About Us
Bus of the Undead Films is committed to the production of high quality, high entertainment short films. From humble beginnings in 2003 as Danger Cart Films, we have continued to produce critically acclaimed and popular award winning short films. We mostly went to/are still going to the University of Otago. While some of us have moved into more gainful employment, or even left the city, we continue to hold a passion for making films. During the five years we have collaborated our technical skills have increased markedly. We have expanded our productions to include live action, animation, musical scoring, sound effects, post production, costumes, props, web development, and DVD content creation and authoring.
The awards we have won, lovingly referred to as 'Freds'.
History (how the travesty began)
In December 2002 a group of us were having a few beers and came up with an idea for a film which, once we started moving our collective arses in June 2003 would become our first movie - Sex With Mr. Collins.
Despite everyone telling us it was going to suck, that we wouldn't get it done and that what we did have was shit, it was actually quite good. We won two awards at the campus film festival, and have had a ton of positive feedback. While it looks like shit, it is pretty funny to this day. It has since been played at the Dunedin Fringe Festival (thanks, John Ong). Perhaps most interestingly (or stupidly, depending on who you ask), we began advertising our film before we had even shot it - you can even see some of our advertising in the film. How is that for breaking the wall?
2003's Sex With Mr. Collins
With dreams of glory in our heads John and Daniel after a few beers and a long walk home from a friend's 21st Birthday come up with another script (Kind of). What we actually had initially was Daniel singing about John's cat which had a drooling problem. This song which consisted of the inspired lyrics 'Dribbly Meow Meow, Dribbly Meow Meow' was soon declared the theme tune for a cartoon trilogy we wrote that very night. And when I say wrote, we had about half a page on Word. Thankfully by the time Dribbly Meow Meow screened we had dropped the theme tune and our trilogy became a single episode. Concept drawings began in December 2003 and Daniel began animating in January 2004. And by began, we mean for the very first time. Ever. With a very loose idea on cell based animation from a 'making of Footrot Flats' show that Daniel saw when he was about 6 or 7, he dived into Flash.
Dribbly rocked the party, or at least according to the audience at the film festival - it won the people's choice award. Really, it was probably because no one had tried anything like that before at the festival. It certainly wasn't as funny as Sex With Mr. Collins. It just looked better.
2004's Dribbly Meow Meow
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Bus of the Undead Films is committed to the production of high quality, high entertainment short films. From humble beginnings in 2003 as Danger Cart Films, we have continued to produce critically acclaimed and popular award winning short films. We mostly went to/are still going to the University of Otago. While some of us have moved into more gainful employment, or even left the city, we continue to hold a passion for making films. During the five years we have collaborated our technical skills have increased markedly. We have expanded our productions to include live action, animation, musical scoring, sound effects, post production, costumes, props, web development, and DVD content creation and authoring.
The awards we have won, lovingly referred to as 'Freds'.
History (how the travesty began)
In December 2002 a group of us were having a few beers and came up with an idea for a film which, once we started moving our collective arses in June 2003 would become our first movie - Sex With Mr. Collins.
Despite everyone telling us it was going to suck, that we wouldn't get it done and that what we did have was shit, it was actually quite good. We won two awards at the campus film festival, and have had a ton of positive feedback. While it looks like shit, it is pretty funny to this day. It has since been played at the Dunedin Fringe Festival (thanks, John Ong). Perhaps most interestingly (or stupidly, depending on who you ask), we began advertising our film before we had even shot it - you can even see some of our advertising in the film. How is that for breaking the wall?2003's Sex With Mr. Collins
With dreams of glory in our heads John and Daniel after a few beers and a long walk home from a friend's 21st Birthday come up with another script (Kind of). What we actually had initially was Daniel singing about John's cat which had a drooling problem. This song which consisted of the inspired lyrics 'Dribbly Meow Meow, Dribbly Meow Meow' was soon declared the theme tune for a cartoon trilogy we wrote that very night. And when I say wrote, we had about half a page on Word. Thankfully by the time Dribbly Meow Meow screened we had dropped the theme tune and our trilogy became a single episode. Concept drawings began in December 2003 and Daniel began animating in January 2004. And by began, we mean for the very first time. Ever. With a very loose idea on cell based animation from a 'making of Footrot Flats' show that Daniel saw when he was about 6 or 7, he dived into Flash.Dribbly rocked the party, or at least according to the audience at the film festival - it won the people's choice award. Really, it was probably because no one had tried anything like that before at the festival. It certainly wasn't as funny as Sex With Mr. Collins. It just looked better.
2004's Dribbly Meow Meow
Continued on Page Two >
