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Title: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 08, 2008, 12:30:33 PM
This spring my school put on a film festival and I knew I had to enter. So I created this film about "How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust", as a comedy. It's origins from a speech I had written for my creative writing class earlier this year.

http://www.youtube.com/v/HlhtHpZfn6Q&hl (http://www.youtube.com/v/HlhtHpZfn6Q&hl)

It didn't win thought, but I assume that was do to popular vote.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on July 08, 2008, 01:00:09 PM
lol

Very cool

King
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: moyer777 on July 08, 2008, 01:31:43 PM
That was well done and very funny!  I am surprised you didn't win. :)
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Darkmolerman on July 08, 2008, 02:24:49 PM
Wow well done! I take it you like Shawn of the dead?
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: dankrug572 on July 08, 2008, 05:11:31 PM
LOL, good job :)
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 08, 2008, 06:11:09 PM
Quote from: moyer777 on July 08, 2008, 01:31:43 PM
That was well done and very funny!  I am surprised you didn't win. :)

The voting was done by the students and the most popular guys won, even though it really wasn't that great.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Darkmolerman on July 08, 2008, 09:01:39 PM
I take it you are the geek of the school? Actually I would be surprised if you were not after all we are all geeks
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: KingIsaacLinksr on July 08, 2008, 10:23:08 PM
Quote from: Sheppard on July 08, 2008, 06:11:09 PM
Quote from: moyer777 on July 08, 2008, 01:31:43 PM
That was well done and very funny!  I am surprised you didn't win. :)

The voting was done by the students and the most popular guys won, even though it really wasn't that great.

This is life at High School.  Sadly.  :(

King
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Jen on July 09, 2008, 11:27:39 AM
Well, I hear by recognize your efforts and award you the Zombie Awareness Metal of Honor. I'm going to create a new avatar as the award. Be on the look out for it. ;)
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: billybob476 on July 09, 2008, 11:30:46 AM
(http://kensingtonvictoria.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/zombie_outbreak.jpg)
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: darthcooley on July 24, 2008, 02:50:50 AM
Brains!!!!!
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Meds on July 24, 2008, 01:39:54 PM
A very very good short. Am seriously impressed i hope you do more as you have a great eye for comedy. Love the still shot waiting for them to walk into it. Nice one mate.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 28, 2008, 12:40:52 PM
I'm currently trying to make a futuristic soldier comedy. It's a got a pretty simple story, but it's a fun script.
Right now I'm just hoping I can find the time to film it.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Meds on July 28, 2008, 11:03:31 PM
What camera did you use.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 28, 2008, 11:27:57 PM
I've been using my family's Canon Elura 100. It's pretty much an average handheld, but I make it work.
But for my next film I'll be using three camera to increase the efficency of it. I got mine and two of my freinds' cameras.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Meds on July 29, 2008, 01:50:55 AM
We use three on The Danger Signs shows. The main one is a Sony (about £2000) and the other two are normal hand digital cameras. The one is used to film The Egg mini film was a digital sony Handycam and it was great.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 29, 2008, 11:52:07 AM
I really wish I could get a really nice camera, but I am running with a low budget (I got College this fall to worry about). So I have to improvise a lot to make the film I want. I have to write the script as something I can do. I can't expect it to be a high quality film, but I try to get the best quality out of it as I can.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Meds on July 29, 2008, 11:05:45 PM
Oh you'd be suprised (we're lucky with our main camera because our producer works for the erm ahem government in the media section so discount available). I've found that the main problem is lighting especially in Engkland you can have sun one minute the rain so to combat that and get the best quality i transfered the footage ionto black and white. Works all the time if you need a quick solution. Great work mate you should do a thread like diary on your progress.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 29, 2008, 11:50:56 PM
I will be filming mostly outside on my next project so lighting shouldn't be much of a problem, but I know what you mean, I've had that problem myself.

And I have thought of doing a progress journal or blog specifically on what is happening on my new projects, but I haven't gotten around to it. Might soon though, I start filming this Saturday so there's something I can add I suppose. I have over the past few weeks been doing a video blog that hints a lot at what I'm working on. It also is a bit about my life and the crazy that happen to me. So it's not just about my projects.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Meds on July 30, 2008, 09:08:39 AM
Cool looking forward to reading all about it and then seeing the final project.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 30, 2008, 04:29:47 PM
I know it's going to take me a lot of hard work to finish, but I think in the end it'll be worth it.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Meds on July 30, 2008, 04:40:37 PM
It will be. I've got a new episode of the Danger  Signs to contribute to, a new series called News at Then and also another film that is taking ages to develop. Will get there in the end though aye.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Chief on July 30, 2008, 05:40:41 PM
hahaha really creative man. I loved it
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: ElfManDan on July 30, 2008, 08:34:32 PM
I was hoping to make my new film into a series, but it looks like I might get only two episodes filmed before I head off to College, but I think it can stand alone as a pilot and the pilots second part, it ends fine as a series beginning and a simple ending. Althought I really, really want to make the third story that I wrote. It would be the funniest and possibly best story I came up with for the whole series. So if I can make that one I am definately going to.
Title: Re: How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust
Post by: Darkmolerman on August 03, 2008, 07:10:51 PM
For added inspiration watch shaun of the dead and then watch 50,000 volts with nick frost and Simon Pegg as fake expert of zombies.