These pictures are from a zombie shoot we just wrapped at 7 am today. We had been working since 7 pm Saturday night and we had a crew full of rockstars! It was the final for bestie
Andrew's Color Management for Cinematography class. He planned it, wrote it and shot it. I did the makeup. And the lovely cast from the Variety Show I'm in, acted in it...and they had the best zombie walks ever! Everyone's was unique.
Although my building manager wasn't fond of us shooting a zombie apocalypse in my apartment, (psh, why?!), the cops on the street were cool with it. After a mini-altercation with my manager, a cop car pulled up to the zombies and I on the street, with it's lights on and I thought our mission was going to get scrubbed for sure. But instead, it went a little something like this:
Cop: What's going on here?
Me: We're filming a zombie movie for school.
Cop: Where's your cameraman?
Me: *points to roof* Up there.
Cop: Oh man, are we in your shot?
Me: No, you're okay.
Cop: Alright, well we just wanted to make sure we weren't Will Smith in I Am Legend or anything.
Me: Haha, well if you want to stick around and patrol the area to make sure that my building manager doesn't catch us on the roof, you could do that.
Cop: Well if she calls the cops, this is our sector so we'll be back.
Me: Right on, see you later.
Andrew mentioned that arresting some kids for walking sober zombies on a roof would probably be a joy to them, since they're used to busting people for drugs and worse.
We hit a few bumps in the road, (like me forgetting my keys, so after we got our last shot, 14 zombies were locked out of my apartment for a little bit), but it all ended up working out beautifully, and I want to applaud everyone for their hard work and endurance. I'm looking forward to the final product!
We ended the morning with Triple Chunk chocolate brownies with cream cheese icing and milk. Not the healthiest, but definitely the tastiest way to end a night of wandering around in the cold, covered in blood.
