Birth of a Monster

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:05:09 GMT

Ben and I were writing a script for a short film over 2008, entitled "Little Horror". The story regards a zombified baby named Trevor, and started off as a bit of fun, with us originally intending it to be a feature film. But as time has gone on, we've found that funding for feature films seems be a hard thing to come across, so we've decided to make a short, just to get the ball rolling. I have been designing and developing Trevor for several months now and it's progressing well.

The first step in creating Trevor was to buy a doll - this was used as a basis for me to start sculpting on an oil based clay.

The clay is applied to a doll and roughed-out to establish the general shape. Gradually, the clay is worked by hand, and after a very, very, very long time sculpting Trevor starts to come to life.

As the clay sculpture nears completion I have started to use small tools and brushes to sculpt the realistic details. As I have only been able to sculpt an hour here and there in my spare time, the entire sculpting process has taken a few months to complete, once I have finished the sculpture I will then have to go onto make moulds of the sculpture.

I'd say we are about 2-3 months away from filming, so we'll be location finding and casting very soon. More to follow...

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