About this project
It's a grand experience of a lifetime! The dead will come back to life with the magic of green screen and special effects makeup. Two local Pennsylvania talents, Delia de Cock of New Hope, PA, and Larry DeGala of Exton, PA, have teamed up to make this event happen.
Larry DeGala, indie filmmaker of the award-winning feature "Contagion: The Macabre World of the Zombie Hunter," will interview Delia de Cock for a very special segment called "Interview with a Master Zombie Builder." The interview will be featured in his upcoming sequel "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back."
Meanwhile, this is the unofficial movie page for the 93-minute mockumentary "Contagion: The Macabre World of the Zombie Hunter." On the "Info" section, you will find the TV Guide URL for the film's VideoOnDemand.
As a special treat for fans of the zombie hunter genre, the green screen footage shot on this day will be incorporated into "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back."
This sounds kind of odd. Why not film zombie hunter together with zombies? The answer is Contagion is an annual event where 150 real-life zombie hunters gather together in the sleepy Amish town known as New Holland. The zombie hunters test their skills at axe throwing, house-to-house fighting, and long range engagement. All this to prepare for the much anticipated "Zombie Apocalypse." Everything in the zombie hunter's arsenal is real.
Obviously, live extras must play the Undead forces. And to keep everyone safe, zombies will be green-screened into the action.
Delia de Cock will have professional footage to show to Hollywood clientele and at industry exhibitions how her SFX makeup look on green screen / CGI.
Your donation money is for the following--
- rental of a High Definition camera that handles 4:2:2 color space for perfect green screen composites;
- offset the cost of special effects makeup, lighting, the physical green screen material, CGI rendering of green screen footage;
- one day of meals for actors and crew;
- the necessary paper work and insurance for filming on location;
- duplication and delivery of up to 400-500 DVDs/Blu-rays;
- updating the Special Appreciation/Sponsorship credits on the official "Contagion 2" website
Larry DeGala has waived his day rate just to make this happen; he is not getting paid (again).
If we exceed our goal, we can add more zombie extras and necessary makeup assistants / PAs to the crew. It's going to be one Undead block party!
For your help, we have the following pledge awards. Please feel free to peruse at your convenience. We thank you for your support of local artists such as Delia de Cock and independent filmmakers such as Larry DeGala.
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Your name listed on the special "Thank You" section of the "Contagion 2" website and a pre-sale DVD copy of "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back," signed by the filmmakers.
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Everything stated above plus a bonus DVD of the first movie "Contagion: The Macabre World of the Zombie Hunter."
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A matching DVD and Blu-ray set of "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back" PLUS your name on the Closing Credits of the film itself, under "Special Appreciation." Your name in the "Special Appreciation" section on the Contagion 2 website. The matching set will be signed by the filmmakers.
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Matching DVD/Blu-ray sets of both movies "Contagion: The Macabre World of the Zombie Hunter" and "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back." Your name on the film's Closing Credits of "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back" under "Special Appreciation" Your name in the "Special Appreciation" section of the Contagion 2 website. The matching sets will be signed by the filmmakers.
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Matching DVD/Blu-ray sets of both movies "Contagion: The Macabre World of the Zombie Hunter" and "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back." Your name on the film's Closing Credits of "Contagion 2: When Zombie Hunters Bite Back" under "ASSOCIATE PRODUCER" Your name in the "ASSOCIATE PRODUCER" section of the Contagion 2 website. The matching sets will be signed by the filmmakers. Access to this single day of filming.
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Winner of 2011 Finalist Award for Documentary Film Competition, Las Vegas Film Festival
Currently working on a short documentary in August and a feature-length documentary in September.
Larry DeGala grew up in Brooklyn, New York; lived half his life in New York City; lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the last ten years; lived in Melbourne, Florida, for the last two years. He was a collegiate recipient of the Edward R. Murrow award for scholastic excellence while attending Film School at Brooklyn College. As writer, he has written literary works which are available online. As a motion picture actor, he is a member of the Screen Actors Guild. As producer-director, he has worked in broadcasting and produced online content such as viral videos from 30 seconds to two hours for YouTube and has created YouTube channels with viewer content for businesses. He is an avid photographer, with a modest collection of photos in the Bioscience Center of the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. He is an accomplished recording artist, recording indie bands in Las Vegas, and does Sound Design for film and television, having worked at Sound Dimensions in NYC and attending final mixes at Sound One, NYC. He is well-versed in cinematography, having shot over 100,000 feet of 16mm film, hundreds of hours of Betacam footage, and can light a scene like the Dickens. He is well-versed with the half dozen NLE systems and the latest in green screen techniques. He dabbles in Newtek Lightwave 3D. He has been a member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society. In his spare time, he has volunteered with a cat rescue organization and loves dogs as well.
