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Latest Updates from Our Project:
Original Zed Sculpture
almost 4 years ago
– Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 09:10:51 PM
Hey Friends!
I hope this finds you well amidst all this madness.
We continue to push the movie forward. Fortunately, we have been able to make great progress on the final bits despite current conditions. However, the finished film delivery date is still uncertain. My continued apologies!
However, I am focusing on getting all the other rewards out as soon as possible. (Currently getting the sizing and brand coordinated with the print shop for your t-shirts and hoodies!) I hope to send all the extra stuff as soon as I can and follow-up with the movie once that's done.
In the meantime, I found these original pics of the Zed Sculpture and wanted to share them with you.
Zed Sculpt:
One of the huge challenges with Zed's design was making him 100% a zombie but ALSO lovable. This close-up of his eyes shows how we tried to pack in the detail but still making him someone you could root for.
"Zombie eyes, they're watching you...they see your every move."
When you sculpt, you also have to pay careful attention to the casting process. In this shot, you can see we 'erased' the detail in Zed's teeth, smoothing them over with clay, so we could cast without the mold getting stuck on the sculpture.
I wanted to make it clear that Zed was bitten. So, in both the above and below shot, you can see the scrape marks from the bite wounds.
This neck bite is especially gnarly!
We had over 100 hours into the sculpt of Zed. I hope you like this little peak at the sculpture.
After it's out, please share with someone you know who would love an all-puppet monster movie!
More details soon!
Jesse
Puppets Invade Portland: The Frank & Zed Premiere!!!
about 4 years ago
– Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 11:44:04 AM
Hey gang!
We can finally reveal that big news we hinted at last update: Frank & Zed has found its premiere! We’re super excited to announce that Frank & Zed’s first official screening will be held right here on our home soil at the 43rd Portland International Film Festival! Audiences will finally be able to watch the world’s greatest all-puppet horror movie on March 8th, 8:30pm at Cinema 21.
To find out more about the event (and buy tickets if you’ll be in town!) you can check out their site here: https://nwfilm.org/festivals/piff43/ . We may receive some comp tickets, but that’s still up in the air. For now, if you’d like to join us, we suggest grabbing tickets soon because they’ll likely disappear faster than a pile of squirrel brains in front of Zed!
Whew! It’s been a long journey since we started this project in the garage years ago, but it’s time to release Frank & Zed into the world. We hope you can join us, we plan to make the screening as fun and unique as the film itself, but understand many of you live far from the Pacific Northwest. We’ll keep you updated as more screenings and festivals begin happening. In the meantime know that you helped make this day happen. Thank you!
Best,
The Puppetcore Team
Big News Coming & A Couple Exclusive BTS Clips
over 4 years ago
– Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 07:24:43 PM
Hello Gang!
We are getting there! Whoa, it has been a long ride but I am still having fun. Right now we are working on the credits for the film and during the process have dug-up some fun behind the scenes shots.
Below is one of the first and most complicated shots in the film done while we were still in the 360 square foot garage (September 9th, 2014 to be exact).
Here's a peak at one of the final Forest shots that I'm hoping to sneak into the film.
What the heck is the watering can for?
Credits! A family affair
Credits have been a lot of fun. Of course, we are gonna do something big and cool. It's in the beginning phase but I'm feeling very good about where it's going.
