Production Images

Here are some images from our time filming during the past two days.

Set:

 

Lightsaber:

 

Peta's Sword:

Red Cups for Stereotypical Party Props: 

Chemical X (no we didn't drink it):

Peta in her 11th Doctor  Cosplay (missing bow tie and jacket):

My Luke/Leia Cosplay:

Tayla in Her Harry Potter Cosplay:

 

Matt in His Light Cosplay:

Becoming a Zombies (face makeup):

  

Scarring the Main Zombies:

Some Zombie Bites:

Filming: Day 1

Today's filming went pretty well, we completed quite a few shots, but we faced a few problems in the beginning.
We asked quite a few people to come along to the event and recieved quite a few "maybe's" but in the end we only had two zombies arrive, and ended up having to drag our Potterhead Nerd Tayla to drag her brother along as he was nearby. Due to the lack of people, we decided to do something similar to what the Foo Fighters did in their Learning To Fly music video where the band plays everyone in the video. We have Micheal and Ethan playing the two main zombies while Peta, Tayla, Matt and I constantly change between Nerd and Zombie. Tomorrow we may have 2 more zombies, but I am not too sure.
We have filmed almost all of the scenes where there is one-on-one battle between Zombies and Nerds. We started off with Tayla in her Harry Potter cosplay, then Peta in her 11th Doctor cosplay. We got majority of My scenes done, but have a couple left, so we are doing thoses and all of Matt's ones tomorrow.
It is going to be a little tricky to do the shots where we have multiple Nerds and Zombies, due to our lack of numbers, but we should be fine.
We also forgot to put the glasses on Peta and I's characters, so that's a little dilemma. But the glasses aren't too important. We'll just make sure that Tayla keeps hers on and Matt wears his.
Also, as Millie didn't send us her shot list before the film date, I had to write up a quick end scene shot list on the way to filming. Shae is writing up the first scene's shot list as well tonight, but we won't need it until tomorrow.
The way that we are dealing with the filming means that it will take a little longer than expected, but we should be able to get it done... Hopefully.

We do have images from the production, but I am currently unable to post them, so they will be up on a later date.

More Make Up Stuff... Because I Can

Yeah... He's having fun with this...
But these trials of the Zombie make up give off a more authentic feel, like the flesh is actually rotting off. Our zombies are going to look pretty awesome!

Scar... Well, Cut and Bite Make Up

Our scar make up artist has been messing around with his latex and other stuff and here is one of his trial runs for the bite's that all zombies are going to have (how else is the infection going to spread!?), and the gash that a few will be honored with.

It looks pretty good! He's going to be blending the edges a bit more, as at the moment you can still see the latex, and we will have rotting zombie flesh in no time! 

The Creation of the Death Note and Chemical "X"

The Death Note 

Here are some images from when I was making the Death Note. it is now ready for use and if you touch it you might even see a Shinigami! I haven't seen one yet, but maybe they're still in the Shinigami realm.

Chemical "X"

This is the design for the Chemical "X" sticker. It has a "Z" hidden in it so that a small group of government scientists that are working on the top secret project will be able to recognise the chemical as chemical "Z" for zombies, but others that aren't in the secret circle will just believe it is chemical "X", what they are being told is the new trial run for a cure of some form of cancer.

Some Dilemmas

We have found out that Hannah and Millie won't be able to come along to the filming days, which is fine because we were prepared for that already. Unfortunately we have lost our Nerd, Courtney, who was the "Star Wars Fangirl" which put us in a bit of a pickle, but Shae and I have decided that I will take Courtney's place, which will be fine. Quite a few of our zombies haven't confirmed that they are coming, which is quite annoying, so we will just have to work with whoever is there on the day.
Shae and I are currently dealing with the creation of the shot list for the first scene that takes place before the music begins, and we should be done soon. We are still waiting for Millie's shot list, but she has had a camp on for the past week and hasn't been able to send it yet.
Other than that, we are ready!

Shot List (The "Epic" fight scene)

Here is my completed shot list for the fight scene between the Nerds and the Zombies in the times 1:48 - 2:42. Yes, I do realise that it goes 1 second over if you add the time together, but that is because i added an FX bit in shot 20. This shot will most likely take less than 1 second, but I couldn't put it in the last shot, and it needed a time next to it.

Shot Number	Length (seconds)	Visuals (action/setting/shot type/ movement/ angle/ lighting/ effects)	Lyrics/Music
1	1	Nerd 3 swinging lightsaber towards zombie’s neck (medium shot. Low angle.)	Don’t you mess
2	1	Zombies face as light saber closes in (close up shot. “vwoom” FX.)	around
3	3	Zombie’s body, shoulder down, twitching on the floor. (high angle, long shot.)	guitar fading
4	3	Nerd 2 behind counter writing quickly in the Death Note. (medium shot.)	‘Cause I’m T.N.T, I’m
5	3	Names being written. (High angle, close up.)	Dynamite. T.N.T!
6	4	Two zombies having heart attacks and falling to the ground. (medium shot, FX like in D.N.)	But I’ll win the fight, T.N.T!
7	2	Nerd 2 grinning. (low angled close up shot.)	I’m a powerload, T.N.T!
8	3	Nerd 4 shooting the killing curse “Arvada Kadavra” at a zombie. (low angle, FX words and a green flash.)	Watch me explode!
9	3	Nerds 1, 3 and 4 standing in front of the counter that 2 is standing behind, all facing the zombies with grins on their faces. (low angled long shot.)	guitar solo
10	5	Zombies, some fallen, some staggering towards the nerds [camera] (long high angled pan.)	guitar solo
11	3	Nerds charging towards the zombies [camera]. 2 flips a page in the D.N. and begins writing again. (long low angled shot.)	guitar solo
12	1	Nerd 1 slashing a zombie (medium shot. FX for slash.)	guitar solo
13	2	Nerd 4 sending A.K. towards zombie. (long level shot. A.K. FX.)	guitar solo
14	1	Nerd 3 slashing a zombie. (medium shot. “vwoom” FX.)	guitar solo
15	3	Zombie sneaking up behind Nerd 2. accidently knocks something over. (medium, canted high angle shot from behind zombie and 2. Crash FX.)	guitar solo
16	4	Nerd 2 hears the sound and realises that the zombie is too close for him to be able to use the D.N. With a scared expression, 2 picks up a nearby bottle and swings around. (medium shot.)	T.N.T! Oi!
17	1	Nerd 2 hitting zombie with bottle. (Long shot. FX “BAM!”)	Oi! Oi!
18	2	Nerds 1 and 3 back to back surrounded by zombies, both looking determined and scared. (high angled shot.)	Oi! Oi! T.N.T!
19	4	Pan of zombies circled around and reaching for the nerds [camera] (low angled medium shot.)	Oi! Oi! Oi! T.N.T!
20	1	Vwoom and slash FX	Oi!
21	2	Zombies laying around Nerds 1 and 2. (Panning high angled long shot)	Oi! Oi!
22	2	Nerds puffing while standing in the middle. fixing glasses/bowtie. (Medium low angled shot.)	T.N.T!