Hey!
It’s been a long journey, and I bartered my pants away for a few pesos to get back to Vancouver, but our location is officially locked. Remote enough to get good sound and stage a good zombie attack, and close enough to be accessible by transit. Bathrooms and running water help too.
Speaking of pants, I stopped in on my talented prop master Kathleen H, where I managed to sculpt some new ones out of paper mache with the leftovers she used to make fake instruments.
The police have been disturbingly (luckily) laid back about allowing us to run riot with a double barrel shotgun in a public park. They say as long as we phone in and let them know where we are and what we’re doing with the gun, it shouldn’t be a problem. This means any 911 calls they get regarding a priest with a shotgun killing zombies they’ll just shrug off and file under “crazy”. I foresee tons of fun.
We are officially one week away til day one of four! Still lots to do! Check back soon and sign up to be an extra.
George Somerwill
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It’s been fairly boring on the pre production front in terms of no huge leaps forward. This is why writing and production are the best parts of filmmaking! We are right now slowly chipping away at the beaurocracy behind making a no budget short film.
When I revealed my budget to the insurance guy hey said “you’re kidding me…you can’t possibly do a zombie film with stunts and effects”. I just quietly asked how painful the insurance was gonna hurt. Who needs insurance…
To use a public location there are a number of fees a production needs to pay. For example, its 80 bucks an hour to have a cop stand around and make sure nobody gets shot with a fake gun. There are other silly restrictions when filming on public property. No burning things. No killing living things. No Top Gun-esque shirtless volleyball scenes. We’re working on getting those fees waived.
Tomorrow we go about making a fake instrument for one of the sequences in the film. We’ll tape it and post it here soon. I’m warning you, it’ll be super budget! Laughable? We have yet to see.
Now, back to fighting The Man (i.e. the laws that keep us all safe at night but prevent obscure films from happening)!
George Somerwill
