Heres the outstanding Joe as Morrissey Zombie. Being a serious Smiths fan i just had to get Mozza in the film somewhere. Even sacrificed my Meat Is Murder long sleeve tee. Now THATS dedication.

New Year, new round of planning. Oh yes, i have my producer hat on trying to arrange the next shooting dates. Looking at the script I’d say we have 4 more days at DMU. I need to source a basement for the day after this then its the final days shooting outdoors. Looking forward to that one. No lighting set ups. But maybe rain! Who knows. So as i sit and type i’m awaiting responses from cast and crew as to when we can next shoot. Really chomping at the bit here to get going again as the end is in sight. Also Kris is working on a new script which is panning out to be a real corker. This one is going to scare the hell out of you.

As Xmas and my MSC take over things go very quiet ……

Well, well, well – an interesting day this one to say the least. For starters we had two awesome signature zombies. First off was MORRISSEY ZOMBIE portrayed by my DMU co-student Joe. Nice one fella. secondly we had COCK ZOMBIE – which needs no explanation. James, a DMU drama student, stepped up to the plate and barred his buttocks and prosthetic member.

After a couple of pick ups we moved to a corridor scene which involved a cast member, Sandra taking a fall. Unfortunately after a couple of excellent trips she actually fell and hurt her knee. Have spoken to her since and she is OK – take care Sandra and you’ll be pleased to know your part is more sedate from now on.

The final scene of the day was FRANKS death. Really enjoyed this one as cast and crew chipped in ideas and his death scene became a collaborative blood fest. The days shoot ended for me with a trip to the toilet to be sick. After this joyful event i came back and we nailed the last shot. Packed up, went home and spent the evening in bed as sick as a dog,hence this is being posted the next day!

Cheers also to Viraj who did came in at late notice as a runner. Nice one.

Day 12 approaches. Over the half way point now and characters are beginning to die off…. Haven’t filmed for over a month so looking forward to this.

Behind the scenes work is being done to recover so audio. In a lift scene for the last days shoot we seemed to looses the audio to a very low level. Russell is working hard to get the sound to a reasonable level without it sounding like the lift is underwater. Here’s hoping we avoid those reshoots or ADR. It was a seriously bad feeling to potentially loose 3-4 minutes of footage so here’s hoping.

Ok – back on track with another days filming tentatively penned for the 16th. Having to shift some scenes around to compensate for some scheduling difficulties but its all good stuff. Need to schedule a day in december for the pick ups we need from last days shoot as well.

News of an awesome event here in Leicester. Saturday 1st November sees the dead rising at The Phoenix Cinema ( did you see what i did there, did you see ? Rising, Pheonix, zombie? ). The Terror4Fun people have put together a day of zombie madness with short films, features, make up demos and zombie caricatures. Don’t miss this one dudes!

Well, it had to happen sometime. This was a day of pick ups mainly which should have been fairly straight forward. Famous last words. I am going to bed.

Had to post this, an in-camera still of the footage shot on Sunday. This guy had little make up on but in his position and movement looked great. What a freaky zombie. Awesome!

Wow – what a mad day(28/09/08). Biggest zombie day so far this one – 27 i think. a tough one for Gav, Rachael and Nateal but aided by Steve and Jim and perhaps Kit (?) they pulled it off. As is often the case hold ups led to shot changes in terms of order which means quick rethinking. Looking through the footage we got some great shots but will need some pick ups on Saturday.

Hopefully you can see the latest photos on facebook here.