They're waiting for you, Gordon...
...in the test chamber.
What do you get when some attractive students stay up too late inside the Large Hadron Collider and aren't told about radiation leaks? Zombies and lots of scary moments inside very long subterranean tunnels seem to be the answer, judging by the preview below for Decay, a film written and directed by actual PhD candidate and …
Just got done watching it, and not trying to slag it... but it is neither epically great, nor shockingly bad.
It's a bit mediocre, which is really the problem I think. The zombies weren't really scary... they weren't fast or slow... for some reason I had no connection at all with the non-zombie characters and therefore didn't really care one way or the other when they died.
There are worse ways to spend 75 minutes of course. Overall, I think this is a good effort - especially if it's really a DIY/Shoestring student film as advertised.
many people say that a lot of the Hollywood actors are as think as mince and there is definitely some evidence of that, if this film is accurate in that the actors are all highly educated that would also suggest that the opposite is true
So could that mean there is a direct correlation between academic ability and acting ability
nice idea, but some serious casting flaws
Natural talent does come into it but acting is a skill, or craft, that needs to be learned and practiced, with feedback from mentors, peers and audiences. That's why the older and more experienced actors are usually the best ones.
A high achieving group of physics PhD students have probably not spent much time developing any acting skills they may have.
absolutely an im not criticising the actors in the film, as you say, they are what they are and without practice it would be hard to improve
But yes your correct, I shouldn't draw lines where there are none.
But it is curious that many of the young AAA actors or should I say media celebs, are a bit.... dim!
There is some almost conventional language in acting, body language of various sorts including facial expression and a part of the craft is in being aware of and in control of that. But how well that gets taught in schools, or in amateur drama I wouldn't care to guess. Film allows more subtlety, because the camera is closer than the audience in a theatre.
I wouldn't rule out these people doing some acting in the past, and if it's the rather exaggerated stage approach, well, this is a zombie movie. They don't have to be subtle.
Well Michael, I play the part of Mona Lott, the laboratory assistant to Dr Ben Over and Dr Hardon who invent a liquid that dissolves clothes that they spill on me and all my clothes fall off and then a micro black hole escapes from the hardon collider and invades my by body and starts it's sucking in everything around me...
Ohhh but Michael, I'm telling you the plot, it's all done in the best possible taste...
Cupid Stunt Paris. who else?
"What do you get when some attractive students..."
"Many of the cast and crew are also actual physicists."
Actual physicists are not attractive.
Film itself looks pretty good though so I will be downloading. Lack of acting experience is generally a bonus in low budget horror movies. Just watch Night of the Living Dead (or any early Romero movie) for the perfect example.
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