Shooting Day

On Saturday, we had our first day of filming. I was excited but also nervous because in past experiences, not everything goes according to plan when trying to film. Despite this I was confident that we were going to get this done.

Me and Frankie prioritized shooting all the scenes with the zombies first seeing as they were already in making up. The actors already had experience from being in the school's drama club so that came with a lot of perks. First, the four actors were already good at acting like you would expect a zombie to act like, but sometimes they would be a little too jittery for our liking. Which leads to the second perk of them being able to take direction very well. Whether it be blocking, physical movements, voices, or even helping behind the camera they would do what we would ask no problem. In the end we were able to get some really great shots with them.

Filming the zombies rising

Filming The Doctor

Unfortunately, the zombie shots were all we could film that night as one our cast members had to go home and everyone was getting tired. We did not finish filming like me and Frankie planned we would as the shots took longer to set up then expected. Fortunately, the cast members we needed for pickups was able to come the next night to finish up. Because the shots are a lot shorter and less grand in scale we should be able to finish filming. But then again, as this experience has reinforced my believe in, not everything goes according to plan.