Name- Noah James Shepherd
Age- 21
Gender- Male
Pre-Apocalypse Occupation- College student, Air Force National Guard, Part-time mover
Appearance (Can be a typed description or picture.)- 5'11', black hair, hazel eyes, 170lb., Shield tattoo on upper right arm, sword tattoo on upper left, shaves everyday despite it being the end of the world, high and tight hair cut. Wears a silver cross necklace that is never removed. When the role play starts he is wearing his Air Force uniform, ABU's with Airman First Class stripes. May change clothes later on in the role play as necessary.
Likes- Soccer, Reading, Live action Role Play, Sword play, photography, SCUBA diving, industrial and techno music, hookah, camping, protecting others, people who earn what they have, second chances.
Dislikes- High and mighty people, People who believe they are entitled to anything, Laziness, any form of ignorance or racism, Twilight.
Favorite Weapon(s)- M16A2 rifle, Kukri knife
Any Other Applicable information- Born and raised in a normal American middle class family in northern Kentucky. Has always been a fan of the idea of a zombie end-world scenario but more so in a joking manner. Bought the zombie survival guide as soon as it hit the shelves and loved the read. Even made a plan with his friends in case something like it were to happen, again it was more in a joking manner. Something like that could never really happen, right? Joined the Air Force National Guard after high school and attended basic military training. Now a member of the air national guard base in Cincinnati. Lives in an apartment in Northern Kentucky and attends college there. Works part time for Two Guys and a Truck moving company.
2/25/2012 . Edited 2/25/2012 #2
SAN MATEO, California — A celebration of do-it-yourself inventiveness and mild mechanical anarchy, Maker Faire is now in its sixth year.
Organizers estimate that 95,000 to 100,000 people flooded the San Mateo County fairgrounds here on the edge of Silicon Valley, halfway between San Francisco and San Jose.
It's impossible to capture the essence of the fair, but here are a few highlights, in photos and video.
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In Case of Zombie Attack, Break Glass
'The central nervous system of your average zombie is, because of the reanimation process, extra susceptible to electronic weapons,' explains first-time Maker Faire presenter Benjamin Hermes.
His duo of 'Zombie Bats' garnered a lot of Wow!s and Cool!s from the under-12 set … and a lot of Why?s from some of the adults.
One bat is composed of a stun gun, baseball bat and axe, while the other is built with a samurai sword in lieu of the axe. Everything is held together with liberal amounts of electrical tape and hose clamps.
Hermes' creation is designed in case of the zombie apocalypse. They're a way to 'incapacitate a zombie to get a kinetic kill with a bludgeon weapon or an edge weapon.'
His project was originally rejected by Make Magazine for not being kid-friendly, but luckily Hermes' dad Robert is a five-time Maker Faire veteran, and vouched that the zombie bats would be presented in a tasteful and family-appropriate way.
These 'post-apocalyptic zombie art pieces' each deliver a 60,000-to-90,000-volt charge. That capability is displayed by this year's new entrant, the samurai-sword zombie bat. Safely housed in a wood and mesh cage, visitors can flip a switch to watch the blue bolt of electrical energy zap between the stun gun's metal prongs at the tip of the bat. The electrical discharge is supposedly 'painful more than dangerous.'
Hermes says he always liked making and collecting weapons growing up, which his dad would have to confiscate -- nunchakus, knives other baseball-bat-based creations. And now that his dad is into the maker scene, he's enjoyed getting to spend time with him.
'I love making stuff, and I love doing stuff with my pops,' Hermes says.
Zombie-apocalypse protection: Bringing families together one project at a time. --Christina Bonnington
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Land Sharks
Artist and sculptor Todd Williams had one of the most kid-pleasing projects of the fair: His 'Land Sharks' are 3-D, animated, illuminated robots that zoomed around the darkened Fiesta Hall, looking for all the world like they were swimming through the water.
A welded wire frame holds the shape of the shark, which is then covered with an aluminum screen, papier-mâché and then electroluminescent wire. A modified remote-control monster truck provides the rolling chassis.
