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This is why I hired James Corker, he looks like Resident Evil hero Leon S Kennedy! Coincidence? I think not!

The Lowest Majority Updates, Thanks of Appreciation and Other Bits and Bobs

So "The Lowest Majority" will be definitley up soon, given the fact that is most definitley needs to be up this week in whatever shape or form it is in. From the looks of things it's pretty much sound, except from one shot where shadows of the crew and camera can be picked up, but James has tried as best he can to fix that but there is nothing else we can do to remove them completly. The audio of our movie is having some small problems but nothing that can't be fixed, just needs turning down in some cases (like on the soundtrack), turning up in other places (like the news reports) and some cases removing (some sounds from the camera can be heard in some shots). Once these problems have been ironed out, I'm sure me and James will definitley be confident that are movie will be as perfect as we can get it and ready for your viewing pleasure. It has definitley been a roller coaster of a ride doing this project and certainly a long and hard task, and it's hard to believe we pulled it off due to the amount of problems that a rose while doing this project. But in the end me and James have come through confident with what we have done and are proud of our film. There are afew thanks that need to be given out for which this film would not have been possible without them. First I would like to thank all the actors, Oliver Clarkson, William Cawley, Ellen Bradshaw, Martin Haynes, Lewis Hobson, James Corker, Craig Mullen and Jonathon Moore, you guys all did amazingly well for people who don't normaly do this sort of thing and showed up early in the morning, some with hangovers (not naming anyone... LEWIS!) and lay down in mud and got covered in make up and fake blood and what have you, so thanks to all you guys. AMAZING JOB! Next I want to thank Stuart Ellis and David Barritt for coming to the very first day we started shooting, even though we used none of the footage from then, it was still great for them to come all the way into Newton Hall to film given that they live up near Castle Eden, so thank you to them, also thanks to Lauren O Brien who did make up on that day, thanks to her as well despite the fact we didn't use the footage she still helped us out when we needed it. Next thanks to Mr Earl who helped us out by giving us tips, pointing out the problems with somethings and just helping us when we needed it, when we had no one else to turn to. Next I think the biggest and overall thanks has to go to my partner, the one and only James Burton. This guy stood by me every step of the way on this project, even at times when I was just completly screwing up and being lazy, he stood by me and never went away. He was on board from the beggining and was behind me every step of the way, he came up with amazing camera angles and shoots while filming, did the toughest and most time consuming work of editing the film together and not to mention composed the soundtrack for it. So without my partner it's safe today this film wouldn't be here today or at least would not be as good as it is. So he deserves the biggest thanks of all. On a final note I would like to show my thanks and appreciation to all things zombie related that made me so mad on the topic of the undead and such a big fan, that would influence me into writing and wanting to do this kind of movie. First the Resident Evil game franchise from which I played at such an early age (not the smartest idea for a 4-6 year old), the George A Romero movies, which offer the best look into a world ruled by zombies, given that Romero is the zombie king and just thanks to movies such as Brain Dead, Evil Dead and Return of the Living Dead and video games like Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead, things that have kept me constantly intrested in zombies, something that I'm hugly into if you havnt noticed. Anyway stay tuned as the film will be up very, very, very, shortly. x

Update - Final Project - The Lowest Majority

Well as the deadline is fast approaching, I think its fair to say that me and James have pretty much finished our movie. Janes composed a soundtrack and put it on and it fits so well with the movie and makes it sound awesome! Right now we are just fine tuning everything and making sure it's all spick and span, and in the best shape it can be for when we hand it in and post it on here. The only thing I'm a little annoyed about is we didn't get to film the opening bits with the TV but the substitute for that fits nicely. So just a very brief update, the film is pretty much complete and will definitley be up by next week. x

SCRIPT RE-DRAFT!!!!

That script re-draft is finally done and ready for your viewing pleasure! The reason for this re-draft is because me and James changed so much while filming so I thought it would be best to post a re-draft to save confusion. So here it is:

Update - Final Project - The Lowest Majority

Just a very brief up date here. Our movie is nearly finished in the editing phase, with only one or two things left to do and should almost definitley be finished in time for the deadline. All that's left to do is place the music, which is to be composed by our very own James Burton and to film the shots with the newsreports on the television. So that's basically all thats left. James has placed credits and titles into the film and thanks to Mr Earl we now have the Lionsgate distrubution logo sequence at the beggining of our movie, also James has tweaked the lighting and sound on the film, making it look and sound better, and has also added some effect to make the movie look more visiually appealing. So there you go just a very brief update on what's going on, also I will have the re written script up shortly so stay tuned for that. x

KNOW YOUR ZOMBIES!!! Episiode 1 - Return of the Living Dead

Know Your Zombies!

