I am glad to be back but the time away in Chile has made me work on my written work a lot more, the second draft of the story - which I thought I could not improve - I did! I added a few things here and there and noticed the smaller details as to which were not possible to do during filming but would be great in the story. I tried to make the story tie in as much as it can with the movie so people can relate and compare the two.
As for the script I felt that making a rough version was a good idea and I had a look a script online that of George A. Romero who directed the original Dawn of the Dead in 1978, this script of his was meant to be for the third Resident Evil but it did not get used which I feel is a great shame as I think it would make a better film. I made the script so that it is easy to read but (and this was obviously going to happen) I need to make the dialogue for complimentary, for this I need the help of friends in order to hear the characters lines through someone else's voice but mine.
The make up tests I did when I arrived back went very well, the blood looks very shiny which makes it look even more real, I smeared it around my mouth and hands and for the small touch ups I poured a small amount of black food dye in my mouth and dabbed a small bit around my eyes. The effect is has is amazing, the blood dye in the mouth shows oxide blood, when blood gets a lot of oxygen it starts to go 'old' so to speak, the colour changes to be more darker.
The top I was using in the make up tests was an old top, I ripped off the sleeves and splattered the blood mixture on the item of clothing. I messed up my hair so it is not neat and tidy but messy and untamed. Once I was in the right character I made some stances in which a zombie would make and my friend Michael Skinner took pictures of me.
The test went extremely well and it was the exact effect I was looking for and I am very pleased I achieved this on the first attempt, I really doubt this could have gone any better.
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Its All Kicking Off Now
Alas I have altered the first draft of the story and I am pleased with what I have thrown in there. Quarantine:Breached the story seems to be going in a better narrated direction than I had originally thought, now I am thinking is there room for further improvements or will that ruin the story?
Last blog I spoke of doing make up tests...well I did do it as well as create the Quarantine:Breached group on FaceBook which I am not sure you are able to see unless you join FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17856471223
I have created this group in order to share to the people of the World Wide Web what is going on, the latest news in the development of my project, the show people who join or even visit the group images I have taken which include the gruelling blood bath I did at night and now the even more recent make up tests. For the sake of keeping up interest I have edited the upload date of the images on the FaceBook group to show more interesting things keep coming out from the this project.
I have friends joining the group which helps me a lot as no one had any idea I was making a film in the first place and the feedback I have received is great. I hope that the word of my film making project will spread and that I get a lot more people to become fans of Quarantine:Breached.
While in Chile I have no equipment to use for further material of my work so I have begun to do a rough script which I can then edit with no problem. The advantage of being in Chile is that I have not got the same distractions as I had while in England such as television, friends and the usual going out, the disadvantage of being in Chile is the mood here is quite uncomfortable and I have no equipment to carry out my work.
Last blog I spoke of doing make up tests...well I did do it as well as create the Quarantine:Breached group on FaceBook which I am not sure you are able to see unless you join FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17856471223
I have created this group in order to share to the people of the World Wide Web what is going on, the latest news in the development of my project, the show people who join or even visit the group images I have taken which include the gruelling blood bath I did at night and now the even more recent make up tests. For the sake of keeping up interest I have edited the upload date of the images on the FaceBook group to show more interesting things keep coming out from the this project.
I have friends joining the group which helps me a lot as no one had any idea I was making a film in the first place and the feedback I have received is great. I hope that the word of my film making project will spread and that I get a lot more people to become fans of Quarantine:Breached.
While in Chile I have no equipment to use for further material of my work so I have begun to do a rough script which I can then edit with no problem. The advantage of being in Chile is that I have not got the same distractions as I had while in England such as television, friends and the usual going out, the disadvantage of being in Chile is the mood here is quite uncomfortable and I have no equipment to carry out my work.
Saturday, 5 April 2008
Picture Crazy
It is important to note that I am currently in Chile - South America visiting family in an important time of need. But before I left I have done some work and I hope to do more when I have the spare time here.
I went out to South Norwood with some friends at 2am in the morning to get the complete dark/night time effect, we made some fake blood and went around splattering it around on white walls to give off a scene of a violent attack. The result was that it went down very well. For this I had to use the washing up liquid to make it run against the wall, it did look like someone had been attacked viciously so in order to not cause a scene of disturbance we decided to clean the area of the markings with some cleaning products and leave the walls the way they were before we violated it.
I will be uploading these images to the Quarantine:Breached Group which I will create later on this week or even today.
I feel that today was a great success and I hope I am able to use these images in my project.
Tomorrow I will do the make up tests since I feel ready to get down and dirty. This will take place in my own home so I am able to do more work on my first draft of the story as well as make up mixtures.
I went out to South Norwood with some friends at 2am in the morning to get the complete dark/night time effect, we made some fake blood and went around splattering it around on white walls to give off a scene of a violent attack. The result was that it went down very well. For this I had to use the washing up liquid to make it run against the wall, it did look like someone had been attacked viciously so in order to not cause a scene of disturbance we decided to clean the area of the markings with some cleaning products and leave the walls the way they were before we violated it.
I will be uploading these images to the Quarantine:Breached Group which I will create later on this week or even today.
I feel that today was a great success and I hope I am able to use these images in my project.
Tomorrow I will do the make up tests since I feel ready to get down and dirty. This will take place in my own home so I am able to do more work on my first draft of the story as well as make up mixtures.
