Own Production company 'Splatter Studios'

We decided that instead of using an existing production company we thought that creating and using our own would be more better and beneficial. instead of this production just being for a selection of horror films, it would specialise only in zombie and gore films. 

This clip is the final product for our own production company, and it will go at the beginning of our trailer. 

'Splatter studios' was a good choice because it can be related to gore and even blood 'splatter'. Its bold and dark colouring and creepy font will hopefully grab the attention of our viewers, who will be our rating of 15+.

unlicenced music.

After some searching i discovered a website that allows people to use their music, it is a website listed with unlicensed music. 

i thought this would be beneficial because i think that we would have trouble making the right music to go with our trailer.

the music for our trailer that we want is a very rock-ish style, this is because we want the viewer to feel exhilarated and give the effect of adrenaline making the viewers heart pump.

below are some samples of music from this specific website that i think would suit our trailer.

Noise attack.

 

Summon thee Rawk.

Final photograph of make-up.

This is a photograph of the self done zombie make-up down below, the results turned out very well, and as you can see i have manipulated the photograph in Photoshop, seeing as photography is one of my huge interests i could take my photographic skills and use then within my media, the photographic manipulation is present within my eyes, i have made them look all white and very zombie like, this shows that if we gout white contacts we could go very far with the zombie look. 

We have even thought about using this photograph as a promotional photograph/magazine cover/ poster for our film and trailer.

Self done Zombie Make-up

 

The make-up that we will be using is very important in our trailer making, we want it to look professional just like in the movies.

Fortunately i practice and use prosthetic make-up in my spare time so i was able to use my skill in this to use in our trailer, the time-lapse video is me doing a demonstration shown a make-up option for 'Virus', By doing this i was able to experiment with the different materials and colours that i could get a hold of, we were able to get an idea of how long it would take to apply this certain make-up to other actors.

By me recording this in 1080p HD we were able to see what the final product may look like because some types of camera can make some prosthetic make-up look very fake, this is also beneficial because we are using the same HD camera when filming for our trailer, we are now happy with our plans and will proceed forward.   

The materials that i used for this tutorial are;

• face wax
• concealer
• face powder
• gel blood

Types of zombies.

Types of zombies.

The Generic Zombie(The Walking Dead)-

• The Generic Zombie is a human that has been brought back to life and  shuffles, moans and is unable to move properly. Always very aggressive, but not very fast.They are usually the victims of a virus messes up the brain, stopping everything and thus creating the zombie. These types of zombies come from no-where, anyone can catch the virus by a bite and become a zombie. The virus is normally transferred via a bite, however any transfer of bodily fluids may also give the victims the virus.

Resident Evil Zombies (films/games)- 

• Resident Evil Zombies were zombies created accidentally via the T-Virus and other types of virus, created by the Umbrella Corporation. These zombies vary from other zombie as not just humans can become infected, but animals and plants as well. The zombies in Resident Evil are listed bellow:
• • Hyper Zombies: These zombies are freshly made and they tend to sprint fast towards humans, they're stronger and a bit faster than the general zombies.
  • Crimson Heads: After suffering a large T-Virus infection, the zombies start to gain a red-ish skin colour, their fingers get claws and they start to release a gas. they become more aggressive but faster and can take a number of hits before dying.
  • Lickers: Is the final evolution of a zombie as the Crimson Head(red skin zombies) "evolves" into a faster predator. They lose sight, but instead they gain super hearing and get the ability to walk on walls like bugs. Also they look like as they've been skinned or turned inside out. They attack their prey with their sharp claws and their long tongue.

The Crazies (Film)-

• The Crazies are a rare infected who have been infected with a ' Rhabdoviridae Prototype (fictional toxin) ' called Trixie that drives them insane and have the urge to murder after catching it. They are special because after becoming infected, they gain the homicidal and irrational drive of a Zombie, but do not lose any of their intelligence, memories, use of weapons, or coordination - they simply become entirely drived to killing anyone non Crazy. they have been known to stand still like a statue, holding their positions, lying in wait for the victims. this infection/virus also kills its host after 48 hours.

Voodoo Zombies-

• Voodoo Zombies are individuals created by a witch doctor through mixtures of poisons and herbs. These are the first Zombies, Other Voodoo Zombies are re-animated corpses brought back from the dead by Voodoo rituals. Salt can be used against them, causing them to realize they are dead, and return to their grave.

This YouTube video sums up the evolution of the zombie very nicely, watching this has given me an insight on what types of zombies are in the media;

Script 2.

VIRUS

-green banner-

fade out sliding shots of the school with students]

{dark suspense music}

[extream close up, to close up on Rebels face]

Rebel: (rebel is stareing into the camera and puts helmit on)

[wide shot of the Rebel on the bike]

Rebel: (cycles down and into something that gets his bike stuck)

{Zombies sounds get louder}

[medium shot of Rebel, slowly closing in on his face]

Rebel: (panicing trying to get the bike out) 

[close up of bike part thats stuck]

Rebel: (frantically shaking the bike and kicking it) {groans to himself} FU

-cuts to production company- 

Rebel: (running round corner) {screaming} OPEN THE DOOR

[close up of feet running round corner]

[medium shot of double doors]

Geek/outcast: (unblocking door)

[low angle close up of the door]

{screams getting louder}

geek: (pulling off the chain from the door)

geek/outcast: (pull open door)

Rebel: (dives in through doors)

[medium shot taken from the floor of rebel]

all: (they rush off and rebel get up off the floor)

[medium shot of jock playing basket ball from side on in the hall]

rebel/geek/outcast: (Rush through doors)

geek: (chains up door)

{zombies getting louder}    

[medium shot of boys in diamond formation]

all: (struggling to keep door shut)

geek: (turns to rebel) this is ALL YOUR FAULT (starts strangling him)

[close up of rebel being strangled]

rebel: (puts hands over geeks face)

{sound of gun two shot}

[close up of jocks face jumping]

{punching and fight sound from outside the door}

all: (back away from the door)

hero: (pushes open doors)

Script 1.

