Trailer Screening on the Side of a Building

Seattle broke the world record on the 3rd of July with the largest ever zombie walk. The event centered at the Fremont Outdoor Cinema and ended with a screening of Shaun of the Dead. The Book of Zombie trailer was screened before the feature on the big screen to thousands of zombie fans. What an awesome sight, seeing our movie on such a HUGE screen!

They had projectors aimed at two sides of the buildings to accommodate the large number of people that were expected. The zombies loved it!

The Opening Credits Are Complete

The opening credits sequence for The Book of Zombie is complete. I finished rendering the last shots late last week and sent it on to the rest of the zombie team for viewing. I'm hearing that everyone loved it. Just this morning I passed it along to our sound team to begin the sound design and scoring process. I'm hoping to be able to post the whole open soon. In the meantime, enjoy some stills that I've pulled from it.












Click on that last one to see a cool work in progress comparison with the final product. It came a long way. The whole process took a little over three months and clocks in at four minutes. I know that I promised a making-of post a while back, but that's going to wait until I post the finished product.

Opening Credits Still

I've been spending most of my waking hours working on the opening credits sequence for The Book of Zombie. It's been such a huge project that I've recruited many volunteers to do the actor rotoscoping for me. The actors were shot walking on treadmills in a makeshift studio in a friend's carport. Thanks Brian! The smoke is dry ice shot over black in my basement. The background art is by my wife, Leah, then colored in photoshop by myself. Look closely and you'll notice the business in the background. Squawking Vultures Records is named after the studio where the film is being scored, Squawking Vultures Studio. When this is finished I'll be sure to write a lengthy post describing the process for those of you that are interested . As of this writing the sequence consists of 30 shots. I still have quite a bit of work left, but I wanted to share the first fully lit and rendered shot.

Opening Credits

We here at The Book of Zombie have been hard at work creating an opening credit sequence for the film. This still is a work in progress concept from Piper jogging to work. It's a cool mix of live action and animation. With only one more scene left to shoot, it's really coming together.
We've been shooting for the last two weeks and our final shoot is happening next Saturday. Explosions, gunshots and fire. Stay tuned, we have a screening scheduled for June. Sign up for the newsletter on the website to find out when and where.
http://thebookofzombie.com

Locking Reel Two

The Book of Zombie - Backyard
Originally uploaded by Dave Zombie

We've just locked (finished editing) reel 2 of the film. Only six more to go! It is currently being prepped for sound design work. Pick-up shooting begins tonight and will lead us to a finished product very soon. Details about where you can see The Book of Zombie will be coming soon. We're expecting to premiere in early June.

Fire Part II

Here's the behind the scenes video of the explosion shoot that I promised!

FIRE

Massive Explosion
Originally uploaded by PrestonDave

The Book of Zombie crew got the band back together this weekend to shoot some fireballs for visual effects. We shot late into the night in Scott's backyard with Bob's new HVX200 camera. The fireballs look amazing in HD, super slow motion! We used powdered coffee creamer, black powder and gun powder. (Don't try this at home) I'll post some behind the scenes video at some point. I really love blowing stuff up...

The Book of Zombie at Crypticon

Boothe Lights Up
Originally uploaded by PrestonDave

The trailer was screened to a live audience at Crypticon in Seattle. Adam and I were there to witness the event. It was very exciting to hear all of the applause at the end. They really like it! Here's the video:

Boom Noir

Boom Noir
Originally uploaded by PrestonDave

Darwin ignites his lighter. "Boom."

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