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| How
long did your project take
to create, from conception
to final completion? |
| About 9 months. |
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| Where
did your inspiration come
from? |
| I'm not very good with directions so I always find myself getting lost in unfamiliar places. That's always been scary to me, so I love putting characters who are already under the stress of not knowing where they are into situations where they have to fight for their lives. |
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| Is
Horror your primary
creative interest? |
| Definitely. I have a hard time thinking of anything more exciting than being scared. |
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| Can
you describe a typical day
in the creative process? |
| The cast and I would arrive to whatever location we were shooting at early in the morning and I would set up the film equipment as I guided the actors through the scene and watched them rehearse. Then we would start shooting, and on any of the numerous occasions that we were filming in the rain, I found whoever I could to hold an umbrella over me and my camera. After a few hours we would break to eat and dry off. I used this time to work on whatever actors needed special effects makeup for the remainder of the day. We would then go back to work on whatever scenes were left until late at night, when the cast was thrilled to be able to wash off all of the fake blood. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest horror writer? |
| I consider M. Night Shyamalan to be one of the greatest horror writers because his scripts are so detailed and everything interconnects so that by the end of the movie you're actually left with some sort of message. I also love how his characters react so realistically to everything going on that even pure fiction seems totally believable. |
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| Can
you recall the first horror
film that left a lasting
impression on you? |
| When I was really young I watched "Jaws." I still can't even go into a swimming pool alone. |
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| Who
do you consider to be the
greatest 'Master of Horror'? |
| Anyone who makes a film about what they themselves are afraid of. When they believe something's scary, I think that makes it easier to convince the audience of the same thing. |
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| How
did you find your cast? |
| I have a lot of friends who are theater performers. I think they were drawn in by a hope of some sort of glamorous moviemaking process. They later found out how tiring and uncomfortable it is to be in a zombie movie. |
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| What
is you most memorable moment
while making your film? |
| It was the first day of shooting and the cast was doing a read-through of the script. I though it was really incredible that they were acting as characters I made up, and saying words that I wrote. It was so cool to realize they were all there working to make a project that stemmed from my imagination. |
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| What was the editing process like? |
| I re-edited a couple of times. I would always just go back and watch the movie from the beginning, and lots of times I'd be making mental notes of things I could improve on. |
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| Did
you shoot on film or with
digital cameras? |
| I shot with digital video for it's convenience and low-cost. |
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| How
many members of your cast
and crew? |
| Seven
in the cast, with a crew of one. |
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| If
you could choose any famous
actors to work with on future
projects, who would they
be? |
| Probably Drew Barrymore because it was so cool watching her kick off the movie "Scream." She made a phone conversation absolutely terrifying, and horror's not a genre you typically see her in. |
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