GH2 Smells Like Dead - Zombie comedy web series

PaPa

PaPa

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Hey all,

been brought on board to direct/produce a zombie web series called "Smells Like Dead"

We just shot makeup tests a few days ago and I wanted to share it with you guys since it's being done with a hacked GH2. Went through stages 1 through 4 and these images are from stage 4.

First image is straight from the camera ( we got a little flare from the back window which greened up the image a bit ) and then did a bit of conceptualizing on what else can be done.

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I LOVE zombie stuff!! (as I'm sure a BUNCH of people do!)

Looks good! What type of format are you trying to do? Episode length? Weekly? Let us know when it's up and running.
 
I've never been a huge fan of zombie flicks, but I am very interested in creating something that is visually dramatic following a zombie-like story, but making a comedy that's funny because of how the characters deal with their environment and situations instead of having them perform in a more theatrical way. Should be interesting.
 
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Looks really great. Can you tell us about who's handling the makeup/the production process?
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A friend of ours who works professionally in Montreal, Maeghan-Blaise Andrew, is doing makeup for us. I was brought on as a Director/Producer. Right now we are testing makeup and the effects of light on various areas of the skin to see how pigments work before and after grading. This lets us check out fine details to see what we see too much of, or not enough. It also gives us a good indication of where to add things ( photoshopped the eyes and made the tear blood a little darker ).

We begin production in about a month and now we are scrambling to get the actors workshopped and finalize a few locations.
 
Wanted to share a couple of grabs with everyone here.

Interesting challenge shooting something at this scale with only a couple of diva lights and bounce boards. Sometimes competing with outside is too difficult so we had no choice but to blow out windows/outside. But hopefully the acting and content will distract from the otherwise image issues.

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Blown out exterior:
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Looking good. The blown exteriors aren't really that bothersome actually. One could argue it's a stylistic choice (this is a zombie story after all). The GH2 is looking REALLY great here too. Nice production design (makeup and costumes at least. I know complex sets are difficult). Looking forward to this.

Quantum 9b hack? Or something newer?
 
I'm trying really hard to make these images look progressively better with each project I take on, so I really appreciate your compliments. I'm using 9Vb I believe.

I'll keep posting updates as they come along.
 
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