Producers of The Infection spring surprises
The team members, all 13 years old except for Nazir, 12, were all smiles.
Producers of The Infection spring surprises.
LAHORE:
‘With great power come great sunglasses’ is the opening line of a four-minute short film The Infection - Rise of the Zombie King, sequel to The Infection.
The films were screened in the under-18 category on the fifth day of the Lahore International Children’s Film Festival in Hall 2 at the Alhamra Arts Council on Friday.
When the films ended, the festival organisers called on stage their production team. 13-year-old Omar Nazir stepped on stage, much to the amazement of the audience. Dressed in sharp suits, his colleagues followed to tremendous applause.
Where did this all start? The Express Tribune caught up with the team of after the show.
The team members, all 13 years old except for Nazir, 12, were all smiles. They are class 8 students at the Lahore American School. The Infection was produced as part of a school project for Halloween. Their group had been assigned the theme ‘zombies’ for their short film.
“It wasn’t that hard at first…we had to use zombies in our film and we had an idea of how to go about it,” said Ibrahim Nawaz, who plays a secret agent battling a rich businessman who accidentally turned into a zombie and is spreading the infection.
The first film ends on a cliff hanger. “One of the agents dies and the other is about to be attacked by zombies,” explains Nazir, the director. The team went on to produce a sequel The Infection - Rise of the Zombie King, so they could enter it in the film festival. Nazir said it took them almost a week to complete the sequel.
Amin Ali, the son of an agent in the sequel, says that the best part of the film was the script. “I loved the last dialogue,” he says, “We wanted to end on a funny note.”
Their schoolmates, who had come to support their friends at the festival, patted their backs as they left the hall.
“I cannot tell you how happy I am today,” said a blushing Musa Qureshi who also acted in the film.
The team members said that they wanted to keep making films a hobby, and were preparing to produce another sequel. “The best part was that our schoolmates, teachers and parents got to see our work on the big screen…that made us really proud,” said Qureshi.
What happens to the agent critically injured at the end of the Rise of the Zombie King? “Oh he doesn’t die,” explains Nawaz who plays the agent, “He just undergoes some brain damage.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2013.
‘With great power come great sunglasses’ is the opening line of a four-minute short film The Infection - Rise of the Zombie King, sequel to The Infection.
The films were screened in the under-18 category on the fifth day of the Lahore International Children’s Film Festival in Hall 2 at the Alhamra Arts Council on Friday.
When the films ended, the festival organisers called on stage their production team. 13-year-old Omar Nazir stepped on stage, much to the amazement of the audience. Dressed in sharp suits, his colleagues followed to tremendous applause.
Where did this all start? The Express Tribune caught up with the team of after the show.
The team members, all 13 years old except for Nazir, 12, were all smiles. They are class 8 students at the Lahore American School. The Infection was produced as part of a school project for Halloween. Their group had been assigned the theme ‘zombies’ for their short film.
“It wasn’t that hard at first…we had to use zombies in our film and we had an idea of how to go about it,” said Ibrahim Nawaz, who plays a secret agent battling a rich businessman who accidentally turned into a zombie and is spreading the infection.
The first film ends on a cliff hanger. “One of the agents dies and the other is about to be attacked by zombies,” explains Nazir, the director. The team went on to produce a sequel The Infection - Rise of the Zombie King, so they could enter it in the film festival. Nazir said it took them almost a week to complete the sequel.
Amin Ali, the son of an agent in the sequel, says that the best part of the film was the script. “I loved the last dialogue,” he says, “We wanted to end on a funny note.”
Their schoolmates, who had come to support their friends at the festival, patted their backs as they left the hall.
“I cannot tell you how happy I am today,” said a blushing Musa Qureshi who also acted in the film.
The team members said that they wanted to keep making films a hobby, and were preparing to produce another sequel. “The best part was that our schoolmates, teachers and parents got to see our work on the big screen…that made us really proud,” said Qureshi.
What happens to the agent critically injured at the end of the Rise of the Zombie King? “Oh he doesn’t die,” explains Nawaz who plays the agent, “He just undergoes some brain damage.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 21st, 2013.