Influences

When I was orignally coming up with my idea for a horror film, I was certain I wanted to do a zombie movie. My biggest influences were the 2003 remake of George A Romeros Dawn of the Dead, and 28 Days Later.

The camerawork in Dawn of the Dead is brilliant, and I wish to take this over into my idea. The use of handcam and shots not fully revealing each of the zombies are very good at building tension, and pumping more action into seuences. Another good thing about Dawn of the Dead is the zombies themselves. They are intelligent and fast moving, a quality I find particularly scary about zombies and wish to use in my film.

28 Days Later is a film with many similarities to mine. It is also set in the UK, and the zombies are much like I want mine to be; fast, intelligent and vicious. It also has some good exmaples of typical zombie film camerawork, such as some interesting POV shots.