Alterations

Despite the last version of Grave Boundaries being very popular, i have edited the footage further. This is mainly in the title sequence and the time between Tina being normal and becoming a zombie. I have also decided to film the character Alexis doing a video diary of what happened during this time to make it clearer to the viewers

Character Ideas Mindmap

Character Ideas

Final Version

Final Version of Grave Boundaries

Editing the Footage

I spent a lot of time editing this footage, including time outside of lessons. The song choices have been changed as well but the overall effect is what was desired. Better footage could have been collected if i could have got a couple more actors to be zombies for me as the same zombies are used for the title sequence and the end sequence, however we had a lot of fun with it and there is also a bloopers reel (sorry for the language). Uploading it to youtube has proven time consuming, however i will upload it to the blog as soon as i can.

Actor Make Up

Sam and Savannah as zombies... We had some fun, and the contact lenses used;

Filming Day One

On tuesday 6th May, I put zombie make up on my dad and had to film him in the park on a sunny day, limping, groaning and twitching, running up to a fourteen year old girl and biting her on the arm. Following this, he had to chase my little brother into the woods (which took three takes). We got some very strange looks as there were many people in the park due to the nice weather. Luckily I was using a TV camera that was big enough for people to see so that they understood why this 54 year old man was acting so strangely. It was difficult to manage everyone as most of the actors are my friends and were mucking around and know each other well, however the shots collected were brilliant and editing is going well. All that is left to shoot now is the title sequence, end sequence and voice overs, which are being recorded this evening. Here are some photos of the make up; the practice run I did on myself, my dad with the make up and the 14 year old (Tina) becoming a zombie.

Actors

The actors have now been chosen for the parts and have given consent (especially those playing zombies as they have to wear contact lenses). Brad will be played by my brother Howard, Alexis will be played by my sister Savannah, Darren will be played by my other brother Felix and the Middle Aged Man will be played by my dad Peter. The zombies used in the title sequence will be played by Felix and Savannah and Howard will play the scared teen. All of the footage will be shot in Fleet as i know of places nearby that will be suitable for the footage needed.