(news of) Signing Off - my new zombie themed short...

[MinionZombie]

Not the actual thing of course, it's only just been shot today, so it won't be up for a bit yet (especially as I'm also busy shooting & editing a sex education DVD at the moment). But anyway, here's a blog post regarding today's venture into the woods of Llangarron: http://deadshed.blogspot.com/2008/07...ming-done.html

[bassman]

Sounds cool. You going to put it online for free or is it a money maker? On a side note - Who in their right mind would hire you to do a sex ed video? It's going to come out looking like something in The Girl Next Door. If not worse!

[Danny]

neat, still "off" making anything zombie wise myself, though i still have the "trentch" zombie idea kicking round'.

[MinionZombie]

Bassman - it'll be on YouTube when it's done. Now you see, this is a zombie themed short. There's no zombies in it. The story the protagonist (Mason Wood) tells has all the zombies in it. It's a prequel/version I can actually do, of a short I wrote called "The End", which itself is designed for animation - I'd love to get "The End" made, cos it's a really visual piece and could look really cool ... maybe I'll get it made one day, eh? Also - lol, it's a reserved sex education DVD - well, there's a lot of liberal talk. Although we had approached Playboy to see if we could get some free footage, but they didn't come back after their first response. There's another company, but we'll see what comes of it ... we do use shots from old school "Stag" films though ... no nudity mind you, it is aimed at 16-18 year olds ... so you legally can't ... even though you know damn well they'll have all seen cocks and boobies and minges in porn off their own interest in doing so, they're teenagers! It's a fundamental right of passage as a teen. Anyway, there are some visual flairy bits in it though - and one sequence coming up is going to be especially dark, but entirely suggestive. It's to illustrate the topic of abuse, but what we'll shoot won't feature a victim whatsoever - it'll all be done through subtle, visual suggestion via small details ... so it'll be entirely safe to view, but rightly disturbing. Point being - it'll be very strong visuals, lots of Magic Bullet, very dark, cold and ... well, whatever such words suit the topic of that particular topic, which is one of the many discussed in the film - it's a film which looks at sex from (and for) a theological stand point. It's quite interesting to shoot and edit though. But lol, you're not the first person I know who's said "you?! making a sex ed video?! what on earth is that going to be like?!" I duno why people keep thinking that ... although yeah, if I could, I'd love to make one like they did in The Girl Next Door ... but Elisha Cuthbert would have had to have been in it, all naked and such. Where was I? Oh yeah, a zombie movie without any zombies in it ... that's where.

[S&Dproductions]

Can't wait to see it MZ. Good luck on the editing process!

[MinionZombie]

Have a goosey at a sort-of making-of, in relation to Signing Off. It's about 3 minutes long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIw-sniN09s

[capncnut]

Unfortunately I had to reinstall my PC a few days ago and I haven't got my sound drivers in yet (laziness). When I do (maybe tomorrow), I shall have a thorough ganders, old bean! But looking good, McN!

[Mike70]

just signed into youtube a bit ago and saw the message that you'd put up something new. the vid looks good and i am looking forward to seeing the finished product. doesn't look like you had a very good time filming though...

[MinionZombie]

Ah mate, only just yesterday did my 40 plus insect bites stop itching, so that was 8 days of itchy insect bites, downing pills and rubbing on cream. And the woods made my hay fever flair up to greater heights than my anti-histamines could handle, so that was a nuisance. But Sean did a great job, I'm happy with the footage, so over the piece it was all worth it. It's not exactly a Werner Herzog production, nobody had to tug a boat over a mountain, or avoid being shot, so it's all good.

[MinionZombie]

Updated my website to include a page about the film with some screen shots. Signing Off It's still in the editing stage of course, I'm probably about 1/4 of the way through that process now. Don't forget to watch the (sort of) making of up on my YouTube now.