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October 24, 2005
Sha-Pels Zombie Video Shoot
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Mmmmm… Brains...
The Sha-Pels, CIA Music Award winners for "Best New Act of 2004," gathered many in the film and music community recently to begin production on their long-planned music video for the song, "Chesapeake Swinging Moderns." The video was set at a house party where the band performed for a hip crowd while zombies approached and eventually breached the home and disrupted the party. Violent and bloody with a hint of dark humor, the video, along with videos for two other tunes, is to become part of a trilogy of sorts that will be released on DVD early next year. The project pays homage to George Romero's classic zombie motion pictures of the late 20th century.
Over forty amateur actors were cast from the local music community for the production which took place over 12 hours on Sunday, October 2. More than a typical music video, this was an artistic effort by a majority of the music community as over twenty bands were represented by various musicians. While inherently difficult, the shoots went surprisingly smooth and by the end of the night, the production team and the zombies and partygoers were tired but satisfied.
While the production was certainly low budget, the production team pulled out all the stops using a steadicam, gib arm, dolly, multiple light kits, and various technical toys. The production team included Russ Cannon, Chris Braly and Jon Phillips of Digital Video Minds. Also on the production team were Don Benjamin of Trillium Pictures and Mark Gill of Entrudia Independent. Catering was provided by the St. Elmo Doghouse.
The Sha-Pels will make an announcement when the project is complete and a local screening/concert is scheduled. They also wanted to thank to everyone that helped!
An observer has posted digital pictures of the shoot here.
(Thanks to Chris Braly for the info on this event.)
News | By colrus | 10:55 AM
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