Zombie Eyes

[Man_Of_Film]

Hello fellow dvx users,

This is my first post and I am excited to be a part of this new community. I have been a long time user and fan of the Panasonic dvx series. Well, enough chat and on to the point.

I am currently in pre production, about to start shooting, for a zombie movie called "Doctor S Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies". As our shooting date approaches our money is running thin. The last aspect we are trying accomplish are the zombies eye's. We have quite a few zombies on screen at once, at least 5-8 on average.

Contacts are the best way to go but sometimes can cost an arm and a leg. My question is does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to create this effect? Does anyone have any good contact stores they can send me to? Is there any kind of CG work I can do?

Thank you for your time

Bryan

http://www.myspace.com/doctor_scientist
http://www.ifilm.com/profile/man_of_film

 

[TC]

If you've got anybody who knows After Effects, it's not too hard, just time consuming.

1. Create a white solid
2. Turn down the opacity
3. Rotoscope the eyes of all the zombies, set the masks to "add" and feather them a bit.

That is if you're looking for the milky, washed out type of zombie eyes.

You can see a small sample of this effect on my demo reel: http://www.originalcine.net/internship/tc_harrison_reel_07.mov

 

[clang]

and you can save cash by having at least some of your zombies lurching around with almost-closed eyes - so long as it's not an extreme close-up, the audience will just see 'blind' zombies.

And judging by your title, I'm guessing your movie isn't entirely serious, so how about something like having all your zombies wearing sunglasses?