A2 - Filming

In the course of one day, 11 November 2012, we spent approximately six hours filming scenes for usage in the trailer. During the filming, we decided to change the plot of our film from a zombie horror film to a horror film where the villain is a psychopathic killer. This change was primarily due to the fact that we had very little experience with creating the appearance of a zombie, either by using liquid latex or by using special effects, and therefore it was much easier and more effective to change the plot somewhat.

In addition to this, we also went for a night-time shoot to get an action scene of the characters fleeing in the dark. This shoot was on 9 February 2013, and lasted for roughly 1 hour. However, we did not get enough footage before it became too dark to film, so we organised another night shoot on 2 March 2013. Alex also shot some footage using a GoPro camera at a game of Airsoft, which could be used as footage from the killer's POV.

A2 - Soundscape - GarageBand

As part of my work for the group, I helped to create a soundscape on GarageBand for our trailer. I included various aspects of mood-generating sounds to create a dark-sounding soundscape. Amongst other things, there is a dark-sounding growl, the sounds of stormy weather, and rock-style music.

Despite the fact that the majority of the work I did on the soundscape was before we changed our plot idea to be more focused on a single serial killer than a horde of zombies, it still sounds mostly appropriate for the film. However, we have gone back and edited the soundscape created to make it sound more fitting for the film.

A2 - Crew List

Over the filming of our trailer, all of our group took different roles for the filming at each shoot.

At our first shoot:
Camera - Josh, Alex, Kieran.
Sound - Alex, Chris, Kieran.
Director - decisions made by the group.
Actors - All.

At our second shoot:
Camera - Josh, Alex.
Sound - Alex.
Director - Josh.
Actors - Kieran, Chris.

At our third shoot:
Camera - Alex, Josh.
Sound - Kieran.
Director - Josh.
Actor - Chris.

A2 - Casting

Jon Favreau acts in films that he also
directs - an action we have also taken.

When it came to casting for our film, we decided to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Jon Favreau (Iron Man), Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Ben Affleck (Argo) and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead), who act in films that they have written or directed. It was simpler for us to act in the film for several reasons. One was that we had all established a clear idea of the behaviours and mannerisms of the characters, and it was simpler to have us portray the characters we already knew well than have others learn about the characters. In addition, working as a group means that we have enough people to portray each character. Another reason was because it saved us the time it would have taken to find actors to star in the film, enabling us to spend more time planning and designing the other aspects of the film.

Left to right: Alex Burnhill, Josh Warner and me (Kieran Golding). We all star in the film, as well as Chris Doyle (not pictured).