Long Time Running: Synopsis

Our film 'Long Time Running' shows the story of Michael Bower who takes refuge in a school after a virus infects the United Kingdom turning everyone into the undead.  The film opens 3 weeks into the widespread infection of the UK, as well as being a Zombie-Thriller it is a psycological battle with himself after he lost the last important part of his life to the infection his son, a flashback during the sequence will show this point.

The infection is violent once in the system the victim changes almost instantly, just like the T-Virus in 28 Days Later even though our undead cannot run as quickly.  The change becomes apparent through the dialation and colour change of the pupils (which will be done through colour contacts), also the behaviour becomes very irratic and violent to all who aren't undead.

To kill the infected Bowers discovers he must destroy anywhere above the neck area to destroy transmissions from the brain so the infected can no longer be active.  It finishes with a fast paced chase through the school finishing with quick cuts of what seems to be his death but leaves it on a cliff hanger where the sound of a crush is heard and the screen goes black.  We hope this will acheve a tension that will stay with the audience even after the film has finished.