Neil
15-Oct-2006, 09:39 AM
The Zombie Diaries can be described as a cross between Night of The Living Dead and The Blair Witch Project
The film is shot on DV in a documentary (almost video diary) style.
The film is scheduled for release most likely in 2007.
The Zombies in the film were trained and choreographed by Litza Bixler who did the same job on Shaun Of The Dead
The Special Effects are by Scott Orr, Mike Peel (The Descent) and Cesar Alonso.
The film is composed of three stories that interlink. The first segment tells the story of survivors who retreat to an old farm; the second segment tells the story of three people scavenging the remnants of a dead city; the third segment follows a documentary team who are caught up in the outbreak as it begins. The stories link up at several points.
The film is shot in a hand-held style, with each segment of the film being a different 'tape' that was found which belonged to one set of characters.
The idea for the film came about when I wanted to imagine what would happen if a real zombie outbreak occurred. I know that anyone with access to generators or batteries would try and use whatever equipment they had to document the outbreak. Originally the idea was for a short, but finally we turned it into a feature which comprised of different survivor’s stories.
Links:-
Official Site (http://www.zombiediaries.com/)
Trailer (http://www.zombiediaries.com/zd_trailer.wmv) (wmv 4.37mb)
makingthefilm.com Diary (http://www.makingthefilm.com/diary.html)
Creature Corner article (http://creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1637)
The film is shot on DV in a documentary (almost video diary) style.
The film is scheduled for release most likely in 2007.
The Zombies in the film were trained and choreographed by Litza Bixler who did the same job on Shaun Of The Dead
The Special Effects are by Scott Orr, Mike Peel (The Descent) and Cesar Alonso.
The film is composed of three stories that interlink. The first segment tells the story of survivors who retreat to an old farm; the second segment tells the story of three people scavenging the remnants of a dead city; the third segment follows a documentary team who are caught up in the outbreak as it begins. The stories link up at several points.
The film is shot in a hand-held style, with each segment of the film being a different 'tape' that was found which belonged to one set of characters.
The idea for the film came about when I wanted to imagine what would happen if a real zombie outbreak occurred. I know that anyone with access to generators or batteries would try and use whatever equipment they had to document the outbreak. Originally the idea was for a short, but finally we turned it into a feature which comprised of different survivor’s stories.
Links:-
Official Site (http://www.zombiediaries.com/)
Trailer (http://www.zombiediaries.com/zd_trailer.wmv) (wmv 4.37mb)
makingthefilm.com Diary (http://www.makingthefilm.com/diary.html)
Creature Corner article (http://creature-corner.com/?type=news&id=1637)