With 25 minutes shot and edited we are now at the stage whereby we need a producer. The aim all along was to get to this stage and then get completion funding. While i have produced the project so far and am happy to continue the production side of things as well as directing we need a dedicated producer who can finance the film to completion. While experience in film making ( whether shorts, music or features ) is a plus, it is the ability to source funding that is key. An individual with funding skills from outside of the film industry are welcome.

A belief in the product and independent film itself is essential. As with all roles this position is unpaid and is being used as a springboard to further the careers of all involved. This is a great time to join the project as we are beginning to attract attention and a large chunk of the film is complete. Email to the below address in the first instance.

As you may all well know as well as directing i’ve produced Zombie Undead so far. Well thats fine but the film is becoming too big for me to produce alone. To that end a while ago i asked Martin Hargreaves at De Montfort University for any possible candidates for the role. His colleague Marie came back with a short list and from there we narrowed it down to two names. Sunny Matharu and Matthew Gyngell have been working with the funding proposal and brainstorming completion funding ideas. Matthew has also designed some awesome web banners so keep an eye out for those.

Great to have you on the Zombie Undead team lads.

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Spent the last week working on the proposal. After a first draft I emailed it to Rod Duncan, Frank, who cast his expert eye over it. As mentioned before Rod is not only an actor but an author and he also proofreads. He suggested some amendments and the document progressed from there.

After I was happy with the document it was time to export. What I wanted was the proposal in PDF format. Portable Document Format (PDF) is the standard for the secure and reliable distribution of files which is platform independent therefore a great choice for distributing to as many people as possible. However I found out that Publisher cannot save to PDF – you need to buy a plug-in. Ah the joys of computing. So i went on the hunt and found Cute PDF Writer – a freeware program. After installation open
the file that you would like to print to PDF in any program – Word, Publisher etc. Select the Print option and select “CutePDF Writer” from the list of available printers to print. Select the destination directory and filename for your output file. Job Done. Now why couldn’t Microsoft have done this ?

While this was a few hours wasted its also given me the incentive to find any software that can do the same as publisher but with pdf export and which is free. Lets see what i can find.

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As we are now in Stage 2 of the film, accessing completion funding, its time to create a Funding Proposal. This needs to be as professional a document as possible which conveys the project as a viable proposition. Potential funders need to see the quality of work we have produced and the vision we have. We need to be clear that it is not an investment opportunity but that those who contribute would receive a credit on the film, a copy on DVD and the kudos from being involved in such a high quality film.

info@zombieundead.com