Monday 19 December 2011

I Have Been Bitten By A Zombie, Where Is My Wife?

If you put zombies together with Cornwall, Devon, flashbacks, eccentric yokels and an extremely talented screenwriter you get...Rabbit In Your Headlights the new film I have written ;P. This is possibly one of the most exciting times of my life as potentially, a film, I have created and spent time crafting could actually come to fruition. Following the journey of the infected Ryan as he travels across Devon and Cornwall to reach his family so he can say goodbye amidst the ensuing end of the human race due to a zombie invasion. With a strong producing team including Jess Pugh, Sophie Long, Tom Butterworth and myself I feel we can actually make it happen. Working with some talented people has been amazeballs to say the least and I can wait to get on set and work with even more cool people. Writing the screenplay, I tried to make the characters seem as normal as possible so the main character, Ryan, works for a small claims firm in Barnstaple, much like the ones in those shitty ads where the men and women in suits walk around looking all stern and talk bullshit about compensation. Another character, Kevin, is a geek studying at University College Falmouth. The reason for this was to make the circumstances of the invasion and the reactions all the more human among an inhuman world. I decided to put lots of comedy in it because lets face it, having a zombie film where it is all serious is a bit shit really. There is a discussion involving George Clooney and his sexuality, a dance scene (which is becoming a trade mark of my screenplays) and Kevin provides much comic relief. There will be some Terrence Malick style narration just because I enjoy that style and want the film to have some style behind it. The location will be so important as some of the nicest parts of England are in Devon and Cornwall so will highlight Ryan's love for home regardless of his wish to move to London. There will be an emotional ending so people, prepare to get your tissues at the ready as tears will be over flowing down your faces. On another note, I am writing a TV series called From Mumbai to Morden, which follows a young boy named Abhijat, who is adopted by an English family after being abandoned by his mother. It shows his struggles as he and the family try to adapt to each others culture. Lots of Bollywood dance dreams involved. If anyone wants to be involved in the production of Rabbit In Your Headlights or be a zombie or wants to read the screenplay, email me at: igilani89@hotmail.co.uk or Facebook me or tweet at me. My user name is: ibbygilani. I will be doing weekly updates on the film as it gets going as I think film production is hugely interesting to the masses all 6 of you HA! Peace and love. Ib