Along Time Running: The Film

In an isolated zombie-apcolypse Michel Bowers remains alive in the english countryside. It was produced in April 2011 by Zombie Media.

Long Time Running: Location Shots

The location we will be filming at is Moorland Private School, Clitheroe.  We decided to choose this location because it quite a large, old building that I feel created with the right effects, filming and cinematography could create an highly adrenaline fueled location which we hope can appeal to the thriller-zombie genre.

Long Time Running: Hand Drawn Costume Design

These are some hand drawn designs of what we hope are main characters costumes are hoped to look like, even though they maybe changed due to budget and availability.

Long Time Running: Risk Assessment Form

This is a signed assessment form, both by cast and A. Birtwell to show that safety has been taken into consideration when production of our film Long Time Running is taking place on the Wednesday 23rd until Saturday 26th at Moorland Private High School in Clitheroe.

Long Time Running: Identifying the Roles of cast

The identified roles of each of the crew members for the production of Zombie Media's, Along Time Running are as follows:

William Leather: Directing and Cinematography

Arran Williams: Make-up, costume design and sound

Joshua Bray: Lighting and editing


After the production is completed, each member of the crew will analyse their own aspect of which they have contributed toward the production.  Even though these jobs are given to a specific member the crew will be on hand to help each other.

Long Time Running: Script and Voiceover

This is the script that will be used when we a producing Long Time Running, there is not a lot of dialogue in this as it is heavily visual.  It maybe changed during production as to keep to the alloted time limit.

(Opening on to heavy breathing and running steps during titles)

(Cut to morning after)

MB: Ahhhh! (Stretching)

(Sits down)

(Laughing of child can be heard from flashback)

MB: (Laughs) Go on go ahead!

MK: Okay! Who are they?

MB: I don't know! (.5) Hello?!

(Sees Z, turns around and grabs MK hand)

MB: Come on! Run!

(MK falls, caught by Z)

MK: Dad! Come back...

(Screams can be heard. Heavy breathing and running fades out)

(MB crying)

(Interrupted by a loud moan)

(Slow steps echoed by the corridor as MB steps into corridor)

(Growling heard from Z)

(MB screams, running and heavy breathing heard)

(MB falls, screen turns black. Screaming stops, Z moan carries on)

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.

Long Time Running: Sounds and Music

For our film, as it being a thriller, we chose sounds that are ominous and connote danger and tension.  The music used includes a lot of stringed instruments such as violins and drums to create a beat and increase a rising tension throughout, which will build up the chase scene at the end.  We can combined sounds to create a fast moving scene, perhaps making the beat more modern and fast paced but keep the strings as they are needed to keep the tension in the scene.

All our music and sounds are copyright free and were not taken from a website but from CD's with sounds made on computer music makers.

Long Time Running: Storyboard

This is an idea for the storyboard of the future production of our zombie thriller 'Long Time Running', which follows a day in the life of an isolated man who in an highly dangerous and zombie infested part of England.  The storyboard contains 2 montages and one flashback to when he lost his son, alot of quick cutting is used throughout the film to build tension, 

identified insitution: film four

Our identified film institution is the british company Film Four launched in 1998 to finance, produce and broadcast British films for the British public, but now shows many Hollywood Blockbusters.  Currently the companies message is "Great films for Free" this makes it a popular channel as it makes film seem more of an art form this is achieved through pre-film interviews with cast and crew.  It has channels on freeview and the major broadcasting networks such as Sky and Virgin Media, but it's main source of finance is its own production company 'Film Four Productions', which over the years has financed many high grossing films such as; Slumdog Millionaire, This is England, Touching the Void.

I feel that this institution is more closely related to the filming we are going to be doing as it shows a much more independent cinema but makes it relevant in mainstream television hitting on cultural and social situations as well as showing international films such as; Battle Royale, City of God, Oldboy.  As our genre of film is in the zombie sub-genre the Film Four company represents it with great respect as in 2007 when british zombie-horror 28 Weeks Later was released Film Four had a commited 'Zombie Week' which included interviews and showed classic and modern zombie films.

Questionnaire to Establish the Target Audience

Audience Questionaire.

Age:
Sex:
Ethnicity:

What is your favourite kind of film genre?

a. thriller
b. romance
c. action

d. sci-fi
e. horror
f. other.

With your chosen option, what reaction would you hope to achieve from this film?





When at the cinemas, what experience do you enjoy the most about a film?

a. cry

b. laugh,

c. scared,

d. happiness

e. thought provoking.

Who would you most want to watch a film with?

a. parents

b. friends.

c. partner.

d. grandparents
e. yourself.

How often do you go to the cinemas?

a. every week

b. once a foretnight
c. once a month

d. not very often

Through distributing this questionnaire through the public I hope to create a large research basis for our media project which can help us decide on the creative and direction wish to take our film in.