When it comes to zombies most people picture the stereotype of rotten corpses, slow walkers, who constantly slur the words “BRAINS!” and only eat that one thing which they desperately crave. However I am here to tell you those zombies come in the form of a multiple different styles. Throughout the history of this disturbing creature, film makers, video game developers and what have you, have given us multiple versions of the zombie. You may not notice however as same styles are used reputedly by film makers, but there are multiple different versions created by those film makers who maybe wanted to give them a fresh new look or for the basic principle it makes them more terrifying. Either way there many different styles and I’m here to run you through the different ones in this segment called Know Your Zombies! So let’s dive straight into the first case…

The Zombies from Return of the Living Dead

 

If there is one zombie that quite possibly reigns supreme, it will most likely be the ones in this movie or the ones from Peter Jacksons Brain Dead, but will get to those ones later. Return of the Living Dead is a film directed by Dan O’Bannon with the story written by Rudy Ricci, John A. Russo and Russell Streiner, Russo also worked on The Night of the Living Dead with George Romero, a film considered to be the first proper zombie movie. The plot follows workers at the Uneeda medical supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, Frank one of the workers their tries to impress a new employee by showing him a military experiment that went wrong that was accidentally send to the warehouse several years ago, Frank the accidentally releases toxic gas from the tank a swell the corpse, which sets of a chain reaction of events that leads to all the corpses in a nearby cemetery come to life, leading to a few survivors to take refuge in a crematorium, with the graveyard just out it’s front door. The zombie’s they face appear very typical at first, just wanting to eat brains and of course repeating that chant, but as the film goes on you see how smart they really are! For start they can actually talk and muster up sentences, fro example after the zombies have mutilated a team of paramedics one zombie gets on to the radio and asks for more to arrive. These zombies are also incredibly quick and agile with some moving like normal people, just watch the scene in the film when the other team of paramedics show up and they get swarmed by zombies, running and jumping all over them, it’s crazy. But the thing that makes them so threatening is that they are unstoppable and CANNOT be killed! So what you have here is an army of unstoppable creatures, who want what’s in your head and will stop at nothing to gain it!  Add to that that they are virtually indestructible and quick buggers, then you have the recipe for one of the ultimate form of zombie ever created. I won’t tell you how the movie ends but I highly recommend you check it out, even if it’s just to see how it does end, because it is pretty ridiculous and over the top but still great fun J Hope you enjoyed this and stay tuned for more.   

Update - Final Project - The Lowest Majority

I'am happy to report that our final project, The Lowest Majority, is nearly finished. James has been working furiously on the editing front, and has smoothed out alot of the errors and problems that were in our film. Of cource some errors are almost impossible to remove with a re-shoot taking place, but giving we filmed in the winter and it's now spring, there will be an even worse continuity error, as when we shot the footage the ground was frosty and the only way we could achieve that now is if we got up incredibly early and hope the light is the same and their is the same ammount of frost on the ground. But none the less James has smoothed out the editing really well and even managed to solve the problem of what could be coincidered a major continuity error! During a scene where Oliver is being chased by Ellen, Martin and William, the crews bags and possesions can be picked up in teh scene as they run passed, but James just rearranged the picture and zoomed it in slightly, cutting out the bags and possesions. Their is one things we believe that needs sorting out and that is the beginning of the film. The idea for the opening is the news broadcasts in a darkened room with the TV being the only source of light and use multiple different camera angles, all focused on the TV. All we need is that shot but for now we have a back up in place, where James took an image from the internet and pasted the news footage we shot over it, and used clever light techniques to make the room darker in the picture. However you can't change the angles on it being it's only a picture, and can only zoom in and out on it, so we really need to get the proper opening shot and stuck on. And one more thing regarding editing, James is adding credits tp the piece and they are looking pretty awesome aswel, so we have high hopes that people will like this x

Final Project - Credit List

Director – Greg Wilson

Assistant Director – James Burton

Producers – Greg Wilson and James Burton

Camera Operator – James Burton

Written by – Greg Wilson

Story Board – Greg Wilson

Editing – James Burton

Cast – Greg Wilson

Oliver Clarkson

Ellen Bradshaw

Martin Haynes

Craig Mullen

James Corker

Lewis Hobson

William Cawley

Update - Final Project - The Lowest Majority

We have returned back from the week off,and thanks to our teacher, all editing problems and software poroblems have been pretty much sorted. We are running the files under a different format, a standard DV format, and are all rendered and ready to be pieced together. Once we have pieced it altogether we are going to look over it and see if there is anything that needs to be re-filmed or corrected or fixed, but so far there doesnt appear to be anything major. After that we need to film a short few seconds, to make the opening of the film complete, using the news footage we shot all the way back at the start of the year. Then, once that is done, all it needs is for James to compose the score to give the film it's edge and we need to create the opening credit sequence for it.