So i gotta write a script...

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:43 pm

Farman wrote:
pk- wrote:
kins83 wrote:Or - have any zombie films explored the rebuilding aspect? Like, when all the zombies have been decapitated/starved/whatever, what happens next? How do you go about recovering from that kind of thing, both personally and as a species?
This is a great idea. That was one of the great things about World War Z, it dealt with that sort of thing.

In a way it'd be even more terrifying than the middle of the actual zombpocalypse. You've lived through hell on earth, you've seen the monsters, you've started to rebuild - but every dark alleyway, or forest, or beach, or basement, or empty house....or anywhere that isn't a floodlit fucking fortress is forever going to terrify you because of the fear that there might be stragglers.

You could have absolute terror and carnage in your film and only have about three actual zombie sightings; mistaken identity, frayed nerves, starvation leading to cannabilism would wipe people out just as effectively as a horde of the undead
deep. i wish i could be like funded by the lottery like some other british films and make this shit. we would all be co-directors etc and make this epicness

It'd be cheap as fuck, you'd only need makeup for three people

Make it character-driven with more and more little clues here and there to the scale of the zombie apocalypse and you could even make it a tv series

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:46 pm

I will happily play a zombie or a post 'zombopocalyptic' (copyright pk- 2009) emotionally scarred and distant emo type.

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:50 pm

the great thing about this course is that i will eventually have to make a short film. based on my script.

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:52 pm

kins83 wrote:I will happily play a zombie or a post 'zombopocalyptic' (copyright pk- 2009) emotionally scarred and distant emo type.

Lol yeh would be a laugh just acting savage for a bit

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:53 pm

Stragglers

fucking amazing title. i should be in the film industry

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:56 pm

I think we've basically got this nailed. Oscars, here we come.

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 3:57 pm

ytee wrote:zombies that punch small animals ftw...see sig for visual reference.

Lol mate ur sigs are serious jokes. i laughed about that one for like 5mins upon first seeing it.

surface_tension · Post by **surface_tension** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:04 pm

pk- wrote:Stragglers

fucking amazing title. i should be in the film industry

I hear Bukakke pays shit, but you work your way up, so to speak.

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:08 pm

Lol well i guess Dubluke has just missed something big.

elbe · Post by **elbe** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:32 pm

done and done.......next.

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:33 pm

It'd be interesting so see what you come up with Farman, bump this thread when the masterpiece is finished!

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:01 pm

well as it happens i have come across a very monr case of What next?
if you could inspire me of any possible plots i would be greatful.

here is my synopsis so far...

Pierre-Antoine Reeves is twenty-five and is one of the countless refugees seeking shelter and hospice in the Zombie War. He is the last of five siblings after being forced to kill his family as they became infected from a siege at their house in Paris during the first outbreaks. Pierre is now in the UK, 8 months since the first recorded out break of the Z virus. He is no longer affected by the concept of death due to his hundreds of encounters of terror and doom that riddle the world.

He is now part of an almost bandit like group serving as an engineer, they roam the lands treating it as their playground; they are using a kitted out lorry as their transport representing a moving fortress. Pierre and his crew take orders from the gang leader who names him self Cesar, a veteran to the Falkland’s war and he too a victim to infection of the Z virus to his family. He keeps a tight routine within the lifestyle of these bandits and is possibly the reason that they have managed to last this long as lone rangers. Pierre’s chances take a turn for the worse when a resources mission goes wrong. When raiding a derelict 24/7 garage Pierre is ordered to check out the condition of the fuel pumps to refuel the lorry, they are located in the basement of the garage. Whilst down there he is unexpectedly attacked by a lone zombie, before destroying he is bit on the neck and by knowing his own doom he decides to hide his burden within his bandit scarf. To the crew all appears to go to plan as they set off for the night. It is that night where the virus begins to take over Pierre’s body. He starts to turn the classic decomposed colour as mutated Z gland in his brain starts to alter his urges and instinct into the telltale signs of a zombie. However Pierre’s case is different the virus has not fully mutated and Pierre is still left with his conscience. After savaging his crew when they least expected Pierre is alone and his tortured by his actions last night as he cannot control his instinct and nature of the virus.

After these actions Pierre now finds himself with many of his own kind his mental state is a mess and is barely recognizable. He has lost all his build and his body is running on empty, the virus controls him now. Now part of the terror that swarms this country, Pierre witnesses the downfall of the nation and is part of the numerous waves that attack various strongholds across the county.

is not finalized so very open for suggestions

peace

alfie · Post by **alfie** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:01 pm

i haven't contributed at all but i'm jumping on the bandwagon from here on in, i expect to see my name in the closing credits

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:12 pm

So does Pierre now just chill with other zombies? Or are they aware that he is different? If they know, then are they after him too? If he knows he is a zombie, and he knows he's fucked, what is his motivation to survive?

