Frank & Zed: All Puppet Monster Movie (Feature Length!)
Created by Jesse Blanchard
The first all hand-puppet movie in 30 years needs your help. Practical effects, zombies, monsters, and tons of gore -It's 90% done!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Original Zed Sculpture Shots
almost 6 years ago
– Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 09:32:50 PM
Hey Friends!
I hope this finds you well amidst all this madness.
We continue to push the movie forward. Fortunately, we have been able to make great progress on the final bits despite current conditions. However, the finished film delivery date is still uncertain. My continued apologies!
However, I am focusing on getting all the other rewards out as soon as possible. (Currently getting the sizing and brand coordinated with the print shop for your t-shirts and hoodies!) I hope to send all the extra stuff as soon as I can and follow-up with the movie once that's done.
In the meantime, I found these original pics of the Zed Sculpture and wanted to share them with you.
Zed Sculpt:
One of the huge challenges with Zed's design was making him 100% a zombie but ALSO lovable. This close-up of his eyes shows how we tried to pack in the detail but still making him someone you could root for.
When you sculpt, you also have to pay careful attention to the casting process. In this shot, you can see we 'erased' the detail in Zed's teeth, smoothing them over with clay, so we could cast without the mold getting stuck on the sculpture.
I wanted to make it clear that Zed was bitten. So, in both the above and below shot, you can see the scrape marks from the bite wounds.
This bite on his neck is particularly gnarly!
We had over 100 hours into the sculpt of Zed. I hope you like this little peak at the sculpture.
After it's out, please share with someone you know who would love an all-puppet monster movie!
More details soon!
Jesse
Puppets Invade Portland: The Frank & Zed Premiere!!!
about 6 years ago
– Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 05:51:40 PM
Hey gang!
We can finally reveal that big news we hinted at last update: Frank & Zed has found its premiere! We’re super excited to announce that Frank & Zed’s first official screening will be held right here on our home soil at the 43rd Portland International Film Festival! Audiences will finally be able to watch the world’s greatest all-puppet horror movie on March 8th, 8:30pm at Cinema 21.
To find out more about the event (and buy tickets if you’ll be in town!) you can check out their site here: https://nwfilm.org/festivals/piff43/ . We may receive some comp tickets, but that’s still up in the air. For now, if you’d like to join us, we suggest grabbing tickets soon because they’ll likely disappear faster than a pile of squirrel brains in front of Zed!
Whew! It’s been a long journey since we started this project in the garage years ago, but it’s time to release Frank & Zed into the world. We hope you can join us, we plan to make the screening as fun and unique as the film itself, but understand many of you live far from the Pacific Northwest. We’ll keep you updated as more screenings and festivals begin happening. In the meantime know that you helped make this day happen. Thank you!