VIRUS,

-film production company logo-

[fade out sliding shots of the school with students]

Rebel: (gearing up, to cycle around school outside)

[fading slide transition shot to gym]

Jock: (in the background playing basket ball)

Cheerleader: (painting her nails in the focused part of the shot)

[fading to science room]

Geek: (conducting an experiment that emits smoke)

[fades to art classroom]

Outcast: (painting the zombies from inside the classroom whilst munching)

Rebel: (cycles past on his bike)

Zombies: (follow rebel on the bike)

Outcast: (rushes towards the window and watches the zombies follow the rebel)

[cuts to science classroom]

Rebel: (cycles past)

Zombies: (follow shortly behind the rebel)

Outcast: (rushes into science room)

Geek: (grabs coat) seriously

Outcast: (scattley rushes out the room)

[geek and outcast are running down the long corridor]

Geek, Outcast: (take chains off the door handle and removes barricades)

{zombies shouting gets louder}

Geek: THERE COMING!!!!

[geek and outcast hold open the doors]

Rebel: (races through the doors towards the camera)

Geek,outcast: (walk away from the door watching rebel cycle up the corridor)

Geek: SERIOUSLY!!!!

{side on close up of out cast face and geek in the background}

Outcast: sniggers

{door slams open}

outcast, geek: (look at eachother *pause breath out* run)

[cut to sports hall]

[jock cycles into the hall followed short after by geek and outcast]

cheerleader: WHAT DID YOU DO? (to rebel)

rebel: (take helmet off) relax princess

geek: (closes doors)

[cast join together in the middle of the hall using random weapon like tennis racket]

{the sound begins to get louder and the doors are rattling}

[close up of cast adding suspense]

{three violent sounds of stabbing and blood}

Representations.

Antagonist-
The antagonists for this trailer will be the zombies. the zombies will be creating chaos and will be chasing the victims. we want the viewers to be grossed out by these zombies, so their behaviour and look should be disgusting, we want blood to be everywhere.


Victims-
The victims for our trailer and going to be the survivors that are placed in this post-apocalyptic world, they have to fend for themselves, and because they are under 18 it makes it very difficult for them. because our rating is a 15, making these characters under 18 means that any under 18's viewing the trailer means that they can sympathise with these victims and can imagine themselves in this situation.

Costumes.

The costumes between the survivors and the zombies are very distinguished.


For example, the survivors will be dressed in suitable clothing, padding for protection and suited up in protective gear. they will have weapons at had, weather it is a baseball bat or a gun. this kind of costume can be found in films such as Zombieland and resident evil.

The zombies clothing will be very drab and dirty, they will look very worn and ripped, this being because of being attacked then infected, or just their clothing and body rotting beneath them. blood is a crucial part of the zombie costume and will be used within the gallons if possible, this blood will be smeared all over the ripped clothing and be used when the zombies are being shot down and killed. 

Locations.

Filming location 2-

Leatherhead.

This location is only a short distance from Therfield so it would be easy to get to. Along the river is a perfect location as its usually empty so we could film without any interruptions. an added bonus would be that we wouldn't need permission as its a public place. We have discussed possibly using an underwater camera that I have to film in the river but this will depend on the temperature and time keeping.

We can also film in leatherhead town as around this time of year it's lit up really well as it gets dark very early, which means we can create dark and eerie scenes for the trailer. Although the lighting will be good it also means we have little time to film if we want natural light scenes, this is where therfield can come in.



Filming Locations

 Filming location 2-

On school grounds.

After researching different types of locations to shoot, we felt that the school would be a decent location to film. we think that it is a location because it follows the popular use of commonly busy locations deserted. using this location would also be beneficial and convenient because we will be able to film during school times seeing as we struggled with time in our last project. 
 Hopefully we would also be able to have more extras and actors in our trailer if we film parts in school. we would hopefully be able to get permission to film after school, this means we will put some props around us making it a more believable post apocalyptic location. 
The long corridors are perfect for zombie chase scenes so we would want to include an action scene of some sort within our trailer.  
We haven't decided yet as to where the base will be for the characters, but we will  likely use one of the rooms in the school that isn't used too often allowing us to mess it up. If this isn't allowed then we will probably leave these scenes till the end of term and film it after school meaning we wont be in anyone's way.

After photographing the school we wanted to come up with a colour scheme that we want the film to look like. We wanted to achieve a dark comic book styled image for our film similar to sucker punch as we felt the way the film looked was edgy and dark. By editing these pictures we we're able to get a rough idea of how it should look which is featured in the photographs on this post: