"DISBANDED"

I finally finished my feature length zombie script, 'Disbanded'.

"On the road trying to reach a safe haven, eight people must work together to survive a zombie apocalypse".

I started it in 2004.  Wrote half of it for a good six months then shelved it.  I picked it back up in 2008 and finished it in a week.  It's funny I thought it would never see the light of day. Granted I did send it out to a few readers with lack luster reviews.  So I put that in my archives never to be touched again.

 I tried to outgrow my zombie phase as a filmmaker.  Having seen the original 'Dawn of the Dead' as a 3rd grader during a sleep over I loved them.  Not so much the zombie gore but the post-apoc part.  I like to see a situation where society craps on themselves so to speak.  In normal society, folks would go about their day. But in a zombie apocalypse where it's self preservation, I like to see characters either at their very worst or their very best.

After the recent popularity with zombies again...'Zombieland', (I have to totally applaud AMC) the new TV series 'The Walking Dead', the independent film 'Colin' and the upcoming 'World War Z' movie, I don't think zombie movies are a film school cliche' anymore.  Right now everything is lame vampires.

Last month I dusted off my zombie feature to see how far I came as a writer in six years.  Honestly not that far but in a good way. I think it's a great script despite some of the initial feedback. I hit all the right plot points, I have twist and turns.  So I revised again.  I put everything in script format and fixed a lot of the structure.  And I submitted it to a script writing festival, so we'll see how that fairs.

Anyway, my last film at film school was a tip of the hat to the zombie genre.



Also check out The Walking Dead Tonight at 10/9 central on AMC.

"Lambs of GOD"

Here's the latest short film we completed in 20 days.

"While renovating a church, four men find a life-changing suitcase."

Films by Chris in association with Arch and Pillar Productions
Writer/Director: Chris Westfield
Staring: Brian Elles, Michael Karan, Kal Shalash, Zachary McJessy
TRT: 6 min 7 seconds

For limited time you can watch it here:  Lambs of GOD

"Kinship"

The Butler brothers, John and James are gunslingers in the wild west. The younger brother James is a loose cannon that John has to contain. After being on the run for several days, John and James must figure out their next course of action or die at the hands of a posse of gunmen quickly closing in.


Writer/Director: Chris Westfield
Staring: Michael Karan, Trey Kauffman and introducing Makayla Jones
TRT: 7 min 18 seconds

Teaser Trailer