Colin

[arjue]

From BBC:

Cinema deal for £45 zombie film


A horror film made for just £45 on a camcorder is to be released in cinemas after impressing a distributor.

Zombie movie Colin, which was filmed in London and Wales, is the work of director Marc Price who also wrote, filmed and produced the movie.

It took the 30-year-old 18 months to complete and was edited while he was working for a courier company.

Swansea-born Mr Price said he hoped it would encourage other budding filmmakers to follow their dreams.

He used friends and acquaintances to appear in the film, shot on two camcorders, while the £45 budget was mostly spent buying crowbars and teas and coffees.

It will now be distributed by Kaleidoscope Entertainment who said it would hit the big screen in time for Hallowe'en.

The film charts the progress of Colin, played by actor Alastair Kirton, a man who is bitten by a zombie, dies and is resurrected as one of the flesh-eating un-dead.

It is shot from Colin's perspective with viewers gaining an insight of his life prior to zombification as well as witnessing him munching his way through various victims.

London-based Mr Price said he and Mr Kirton had become friends while working on another project and hit it off so decided to make Colin together.

Director Marc Price: "We had to work with what we had available to us"

"It was important to find a way to tell the story without bankrupting ourselves," he said.

"The end of the world scenario lends itself to that.

"Apart from three large sequences the bulk of the movie is just me, Alastair and my cheap little camcorder - that is where the heart of the movie lies."

He said when they first started filming he never thought it would reach a cinema audience.

"The whole thing is just insane. I really thought it was a joke when I was told."

Mr Price said he had named the central character in tribute to his father Colin, who had introduced him to films as a youngster with the original King Kong and the Empire Strikes Back among his favourites.

"I've always had a huge interest in films and film making," he added.

"I hope that this will encourage others to go out with their video cameras and make films.

"It just goes to show you don't need thousands and thousands of pounds."

There will be a sneak preview at the Frightfest fantasy and horror film festival in London next month.

It will then be released in London and other major cities although the names of the venues are yet to be released.

I think its a great accomplishment, and I'm interested to see how the film is.

[animegirl]

That sounds really cool, I think some of the lower budget zombie flicks end up being the scariest.

[DacaZ]

Some of the low budget ones are pretty good. I just watched Dead Meat on Netflix. A real shoestring Irish zombie production. It was pretty good.

[Dolemite]

Yeah, I saw Dead Snow recently, which was a low budget Norwegian Nazi zombie movie. It was pretty decent.

Anyway, about Colin- this is such a great story. I'm really happy to see people circumventing the traditional Hollywood studio bullshit and making their own movies. It just shows how much dough is wasted when making your average flick if these dudes can make one for $70 that actually manages to get picked up for release.

Here's the trailer, BTW:

[animegirl]

Wow, that looks way better than I expected!

[icarusfall]

That was impressive!

[Frogacuda]

Anyway, about Colin- this is such a great story. I'm really happy to see people circumventing the traditional Hollywood studio bullshit and making their own movies. It just shows how much dough is wasted when making your average flick if these dudes can make one for $70 that actually manages to get picked up for release.

Yeah, Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Walker, etc) has been preaching this a lot lately. He's been making below-line features, including a Repo Man sequel and said it's absolutely amazing what you can do without having to go through all the red tape and unions that make things cost 100 times more.

And not just union wage stuff, either, but all the regulations about having to go through the city and block off 4 blocks to film, and any scene with a car needing to have a convoy of cars blocking off traffic and three to film and all this just absolute bullshit. So he just got some friends together, went out into the desert, and shot a movie in 5 days for no real money. And you know what? It was pretty fucking good.

[Doc Holliday]

I can't wait for the torrent!

[arjue]

lol