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The Book of Zombie Opening Credits
Back in March 2009, I started to create the opening credits sequence for The Book of Zombie. It took over three months and hundreds of hours to complete. I’m writing this to both show the completed sequence and to illustrate how it was done. Get started by watching it below and then we’ll dive into the How-To. Don’t forget to turn up the sound because Adam Gehrke’s original score is killer! Flash Video … Read entire article »
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More Gunfire for The Book of Zombie
As we’ve gotten closer to finishing the final edit of The Book of Zombie, we decided that we need a close-up of an old double barrel shotgun firing. Yesterday, Adam and I set out to create the shot without using any bullets or blanks. The gun was rigged with a small amount of black powder in one of the barrels. We set it off with model rocket igniters wired to a custom-made battery pack. We … Read entire article »
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Trailer Screening on the Side of a Building
Seattle broke the world record on the 3rd of July with the largest ever zombie walk. The event centered at the Fremont Outdoor Cinema and ended with a screening of Shaun of the Dead. The Book of Zombie trailer was screened before the feature on the big screen to thousands of zombie fans. What an awesome sight, seeing our movie on such a HUGE screen! They had projectors aimed at two sides … Read entire article »
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The Opening Credits Are Complete
The opening credits sequence for The Book of Zombie is complete. I finished rendering the last shots late last week and sent it on to the rest of the zombie team for viewing. I’m hearing that everyone loved it. Just this morning I passed it along to our sound team to begin the sound design and scoring process. I’m hoping to be able to post the whole open soon. In … Read entire article »
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Opening Credits Still
I’ve been spending most of my waking hours working on the opening credits sequence for The Book of Zombie. It’s been such a huge project that I’ve recruited many volunteers to do the actor rotoscoping for me. The actors were shot walking on treadmills in a makeshift studio in a friend’s carport. Thanks Brian! The smoke is dry ice shot over black in my basement. The background art is by my wife, Leah, then colored … Read entire article »
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