Like any movie, the animated sharks make use of persistence of vision to give the appearance of motion.
'It's kind of fun playing with the way the brain corrects your vision,' Williams says.
DIY Drones
Chris Anderson isn't just the editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, he's also a maker in his own right. Anderson has been experimenting with homemade autonomous aircraft for several years, and now operates the popular site DIY Drones, a hub of information for making your own flying robots.
Anderson explains In this video what goes into making a DIY drone.
Big Wheels
Skye Barnett and members of the Fun Bike Unicorn Club, or FBUC, may have started building their turn-of-the-20th-century–styled pedal-powered vehicles for Burning Man, but they're every bit as much at home among the admirers and DIYers at Maker Faire.
FBUC is a 'whimsical group of builders, inventors, artists and rabble-rousers' who create large kinetic sculptures and race them on railroad tracks at an event they started: the Handcar Regatta. The group also has a collective penchant for unicorns, according to their Facebook page.
Barnett hails from Santa Rosa, California, and has been building his entire life.
The oldest of the four vehicles they had on display, the Hennepin Crawler, was built in 2008, and the newest, the Odd Cycle, was making its debut. The Hennepin Crawler is made of 80-to-90 percent recycled materials and found objects, including a repurposed hammock frame, drainage pipe (which were used as tires), and an old porch swing as the back seat. It's relatively lightweight for a bike that size and is easy to pedal, Barnett says. It's also his personal favorite, since it's the one he built himself. The Odd Cycle, built by Todd Barricklow, is based off a trike design from 1884 called the Rudge Rotary.
Another one of FBUC's creations, the Two Penny, is basically made of a pair of penny-farthings welded together (hence the name). Barnett says that although it's stable, it's the scariest FBUC creation to ride -- you're eight feet off the ground when you're sitting at the wheel, so it's 'a little unnerving.'
Most of their bikes have a 'princess seat' in the back, so that one person pedals and drives, and two or three others can just sit and enjoy the ride. When the Hennepin Crawler was built, there were four people on the team, and this let everyone enjoy the finished product. And although their bike-based creations race on railroad tracks, they ride just fine on the road as well.
Barnett and FBUC originally decided to make the bikes after a trip to Burning Man. 'It was just pure jealousy,' he said, after seeing other bikes at the desert festival. So they started building their own.
This is Barnett's third year attending Maker Faire with one of his creations, and the second year for FBUC attending together as a group. --Christina Bonnington
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
8-Bit DJ
Jordan Gray, a DJ from San Francisco, conjures new music from old videogame systems.
Gray, aka DJ Starpause, helped organize the Digital Sound Space at this year's Maker Faire. He mixes sounds composed on a Game Boy with tunes made on a hacked PlayStation Portable. The result sounds like a dance floor set up where a Mortal Kombat bout should be taking place.
He uses home-brew programs Little Sound DJ (for Game Boy) and LittleGPTracker (for PSP).
Gray is part of a growing number of 'chiptune' artists using discarded videogame gear to make fresh jams.
'Sometimes people ask me to define chip music, and I usually just say that it's anything that looks good on an oscilloscope,' Gray said.
Wired.com blog Underwire has more about Starpause and his music. --Angela Watercutter
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Painting Robot
A robot arm controlled by a Sony PSMove and a PS3 lets people paint by remote control.
In this video, Wired.com's Brian X. Chen interviews Sony's John McCutchan about how the system works.
McCutchan says that Sony will soon release the underlying application, Move.me, on the Playstation Network so that other people can use Sony controllers to interact with things in the real world.
'All of this potential that was limited to researchers with very large budgets is now available to anyone,' McCutchan said.
R2-D2 Works the Crowd
As in previous years, hobbyists who make working R2-D2 robot replicas brought their charismatic creations to the fair.
Mercedes Cary of Petaluma, California, posed with the robots, but couldn't decide what her favorite part of the fair was this year.
