The Memphis Zombie Attack was the first 'zombie walk' ever organized in Memphis, TN. Daniel Lee had become aware of the event and thought it might make a good subject for a short doc. He had never made a doc before and what better to try one on than zombies?
This short won "Best Short Documentary at the 2008 Magnolia Film Festival, and also screened at First Night Saratoga and Indie Memphis Film Festival.
With literally no planning, one camera, and no documentary experience, Daniel and April drove up, arrived a little late, and had less than 15 minutes to try and interview various zombie walk participants. Daniel got just enough interview footage to cut a nice little short doc together.
"I saw some other people with like a 'REAL' camera and boom mic shooting footage and thought that somebody else had the same idea of making a doc out of the event. So I figured 'well if mine isn't going to be the best, it's going to be the first!'
"I ran around shooting stuff on the fly and by complete accident or providence or fate or what-have-you, got coverage of seemingly all the best moments of the Walk. Moreover, I got really GOOD footage of a lot of it.
"So I drove straight home, edited the movie that night and had it uploaded on the internet by the following afternoon.
"I always refer to it as 'my stupid zombie movie' because I don't really think much of it - yet it has by FAR the most hits on YouTube, has been a hit at festivals, and I've noticed other short films and coverage of this and subsequent Memphis zombie walks seem to have been strongly influenced by mine. All in all, I guess that's not too shabby for something I just completely slapped together in 24 hours totally unprepared."
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