Movie Production Blog #11: Cannes You Dig It?
WE DID IT! With your help we managed to raise about £9,000 to start making the Zomblog film! This is no small feat. About 150 people donated and hundreds more showed support by sharing, tweeting and pimping the campaign to a triumphant degree and the result is… WE’RE OFF TO CANNES! But what does that actually [...]
Movie Production Blog #10: Press Roundup!
Here’s a roundup of the last few weeks of publicity we’ve had from some lovely folk during our IndieGoGo campaign to get to Cannes! There is some crossover, as some stick closely to the press release but there are some wonderful diversions including these great pieces from York’s bastion of common sense and media creativity, [...]
Movie Production Blog #9: INDIEGOGO GO!
The movie is off and running! Well, the process that will start the movie happening is off and shuffling. Hit this link: Zomblog IndieGoGo - to see our pitch, videos, concept art and much more to come as we roll towards our goal to get the Zomblog movie staggering into cinemas with gleeful bloodlust. We have some GREAT PERKS [...]
Movie Production Blog #8: Script Report Video!
We are currently on Draft EIGHT of the Zomblog script. Well, we want to get it right. CLICK THE PIC BELOW for a video special, including a previously unseen outtake we just found:
MOVIE PRODUCTION BLOG #7: LOSING THE PLOT
Making a feature version of our web series was never going to be straightforward. The premise of Zomblogalypse – three friends blog the zombie apocalypse – is pretty simple, but only when you’re making ten-or-so minute episodes for the web. You can start the episode, do a few jokes, meet a few characters, explode a [...]
MOVIE PRODUCTION BLOG #6: AFTER WHOOPS!
Hello again! So we made this serial killer feature film over the summer called Whoops! which exceeded our expectations about how much fun filmmaking could be. No zombies but we think there’s plenty for Zomblog fans to enjoy. With a cast of professional actors from TV, we were gifted with some of the most talented cast [...]
MOVIE PRODUCTION BLOG #5: Script Treatment Complete!
And so, after a very intense month in which our Producer Steve Piper – we should start calling him Producer Piper – went to Cannes to stake out the possibility of a Zomblog movie, as well as various other film projects; after dozens of meetings and emails and at least 30 drafts, the Zomblogalypse The [...]
MOVIE PRODUCTION BLOG #4: Script Treatment & New Website
THE NEW WEBSITE IS LIVE! Bloody wonderful job by Mr. Marcus Wilson who runs the excellent web company Pooka.Pro (and who also happens to be my oldest friend. As in, I’ve known him since we were five, not that he’s terribly old or anything… don’t look at me! – Miles). When we started Zomblog, we wanted [...]
Movie Production Blog #3 With Pre-Cannes Photo Shoot Video!
PRE-CANNES PHOTO SHOOT! Check out this rather amazing little documentary by Redshirt Films‘ Jamie McKeller: Photo shoot by Jamie McKeller and Tom Chidlow. This was one of the best experiences we’ve had since starting Zomblog almost 4 years ago. Seriously, the love that still exists for the show and the enthusiasm for the forthcoming film [...]
Movie production blog #2: Production Paintings & ‘To Do’ List
While the juggernaut rolls along for Whoops!, with planned casting sessions, storyboarding, script tweaks and production meetings, we’re also starting to rack up the To Do list for the Zomblog movie: 1) Re-cut the series trailer for investors 2) Craft the story, characters and all the gory set pieces 3) Assemble costumes and personnel for [...]