'I'm not sure; I keep finding things that are better!' Cary said.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Men in Kilts
This year's hot maker fashion trend appears to be the Utilikilt. A surprisingly large number of male attendees were wearing these practical but ugly man-skirts. For anyone who missed the boat, the Utilikilt company was selling its creations near the front of the fair, for $200 to $350, less a 15 percent discount for exhibitors.
When asked what his favorite part of Maker Faire was this year, kilt-wearer Mark Trese (pictured) said, 'The fire robots are the best. I love this place.'
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Master Modder
Famous game console modder Benjamin Heckendorn, better known as “Ben Heck,” shook hands with fans at Maker Faire. Some of Heck’s latest feats include turning a PlayStation 3 and an Xbox 360 into portable gaming laptops. In the past he's turned the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Atari Jaguar and Nintendo 64 into handheld portables. Since 2006, 35-year-old Heck has hosted the popular Ben Heck Show podcast, where he demonstrates his newest hardware recreations. He lives in Verona, Wisconsin. --Brian Chen
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Woz
Steve Wozniak attended the fair -- riding a Segway, of course. What's Woz without a Segway?
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Bubbles
Projects at Maker Faire don't have to involve a high level of technical sophistication or even any circuitry. One of the most popular exhibits was this outdoor corral where two men experimented with making giant soap bubbles using clever contraptions involving sticks and rope.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Boulders
Another popular exhibit, Zachary Coffin's Colossus dominated the center of the fairgrounds, having made the journey from Burning Man. Three massive, 10,000-pound boulders were suspended, improbably, by a balanced framework of metal. Ropes hanging from below were an invitation to children -- and there were many children at Maker Faire this year -- to spin the massive stones this way and that.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Eccentric Bike
Peter Wagner's odd bicycle features two gigantic truck wheels, a central platform, and no pedals. How does it go?
'Essentially the whole bike is the pedal,' Wagner explains. You power it by hopping up and down. The rear wheel has an eccentric axle, which means that the hub doesn't go through the center of the wheel, but off to the side a bit. The result is that the hub moves up and down as the wheel rolls forward. Hop in just the right rhythm, and you can get the bike moving along quite nicely.
Because of the massive, wide tires, it rolls pretty well by itself, too. At Maker Faire, Wagner was pushing the bike along with the occasional gentle push, while strolling alongside it with an infant in a sling wrapped up against his chest.
The bike weighs about 250 pounds, says Wagner. That's enough weight that the bike itself, plus its rider, can generate momentum, even when going uphill. 'Gravity is working for you,' Wagner says.
The tires aren't wide enough to float the bike, but he has added outriggers and oars to make it amphibious for kinetic-sculpture races.
Wagner is a resident of Davis, California, where he works as a substitute teacher for grades K-8 and is known as an eccentric bicycle tinkerer: He's made more than 100 bikes, by some reports. Another vehicle at Maker Faire was an old motorcycle, which he'd converted into a bicycle by removing the motor and adding pedals.
'The first motorcycle, over 100 years ago, was made from bicycle parts,' Wagner says. 'Eventually, the last motorcycle will be made into a bicycle.'
He pauses, then adds: 'Eventually.' --Dylan Tweney
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
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A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario within apocalyptic fiction. Fire alpaca. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization.
In some stories, victims of zombies may become zombies themselves if they are bitten by zombies or if a zombie-creating virus travels by air, sexually, or by water; in others, everyone who dies, whatever the cause, becomes one of the undead.
In some cases, parasitic organisms can cause zombification by killing their hosts and reanimating their corpses, though some[who?] argue that this is not a true zombie. In the latter scenario zombies also prey on the living and their bite causes an infection that kills.
In either scenario, this causes the outbreak to become an exponentially growing crisis: the spreading 'zombie plague' swamps law enforcement organizations, the military and health care services, leading to the panicked collapse of civil society until only isolated pockets of survivors remain. Basic services such as piped water supplies and electrical power shut down, mainstream mass media cease broadcasting, and the national government of affected countries collapses or goes into hiding. The survivors usually begin scavenging for food, weapons and other supplies in a world reduced to a mostly pre-industrial hostile wilderness. There is usually a 'safe zone' where the non-infected can seek refuge and begin a new era.
