‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 28 / June 11th, 2003
This I remember as being a tough night. It might look like less than 1 and a half pages was very doable but… Night shoots can be tricky and on this night we had lots ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 27 / June 10th, 2003
The first night shoot at the Winchester Tavern and a lot of rather tricky bits to do. Rain machines on top of night-time lighting is a sure fire way to lose hours and hours of ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 26 / June 9th, 2003
And we’re back in Monson Road in New Cross again. We completely shut down the road around the Duke Of Albany pub while shooting this scene. One of the reasons we chose the Duke Of ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 25 / June 8th, 2003
Oh my lord, this was a big Sunday. Monson Road in New Cross was the first day shooting outside The Winchester. In the words of Marti DiBergi, ‘don’t look for it, it’s not there anymore’, ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / June 7th, 2003
There are no photos of me crashing hard on this very day ten years ago. I should have thought ahead and got the stills guy to document me fast asleep.
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 24 / June 6th, 2003
Another day in Highgate West Hill shooting the scene where Shaun comes to rescue Liz. This was day six of a six day week and you can see the cast are pretty exhausted. I think ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 23 / June 5th, 2003
This I remember as being a reasonably tough day in a flat on Highgate’s West Hill. We shot this on location rather than a set because we wanted to have a real window that Shaun ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 22 / June 4th, 2003
Still in the gardens. And above you can see a couple of gags that we did not manage to shoot. There was another sequence where the gang ran through peoples gardens and saw a hanged ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 21 / June 3rd, 2003
Still in the conjoined gardens in Northumberland Road in Barnet and today was the day we impaled the ‘Pyjama Zombie’ to a tree with a swing ball. I love doing scenes in people’s back gardens ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 20 / June 2nd, 2003
This was the start of our days in two connecting gardens in Northumberland Road in Barnet. We had to break down the fence between two neighbours and create the sequence with the trampoline and the ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 19 / June 1st, 2003
Now that’s a photo: Dylan Moran with Reece Shearsmith, Matt Lucas with Nick Frost, Tamsin Greig with Lucy Davis, Martin Freeman with Simon Pegg, Julia Deakin with Penelope Wilton, Jessica Hynes with Kate Ashfield. Also ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / May 31st, 2003
I am not sure what I did on my day off ten years ago. Perhaps I saw ‘Matrix Reloaded’?
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 18 / May 30th, 2003
It’s worth pointing out that ‘Shaun feigning interest in Driver’s waffle’ is a great scene description. It was another sunny day on the Hillcrest Estate in Highgate with Nick Frost, Bill Nighy and Imon Pegg ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 17 / May 29th, 2003
The Hillcrest Estate was a great location just off North Hill in Highgate. Today’s shoot revolved around a couple of quick tricky Steadicam shots operated by Paul Edwards. One takes Shaun from inside the Jag ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 16 / May 28th, 2003
Back to Fairfield Road as we had not completed the garden scene in the first week of the shoot. I cannot remember if it was rain or being overly ambitious that had stopped us from ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 15 / May 27th, 2003
3/8ths of a page might not seem a lot for a shooting day. But that does involve running zombies down from inside a car, stunts and reckless driving shots. And to top it all of ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 14 / May 26th, 2003
Another day in New Barnet filming the Jag scene. There are not a lot of photos for a good reason. Nearly all of our day was shot on the low loader, the trailer on which ...
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