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"Zombie Killers" started principal photography on December 1999
and completed on January 2000. It is the first known movie to be
shot inside of C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute located near
Finch Ave and Sentinel Rd.
"Zombie Killers" was an OAC credit drama
class project devised by Paul Nguyen who didn't want to perform
the traditional script reading at the final exam. Instead, he
went on to spend over 100 hours worth of shooting, editing and
mixing the soundtrack for the movie. Paul got a perfect mark of
100% and
went on to receive C.W. Jefferys' Art award in 2000.
"Zombie Killers" was entirely shot on a Sony Hi8 Handycam and
fully edited in-camera without any additional equipment. To give the impression of multiple
angles, the actors had to repeat many of the action sequences
over and over again. Paul Nguyen served as the fight
choreographer and this was the first time he worked with actors
and fellow C.W. Jeffery students Faruk Gumus
and Justin Zimmerman. Faruk would later reappear in other Paul
Nguyen films, such as, Stalker
(2001), Rape My Ex (2001) and Birth Control (2004).
Trivia: Getting a timeslot at the editing studios at Peckham
Public school
proved to be difficult for Paul due to over-booking and high
demand. Paul skipped his final art exam at C.W. Jefferys in
order to add sound effects to "Zombie Killers". In the
original sound edit, Paul made all the sounds effects by hand
using crumpled paper for bone-crunches and pulling masking tape
for stabbing sounds. Paul said it was worth the failing the course
to complete the audio for his movie.
Recently in 2004, "Zombie Killers" was once again digitally remastered on DVD by Paul Nguyen using the
latest computer technologies and digital sound.
The version online is the 2004 remastered edition. Mark Simms also makes a guest
appearance as the Bandaged Zombie.
Update: In January 2011, Zombie Killers was remastered again
receiving an upconversion to 720p high definition.
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