Genre[edit]Literature[edit]
An early inspirational work of the genre was Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend (1954), which featured a lone survivor named Robert Neville waging a war against a human population transformed into vampires.[1] The novel has been adapted into several screenplays, including The Last Man on Earth (1964), starring Vincent Price, and The Omega Man (1971), starring Charlton Heston. A 2007 film version also titled I Am Legend starred Will Smith, in a more contemporary setting.[2]George A. Romero began the idea with his apocalyptic feature Night of the Living Dead (1968) from Matheson, but substituted vampires with shuffling ghouls, identified after its release as zombies.[3]
Thematic subtext[edit]
The literary subtext of a zombie apocalypse is usually that civilization is inherently fragile in the face of truly unprecedented threats and that most individuals cannot be relied upon to support the greater good if the personal cost becomes too high.[4] The narrative of a zombie apocalypse carries strong connections to the turbulent social landscape of the United States in the 1960s when the originator of this genre, the film Night of the Living Dead, was first created.[5][6] Many also feel that zombies allow people to deal with their own anxiety about the end of the world.[7]Kim Paffenroth notes that 'more than any other monster, zombies are fully and literally apocalyptic .. they signal the end of the world as we have known it.'[8]
Night of the Living Dead established most of the tropes associated with the genre, including the unintelligent but relentless behavior of zombies.[9]
Story elements[edit]
There are several common themes and tropes that create a zombie apocalypse:
The stories usually follow a single group of survivors, caught up in the sudden rush of the crisis. The narrative generally progresses from the onset of the zombie plague, then initial attempts to seek the aid of authorities, the failure of those authorities, through to the sudden catastrophic collapse of all large-scale organization and the characters' subsequent attempts to survive on their own. Such stories are often squarely focused on the way their characters react to such an extreme catastrophe, and how their personalities are changed by the stress, often acting on more primal motivations (fear, self-preservation) than they would display in normal life.[10][11]
Generally the zombies in these situations are the slow, lumbering and unintelligent kind first made popular in the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead.[9] Motion pictures created within the 2000s, however, have featured zombies that are more agile, vicious, intelligent, and stronger than the traditional zombie.[12] In many cases of 'fast' zombies, creators use living humans infected with a pathogen (as in 28 Days Later, Zombieland and Left 4 Dead), instead of re-animated corpses, to avoid the'slow death walk' of Romero's variety of zombies.
In addition, ‘special’ zombie types may also be included, depending on the genre, either as unexpected mutations or superior classes compared to standard zombies, boasting special abilities or heightened skills such as strength, speed or ferocity, as seen in video games such as Half-Life 2 and The Last of Us.
Reception[edit]Academic research[edit]
According to a 2009 Carleton University and University of Ottawa epidemiological analysis, an outbreak of even Living Dead's slow zombies 'is likely to lead to the collapse of civilization, unless it is dealt with quickly.' Based on their mathematical modelling, the authors concluded that offensive strategies were much more reliable than quarantine strategies, due to various risks that can compromise a quarantine. They also found that discovering a cure would merely leave a few humans alive, since this would do little to slow the infection rate.
It was additionally determined that the most likely long-term outcome of such an outbreak would be the essential extinction of humans with the global human population either succumbing to the epidemic, being killed by existing zombies, or experiencing other fatal events. This conclusion stems from the study's reasoning that the primary epidemiological risk of zombies, besides the difficulties of neutralization, is that their population is subject to near-constant growth: generations of surviving humans would likely maintain a tendency to feed zombie populations, resulting in gross outnumbering and largely continual growth of the infected population, a phenomenon which would only cease with the infection or death of all surviving humans. The researchers explain that their methods of modelling may be applicable to the spread of political views or diseases with dormant infection.[13]
The Zombie Institute for Theoretical Studies (ZITS) is a program through the University of Glasgow. It is headed by Dr. Austin. Dr. Austin is a character that has been created by the university to be the face of ZITS. The ZITS team is dedicated to using real science to explain what could be expected in the event of an actual zombie apocalypse. Much of their research is used to disprove common beliefs about the zombie apocalypse as shown in popular media. They have published one book (Zombie Science 1Z) and give public 'spoof' lectures on the subject.[14]
Government[edit]
On May 18, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published an article, Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse providing tips on preparing to survive a zombie invasion.[15] The article does not claim an outbreak is likely or imminent, but states: 'That’s right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you’ll be happy you read this..' The CDC goes on to summarize cultural references to a zombie apocalypse. It uses these to underscore the value of laying in water, food, medical supplies, and other necessities in preparation for any and all potential disasters, be they hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, or hordes of ravenous brain-devouring undead.
