Well, this is swell...
We have been rehearsing almost certainly all day, and although extremely tired we are dropping the internet a further update before nomnoms and then the pub.
Today has been a series of film editing and sketching up a running order of our work in progress Helmand (B-Movie), with the credits and the opening film sequences complete we will now be crafting and refining the live elements for the first 15 minutes of our pretty little show...
For your interest, here are our rehearsal notes so far, they're not quite a script, but then that would be spoiling it now, wouldn't it?
Dave
So you can see we've hard at work, putting the nation's numerous tax pennies to good use. Although contrary to what Dave says, we have not been working hard but merely plagiarising to the max! I jest. In reality, as the above documents show, the show is really starting to take shape. Using the structures of Romero and Castle in their classic b-movies, we've managed to sculpt ourselves a warped narrative that the Afghan war bleeds into damn well. We realised today that technical logistics mean that instead of using an increasing amount of singular projections, it'd be better to take a leaf out of the Precarious (Anomie, 2009) book and just run a continuous DVD, so we'll time the show's physical action accordingly. Muchos relief.
Our research into horror, and particularly zombies or demonic creatures has led us neatly into the realms of video games. Resident Evil is providing much inspiration for motion as well as visuals. Just check out the inspired dialogue and movement from this opening section of the original 1996 Capcom game.
The Taliban and zombies make for an interesting parallel when you read into this recent article on US activities in Helmand province, the setting for our performance.
"Come on, come out come and play," said the Marine sniper.
He spoke as he looked through his telescopic sight at a Taliban "spotter" who had just jumped behind a wall some 800m away. The man was not armed but was talking into a radio.
"Got P-I-D [positive identification]," said the sniper. "Cleared to engage." There was the suppressed crack of a silenced sniper round. The man fell to the ground.
"Enemy KIA (killed in action). Doin' the dead man dance."
"Good shooting, bro," came the reply.
These quotes in particular are a fascinating parallel to the world of hunting down the undead in the Romero movie. And those of today of course. So yes, exciting progress fans and thanks heartily for reading.
David
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