Plans are afoot for the last two days of shooting as Barry, one of our leads, is off his crutches and physio’d nearly fighting feet. Sweet. Day 18 will be the last scene in the evacuation centre and 19 we’re back on the farm and also an awesomely gruesome sfx set piece. The later will be at The Art Organisation Leicester. We are booked for 20th and 21st May.

Ah the joys of scheduling. For me its the most frustrating part of the project and i’m sure its true of blockbuster films as it is of no/low budget fare such as Zombie Undead. An extra problem at our level, however, is that the lack of budget necessitates multiple roles for crew. So while i direct I produce as well and have the joy of scheduling. To make things easier ive created a Google calendar. These things are pretty nifty.

I set up a calendar and invited cast and crew to join giving them read, write or admin access. After that I set up a proposed next shooting date and invited cast/crew to accept/decline. This way everone can see who can make it and who has yet to respond. Ive added a map and set an email reminder for 7 days before. Text reminder can be added but not to all networks yet. Users can add comments – such as any questions they have, or reminders for props etc – and admin can add desciptions : in this case which script pages we are shooting etc.

In addition i shall add names to dates that i know people cant make. Hopefully this will smooth the process out – we shall see