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Zomb-out 2008
15th November 2008
Total turnout: 3 zombies, 1 necromancer, a horde of supporters (I was going to take part until my tragedy scuppered my plans. Oh well).
Well, it's a start!
The 'early' crowd
Before we got chased out of Raffles City
Making up and waiting for latecomers (no late zombies, boo!)
2 zombies in inanimate mode
Scaring Raffles City shoppers
Before reanimation:
One
Two
Three
Getting to their feet
Shambling
Zombie on phone
Pawing at passers-by
Zombie after banging into MRT sign
Moving out
The horde makes its way down the escalator into Citylink
Down the escalator
Moving up the stairs
Dragging a fallen comrade
Rictus
After this point blip.tv suddenly refused to accept new videos, so I was forced to go back to YouTube. Ugh.
Enming - the only victim
Terrorising book-lovers
Even railings are no match for the Horde
Terrorising schoolgirls
Scaring a kid, and Enming does a weird dance
Moving out of Citylink
At the head of an escalator
Tackling the escalator
3/4 group shot at Suntec City
Impromptu souvenir shot with lady
Terrorising diners in some place
Resting from the exertions upon their reknitted sinews
But always ready to leap for manflesh
Bemused security
Terrorising counter staff
The Nooseman
Terrorising the security
Amused security
PRC girl
KO at the end
KO with Necromancer
Getting up
Group shot with supporters
Pile
Zombie eating Carl's Jr
AAR (After Action Review):
Generally the event was successful, though I heard one passer-by remarking that Halloween was over, and another that "我要打他们" ("I want to hit them"); next year should see a better turnout since it's already been done once (unlikely to be Toronto's 3,000 though!)
Holding it indoors was a good idea due to the weather.
The fake blood was good, if a bit watery.
Although we were chased out by Raffles City security, we didn't have any other issues with the management of the places.
Suggestions for next year:
Date
- Do it around Halloween
Pre-event
- Publicise it with SMS forwards
- Don't change the date
- Don't have Facebook discussions alone: a pre-event meetup is good to know other participants
- Have a pre-event for publicity
- Provide makeup guide as well as a making fake blood guide
Preparation and forming up
- Organiser should not be late waiting for participants at rendezvous point
- Organiser should give everyone his contact number
- Organiser could provide free $5 shirts (maybe from the Salvation Army) for zombie costumes (you see one zombie wearing such a shirt)
- More props: sausages as intestines?
- The route was just right, but the route needs to be very clear beforehand
Execution
- Have more victims to increase the atmosphere. This year we had essentially only one real victim, but as I pointed out victims have to be willing to get dirty (fake blood etc) and if they are, they'll be zombies
- In a larger group, have minders to keep track of where the zombies are, keep stragglers enroute etc