shots like this also i have some sound effects like ones from horror films etc. that i have been given which i will play over the top of some of the scenes. I dont have an overall filming plan for my film as its pretty much when i have a free moment setting it up and doing it. The scenes that i need to do now are just various different running scenes and scenes with special effects such as the use of blood packs and stuff like that and bits just to fill in the trailer itself.

Storyline

I have decided on a vague storyline for my trailer i want it to start with a couple announcing there engagement and you hear in the background like a family cheereing and congratulating them then i want it to jump to lots of different shots of the couple running for thier lives and trying to survive this zombie apocolypse.

make up test

As i wasnt able to get hold of the camera for the holidays i decided to do the test make up here i have used my brother and have only used basic face paints to create this effect. I like this make up as it is very easy to do not time consuming and looks very effective.

Shooting plan

I have gotten permission for a camera that i wanted to use today its my aunts one and it has things like night vision on it which i need to have in my film, if this camera doesnt work out i have a back up camera to use wich will be the one that matt and rathe are using.

As for the times that i will be filming my film i dont have a specific date as i will have to use the camera after christmas for obvious reasons why. As for the dates i will be getting my extra zombie actors any day that i can as i dont need to have them there all the time what i really need is my main survivors. Also with the holidays comming up i will be working quite a lot and i have a different rota every week so i will need to fit it in with that.

I will shoot it in different bits and locations on different days and try to get as much as possible done every day hopefully it should take only a few days to complete the filming of the trailer.

Pictures to further explain my ideas

Storyline

I havent really got a story line for my film as its done with hand camera style i can just film short little scenes then edit them into my trailer also i dont want to give a lot away in m,y trailer as this is a typical convention in zombie film trailers. I thought of some idead that there could be a disease that had broke out and infected people and turned them into zombies which is the more conventional idea for a zombie film and i thought that i would film some people with petri dishes in the william parker science lab with white coats on etc. I didnt think that this would work as it wouldbnt be filmed really in the hand camera style that i would like to use it would be very mis matched in my trailer.

There are some other scenes that i would like to do with jus surviviors running around and finding things the main scene that i would like to do is have them enter or like break into a house which is pitch black and them scramblibng around for match to see something then i will use my little brother who will be dressed up as a zombie to growl and to start attacking them.

Actors

In my film i have decided to have a few main actors as the 'survivors' of the film i havent decided on the people who will play them as of yet i think i will use people who i see often so that i wont be let down all of the time and i think i will use myself as its done in the hand camera style so i will be able to film and be in it. As for my zombies i will use any one that is willing to be in my film i will most likely use people in my family as i would like to have an age range in my film.

The survivors will be dressed in tattered clothing and will look generally unkept and untidy. As for the zombies i will be using make up on them and have tjhem blood splattered and in tattered clothing also. here is the sort of make up style that i would like to achieve for my zombies. it should be very realistic to do as it only uses blacks, greys and blues.