As befits a extremely tense scene I remember this being a tense day on set. Sometimes the point in the shoot where the cast and crew have become tired, exhausted and emotional lands at exactly ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / June 29th, 2003
‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 42 / June 28th, 2003
The Winchester shoot was a tough one and definitely the trickiest part of the ‘Shaun’ shoot. It’s funny sometimes how the shoot starts to mirror the movie, as the stand off section and Barbara’s big ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 41 / June 27th, 2003
The difference between the schedule and the actual shots done today are a sure sign that we are running behind. Time is running out in the Winchester for ‘Shaun’ and for me!
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 40 / June 26th, 2003
Spare a thought for the zombies at the windows. These extremely patient flesheaters had to be outside the pub for days on end and without them the scene would be nothing. My friend Tim Chipping ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 39 / June 25th, 2003
I think the description of the scheduled pages above and the slate below must mean that we are behind. We’re still on the death of the zombified bartender. The beast must die soon as there’s ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 38 / June 24th, 2003
Another hard day throwing an elderly bartender into a jukebox. We cast Steve Emerson as John the barman because he was a stuntman but could also act and pull off a formidable zombie. Still seems ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 37 / June 23rd, 2003
Ten years ago today we shot the Queen scene fight which around revolved some quite complicated Steadicam shots operated by Paul Edwards. We had choreographed the scene with both a stunt co-ordinator, Jeff Hewitt Davis ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / June 22nd, 2003
‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 36 / June 21st, 2003
As you can see we are deep into the ‘Queen Scene’ here. Just outside that back door are zombies played by, among others, Paul Kaye and Simon Pegg’s sister Katy. A lot of people came ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 35 / June 20th, 2003
This is a panorama photo taken by production designer Marcus Rowland of the Winchester set. Hence the double Dylans. A lot of people assume the Winchester is a location, so that is a big credit ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 34 / June 19th, 2003
And so we shoot the beginning of the end in The Winchester. In all my films, the lead character is the focus of every scene and in every scene and you very rarely have time ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 33 / June 18th, 2003
I’m not sure this is all we shot this day. I do love this photo though. This is most likely the day we shot this highly loaded dialogue from Ed; “We’ll have a Bloody Mary ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 32 / June 17th, 2003
Our days at Ealing continue. This is the only scene where Nick Frost is not wearing the ‘I GOT WOOD’ t-shirt. The fruit machine he’s playing is real and actually called ‘Ooh Aah Dracula’. On ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 31 / June 16th, 2003
Ten years ago today on the ‘Shaun’ shoot, our movie became an Ealing Comedy by default. Ealing Studios in West London had been the home to classic 40’s and 50’s comedies like ‘Kind Hearts And ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / June 15th, 2003
‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / June 14th, 2003
‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 30 / June 13th, 2003
That’s right. We still weren’t done with Fairfield Road and the garden scene. Ambitious outdoor filming and the British weather are not the greatest bedfellows. So we had ourselves another go at throwing multiple objects ...
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