Poster-Screenshots and Ideas for Jim Smith

Hi Jim. Here's a bunch of screenshots and close ups of the main characters. Click to enlarge.
I put a very rough idea for the poster at the bottom of the post.
We're working on a title and will let you know soon.


Main Character 1
Please put him in this outfit (above):
Tan Hunting Cap
Red Plaid Jacket
Dress Shirt


Main Character 2Please put him in this outfit (above):
White Shirt
Jean Jacket
Cheese Cutter Hat
Cigarette

Main Character 3 (Police Officer)
Please put him in this outfit(above):
Tan Fedora
Dress Shirt and Tie
Tan Trenchcoat
Big Cigar

Zombie (please remember to make her sexy!)
Without Zombie make-up for reference.
Please put her in this outfit (above):
Light Blue Bloodstained (revealing) Nightgown/Dress
Beauty Mark above lip.

Ma (please have cleaver buried in skull)
She is a hulking, lummox of an old woman. Only seen from behind. Please draw exaggerately huge.
Please put her in this outfit:
Flowery Dress, with straps on back
Bubuska
Cleaver buried in skull.



Here's my idea for the poster:
It's very rough, and hopefully you can decipher it.
If you have a better idea, which I'm sure you will, by all means let me know!

Three main characters, smaller in center of poster.
Character in cap and plaid jacket is looking nervous.
Character in cheese-cutter hat with cigarette is looking disgruntled and angry.
Police officer character is kind of looming behind them, looking over their shoulders, smoking a cigar.

Zombie and Old Woman are giant and looming, kind of in an arch, above the three.
Spooky lighting.
Maybe dead trees or cool cityscape behind them.

Again, this is just a suggestion. I'm sure you can concoct something a lot better, Mr. Smith!
Thanks a billion for considering this and I look forward to your thoughts!

Josh Heisie

PS: Here's a very brief synopsis of the plot, in case it helps you come up with ideas.

The main character (in hunting cap) robs a bank for $25,000.
His wife buries the money in the woods, and waits for him to get out of prison.
Once he's released he chops her up with a fire axe and takes the map, so he can keep all the money for himself.

The elevator man (second main character, with the cigarette and cheese-cutter hat) sees the whole thing and blackmails the other guy into letting him come along.

The main character is so overcome with guilt that he imagines a zombie version of his wife tormenting him as they trek through the woods.

Eventually, both characters are kidnapped by insane, cannibal hillbillies, one of which is a hulking old woman in a bubushka. She is so hideous that she can only be filmed from behind. She is supposed killed by a meatcleaver to the skull, but returns to wreak havoc again.

It all ends in a bloody showdown.

Clothes

Alot of these could be mixed and matched, I'm assuming. Click on the images to enlarge.
PLEASE SEND PICTURES OF THE CLOTHES YOU FOUND.
These are just ideas, if you found better stuff than I did, by all means use it. You're better at figuring out girls costumes than me (go figure) so tell me what you think. Thanks loads!

Theatre/Couch Scene

Mime/Christmas Shopping Outside Suits



Bedtime/Bowling Scene
Fancy Evening Wear (I have no idea if we can make these work)

Too Sixties-y but cool anyway

Maggie-Happy Montage

Alright, there's at least seven separate parts to the happy montage:

-Dave and Maggie are sitting on a couch and Dave starts acting lecherous
-Dave and Maggie are enjoying a fancy dinner, and Dave demonstrates how sophisticated he is
-They're in a theatre, and a masher tries to horn in on Maggie.
-Dave and his pal try to sneak out in the middle of the night to go bowling. Maggie intercepts and forces Dave to do the ironing
-Christmas shopping. Dave has a ridiculous pile of packages. Maggie has a tiny bag.
-A mime entertains Maggie and annoys the hell out of Dave.
-Maggie reads Dave some bedtime stories.

SO
Here's what I'm thinking:
-You can use the "outside outfit" that you used in the grave scene for the mime stuff. Try to find a jacket or hat if you can.
-On the couch and in the theatre, a very ordinary dress should suffice. One will do, but if you can find two, even better. (see the "casual dresses" in your other post below)

-Fancy dinner: Can you find a fancy cocktail dress or evening gown? Perhaps long gloves? Something fancy anyway. Sexy perhaps? (the one on the right)

-Bowling and bedtime stories: some manner of old fashioned nightgown. Obviously we can't use the old one 'cause it's covered in gore. The pink one will work, but if you can find something else in the costume shoppe, even better. (see pictures below)
-Christmas shopping. Something warm. The skirt will work, but you'll need a jacket, maybe a scarf, warm hat, mink thingy or something.

Hair:

Well you might want to kill me for this, but it would be nice to have a few different hairstyles. These take place at different points in time, so your hair wouldn't always be the same. Any ideas? If not I'll try to find some pictures.
For the bowling and nighttime stuff maybe you can have hair curlers?
Also, check the pictures below.

So, yeah, get back to me with what you think!

Shawna

Here's some hair thoughts:
Josh:

Short in back and sides
Extra Greasy

Looks like a real asshole

Dave:

Less Greasy
Decent, God Fearing, Working Class Haircut

Maggie:
Short Brown Hair
Nice, but not super glamorous

Here's some zombie stuff: Ignore the music on this god-awful video:

Things we're looking for:
Peeling skin
Open sores
White Eyes
Horrible Teeth
Dark Eyes Sacs

What we DON'T want:

Stupid emo/goth zombie stuff

No pretentious "edgy" stuff

Maggie-Costumes and Voice

ACCENTS

We all have to get rid of our Canadian accents for this movie, so we look legit. Americans don't like us or our accents, and alot of the film festivals we're sending this movie to will be American.

Here's some clips of old movies. See what you can do about adopting the actress' accents. I've noticed that they are decidedly "American" but have a slight hint of British to them as well. That seems to be the case with most old starlets. I don't know why, but it sounds cool.

This is going to be especially hard for me, since even Canadians make fun of my Canadian accent. "Are you from the maritimes? You have quite a drawl!"

By the way, we're going to try to make your hair look like the lady (Mary Astor) in this first clip.

CLOTHES

You said you might be able to get some stuff from the costume shop at the University.

The most important thing you're gonna need is an old timey out on the town, shopping type outfit. Nothing too fancy, but proper, and dressed for the conditions. Skirt, blouse, jacket, hat, purse, stockings, heels, etc. Also try to dig up a garter belt if you can. I'm bad at writing, so here's some pictures.

See what you can do about some various old casual dresses for the "Happy Montage" if you can too. 1930's or 40's.

Also, please scour second hand and thrift shops for some old fashioned night gowns. We can't borrow one, because it's going to be destroyed once you become a zombie.

Let me know what you think!

Kevin

Narration:

Awesome opening musical narration:




Jimmy Durante narration:



Jimmy Durante Songs
You don't have to do an exact impersonation of him. Try to suck up some of his character and mannerisms, but make it your own. Nobody wants a lousy Jimmy Durante impersonator, but use him as inspiration.










Hillbilly
You gotta work on your hillbilly voice if you wanna make it in the film industry. Get it right, or you'll never work in this town again.






Pay close attention to Jethro (the one with black hair) 'cause he's the stupidest.





You also might want to observe some of the "mentally challenged" in action.