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New Blood: The Undead of Afterlife is a 2010 documentary short that was released exclusively on Blu-ray copies of Resident Evil: Afterlife.[1]

Summary[]

Paul W.S. Anderson leads the documentary by talking about how as Capcom has replaced its Zombie enemies over time to reimagine the series, Afterlife will accomplish the same thing. The new Undead varieties are faster and stronger, with mutant varieties opening up new possibilities for fight scenes, which Anderson describes as the Undead evolving. Paul Jones is introduced, describing how there were three trailers during production, focusing on hair, make-up and prosthetics. For creating the Undead, life casts were made of the actors for the purpose of making clay sculpture molds. From these, prosthetics could be made that were tailored to the contours of their face.

Director of Photography Glen MacPherson talks of the wardrobing the Undead extras went through. Anderson's assistant, Sarah Crompton, talks about how the extras were not allowed to remove their masks until the end of the day, making it inconvenient for them to eat and drink during break times.

Anderson and Jeremy Bolt discuss the use of the extras in the film itself. Anderson estimates 100 extras were used for the sequence where Alice is swarmed by hundreds of Undead who have breached the prison. He and Bolt describe how they did three versions of the sequence with the 100 extras all on the left, right and centre of the set, then digitally merged the footage together to give the appearance of 300. For the high aerial shots, including ones where Alice flies over tens of thousands of Undead, Bolt confirms all of them were CGI, led by Visual FX supervisor Dennis Berardi.

Jones and MacPherson discuss the idea for the Axe Man, which was to demonstrate the T-virus' ability to induce mutations in the Undead, increasing their variations. Despite his size, an actor was hired for the part rather than having an entirely CG model. According to Crompton, the casting team had to work with the stunt coordinator to find this actor, as he needed to be able to do the stunts necessary. Their choice was Ray Olubowale, who was 6'7'', who had trouble going through doors due to his size. As the Axe Man was expected to be 8' tall, Olubowale had to walk around on stilts. He wore a body-suit covered in prosthetic scars, a leather apron and an executioner's hood. Jones made sure the injuries and bloodstains were added, to suggest he has killed a number of survivors over the years.

Jones introduces the silicon mandibles they created for the "burrowing zombies", which he says use dental acrylic teeth. The mandibles were to be fitted onto the Undead and stills taken to get the right lighting reference. After this the scene would play out as normal, with a CG version of the mandibles added in post-production. Anderson had concerns over using Undead Dogs in a fourth film, but after studying the Adjule from Resident Evil 5 they were reimagined for the film. Jones made them appear more grotesque than previous films to highlight the four year progression after the events of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

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Sources[]

  1. Resident Evil's Afterlife Revived. IGN (Nov 1, 2010). Retrieved on 2022-12-08.
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