We shot the fight scenes, and final footage on the 27th March 2012. Over a few hours we took a considerable number of shots to get the full potential for our piece. Included are a few pictures as evidence of what we achieved, and how we went about it.
Getting into Role
The first thing we had to do was to make our actor Ben Richards up to look like a zombie. Katie was in charge of the makeup element, getting the character to look right. We had a white base to give him a pasty, dead look. She used gray and black blusher to give the skin a bruised, rotting look. She then used reds and flesh coloured make-up to give the idea of scars the zombie may have already had, and places blood may have smeared whilst it was feeding. It was quite a grotesque look which showed up amazing in camera.
Taking Turns
Katie and I shared the job of filming, however overall I ended up filming the greater portion of it. We shared the camera work, and whilst not filming, took turns in directing the actors.I shot the slower tracking shots, as well as some worms-eye-view and over-the-shoulder shots.
We worked a great deal with the actors in order to teach them way in which to make their fighting look authentic without them causing injury to themselves or each other.
In this picture here Katie is demonstrating to Ben the angle he needs to be stood at in order for the shot to work I was helping direct and choreograph from behind the camera. This is a great example of the teamwork we had within our group.
Here I am demonstrating to Rob how to fall authentically without causing himself injury.
My Role
Overall, my role was a lot of the filming of the piece, along with Katie, as well as helping direct and choreograph scenes so that they looked effective, but didn't cause injury.
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