From the very beginning, the film personality Glenn Marquid deliberately allowed "I Sell the Dead" to be thoroughly immersed in the story atmosphere created by the old-style partner feature film, which represents an overview of friendship. And it was told through the mouth of a very iconic young man. Marquid said: "In addition to the very close connection that only exists between partners, the film also focuses on the relationship with'Grave Robbery'. In the relevant special field, more importantly, it explains how to get everything you want from the scary creatures that have already transformed into corpses, including money and jewelry.I believe that audiences who like similar horror movies or zombie movies, definitely Can get unexpected pleasure from it."
For Glenn Marquad, making a low-budget costume film focusing on a certain period in New York City was really a challenge, almost impossible. Marquad Said: "Since we all know that the budget in hand is really pitiful, it is impossible to build some gorgeous 18th century sceneries specially for the film, so we had to spend a few months to expand the scope and broadly search. Appropriate shooting location. Finally, we found ideal places in Staten Island and Changdao County a week before the official filming of the film . First, we chose a local bar and decorated it as a small inn for Grave Robbery- -Although these places are inevitably too lacking in the sense of the times to convey the information of the film, what we need to rely on at this time is shooting technology, lighting retouching, illustrated contrast, traditional matte image quality and digital special effects to make up for it. There may be defects."
In the 2005 original short film " Grave Robbery Apprentice ", the two Grave Robbery partners were Larry Fassendon and Daniel Manche (Daniel Manche). Fassendon was not only in the new feature film Continuing his role, but also shouldering the important responsibilities of the producer. What "I Sell the Dead" shows will be a world with a higher-end soul than before, in view of Fasson Dunn quickly responded to the charm and ambition contained in the script, and the pre-production of the film officially began in early November 2006.
At the same time, because another producer Peter Bowker has been studying the very popular TV series "Lost" (Lost), he found that he particularly liked Charles the Great played by Dominic Monaghan in the drama. , And also think he is very suitable for the prankster and a bit naughty young Grave Robbery thief Arthur in the film. After the talks, Monaghan readily accepted the role, it seems that everything is developing on the positive side, but he has to wait until he finishes the filming of the third season of "Lost" before he can enter the crew.
At about this time, Larry Fassenton began to systematically close the relationship with Ron Pullman, deliberately letting him play that highly controversial role-Father Francis Duff, because they had been in France before. There was a collaboration experience in "The Last Winter" written and directed by Senton, so both of them are eagerly waiting for the second opportunity. After reading the script, Pullman quickly became obsessed with the story. At the same time, he was also very interested in the cast of Glen Marquad, so he decided to star in the film, but because he had already signed a contract at that time Guillermo del Toro (Guillermo del Toro)'s " Hellboy II: The Golden Army " (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), "I Sell the Dead" filming work had to be postponed again for him.
In the end, when Dominic Monaghan had just completed the shooting of the third season of " Lost ", that is, in May 2007, the main filming work of the film finally started. A series of very fantastical around New York City After field shooting of the color background, this European costume story that took place in the early 18th century turned out to be completely shot in New York. The entire shooting time lasted for almost 18 days, and then the film people began to wait hard, everyone is looking forward to Ron Pullman's early completion of his role in " Hellboy II: The Golden Army ".
In December 2007, Ron Pullman, who had just finished his last job, rushed to the crew and filmed the scene non-stop for 7 days. Finally, the filming of "I Sell the Dead" was completed, in the cold winter. Entered into a more hectic post-production.
When considering the sound effects that the soundtrack of "I Sell the Dead" would have, Glenn Marquad had planned a clear and clear attitude and cognition. He and the composer Jeff Grace ( Jeff Grace completed the original music of the film together. Marquid said: "We first determine the style of the music based on the content of the script as quickly as possible, so that it can play a positive role in promoting the filming in the future. Grace and I intercepted different styles of music together, ranging from pagan folk culture to psychedelic fantasy worlds-we just want to find our favorite musical melody and figure out why they are so. Attract us? What can they bring to our story? When we started to record notes on paper, we also chose to incorporate brass wind music, which was also mixed with a series of chainsaw sounds and human sounds. The whistle.I got creative inspiration from the music works of my idols John Towner Williams (John Williams) and Ennio Morricone (Ennio Morricone). The soundtrack we condensed in the film will play an extremely violent Noisy character."
