Week 15 - Get it? Holes.

Friday
We only shot one day this weekend. Only three more locations to go. We returned to Shoreline to finish the opening scene at the Driscoll's house. Adam and Andy finally got to appear as pre-zombie mormon missionaries. Weather was a constant threat. Rain was predicted, and it definitely slowed us down. We only had to stop once, but we made it. I didn't get worried until I noticed the sun coming up while we still had a few more shots to get.

The blue-tinged smoke looked great wafting through the front yard. We also filmed the bloody and disgusting end of poor Zed.



Next week is going to be huge. I just found out that we're shooting a heavy dialogue scene in a backyard in Shoreline on Friday and then a huge Zombie horde scene on a street in Puyallup. Stay tuned...

14th Weekend - Killing Mr. Hinton

Saturday
We only shot one day this weekend due to location availability. Well, that location turned out to be my estate in the sunny paradise that is Everett. This scene is a view that David and Jenny have as they're leaving their house at the beginning of the film. Bill Hinton did an excellent job in what he describes as "a career defining role" as "Angry Man with Pitchfork". Also, returning was Elissa Dowling, who also makes an appearance later in the film at The Drunken Dragon.


It was a great change to be able to shoot from home for a change. I've gotten used to driving an hour to get to the set. Clean-up took an extra hour though. It is a challenge to light a nighttime exterior though. I needed to add a lot of light to make the image look like night instead of darkness. This involved hanging lights from the roof of my house and the fence. I also lit the trees and fence in the background so they weren't completely black. It was a great night. We had three lead zombies to attack Mr. Hinton, and many more for foreground and background action. My yard is still red from all of the blood.


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