A Great (Rainy) Day in Downtown Jackson, Michigan...

The downtown crowd scene was a smashing success, thanks to Producer Amanda Trudell, Production Assistant Jacquelyn Marks, and all of the wonderful local Jackson residents who imbued the scene with the necessary authenticity. Actors Todd Lutz and Paul Broussard were a hit with the crowd, and both did a great job with this scene.

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The only element that refused cooperation was Michigan's infamous and temperamental weather. It sprinkled off an on, but we're grateful we eluded one of the region's notorious downpours.

I arrived early to walk through the scene alone, just to have a fresh perspective on how the scene should play out. Then Director of Photography Brian Greenway and I conferred on options. Brian had outstanding ideas, as usual, on additional approches regarding how to frame several shots. We wrapped this portion of Sunday's shoot before 3:00 PM, and then broke for a brief bite to eat.

From here we moved on to Midbrook Medical, which offers several outstanding interior locations perfectly suited for this film. A huge “Thank You” to Midbrook Medical for the use of their fine facilities.

The shoot at Midbrook went beautifully. DP Brian Greenway framed some beautiful and very creative shots, including a marvelous innovation for a windshield scene of a moving vehicle. We had some great local actors involved at the Midbrook shoot, including Amanda Trudell, Toney Delgado, John Lennox and Phil Foster.

We also connected with a couple of local actors who will be auditioning for us this week. Even though our focus is almost entirely on “Walking Apocalypse,” there are many other films to follow, and actors who do not get cast in this film may be cast in another. We're here to stay.

Thank you to everyone who made this shoot a success.

Brian G. Walsh Director, “Walking Apocalypse”

Notice to Extras for Sunday, September 15 Downtown Jackson Crowd Scene

Location: Bucky Harris Park, corner of W. Michigan Ave. & S. Jackson St., across from City Hall. Reporting Time: 12:00 Noon

Please try to avoid wearing anything white or with stripes. And absolutely no logos, pictures, text, brand names of anything, including sports teams, is allowed to be in the shoot.

You must first either turn in your signed actor agreement or sign one at the location. You must then provide us with contact information so we can return a copy to you later.

This should be a fun shoot as we utilize our first chance to showcase Jackson, Michigan and its people. I think we've got a lot of talent in this area, but we've been lacking opportunities. If we are successful, all that is going to change.

It is my oft-stated goal to transform Jackson and the surrounding areas into an independent filmmaking Mecca. Many say we can't do it. But I say we can!

If you get a chance, please visit our Facebook page and show your support by liking "Walking Apocalypse."

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Thank you to everyone who has responded to this project and helped spread the word.

Brian G. Walsh Director, "Walking Apocalypse"

Thank you to the Ann Arbor Screenwriting Group

I want to thank the members of the Ann Arbor Screenwriters Group who read, reviewed and provided feedback for the 1st draft screenplay of my feature film "Walking Apocalypse."

Specifically, but in no particular order since I am grateful to all for taking the time to share their opinion, I want to thank:

Local screenwriters: Sharma Krauskopf, Dominick Oliverio, Dianna L. Zimmerman, Bradley M. Jost, David Liu, Patricia McLaughlin, Judy Hatfield & Matt Pinard.

The group met on Tuesday, June 25 to "workshop" this script during a roundtable discussion and offered suggestions for improvement and other assistance during the question and answer portion of the meeting.

Obtaining critical, objective feedback from screenwriters is an invaluable part of the process. There's no such thing as a 1st draft script that is good enough to shoot, and without the generous help of fine people and writers such as these, projects like this would be far more difficult.

1st Day of Shooting the Trailer is upon us...

It begins!

Day One of the filming of the trailer for “Walking Apocalypse.” We're shooting in the village of Parma, Michigan, a quaint village less than a 20 minute drive from the west side of Jackson, Michigan.

