Last Sunday i went to see Neill Phillips ( Epic Dream Productions ) who, as cinematographer, is the man behind the look of Zombie Undead. We now have a Brevis 35 mm adapter as well as the M2 and we wanted to see what it could or couldn’t do.
The picture here shows Neill’s awesome lighting which goes a long way in creating that ‘film’ look. This is an in-camera still using a Sony FX1E with the Redrock M2 adapter. From the outset we planned on shooting in as cinematic way as possible with a distinct visual style, high production values and a cinematic appearance. For me shooting on film is not enough to make it look like ‘film‘ – camera moves, framing, shot transition and lighting are all vital to this. If you use a 35 mm adapter than this helps enormously and both the M2 and Brevis do the job. So … go buy a 35 mm adapter!
The fact its a zombie film to me is irrelevant. The quality of the film needs to be so high that it could be a thriller, comedy or horror. Myself and Neill Phillips, DP, had many discussions prior to shooting on how to get the look we wanted. We did a lot of camera and post-production tests. Also making Zombie Undead – The Short Film was indispensable as a learning exercise.
Well worth a visit is this site – NOTLD Reanimated. “Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated is a mass collaborative re-envisioning in which artists from around the world select scenes from the original 1968 film and recreating them through their own artistic aesthetics. This is opened to all media and processes both still and dynamic. Works will be assembled into a new video track thus giving the film new life through a process called ‘reanimation’. Submissions will be accepted until 9/12/08″.
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