The CDC also published a graphic novel, Zombie Pandemic, alongside a series of related articles.[16]
Weather[edit]
On October 17, 2011, The Weather Channel published an article, 'How To Weather the Zombie Apocalypse' that included a fictional interview with a Director of Research at the CDD, the 'Center for Disease Development'.[17] Based on a seasonal attraction in the Atlanta area called The Atlanta Zombie Apocalypse, Weather.com interviews 'Dr. Dale Dixon' (subtle references to characters in AMC's 'The Walking Dead') asking questions about how different weather conditions affect zombies abilities.[18] Questions answered include 'How does the temperature affect zombies' abilities? Do they run faster in warmer temperatures? Do they freeze if it gets too cold?'[17]
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There are loads of Zombie Apocalypse Team's on the Internet . . . . . . . now it's time for ALIEN APOCALYPSE TEAMS !!
If there was to be an Alien Apocalypse here on earth, what kind of team would YOU assemble ?. Who would be your teams leader ? [could it be YOU ?], who would be the badass in your team ?, your weapons expert ?, your Medic for when your team is probably about to die ?, and who might be your best Marksman ?. Feel free to use my template. If you upload your complete Alien Apocalypse Team, then I'd be more then happy to link yours in this description along with your username and icon on display , just upload your finished team onto Deviant Art, leave me a comment complete with a link to your own team upload, and I'll paste your link along with your username and icon as soon as possible PLEASE NOTE - I HAVE DECIDED TO STOP POSTING OTHER PEOPLES VERSIONS OF THEIR OWN ALIEN APOCALYPSE TEAMS IN THE DESCRIPTION BECAUSE FOR SOME BIZARRE REASON, WHEN I TRIED TO POST A LINK TO USER 'MIEIKO THE SHINY TURT WIGS' UPLOAD, THE LINK SOME HOW ENDS UP GOING TO THAT USERS DEVIANT ART PAGE AND NOT TO THE USERS UPLOAD, SO PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT ME TO LINK YOUR UPLOAD BELOW IF YOU HAVE MADE ONE, BUT PLEASE DO LEAVE A LINK WITH YOUR OWN TEAM SO I CAN VIEW THEM. THANK YOU ALIEN APOCALYPSE TEAMS CREATED BY OTHER DEVIANT ART USERS Doctor Who One doctorwhoone.deviantart.com/ar… The BeyBlade Fan 10 thebeybladefan10.deviantart.co… Vulcan Girl 14 vulcangirl14.deviantart.com/ar… M4X1LL10N m4x1ll10n.deviantart.com/art/A… Aero Hybrid aerohybrid.deviantart.com/art/… Morgrag morgrag.deviantart.com/art/Ali… E350tb e350tb.deviantart.com/art/Alie…Old Doc Hudson and Coolddochudsonandco.deviantart.c… Rise of Majorarise-of-majora.deviantart.com/… Daveon Tew 1 davontew1.deviantart.com/art/S… Silly Insane Gamer sillyinsanegamer.deviantart.co… Mr Awesome 31 mrawesome31.deviantart.com/art… Jefimus Prime jefimusprime.deviantart.com/ar… Hakuxtemari hakuxtemari.deviantart.com/art… T and P tandp.deviantart.com/art/My-Al… One Winged Dash onewingeddash.deviantart.com/a… Smurphy 365 smurphy365.deviantart.com/art/… Phoenix Marty phoenixmarty.deviantart.com/ar… Burning Resurrection burningresurrection.deviantart… Bclement 117 bclement117.deviantart.com/art… Meiko the shiny turt wig <da:thumb>
Hey, saw this meme and it looks awesome. Agreed, there are plenty of Zombie apocalypse teams out there, let’s have something new.
this is my team, hope you like it.
