Please, spread the word to everyone you know and make sure they vote. We need all the votes we can get! And make sure to tell them to CLICK ON THE BOOYAH! THUMBS UP ICON below the video to rate it!
We are EXTREMELY confident in our entry and we're sure you'll love it too!
Thanks so much for the support! If you have any questions at all, please feel free to message me but please SPREAD THE WORD and VOTE! This could be HUGE for everyone!
Paul Del Vecchio - Director
www.triple-e-productions.net
Re: WE NEED YOUR HELP!! - Diary of the Dead DVD contest entry! by Tim Wilson on Mar 7, 2008 at 10:36:47 am
Wow, this is a very cool movie! Energetic, clever, kind of icky --in just the right mix for a George Romero contest. I'd for HIS work to be this good. Certainly used to be, but lost a step over the years.
Anyway, your stuff is great. Can you tell us about the contest, and how the film was made?
Re: WE NEED YOUR HELP!! - Diary of the Dead DVD contest entry! by Paul Del Vecchio on Mar 8, 2008 at 1:01:22 am
Wow, Tim. I'm really flattered that you liked the film! We put a lot of work into it in the short amount of time we had to make it.
Here's some information about it:
About the contest: You enter a 3 minute film. People vote on it. Top 10 films make it to the next round. In addition, the Weinstein Company and MySpace.com pick another 10 films based on artistic and creative merit.
These 20 films will be screened for George Romero and he picks the top 5. The top 5 make it on the DVD release of Mr. Romero's new film, Diary of the Dead. In addition, George Romero will pick his favorite film, and the winner will get set memorabilia and other prizes.
Our story:
When I heard about the contest, I called up my filmmaking partners Dave(actor,writer,producer) and Doug(writer,producer) and said, "Hey, let's enter. What's the worst that can happen? We spend a weekend shooting and people get to see our work and possibly check out our other work. It would be stupid of us not to enter."
So we entered.
All three of us wrote three different scripts. We picked the one we thought would be best for the competition and tweaked it a bit so that it would be even better for the competition. Basically the script was written and tweaked in not even a day.
Now it's Friday, Feb 22, 2008. We had planned to shoot during weekend but we got a nice blast of snow from a storm the previous night. Dave (the lead actor, writer, and co-producer) calls me up and asks if we still should make the flick. "What are we going to do about all this snow?"
Trying to convince him that it is still worth it, I say energetically, "We can use it to our advantage. Have you seen a zombie movie in the snow? I haven't. It'll be different."
He gets excited but I can tell there's still a hint of, "This is going to be a pain," or, "I'm still not so sure we should do this," in his voice... but he still agrees.
It's Saturday, Feb. 23rd, 2008. We went out with our trusty DVX. All the in-door stuff was shot on that Saturday. It's basically the majority of the second half of the film.
Saturday night, Dave gets a call. His sister is going into labor just as we're finishing up. After dinner, Dave and Dawn head out to see his sister.
Dave gets home at 6am or so. He planned to come back out at around 10am. Didn't happen. He tries to get 2 hours of sleep, but ends up sleeping until 12 or so.
Dave calls me when he wakes up and tells me the story, gets back out here at 2:30pm or so with Doug, and we head to the location - the park.
We meet the zombie extra there - Michael Zone (great guy). We do makeup on Michael as we wait til "Magic Hour", shoot all our outdoor stuff in maybe 1-1.5 hours and pack up to go home.
I edit, do special fx until Tuesday.
Tuesday, Dave comes out for ADR and to help with tightening up the film for it's entry into the contest (add music, sound fx, etc). We work from 6pm-3am, tightening up the film. It's finally done. I drive Dave home (Long Island to NYC - about 45 minutes).
It's about 4:30am when I get home. I sleep. When I wake up, I put the finishing touches on the fx, color grading, and editing. Finally, I render out the beast and send it in.
Mission Complete.
It was one hell of a ride and so much fun!
All shot on a DVX with natural light outside and Photofloods and practicals inside.
Definitely a fun experience!
We will be releasing a "Making Of.../Behind the Scenes" in the VERY NEAR future and I will be sure to post a link to it when it's up!
Thanks so much!
Paul Del Vecchio - Director
www.triple-e-productions.net
WE WON! GRAND PRIZE! by Paul Del Vecchio on Mar 24, 2008 at 3:54:31 pm
We are happy to announce that our film, THE FINAL DAY, has won the GRAND PRIZE in the George Romero Diary of the Dead DVD contest!
Our film has been hand selected by George Romero to be included on the DVD release of his new film, Diary of the Dead!
Thanks to all who supported us! We really appreciate it!
What does this mean? Our film will be featured on George Romero's Diary of the Dead DVD release! Be sure to pick up the DVD once it is released! (We don't have a release date yet.)
Additionally, we will receive some signed memorabilia from the set as well as some other fun goodies from the good people over at the Weinsten Company!
Congrats to the other compeitors and the other first place winners:
Deader Living Through Chemistry
Opening Night of the Living Dead
& Teller
Run For Your Life
Again, we would like to thank everyone out there for your continued support and we will try to keep bringing you entertaining films for your enjoyment!
