The Farm…

 Just got the news that a film we did has been accepted into the Alamo Drafthouse Zombie Festival – Dismember the Alamo: Visit the Web Page!”

The Farm was the first episode of a series John Gholson concepted during our time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, when I was the General Manager of Beecon, the Student Run Television Station.

The series was called Live Zombys and had the goal of being a set of non-sequential zombie shorts that told different stories within a world where mankind and zombie-dom had come to co-exist.

We created rules. For the universe, and for the filmmakers – like no script could be over 8 pages, and no short could take over 1 day to shoot. Though, since we just finished post-production work like over a year later, that aspect could clearly take longer.

We’ve done another in the series, and I’m actually about to pen a new installment, so that we have a nice triad of films.John wrote this one. And starred in it as Whit Granberry. I directed/dp’d/color corrected/edited and brainstormed on the ideas. Paul Gandersman worked on the color correction and editing as well. Sam Eidson and Kate Heckman are the other two actors which make this short so interesting. They’re absolutely phenomenal in the subtlety they gave the characters – especially when you consider Kate played a Zombie!

The screening is open to the public for free, and is at 6:30 on October 25th. Seating is limited, so get to the Lake Creek Alamo Drafthouse early. You’ll get to see a great block of zombie shorts created by people all around the world. Should be a fun time. 

And now…for your enjoyment…the Live Zombys: The Farm trailer we did oh so long ago…