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Marc Price Infects Cannes with Colin, the $70 Zombie Film
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by Jordan Yerman | May 22, 2009 at 01:35 pm
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The ultimate Hollywood Cinderella story is about a zombie named Colin...
British Director Marc Price wrote, produced and directed an uldra-low-budget film called Colin, a zombie flick told from the zombie's point of view. The short was a hit at Cannes, as studio reps circled like sharks for the opportunity to turn Price's vision into a full-length feature. Not bad for a film that cost $70 to make!
Price cast the film via Facebook, which he trolled for volunteer zombies (as opposed to professional zombies).
With help from a makeshift band of friends and volunteers, Price shot and edited the feature -- which ingeniously spins the zombie genre on it's head by telling the story entirely from the zombie's perspective -- over a period of 18 months while working nights part-time as a booker for a taxi company.
Incidentally, the seventy bucks were spent on a few props and refreshments for the zombie horde.
"Hopefully we'll be able to generate some interest and maybe try to get some kind of a budget for our next film -- maybe a bigger budget, £100, I don't know."
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at 03:01 on May 23rd, 2009
GREAT JOB TO THESE FILMMAKERS! THAT'S WHAT WE CALL "AESTHETICS OF POVERTY" IN THEATRE HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES ;)
at 06:46 on July 28th, 2009
I would like to contact Marc or his manager as I know he is looking for funding for his next picture...a WWII horror picture and I want to discuss my potential in funding part or all of this film. Any assistance would be appreciated.