film synopsis

the genre of my film is a psychological thriller, the theme is zombies. the storyline is two strangers meet whilst escaping a pandemic of flesh eating zombies. the film quote 'relying on strangers never ends well' suggests that the relationship of the two characters isn't a stable one.
the first two minutes will introduce the character and clearly illustrate the situation they're in and the severity of it.
the characters...
josh:played by:Alex Stevens
steve:playeby:lucas (me)
zombie:played by:anyone who wants to.
cameraman:sam martin/anyone with half a brain.
area:(dartmoor)special effects will be fairly limited but we'll make the most of what we have. ketchup, noodles and red paint make excellent blood splatters and chunks of brains.

special effects.

Ive been using photo shop to imitate the effect i want on the zombies. yay!
my final filming will take place over the christmas holiday, this will give me more time to edit and film.
i will be adding my own music, seeing as i play the drums i can add slow percussion leading to fast, dramatic tribal drumming. this will add tension and fill in the sound gap asuring my film isnt boring.

editing.

I've made some progress with editing. i still need some more shots but its better than nothing. I'm currently up to the part where the 2 characters stop and eat, shortly after which they spot a car in a near-bye ditch.

my influences.

im taking some influence from previous zombie films such as 'Shaun of the dead' form the comedy perspective.

 i want my characters to have joy in killing zombies have opinions and be funny, i cant have two crapy actors loking and sounding unrealistic. the idea is the two people in the film have character, opinions and differnat views. the conflict between them is also inportant, i want it to seem they got stuck with each other on their journey.


they have to be constantly arguing,  or disagreeing. but the idea is at the end of the film they'll warm up to each other after their ordeal...or on of them will die.




i like the filming style in 'Shaun of the dead' which is why i want to focus on this as my influence, there are some clever squences giving both sespence and laughter.