Friday, 9 December 2011

Research and Planning: To do List

For this trailer to be made these are the following thing I need to do next week!!

  • Sort out all extras and get them to sign actor release forms
  • Do make up tests
  • Decide on final location for shooting outside
  • Decide on main characters final costume
  • Sort out zombie costume
  • Type up offical script for actors
  • Set design and light rigging for news room.
  • News reader auditions and costume design

Research and Planning: Trailer Script

Quarantine Script.


Genre: horror/ zombie film

Prop list:

• Fake blood

• SFX make up

• Fake gun

• Dummy dead body

Setting:

• news room

• Manchester city centre

• Unknown room

• Bridge



Characters:

• Robin (main character) a Character that has now seen it all and will do anything to survive

• News reader (Tom Tucker) arrogant, but scared at the same time

• Screaming woman

• Zombies – will be the main protagonist and will be seen all the way through the trailer.



Main plot:

The film will be about a man who has survived for a year since the zombie outbreak. Now the race is on to find the last safe location on earth, before the last government start the Quarantine initiative and kill everything and everyone still out in the wasteland.



Opening scene:

The news reader will warn the world of the zombie outbreak and tell everyone what the steps to take are if you encounter one of the infected.

Middle plot:

The main Character will be shown running away and fighting against the infected in small scenes the rest of the time it shows him travelling doing his best to survive.

Climax:

Then it will show the news reader talking to the camera man about leaving and then a zombie will walk in and push the newsreader to the ground. The main character will then walk in and kill the zombie. This will then conclude the trailer and the information will come up about the release date and other info.

Research and Planning: Production Companies




These are the production companies that may be featured on my teaser trailer, poster and magazine cover.