Initial Ideas

Some of the inspiration for our two minute piece are as follows:

Possibly the main inspiration for our piece was the opening of the sequal '28 Weeks Later' , the film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.  In this scene it opens on to a barn in rural England which contains a group of survivors who have hidden themselves from the highly infectious 'Rage' virus which turns it's victims into highly aggressive and cannibalistic 'zombies' or infected as they are referred to throughout the film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHf6Th-E3kE&feature=related

In this scene we realised the suspense built up by the sound of silence, also the use of point of view when looking out the barn door and the sudden extreme close-up of the infected eye combined with the scream of the victim a horrifying opening. Another part of the film which added to the inspiration of our piece is where the main character, 'Don' played by Robert Carlyle, leaves his wife 'Alice' played by Catherine McCormack trapped inside the house attached to the barn which has been overrun by the infected. We thought this part created the suspense through the use of handheld camera which follows the pair being chased around the house.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pc17rXbC6c

William Leather