Project: Dead Gaze (Production and Story Summary)

I've finally gotten around to shooting some of the movie, though it was by myself. I'm still working on casting, but Lord willing I can find me some Zombies within the next month or two. I plan for a Summer shoot, after all.

As of now all that needs to be done is finding a location (Though I do have one in mind), Casting, scripting and Makeup. It seems as though that's alot to tackle, but so far the process has come along pretty fluently. My only major hickup, is casting anyway.

The story is almost completely finished, and I have a brief summary ready to go. Albeit some details, such as character names, and extensive details on the virus used by the antogonist are still unfinished..

"Deep in the forest, a scientist has secluded himself from the outside world, hard at work on a virus that, if engineered correctly, could cure many diseases.

Unable to aquire proper funds, he seals himself away in a secluded shack, complete with supplies for working with the virus, known as ACV (Administered Cultivation Virus).

Desperate to find a solution, he injects himself. The virus acts quickly, mutating his bones, causing them to grow through his skin. The bone then hardens, creating a sort of 'shell' around the damaged tissue underneath. The skull has rapidly grown through the scalp, creating the same shell structure as around the hand. In a rage, the scientist destroys the lab, and flees into the surrounding woods.

Ten days later a search team consisting of two military scouts, begins their venture into wilderness. Two days after that, their radio signals go dead, and all that is heard before transmission end is a deep, raging roar. The military outfit from which the two scouts came from enlists the help of a soldier for hire, someone who can find the scientist, and if need be, terminate him."

I'll update again soon with more info on the story, aswell as some screenshots of the opening scenes. So until next time.

Project: Dead Gaze

For some time now I've been in the process of putting together a short film project. Something I've conceptualized often, but haven't acted on the need to actually do it. Until now that is. I can thank my friends for giving me the little push that I needed to get it going. I can say that this is probably the most dedicated I've been to a project of this calibur. It's not everyday I wake up and think to myself "What can I work on today to get this going further?". I could actually look back at this and feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Anyway, it's a Horror film shot almost entirely in the first-person perspective. The story revolves around a hired gun, sent in to take out a group of zombified test subjects, who've escaped from a laboratory into the nearby forest, surrounding the area.

To shoot the film properly, I created a device that holds the camera (at chest height but for the sake of argument it's implied that it's eye-level), so that I can perform actions with both of my hands. I can even run and jump with the pack on. So far I've done around 7 test videos, with a few more in the works. Surpisingly it holds alot better than I initially thought, which could be good incase I need to use it for other projects. The idea behind this, is to put you (the viewer) into the film, and experience what the protagonist experiences.

Currently I have some Demos for the soundtrack (which I've decided to do all myself, so as to avoid any Youtube Copyright crap), aswell as some sound tests for the weapons. Anyway, that's it for now. I'll update more as I make progress. So until next time.