Pathogen (2005) : comment tourner un film de zombies...

[Superwonderscope]

... lorsque vous etes en 5eme?

C'est l'article passionnant que la L.A TImes a indiuqé sdans osn édition du 4/05, en relevant les propos de la réalisatrice Emily Hagins (13 ans), jeune texane qui a achevé le tournage de son premier film d'horreur PATHOGEN

en anglais et dans le texte : elle

How to Shoot a Zombie Movie When You're in 6th Grade
Emily Hagins, the young director of "Pathogen," reveals the keys to managing an underage horror shoot.



Brainstorm: Come up with an idea that is something you haven't seen in zombie movies but that is doable with your equipment. Get some of your friends that might be involved in movies to look at your script and make any edits. Teen advice doesn't really help because your peers don't really know too much.


Research: Basically research zombie movies and see as many as you can. Learn the general rules of zombie movies -- gore and...mostly gore. Also, no running zombies. As George Romero says, they are dead. They shouldn't be running around.


Start pre-production: Decide your cast and crew. I recommend auditions. Auditions are the best. People who show up for auditions will show up for the shoot. Do script read-throughs, that kind of thing. Don't hire your friends. Your friends won't take your direction seriously and they won't show up. I kind of lost some friends over that.


Don't have unrealistic locations: We had a grocery store and a couple of houses and a school and stuff, so getting permission for those is pretty easy as long as you don't go to big grocery store chains. Maybe don't let people know it is a zombie movie. Maybe just say I'm making a student film. If you are a kid and stuff it is really easy to get locations. You look all innocent.


You really need a schedule for production: A good schedule is to try to get it done in the summer in a week or two. Guerilla filmmaking.


Get equipment: I shot on a Sony digital high-eight camera. It's a small cheap home movie camera. Not totally cheap, but pretty cheap. Go to stores that carry cheap equipment that maybe you could rent. Like a tripod and a dolly and stuff.


Make sure the actors respect you: If you are really serious, and you are very organized and you have your storyboards and your script and you hold auditions, the actors will pretty much listen to you and respect you, if you respect them too.


Give clear direction: When you watch a lot of zombie movies you figure out what kind of zombies you want in your film. There are different looks and styles. The zombies in my movie wanted to stick their arms out, but I told them to stop doing that, and you have to get them to move slow. Also bring lots of little snacks that look like body parts and have them drip out of their mouth while they are walking. We had fruit rollups, and this jello mixture that was goopy that was dripping out of a zombie's mouth and fake blood. Rice pudding is good too.


Post-production: Basically after distancing yourself from the project a little just go through all the tapes and find the scenes you want. Stay in one editing program. Switching over is terrible. Sometimes it drops frames and stuff. Log your footage. Get a couple of rough cuts together and once you have the rough cuts, just watch it and take notes and see what changes you need to make. Do that a couple of times. Get other people to watch it.


Show the film: I applied for a film festival, but I didn't get in. So we just had to save up and I got some money from my grandfather to rent the Alamo Draft House. It's a movie theater/restaurant, and it is really cool. They have a lot of premiers and stuff, but we got it at kind of a discount time. We sold tickets on our website and it sold out online. And we sold t-shirts and little squishy brain things.


Work on your next one: I've got many more movies to come. My advice to any young filmmaker is to persevere and if you really enjoy making movies you should stick with it. It is awesome having people watch your movie and like it. And kids can do it too. Technology is available. There is nothing to stop you.

De quoi apprendre!

[ZombiGirl]

Sympa ! On lui souhaite de réussir pour la suite...

[Defest]

"Also, no running zombies. As George Romero says, they are dead. They shouldn't be running around."

ouais enfin en meme temps they shouldn't walk non plus...