At the conclusion of filming, we will have a production meeting at a local restaurant or bar & grill in Parma to assess the shoot and discuss Sunday's shoot in downtown Jackson.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

All extras who wish to appear in the downtown Jackson scene on Sunday, September 15, please make sure you arrive by 12 noon and bring your signed actor agreement. If you don't have one, we will provide one for you there. Please also make sure you leave your name and email or other contact information with us so we can send a copy of the actor agreement to you after the shoot.

The scene takes place at and around Bucky Harris Park, directly across the street from City Hall in downtown Jackson, at the corner of W. Michigan Ave and N. Jackson St.

Walking Apocalypse Press Release & Casting Call

Local Film Explores Peril of Speeding Up Human Evolution

Casting Call for Extras Sunday, September 15, 2013

Hollywood is full of cautionary tales warning against the perils of unbridled leaps of progress. Now revolutionary technologies and genetic advances have put the human race on the verge of taking control of its own evolution. An awesome and potentially dangerous responsibility, but it's not the science or genetic engineering that is the problem. Ironically, it's the human element that poses the biggest threat to annihilation of the human race.

“Walking Apocalypse” tells the story of a man infected with a revolutionary new genetic process originally designed to cure all hereditary disease -- but the process has been sabotaged. In 72 hours, the infection will spread to contaminate everyone this man encounters. And the process has been reprogrammed to rewrite the DNA of everyone it infects to change their genome. Unless he can find a cure, it's the end of the human species as we know it.

We are seeking extras for a scene this Sunday, September 15 in downtown Jackson, Michigan, for a crowd scene at Bucky Harris Park at the intersection of W. Michigan Ave and N. Jackson St. Extras should report to this location at 12:00 PM and be prepared to sign an actor agreement before the shoot.

This trailer for an independent feature film being shot in and around Jackson, Michigan, is the first step forward from a new local film production company that intends to shoot at least one independent feature-length motion picture every year.

Director-Screenwriter Brian G. Walsh, Producer Amanda Trudell, Director of Photography Brian Greenway, and lead actors Todd Lutz and Mahalia Greenway are all local residents dedicated to making this film a successful first entry towards building an independent filmmaking Mecca in Jackson, Michigan.

Brian G. Walsh and Gary R. Walsh of Walsh Brothers Productions, LLC, plan to recruit as much of their cast and crew as possible from in and around the Jackson, Michigan area.

Brian G. Walsh has been a judge of three international screenwriting competitions, taught screenwriting at the Ann Arbor Senior Center in 2012, and was a Semi-Finalist in Francis Ford Coppola's 2006 Zoetrope International Screenwriting Contest. Walsh is also a two-time Finalist for the Writer's Arc Screenwriting Fellowship, has placed in several other international screenwriting competitions, and authored an article on independent filmmaking in Michigan for Metromode Media in 2007. http://www.metromodemedia.com/features/MIFilmmaking0045.aspx

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For more information, or to schedule an interview with Brian G. Walsh, please email brian@walshbrothersproductions.com

Brian G. Walsh Director, "Walking Apocalypse" http://walkingapocalypsemovie.blogspot.com/

Amanda Trudell named producer of "Walking Apocalypse" trailer

Local filmmaker Amanda Trudell has been chosen to produce the trailer for "Walking Apocalypse.

Amanda's focus has been on documentaries, but she has experience working on narrative fiction films.

Amanda brings skill, organization, dedication, and a commitment to excellence that will greatly enhance this project. We are pleased and proud to have Amanda as our producer.

For a sample of some of Amanda's work, please point your browser to:

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Production Meeting tomorrow

Mahalia Greenway and I will be hosting a production meeting tomorrow morning with potential new additions to our team.

We are excited at the prospect of two new talented individuals we will be meeting tomorrow whose skill and creativity would greatly enhance our film trailer.

We're also going to be joined briefly by our star, local actor Todd Lutz, for a brief discussion regarding recent developments for the upcoming shoot.

Following the production meeting, I will be meeting a local gentleman with a video production background regarding the use of a vehicle in our trailer shoot scheduled for Sunday, September 15 in downtown Jackson.