This was a sunny Sunday in Barnet where we shot the scene of the gang abandoning Philip’s Jag. This neighbourhood in London was chosen for its unusually wide roads. It’s usually where director Mike Leigh ...
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‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 12 / May 23rd, 2003
Still in East Finchley, but with only 7/8’s of a page to shoot. This would seem like a luxury on a low budget film, but we specifically spread our budget really thin so that we ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 11 / May 22nd, 2003
Lots of memories on this day. The lovely Penelope Wilton calling Shaun ‘pickle’, my Mum’s nickname for me. Doing a small, but complex steadicam shot through the hall into the living room to ‘kill Philip’. ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 10 / May 21st, 2003
Here’s a morsel of a deleted scene. I had seen an ice cream van with the amazing slogan ‘Often Licked, Never Beaten’ and had the idea to see zombie kids snacking on an ice cream ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 9 / May 20th, 2003
So ten years ago today we were in Abbots Gardens in East Finchley shooting the scenes outside Barbara and Philip’s house. And with the lovely Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton. Both amazing. Seeing Simon jump ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 8 / May 19th, 2003
“Pow. Super Mum.” This was a day spent in and around Crouch End Broadway in North London. I recall that getting the seemingly homeless man to seemingly eat a pigeon was not too easy. Harder ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 7 / May 18th, 2003
Ah yes. ‘Foree Electric’. This was shot on a Sunday on Finchley High Road in North London in an electronics shop now called Garland Electronics. This day is notable for a couple of reasons. It ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Rest Day / May 17th, 2003
‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 6 / May 16th, 2003
Um… Spoiler alert. This is the last scene of ‘Shaun Of The Dead’. It’s very strange shooting the coda in the middle of another scene, but that’s exactly what we did here. Ideally it would ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 5 / May 15th, 2003
Back into the garden for another day at Fairfield Road. And now with Mark Donovan as number 27 on the call sheet; ‘Hulking Man’. The great make up is by the very talented Stuart Conran. ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 4 / May 14th, 2003
So Day 4 of the shoot brought the first of the zombie set pieces. Fairfield Road was a great but difficult location. The garden was east-west facing meaning that matching the daylight during the shoot ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 3 / May 13th, 2003
Ten years ago, we began principal photography on ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ in London. To celebrate we’ve decided to take you through every single day of production over the next month or two. Team Big ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 2 / May 12th, 2003
Ten years ago, we began principal photography on ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ in London. To celebrate we’ve decided to take you through every single day of production over the next month or two. Team Big ...
Read More »‘Shaun of the Dead’ Photo-a-day / Shoot Day 1 / May 11th, 2003
So on this very day, ten years ago, we began principal photography on ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ in London. To celebrate this we’ve decided to take you through every single day of production over the ...
Read More »Jameson Empire Awards 2013 | Sunday March 24th
Favourite movie? “Pacific Rim’.
If you follow me on Twitter or have heard me on ‘Doug Love Movies’, you’ll know I’m slightly obsessed with the name tags of cinema staff members that declare their favourite movie of all time ...
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