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Taking A Bit Longer Than Expected
Reviewing the story is taking longer than expected, I am on my second draft only and it still does not seem right. It is at this point which I am thinking whether the story itself is the right choice or should I even change my module idea? It seems pointless to do so when three weeks in to the project, besides I figure I have reached writers block. So on that note I will continuing taking photographs of potential on site locations to film as well as conducting make up tests that would best suit my zombies.
I look forward to dressing myself or someone as a zombie. I will plan to do the usual, get an old top and rip it up, cover it in fake blood and then with myself or my victim so to speak I will be making them all zombie-fied.
Will take plenty of images to document my progression of the make up and maybe even do some stances which are expected of a zombie in case the pictures come out really well and I would want to use them in my posters.
I will making the blood from red food dye, syrup and a hint of blue food dye, this will be for the mouth area as it is not poisonous to the person/s. If I wanted a proper decent runny blood effect I would include washing up liquid to make it less sticky and more fluid.
I look forward to dressing myself or someone as a zombie. I will plan to do the usual, get an old top and rip it up, cover it in fake blood and then with myself or my victim so to speak I will be making them all zombie-fied.
Will take plenty of images to document my progression of the make up and maybe even do some stances which are expected of a zombie in case the pictures come out really well and I would want to use them in my posters.
I will making the blood from red food dye, syrup and a hint of blue food dye, this will be for the mouth area as it is not poisonous to the person/s. If I wanted a proper decent runny blood effect I would include washing up liquid to make it less sticky and more fluid.
Thursday, 20 March 2008
The Pre-Production
I have started on the story of the film, the genre is Horror and the theme is Zombies. Cliché I know as there have been loads of films with this theme and no doubt many many more.
The basic idea of the story is that a small area of the far South East of London known as South Norwood (near Croydon) is hit with a wave of zombies after an experiment to cure diseases at a fast pace turned in to a virus that is passed from person to person via bites and cuts. There is the so called protagonist called Chris is a news reporter who is caught up in the whole mess, he is a person that is up himself, egotistical, who hates the world and everyone in it and only cares about his own safety. He bumps into some unexpected visitors during his visit in South Norwood, soon enough he has found himself with a slight problem....he is half zombie and half human.
Once the story is fully written I shall begin on the script which I know will take the most amount of time. I have a film studies friend who said he will help me understand the basic concepts of script writing, telling me to look at certain scripts as well to understand when to include medium shots, extreme close ups. Being at the British Record Industry of Trust college (BRITs) I learnt many different types of camera angles, about diagetic and non-diagetic sound however, I have never been taught how to write up a script so this part will be new to me.
The basic idea of the story is that a small area of the far South East of London known as South Norwood (near Croydon) is hit with a wave of zombies after an experiment to cure diseases at a fast pace turned in to a virus that is passed from person to person via bites and cuts. There is the so called protagonist called Chris is a news reporter who is caught up in the whole mess, he is a person that is up himself, egotistical, who hates the world and everyone in it and only cares about his own safety. He bumps into some unexpected visitors during his visit in South Norwood, soon enough he has found himself with a slight problem....he is half zombie and half human.
Once the story is fully written I shall begin on the script which I know will take the most amount of time. I have a film studies friend who said he will help me understand the basic concepts of script writing, telling me to look at certain scripts as well to understand when to include medium shots, extreme close ups. Being at the British Record Industry of Trust college (BRITs) I learnt many different types of camera angles, about diagetic and non-diagetic sound however, I have never been taught how to write up a script so this part will be new to me.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
The First Draft
I wrote the first draft of the story, which I am fine about but I shall be re-writing and editing certain parts of the story to make it better. A story is meant to set the scene and make who ever is reading it feel apart of the action involved. The first draft does not do this so I will have to review this disadvantage.
During the first draft of the story I have been going around South Norwood at different hours of the day/night and taking various different pictures on my digital camera to which I may use as posters for advertising.
Once the story is near final completion I will start to write up a script that will follow the story in dialogue form which the story lacks.
I have recently bought the graphic novel of 30 Days of Night and I have enjoyed this read so much that I have thought of making my movie into a graphic novel as well...though I seriously doubt that I have the time to do this with everything else to complete. Just an idea.
During the first draft of the story I have been going around South Norwood at different hours of the day/night and taking various different pictures on my digital camera to which I may use as posters for advertising.
Once the story is near final completion I will start to write up a script that will follow the story in dialogue form which the story lacks.
I have recently bought the graphic novel of 30 Days of Night and I have enjoyed this read so much that I have thought of making my movie into a graphic novel as well...though I seriously doubt that I have the time to do this with everything else to complete. Just an idea.
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
The Idea
Few days after my first entry I began to come up with ideas for this module. There was an in depth website which users could explore like an adventure, then there was also a magazine idea where I could introduce computer games, programs and computer components. In the end I decided to choose to create a film with the contents that come with it such as the move website, film posters, a short introduction to the film and more.
I have always liked the idea of making a film and I have done everything that comes along with it such as the website, posters, the advertising and so on but never the actual film itself. I feel this would be an interesting project to do.
I have always liked the idea of making a film and I have done everything that comes along with it such as the website, posters, the advertising and so on but never the actual film itself. I feel this would be an interesting project to do.
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