Narrative: School Scene

This was arguably the hardest footage to prepare and film as we depended on lots op people to cooperate and it took a lot to organise. We sent a message on facebook and texted people to ask if they wanted to do it (and what t shirt size they were, to buy them costumes)

I was pleased at how positive and enthusiastic people were, and even the people who couldn't make it expressed how sorry and disappointed they were in advance so we knew how many people we had and who would be coming.

We tryed to chose 

Filming this small scene took over two hours but our actors didn't seem to mind, they all co-operated and took direction well. I was pleasantly surprised at how eager people were to drench themselves in the ketchup/BBQ sauce concoction we had mixed up and Emily (our make up artist for Jess) even offered to paint brushes and scratches on peoples faces, adding more detailed mise en scene which was wonderful.
          I found filming this the most challenging as this scene (similar to the basketball scene) has a lot of fast editing involved and at points I found it hard to think of all the shots I needed and imagine how they would look in Premiere. All through this project i have used the motto 'rather too much that too little' and so filmed this scene over and over from lots of different angels, using lots of different techniques to insure i got the perfect shot.

It was important to get a variety of people to act in this scene so we could represent lots of different groups all becoming zombies. This shows a twisted sense of equality, suggesting that even though we all look different we are all the same breed of animal at heart.
          We took photographs of our cast being turned into zombies with the aid of face paint, make up and a lot of fake blood. Emily, our make up artist for our band (inperticular our lead singer) helped, not only by giving our actors cuts and bruises but also by acting for us as well.

                          

   

                          

                          

                          

As a warm up exersize we asked our zombies to show the camera their most undead face and give us the best zombie vibe they could before we began filming. This got our actors in the right mindset and helped us give direction and encouragement and i think they delivered when filming brilliantly.