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Prolonged Absence

Jonathon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:42:01 +0000

I’m back after a bit of a prolonged absence due to personal issues, will be trying to make a bit more of an effort to regularly update here, so keep checking back to see what’s new, we are still casting for our next zombie movie DEFCON we had many CV’s from mandy.com to look through, so we will be email the lucky actors soon, we also have a new design for our .co.uk website which will go live soon, we are also updating parts of this website in the weeks to come with new content, photographs and videos, so please keep checking back.

In Search of Filming Locations

Jonathon — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:52:39 +0000

For the last few weeks we have been searching for new filming locations, so i uploaded a few photos from my camera phone! at Havannah Nature Reserve not far from Hazlerigg at the old Colliery, and we could use the place because of the unusual post-industrial environmental conditions.

We are always looking for individuals to participate in our projects

Jonathon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:32:54 +0000

We are always looking for energetic individuals to participate in our projects, if you are interested in acting, serving as a crew member or being an extra, Please Email info at digitalnasties.co.uk

Zombie Volunteers

Jonathon — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:56:15 +0000

We are looking for approximately a dozen Zombies to volunteer their time for our next film Codename DC (Working Title) this Saturday 01st March between 10am and 3pm to appear in a Horror Film shooting in Newcastle Upon Tyne and Gateshead. You would need to be able to get yourself to Newcastle Central Station dressed in your very best Zombie gear! If you are able to participate, please could you email info (at) digitalnasties.co.uk with the subject heading “zombie” and add your email and mobile phone contacts, Fun attitude required. All ages, all types please!

The Graveyard of Death Part II

Jonathon — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:29:23 +0000

Filming is under way on The Graveyard of Death Part II the sequel to the original Graveyard of Death movie, updates about filming and photos and trailers will be available in the inproduction page.

Happy new year and have a great 2008!

Jonathon — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:30:01 +0000

We wanted to wish every one a happy new year and review our past years progress, and give a quick look ahead as we finally begin production on The End of the World Movie.

We are about to begin production later this month check back soon for more updates.

Last year we not all that great for digital nasties productions with 3 members now gone and work taking up most of my time, but this year will see digital nasties best year yet.

Looking For Rundown Towns

Jonathon — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:24:56 +0000

The last few weeks or so i been looking for run down buildings for my next Sci Fi horror movie about the last four people on earth, i found this nice build being knocked down and filmed some screens for chromakey.

Vipco closing down at the end of December

Jonathon — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:24:56 +0000

I agree with the fact that some of their marketing strategies were more than suspicious because of wrong marketing information as in the so-called UNCUT versions, they stated them to be Original UK cinema Versions with no additional cuts and forgot to mention that the cinema versions were already heavily butchered by the BBFC.

If I can recall correctly VIPCO distributed their uncut prints to Denmark and some other Euro country where they didn’t had to be worried about censorship issues or importing being illegal, they were never known for high-quality releases often using half-inch, three-quarter inch masters and sometimes Ex-rental VHS tapes, but never anything in Anamorphic widescreen.

I think they really do deserves some respect in putting out UNCUT versions of films not available in whole world, it’s just we never got to see them.

Night of the living dead Remake 2007

Jonathon — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:22:13 +0000

It’s that time of year again which see every teen armed with mpeg4 camera phones hit the woods and make zombie mayhem youtube poo, so far this year 5 people have owned up to remaking night of the living dead, boy so people love to freeload on other people films, like Jesus zombie fucking Christ get so over it, you will never match the 1960’s film never.

So any how some jerk was talking to his grandma about his new zombie movie and she said that if you like Night of the living dead and Romero that much (fucking gay), you should rename your movie and call it a homage to Romero and you will not benefit from using his name because your movie is 100 times better, and Romero sucks anyhow.

Underground Guide to Websites Video

Jonathon — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 02:10:06 +0000

I used all of the following to deliver video on the web since 1996 and set out a guide to help in your quest to find the best format to deliver your video via the internet.

Flash
As seen on YouTube, currently the most popular format with the widest computer support, but useless for mobile devices. Video was introduced with version 6 and has improved a lot over the past five years. Made by Adobe, formerly Macromedia. Free player.

QuickTime
As used for Hollywood movie trailers. Historically poor Windows support has improved with the popularity of iTunes (which includes the basic free QuickTime player). Made by Apple.

Real Media
Once a popular option due to excellent compression and cross-platform capability, now apparently in decline, though it is supported on some mobile devices. Made by Real, free player available.

Windows Media
An obvious choice on Windows, but not recommended for web use due to cross-platform and codec issues. Made by Microsoft, no longer available on Macs (though Safari can use the free Flip4Mac plugin).

ShockWave
Not strictly a video player, but video can be embedded in ShockWave files. Free player made by Adobe, formerly Macromedia, now effectively obsolete on the web (you should have been there in 1999).

Ogg Theora
Open source cross-platform alternative, not yet fully developed, patchy performance. May well suffer the same fate as Ogg Vorbis but popular with Linux users. Made by the Xiph.Org Foundation, playable in QuickTime, RealPlayer and some others using free codec.

MP4 and variants
Possibly the dominant format of the future – an ISO specification supported on computers, many phones, Nintendos and iPods (including the iPod Touch). Enthusiasm from Microsoft seems lacking but if you want one format that can be played on multiple devices this is currently it.

MIME-Types
Depending on the video format you choose and your server setup, you may need to set the appropriate MIME-Type using .htaccess – Mp4, 3gp and WMV all need explicit settings on the shared servers I use.

Embedding and EOLAS
In 2006 Microsoft changed the way Internet Explorer handles embedded content due to a patent dispute with EOLAS Technologies. This meant that the old methods for delivering rich media that were found in textbooks and software packages were no longer suitable.

The workaround is to use JavaScript to embed your videos in webpages. There are ready-made solutions available from the player manufacturers and others but essentially they all do the same thing.

I know that the patent dispute was recently settled, but I have no idea what the effect will be and as the JavaScript workaround conveniently provides valid HTML markup I don’t really care.

Streaming Video
It is technically fairly simple to broadcast live if you have a camera, and there is software available that will let you run your own TV station, mixing live camera and pre-recorded video.

You will need a streaming media server and some knowledge of firewalls and ports to do it, and a lot of bandwidth for each viewer, but embedding the stream in your website is no problem at all.