Thank you very much for using the template. Fraid I only recognize Deadshot from 'Suicide Squad', I don't recognize the rest. Sorry
English please if you can speak it, because I do not understand what you have written.
You can just favourite the upload to your favourites, or if you wish to make an upload using this, simply right click the image with your mouse, click 'copy', then paste it onto the computer program 'Paint' and add any images of characters you wish to add into the boxes provided, including their names in the spaces below each box. Best to view of the those made by other Deviant Art users linked in the description
Can we add some people from our zombie apocalypse team to it?
By first blood does it mean the first guy to die or the first guy to kill someone?
To be honest, I don't really know, I just based the template on a version other people have done called 'Zombie Apocalypse Team', using all the same titles as featured on this template.
Honestly don't know, all the titles on the upload are from the old Zombie Apocalypse Team that someone else made a long time ago.
My Zombie Apocalypse Team Generator
Thank you for using my template. Fraid I'm not familiar with your choice of characters, thou some I kind off recognize from Anime's that friends of mine are familiar with.
Wow, that is actually quite an interesting alternative in having the characters drawn instead of copy and pasting an image into the boxes which the blank spaces are actually for, but it's very good, I like it
Oh you don't have to use Photoshop. If you copy and pasted the template on the computer program paint, you can then go onto Google and copy images of each of your characters into the space provided
I used this~ Here it is~ amulet-voltaire.deviantart.com…
Very nice. Don't know a lot of them, thou I like that you've gone Peter Griffin as the dumbass which does seem true
Can't see how King Kong thou can be a Tactician thou, since his just massive Gorilla who roars all day long. Thanks for using my template anyhow
I did another one of these and also I wrote a bit of a story behind this crossover so if you want let me know what you think
wolfblade111.deviantart.com/ar…
Hey here's my team wolfblade111.deviantart.com/ar….
Thanks for the badass meme dude keep it up.
Thank you very much. I had notice you didn't add your teams names into the blank spaces provided, but it's fine, don't worry about it, I noticed you did after all mention your teams name in the description . . . . and also that you made a bit of a dumb ass of yourself for forgetting the link to this template too
Thanks again
Your welcome and I did fix that little problem with the link so it's all taken care of now.
As for the name I tried to but I almost messed up the whole thing so I decided not to and besides I always put the list in the description. And again your welcome.
Thanks very much. Glad you have fun using my template.
There isn't one. You can choose anyone you like for your own team. I recommend checking out one or two example linked above.
I mean, what does each position do? In the event that someone else asks.
I think the titles pretty much speak for themselves really, thou 'first blood' is a bit of a confusing one, probably means 'guy who dies first' which on Zombie uploads normally happens to be pop brat Justin Bieber
Me and My Mates vs the Zombie Apocalypse is a 2015 Australianzombie comedy horror film written and directed by Declan Shrubb and developed through ScreenACT's 2012 Low Budget Feature Pod.[1][2] The film stars Jim Jefferies, Alex Williamson, Adele Vuko, Greg Fleet, Andy Trieu and Matt Popp, with cameos by Eso from Bliss N Eso, Jim Punnett and The Roundabout Crew.[3][4]
My Zombie Apocalypse Team Maker
Plot[edit]
After the zombie apocalypse occurs in Australia, two tradesmen, Darryl (Alex Williamson) and Joel (Jim Jefferies), meet at a telephone exchange tower to take refuge there. Joel shows Darryl that their friend Roy’s (Greg Fleet) undead wife (Jackie Murray) is in the back of his ute, which prevents them from retrieving their beer. After an argument Darryl is forced to shoot Roy’s wife in the head. Their older friend Roy meets the two there with his daughter Emma (Adele Vuko), and Darryl proceeds to poorly flirt with Emma, much to Roy's dismay.
