The document outlines the production schedule, locations, props, and costumes for a zombie horror media product. Filming will take place between October 1st-15th in and around the town of March, using conventional zombie horror locations like the town center, train station, and an abandoned building in Avenue Park. Props will include bats, fake guns, and backpacks to portray survivors. Costumes for survivors will be worn and bloody to suggest time spent in the apocalypse, while zombies will have very tattered and bloody outfits.

1. Production Schedule

2. Dates/Equipment
29th September: Location scouting
1st October: Casting photos
3rd October: Test footage
3rd October: Test shots to be taken
6th – 15th October: Filming
Equipment
Camera
Tripod

3. Locations
The locations to be used in the media product shall be filmed within the local vicinity of the town
(March). Locations such as the town centre shall be key for filming due to it being highly conventional
for zombie horror (and is used in films such as “28 days later” and “World War Z”), this is because it
shows the isolation of the people in a post apocalyptic world, making the overall scenes much more
convincing. However this location can only be used early in the morning or in the evening when the
area is quiet and not in use.
Another location is around the train station (when not in use). This is a location conventionally used in
zombie horror as a way of showing communication between people – follow the tracks to reach safety
etc. – who are distantly isolated. This location was heavily used in AMC’s, “The Walking Dead”.
A final location to be used in the production is the Avenue Park. Within the park is a cut through that
hides an abandoned building that is a highly conventional setting for horror. The dank, burnt out
setting shall momentarily appear in the product as a place of shelter. This location also makes good
use of natural lighting and ambient sound, making a more natural and realistic setting.
These locations are all highly conventional of this particular sub-genre and it is because of this that
the product should show a compelling story

4. Props
The props that shall be used in the product will be those that conform to the sub-genre
and the audience would expect to appear. The props chosen shall be cricket/baseball bats
and plastic munitions such as assault rifles. These weapons are iconic conventions of the
sub-genre. Other props to be used shall be back packs as these will have to be worn by
those who play the role of “survivor”. These props frequently appear in the sub-genre, in
films such as, “28 Days Later”, “Dawn Of The Dead” and “World War Z”.

5. Costume
The type of costume worn in the media product shall be conventional of zombie horror. In
order to keep to conventions the survivors shall have to wear clothing that is well worn and
maybe somewhat tattered (the clothes will also need to be fairly modern), to further
increase the impression that they have been in the same clothes for a long period of time,
blood splashes could also be on the clothes.
In terms of costume for zombies, they shall wear clothes that are tattered and old as well
as very bloody (especially around the neck area). This will be highly conventional of the
genre.