Mike Fields Visual Effects
The following is our second interview with the cast and crew of the upcoming feature film Bong of the Dead. Today we interview horror FX guru Mike Fields. If it’s gore, fantasy or just plain mind-blowing you can pretty sure Mike Fields may have had his fingers on it. The zombies in Bong of the Dead will be some of the best you have seen.
MIKE FIELDS:
With a track record like “Masters of Horror”, “Narnia”, “Fido”, etc. its easy to figure out that the quality of the FX in this film is top notch! Mike Fields brings years of experience and his great talent to Bong Of The Dead.
Interview with Mike Fields
1) Q. Why did you jump on board as Co-Producer to Bong Of The Dead?
I’ve worked in this industry for years on a lot of productions for other producers and top directors around the world. When I was presented with the opportunity to work on a film that I was not only going to do the make-up for but also Co-Produce, I was all over it! I know Thomas’s work and know that like myself he works fast but puts out quality and I wanted to bring the same type of quality he was after for our first feature together.
2) Q. What was your biggest challenge?
The budget that Thomas wanted to do this epic like film with was a bit challenging at times. We had to do make-up on over 50 people for the battle sequence and we had to make it look great or else there would be no point! When we first discussed the film and the $15K budget I knew that we were going to have to cut some corners. I immediately began creating latex masks for zombies which would be background instead of creating original face applications.
3) Q. What makes this film different from any other film you’ve ever worked on?
The thing that makes Bong of the Dead stand out from the rest is the fact that its a 100% original script idea. There are no films out there to date that I know of personally that combine all the genres together into one action packed movie. I mean we have, comedy, horror,action, adventure, we even have romance in there at some point and it all works! This film has so much action, blood and guts that for the 15 solid days we worked on it there was not a single person on set that was not covered in blood at some point.