After discussion about their plans to survive, Joel decides to fix the 3G tower to make an emergency call to the military to alert them of their location. While waiting for the tower to get fixed, Emma and Darryl become intimate, during which a firework goes off in the distance and the zombies surrounding their location migrate. At this point two strangers wearing paintballing gear enter the tower; they are revealed to be the apprentices Ryan (Matt Popp) and Lachlan (Andy Trieu), who is Emma’s boyfriend. Joel fixes the phone line and talks with the military. Meanwhile, the apprentices tell the other guys that the military caused the zombie apocalypse and that calling them is the last thing they should do. The team argues and decides to split up: Joel, Roy and Darryl wish to get picked up by the military and Ryan, Lachlan and Emma decide to hide in case the military are in fact malicious. Roy begins to show symptoms that he is infected. The military jeep drives past and misses the tower. Joel goes to the roof to launch fireworks to catch the military's attention, but is killed when he accidentally ignites the entire pile of fireworks.
Two soldiers arrive but, confused by Roy’s poor wording of the situation, are eaten by the hoard of zombies. A zombie picks up Joel’s access card from his severed leg. The team decides to make a dash for the military’s weapons and vehicle, but the zombie that grabbed the access card opens the building and the hoard begins to move in. The apprentices make a dash to drive off the hoard while Emma runs to the senior soldier’s corpse to retrieve his car keys. She starts the car and grabs the apprentices, Lachlan spraining his ankle running to the car. Darryl admits to Roy that he slept with his daughter. Roy radios Emma to tell her to leave him and Darryl to die, and to set off a flare once her and the apprentices are safe.
At this point Darryl admits to Roy that he shot his wife. Roy and Darryl decide that Roy gets to Darryl on account of killing his wife and having sex with his daughter in the same afternoon. Darryl defuses the situation by showing Roy the grenade he found. They use the grenade to blow up the zombies chasing them. As the sun rises, they see another hoard coming towards them. The two have one last smoke before fighting and ultimately being over run by the zombies. As they lie dying they see the flare Roy instructed Emma to set off once she was far away.
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Production[edit]
Under its working title of Exchange, the film was one of ten projects selected out of 42 submissions to ScreenACT. The project received production funding and the production team received the benefit of a program consisting of three months of intensive development, working on script, budget, financing and distribution plans. It was one of three films chosen for production funding of $120,000 but was the only film that ended up being produced.[5]
The project is a crowd fundedfeature film which was made possible through indiegogo.[6] The team behind the film raised $41,439 USD with 471 backers, surpassing their initial goal of $30,000 USD and breaking the record at the time for crowdfunding an Australian feature film.[7]
The project was shot in Canberra through January and February 2014.[8][9] To raise funds for an extra day of shooting, a second indiegogo campaign was run which raised an additional $5,000 USD.[10]
The completed film was released in Australian cinemas[1] via the Tugg cinema-on-demand platform.[11] Premiering on July 24, 2015, it became Tugg Australia's most requested film, and was featured on National 7 News for this accomplishment.[12] It screened in every state and territory in Australia. It is distributed through their website where it can be rented or purchased.[8] and in stores on DVD and Vimeo-on-Demand September 9, 2015. It was released on DVD in UK on May 2, 2016 through Matchbox Films,[13] and was released in the US on July 5, 2016 by Lightyear Entertainment.
Release[edit]
The film began its Australian cinema run on July 24, 2015 through the Tugg cinema-on-demand platform.[1]
Home media[edit]
The film was released on DVD, Vimeo and other VOD platforms in Australia on September 23, 2015, available for purchase at stores such as JB Hi-Fi and Sanity.[14] It was released in the UK on May 2, 2016[15] and to DVD, VOD, and digital channels in the US on July 5, 2016.[16][17]
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