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Deadscapes: Episode 1 - Broken Road
DVD/APPROX. 23 MINS/2006/USA UNRATED
DVD/APPROX. 23 MINS/2006/USA UNRATED
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Director Kristofer Velasquez presents us with the first episode of his Deadscapes series, Broken Road, a short film which tells the tale of 3 people
who are trying to survive against the onslaughts of the undead. An unexplained event has caused the dead to come back to life and seek the flesh
of the living! Greg and Jesse are running from them after their car breaks down and is overrun with zombies. They come across Eric, a crazed guy,
who thinks he’s in the military, armed with a gun and sat on top of his camper van, Greg and Jesse are almost shot by him. Begging for help and
shelter, Eric grudgingly lets the couple into his RV. With the zombies outside, it’s not long before tensions build and tempers start to fray,
friendships are broken, zombies chow down, and the blood starts to run.
The first thing that’s striking about Broken Road is that it’s filmed in black and white, and it’s a great decision, as it’s Velasquez’s second outing as
a director. The budget is no doubt low, his choice to film in black and white actually gives the film a much more expensive feel, the lighting and
shadows give the characters and zombies quite an authentic look! All of the actors in this film are first timers, and although, in the first few minutes
they look somewhat wide-eyed, they seem to settle down and do a great job, with a particularly good performance from Leon Dewze. Considering
the films running time, Velasquez has done a good job with the story, clearly influenced by Romero. There is quite a bit going on in 23 minutes, we
don’t really see how or why the zombies are raised, but then you don’t in most zombie films, we do get to see some newspaper articles on towns
evacuations, and again, this is a wise choice by Velasquez, in fact, the zombies are almost a side plot to the film, with the triangle of the three
main characters being the main story line.
Velasquez has done a great job on this film, if this is only his second movie, I believe he will go some way, everything about this film looks as
professional as it can be, Velasquez directs, films, makes the FX, edits and even makes the music score. The DVD contains several extras including
trailer, outtakes and a great behind the scenes documentary which gives the film some extra length. Sadly, whilst filming the end sequences, one
of the actors and the director fell out, leaving some scenes unfinished. Velasquez’s decision to carry on filming and re-edit around this, is a good
one, but in the behind the scenes, you can see from the story board how the film was actually intended to finish off.
who are trying to survive against the onslaughts of the undead. An unexplained event has caused the dead to come back to life and seek the flesh
of the living! Greg and Jesse are running from them after their car breaks down and is overrun with zombies. They come across Eric, a crazed guy,
who thinks he’s in the military, armed with a gun and sat on top of his camper van, Greg and Jesse are almost shot by him. Begging for help and
shelter, Eric grudgingly lets the couple into his RV. With the zombies outside, it’s not long before tensions build and tempers start to fray,
friendships are broken, zombies chow down, and the blood starts to run.
The first thing that’s striking about Broken Road is that it’s filmed in black and white, and it’s a great decision, as it’s Velasquez’s second outing as
a director. The budget is no doubt low, his choice to film in black and white actually gives the film a much more expensive feel, the lighting and
shadows give the characters and zombies quite an authentic look! All of the actors in this film are first timers, and although, in the first few minutes
they look somewhat wide-eyed, they seem to settle down and do a great job, with a particularly good performance from Leon Dewze. Considering
the films running time, Velasquez has done a good job with the story, clearly influenced by Romero. There is quite a bit going on in 23 minutes, we
don’t really see how or why the zombies are raised, but then you don’t in most zombie films, we do get to see some newspaper articles on towns
evacuations, and again, this is a wise choice by Velasquez, in fact, the zombies are almost a side plot to the film, with the triangle of the three
main characters being the main story line.
Velasquez has done a great job on this film, if this is only his second movie, I believe he will go some way, everything about this film looks as
professional as it can be, Velasquez directs, films, makes the FX, edits and even makes the music score. The DVD contains several extras including
trailer, outtakes and a great behind the scenes documentary which gives the film some extra length. Sadly, whilst filming the end sequences, one
of the actors and the director fell out, leaving some scenes unfinished. Velasquez’s decision to carry on filming and re-edit around this, is a good
one, but in the behind the scenes, you can see from the story board how the film was actually intended to finish off.
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