This film is the first feature film written and directed by the famous special effects director Glenn McQuaid (Glenn McQuaid). The story is inspired by a film he created in 2005 called "Grave Robbery "The Resurrection Apprentice" (The Resurrection Apprentice). Marquad explained: "The short film, which was produced four years ago, tells a very simple story. It basically describes a small The boy has officially become a Grave Robbery thief, everything that Grave Robbery has experienced for the first time. I have always been particularly interested in the kind of movie works that have a smoky hazy feeling and a bloody thriller breath. So I was inspired to make such a short film just to express my unique respect for the same type of horror work. However, when I finished "Grave Robbery Apprentice", I realized that this was created by me. The fictional world of Grave Robbery in the 18th century seems to have many potential elements and story themes that are worth exploring and digging out. So I tried to expand the environment and concepts formed in the short film purposefully for the two Grave Robbery insiders. Arthur Black and Willie Grimes have developed a new atmosphere and background story that one can never imagine."
After turning into the length of a movie, "I Sell the Dead" chose a flashback flashback method to tell the whole story, because this narrative method also allows the film personality Glenn Marquid to be able to Constantly experimenting with different movie styles, switching at will, and choosing the form that has the rhythm that best suits the development of the story. Marquide continued: “Such a free way of telling stories also gives me enough space for me to find A wider world, a very creative pass, to reinterpret the story with a completely different perspective and point of view.After all, the specific content of these memories and experiences comes from a boring, drunken Grave Robbery The credibility of the summary in the mouth of the author is still to be considered. You can completely treat them as myths and legends, because he is not the kind of trustworthy and pragmatic historian."
When Glenn Marquad completed the final stage of the script, he immediately showed the complete story to the producer Larry Fessenden, knowing that it would definitely evoke Fassenden’s thoughts. To participate in the production desire, Marquid said: “In fact, at the beginning, Fassendon made a mature proposal. He hoped that I would work with another special effects artist and painter Braham Revel ) Was able to adapt the script into a comic book first--they once collaborated with their early works " Wendigo " (Wendigo) and " The Last Winter " (The Last Winter), so they knew each other very well. It turns out that the intermediate processes and steps are simply invaluable. Before the script is put into formal film production, an atlas similar to a comic book will definitely give it a visual and concrete presentation, effectively Helped "I Sell the Dead" successfully establish the overall atmosphere and image style. Then Fassendon and I visited another producer, Peter Phok, and convinced him to join us."
The arrival of Peter Bowker brought hope and ambition to Glenn Marquad. It was under his active operation that Marquad finally saw "I Sell the Dead" on the big screen. He said: “When the script develops to this stage, we can already be said to have been prepared. Not only do we hold a comic book that is close to completion as a storyboard, but also Basically finalized the actor candidates for several major roles, including the well-known Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Angus Scrimm, etc. Under our offensive of coaxing and deceit, they agreed to sign the performance contract first, regardless of the salary. I have always been grateful for their generosity and regardless of gains or losses."
In order to effectively convey all the imagination he has put into the film, Glenn Marquad made a "visual diary" specially for "I Sell the Dead". He admitted: "In this log All included are some photos, posters, etc. that have inspired me to create this story, as well as some scenes and structure diagrams prepared during the preliminary preparations, including the animation drawn by Brahan Levor and I. Sketches.all of these are the behind-the-scenes heroes who helped me outline the visual imagination of the whole story. Once the filming work is really put on the agenda, I need to work with my photographer Richard Lopez ( When Richard Lopez, costume designer David Tabbert, and the art department collaborate, I believe I can convey to them what I really want as quickly as possible."
