Zombies Invade Big Brother!

So this week my undead 'career' had another high point, as I had the fun of being part of the zombie invasion of Big Brother UK!

Last week I was offered the chance by my zombie family at Silent Studios to be part of 'something huge', but due to confidentiality agreements I had to sign on without knowing what it entailed, or turn it down.  Well I'd rather take the chance and maybe regret it later, so I signed on, had a 3 hour drive down to London (near enough), and found myself at the Big Brother compound at Elstree Studios! Sadly I wasn't able to get Tuesday off work, so wasn't part of the zombie mob which actually wake the housemates by banging on their windows, but I did feature elsewhere.

The premise of the invasion was that there'd been a viral outbreak in the BB compound, so on Friday they were filming some studio footage to go in a mock news report which was shown to the housemates after their undead awakening!

The link to the episode is below, and all of the zombie action takes place in the first 5 minutes or so, so you don't have to wait long for it!  In the broadcast you can see me eating someone's brains, looking confused at a signpost, and as the first zombie to attack the reporter :) Enjoy!

http://www.channel5.com/shows/big-brother/episodes/episode-14-211

Zombieing through the ages...

I was just uploading my latest zombie photo to Twitter, and when I went to select it from my zombie photo folder I suddenly felt inspired to make another post.  When I went to the audition last year I'd never even been in zombie makeup before, so here's a nice little selection of how my zombie look has changed throughout the last 11 months!  Some of these are simply down to how the studio in question wanted their zombies to look on the day, and some are developments in my own zombifying skills.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

June 2012: Wish.co.uk's Zombie Audition

The place it all began! On this occasion the makeup was kindly done on-site by one of the other auditionees.

 

 

January 2013: Warm Bodies photocall

My first paid zombie job, and as such the moment I was able to call myself a professional zombie!  Makeup done by myself, and one of my earliest attempts (my first ever attempt was 5 days earlier).

 

 

February 2013: Makeup test

Not for any event in particular, just a makeup test to try out new techniques.

 

 

March 2013: Zombie Bootcamp

My first TV appearence (yet to air), being filmed for a documentary at Ram Training's Zombie Bootcamp.  Makeup done by on-site artists.

 

March 2013: Birmingham Memorabilia/Comic Con

Just a nice casual event, dressing up as a zombified version of Arthur Dent for Birmingham Comic Con.  Makeup and costume all self-done.

 

April 2013: Whitchapel

Zombied up for ITV's Whitechapel.  Makeup done by on-site artists, and clothes provided by me but zombified by the costume department.

 

May 2013: giffgaff advert

Something I can't wait to see on air - the giffgaff advert directed by Matthias Hoene (Cockneys vs Zombies).  The skin tone, eye-shadowing, head wound and nose blood were all done by me, and the veins added by the on-site makeup team.  The costume was a shameless recycling of my Whitechapel outfit!   

 

May 2013: Zombie Weekend promotional video

My very latest (from today, in fact) zombie look. This was for the promotional video for Silent Studios' upcoming Zombie Weekend in August.  Again I provided my own clothes to be slashed/bloodied up there, and on this occasion the makeup/prosthetic was done entirely by my good friend Justin (one of Silent Studios' makeup artists).  He let me keep the face piece afterwards, so I look forward to getting more use out of it in the future!