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A Matter of Pace

Posted: 28th May 2010 by Anthony van Winkle
Categories: Concepts & Development, Episode 4 - "Insecurity", Photography
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On the pacing and cutting between the “Claire/Edge” and “Protest” halves of Episode Four

Sometimes the pieces of this little project known as Night Zero come together and fit in such a perfect way, one has to consider cosmic intervention as a factor. Sometimes, not so much. This is one of those latter times.

Episode Four’s two story arcs were designed in parallel, wherein the dramatic curve of the Claire/Edge storyline was synchronized with that of the Nazarov/protest storyline. Like the combined planetary, space, and lightsaber battles of Endor, the two tales of Episode Four were meant to rise and fall together in true dramatic fashion. Unfortunately the production side of Night Zero was unable to keep pace with this plan, which is why we’re just now catching up with our star-crossed lovers.
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Caught Off Guard

Posted: 14th May 2010 by Anthony van Winkle
Categories: Behind-the-Scenes Photos, Episode 4 - "Insecurity", On Location
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On shooting the guards and the crowd versus scratchers in the protest scene

Things are not going well for our little town, but after dearth of death in episode three, this kind of shot-in-the-arm is exactly what’s needed for both the comic’s characters and its creators. At the same time, so as to not overwhelm the web updates with pages and pages of gore and destruction (like most zombie comics), we have broken up our pandemonium and interspersed it throughout the other concurrent storylines. What you see here is just a glimpse of what’s yet to come. As part four continues towards its conclusion and the action ramps up even further, these cuts will become shorter and more frequent. Understandably, this is less than ideal for the monday-wednesday-friday updates, but I feel it provides the overall episode with the proper pacing and balance it needs.
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Politics as Usual

Posted: 9th April 2010 by Anthony van Winkle
Categories: Behind-the-Scenes Photos, Concepts & Development, Episode 4 - "Insecurity", On Location
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On the opening montage and council meeting in Episode Four

The scene that we’re just getting into now is the culmination of a year’s worth of efforts, the highly-anticipated “protest shoot” that launched Night Zero to a new level of production last summer. I look forward to telling you much more about it in the coming weeks, but since we had no blog post last week, I’d like to talk today about some of what happened since Episode Four began.
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