Showing posts with label puyallup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puyallup. Show all posts

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Locking Reel Two

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.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Fire Part II

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

Sunday, June 1, 2008

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...


Creamer Fireball!
Creamer Fireball!Creamer Fireball!

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Week 17 - What about Zed?

Saturday
Our only night of filming this week. We only have one more weekend of shooting to go. The production returned to the Puyallup location once again. Scott's backyard became David and Jenny's for the night.
BackyardBackyard

Saturday was also a wrap for Brian and Larissa. We started this production at the beginning of summer, sweating in a bar in Auburn. Now, we can see the actor's breath and they have to put on jackets between takes.
Backyard

Post-production update:
I've captured all footage up to this day and can now begin editing. Behind the scenes footage is currently being logged for the huge documentary. More making-of shorts will be coming very shortly...

Monday, October 1, 2007

Week 16 - Zombies Invade Puyallup

Saturday
The weather reports were dire. A monsoon was predicted to hit Puyallup the exact moment we were to begin shooting and then last all night. We went ahead with the shoot anyway and defied all odds to a glorious success. Only mild sprinkles fell, the zombies were happy (as happy as zombies can be) , only one car was seriously damaged.
Zombie HordeZombies

The scene that we were working on was David and Jenny's exit from their backyard and stumble upon a literal horde of zombies. There were zombies in the driveway and lining the streets. Scott staged his car to look like it had plowed into a tree in the yard. There was even a dead body hanging out the passenger window. Most of our lights were hidden behind the car to light the zombies in the road. A smoke machine was hidden under the hood of the car and billowed smoke for every take.
David and Jenny Visualize the HordeZombie Clapper

We finally did an epic jib shot as our heroes run down the street, dodging the zombies. Adam built the jib early in production and we finally had the chance to put it to good use. The shot is amazing. We also shot David and Jenny running, using Scott's van as a dolly. I shot steady-cam out the side door, while Paul held a light out the front window. How they managed to out run us once is still unknown.

The monsoon didn't hit until the drive home.