I've got loads of work to do but this is infinitely more interesting.

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:18 pm

ah shit i dunno, he only has his conscience so i think the other zombies wouldnt know cos its only in his mind and the other ones are stupid. however i could lead it on to that he is fighting back against the virus and is slowly regaining control of his body, thus him becoming of great interest to government or sumin as he is familier to zombie characteristic blah blah blah

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:24 pm

the thing is, will you actually be able to film things like a moving fortress or a downfall of a nation? not that they're not good ideas, but isn't that punching above your weight a bit? the great thing about zombie films is you can make them convincingly terrifying with relatively little extravagance

i really like the idea of his being concious but completely unable to control his actions though! it'd be great to include the revelation that all the zombies are like that, and nobody ever knew - a flicker of recognition in another zombie's eye just before they & pierre are shot in the head by your traditional zombie film hero-type, or something

kins83 · Post by **kins83** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:37 pm

pk- wrote: i really like the idea of his being concious but completely unable to control his actions though! it'd be great to include the revelation that all the zombies are like that, and nobody ever knew - a flicker of recognition in another zombie's eye just before they & pierre are shot in the head by your traditional zombie film hero-type, or something

This. It really is a wicked idea man. Zombies are always just seen as cannon fodder in films (except for the one team member/sibling/spouse who gets bitten), it'd be a pretty deep revelation that they were all still fully human but just slaves to a virus. Which I guess is more believable really - there's plenty of parasites in nature that affect the behaviour of it's host organism.

And yeah, I think simple works better. Keep it gritty. I mean there wouldn't necessarily be piles of rubble and super fortresses everywhere, there'd just be that weird desolation like in 28 days later.

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:38 pm

pk- wrote:the thing is, will you actually be able to film things like a moving fortress or a downfall of a nation? not that they're not good ideas, but isn't that punching above your weight a bit? the great thing about zombie films is you can make them convincingly terrifying with relatively little extravagance

i really like the idea of his being concious but completely unable to control his actions though! it'd be great to include the revelation that all the zombies are like that, and nobody ever knew - a flicker of recognition in another zombie's eye just before they & pierre are shot in the head by your traditional zombie film hero-type, or something

Ahahah yeh that is kl, yeh i would have no chance of that sorta filming unless donw with micro machines

however it is a just a short film showing a glimpse of my script. And fortunately there is a derelict garage with smashed windows and every ting near my house so that would be kl.

edward3685 · Post by **edward3685** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:50 pm

yeah liking this as it is being told from the other side for once..original. Maybe he could follow his conscience and go about solving the outbreak from the centre of the zombies by pretending hes one of them but actually is trying to kill them all.

Also maybe the z virus makes their ears extremly fragile so a very good way to kill them is blasting dubstep out at very high volumes and see them withering away like contact with the sun.

ez steppas

farman · Post by **farman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 6:01 pm

this?

It is when Pierre starts to notice a lot more freedom within his body and begins to feel more control over his actions that he realises that his body is fighting back against the virus as it did not have full control of him in the first place. He wanders off from the horde and seeks isolation. After a long and painful process Pierre is now more or less back to humanity. His hatred and guilt of his past actions strive him to help be a part of the fight and he soon joins one of London’s biggest stronghold communities after being thoroughly examined, when asked about the wound on his neck he states that it was a dog bite as a youth, unexpectedly his results come up with no trace of the virus. Pierre makes his story known to the leader of the stronghold and apologizes for his lie in order to enter the camp. It is made aware that

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. Soon something strange happens; he starts to notice that other zombies seem to have this look of discomfort within their eyes. It seems to Pierre that other infected may share the same case as Pierre and is almost certain as many other zombies show not unusual but questionable activity e.g. constant shrieking at night and repetitive movements ; twitching in limbs and other cases like self harming. There is even a case where one infected is repeatedly smashing his face upon a tree, his facial feature being mashed up into a barky hell.

Pierre is disturbed on his activities when an assault happens on his horde, a school bus full of civilians armed to the teeth with various weapons and armour start strategically shooting into the crowds of zombies. Pierre begins to feel that familiar rage take over and begins uncontrollably sprinting towards his target. His mind is in chaos he wants to scream out that he is trapped within this creature. It is over as a controlled shot enters his cranium and demolishes his only sanity within.

It is later discovered in a lab on a live zombie that the brain does carry the electrical currents needed for deeper thought other than the viruses regular actions. It is publically announced and things take a turn for the worst as people try themselves to reverse the process not knowing that their case is hopeless and just feeding the ever growing apocalypse.

EDIT gotta get this wrapped up really, is due in for tomoroow haha. should have done this weeks ago.

So i gotta write a script...

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