“Because we were basically asking every single actor to be a one-person film production, it was the technical stuff that happens behind the scenes – that nobody really thinks about because it happens invisibly on a film set – that caused problems.
I think she did a pretty great job with it, and Dan was great, being very specific with what he needed her to do.” Challenges and problems So she was being the make-up team – doing it on herself – with Dan co-ordinating. “So we got Dan to create little latex pieces and then he did a video tutorial for our actress and then he was there on Zoom while she was applying it. So without ruining too much, there’s a scene where somebody’s face takes on a bit of damage, and we knew that Zoom was a pretty unforgiving medium in terms of it just being the actor’s face in close-up, so we needed Dan to help us with some designs and effects that were going to stand up to that scrutiny. “I’ve worked with Dan Martin a bunch of times and he’s one of the people we had on our initial list of cool people. Which I think is why a lot of it feels so authentic.” Crafting the visual effects So a lot of the reactions you are getting in the film are them genuinely reacting to their friends dying in front of them or something jumping out or exploding. Then like we did on the prank video, when we were shooting on the day, I was able to cede that into Zoom and get the guys to react in real time, not knowing what was going to happen. We cut those together and we added in sound effects and made them properly scary. So the first thing we shot was all the stunts and all the scares. We knew how everyone was going to die, and we knew what the scares were going to be, and we didn’t tell the actors any of it. “One of the things I was keen to do off the back of the prank video is withhold a lot of stuff from the cast. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Here he explains how this unique production came together. But what starts out as innocent fun quickly takes a sinister turn, with an evil spirit invading their homes and putting all their lives in danger.Īs well as acting in the film, the cast did their own make-up, lit their own scenes, operated their own cameras, and created their own practical effects, while Rob directed them all from his own front room. Host revolves around six friends who ask a medium to oversee a séance over Zoom.
But while the rest of us were making banana bread, doing PE with Joe Wicks and watching Tiger King, writer-director Rob Savage – best known for horror short Dawn of the Deaf – was hard at work.Īnd what started out as a prank to scare his friends turned into Host, a genuinely terrifying flick that hits streaming service Shudder this week. The film industry ground to a halt in March when coronavirus forced much of the world into lockdown.
A still from Host, the new horror film shot during lockdown, by Rob Savage.
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