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The Official Seattle Zombie Walk
Handbook....
Greetings Seattle Zombies!
Eric and Cleo Zombie here, keeping all our rotting
friends up to date with the zombie basics. Even if you are a crusty zombie and have walking with us for the last 5 years or a newbie to zombie
walks, we hope you will find this useful. ....
Zombie list of Contents: ....
1)
What is a Zombie Walk?....
2)
Do’s and Dont’s and Safety....
3)
Acting Zombie: School for the Recently Undead....
4)
Zombie Costuming and Braiiiinstorming....
5)
Ideas for Non-Zombies:
Victims and Heroes, our favorite snacks....
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What is a Zombie Walk? ....
According to Wikipedia: A zombie
walk (aka zombie mob, zombie march, zombie horde, zombie
lurch, zombie shamble, zombie shuffle or zombie pub crawl)
is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually
taking place in an urban centre, the participants make their way around the
city streets and through shopping malls
in a somewhat orderly fashion and often limping their way towards a local cemetery or other public space (a series of taverns in the
case of a zombie pub crawl).....
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Do’s and Dont’s: The safety
talk....
1. Do obey traffic laws. It’s
un-zombie like but important for everyone’s safety and the law. This
means walking when the light says so and stopping accordingly. Although it might
be exciting to run out into the street and scare drivers to a screeching halt,
don’t do it. (We don’t want to be responsible for car accidents!)
2. Don’t block traffic! Obstruction of traffic (especially Downtown) is the
main reason the Police might interfere and make us disperse. We will be
traveling in a very large group that will likely spill over the sidewalk. When
that starts to happen, grab a few of your brethren and go to the other side of
the street. Or… let the mob pass, feast on a victim, and then join the end of
the mob!
3. Be respectful to local businesses. This means not bottle-necking entrances
to retail shops. By all means stare hungrily at people inside of shops and
restaurants, but please don’t leave bloody handprints on their windows!
4. Do find Zombie friendly businesses. If you know anyone along any of the
Zombie walk routes, make some pre-arrangements so that we can give them extra
attention.
5. Do not harass anyone who isn’t getting a kick out of the experience! Use
common sense, if they are trying to avoid zombies or showing a unpleasant face
don’t bother with them.
S a f e t y !
As a hungry Zombie, you are going to have to feed. You need living flesh, so
other Zombies are not an option. You have two choices:
1. Hunt down by-standers and take your chances that someone, walking along,
minding their business, is willing to let themselves be mauled. Try this
procedure: Pick a target, ham up your approach, stand five feet in front of
them licking your lips and wait until they show signs of wanting to play along.
Do not just attack people! You might end up with a knuckle sandwich!
2. Find or bring a plain clothed healthy volunteer with a “Victim” name tag on!
This is highly recommended. These “victims” will endure multiple Zombie
“attacks” and will have their chalk lines drawn on the sidewalks of Seattle as
evidence.
*Just be comfortable. Due to the irregular and jerky movements of the Zombie’s
walk, you will find yourself very clumsy. Moving slowly and wearing stable
shoes (like sneakers) should keep you limping along just fine! It also may get
cold and wet outside. Be warm.....
Long story short….. follow all regular
laws of the City of Seattle and please maintain common
sense. If you see anyone breaking the
law and/or violating these very simple guidelines please address the issue
immediately or ask for help. We want our walks to be fun for everyone
including the tasty victims of Seattle!....
Acting Zombie: School for the
recently undead....
1.
Mastery of the blank gaze.
Relax all the muscles of your face and de-focus your eyes. Anyone who comes
into eye contact with you should see no recognition or expression in your face.
Make sure that your eyes "track" as little as possible. For a test,
make your “Zombie Face” and have a friend surprise you with a loud noise. You
pass if your eyes don’t dart to the noise and your body doesn’t flinch.
Practice in the mirror making the “Zombie
Face” and then try to do it with your
friends without cracking up!
2. The Zombie Drive
A Zombie is essentially dead. In this state, you do not get itchy, adjust
clothing, or speak coherently.
The driving force of a Zombie’s essence is hunger. The only active parts of
Zombie mental faculties involve the need to feed. Zombies do everything they do
to procure food, specifically human flesh. They are drawn toward the living to
eat them. I hear brains are a particularly tasty delicacy.....
3. Zombies in Public
While in public, avoid taking pictures while dressed as a Zombie. This would be
a breech of character! Hand your camera off to a plain-clothed friend or
“victim” to capture your most gory moments! Zombies don’t have/use cell
phones. Zombies don’t talk or scream or shriek or howl – they moan or grunt. ....
During the event participants are
encouraged to remain in character as zombies and to communicate only in a
manner consistent with zombie behavior. This may include grunting, groaning and
slurred, moaning calls for 'brains'. It should be noted that zombie behavior is
a hot topic of debate.....
4.
Advanced Techniques
To heighten interest and realism, some zombie mobs will "eat" victims
to create new zombies, in sight of onlookers. An effective way of doing this is
to establish a route and plant a “victim” volunteer along the route ready to be
“discovered” ny the mob shambling along. Surrounding the new victim to
loudly feed, the Zombies conceal him or her from witnesses' view as they tear
clothes and quickly apply greenish makeup and fake blood creating a new zombie
who then shambles along with the ever-expanding pack to find new prey.
Favorite Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvzR4P-ZBb8....
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Zombie Costuming: Braaaaaiiiinstorming
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Depending on perspective, but
largely accepted- zombieness occurs after death. So when you are thinking of
your costume try thinking about what you might be wearing at the time of your
death.
In western societies dead people are usually buried in their Sunday best. A
trip to the Salvation Army or Value Village for an old suit jacket and trousers
or a "churched-up" dress are classic. Perhaps you died in bed and
re-animated in your pajamas. You would certainly be comfortable. Those are
merely suggestions. There are more zombie permutations in the world than the
ol' garden-variety Night of the Living Dead kind. Variations like, "spare
change" Zombie, Santa zombie, Cher zombie, and Laura Bush zombie are
endless and we encourage everyone to be creative with their costumes!
*tips for shredding*
scissor cuts are far too clean to look like it has been shredded, try using a
cork screw and pull the clothing away from you as the cork screw’s tip shreads
the clothing. ....
*tips for blood on clothes*
Fake blood can get sticky and after years of doing these walks we hate to get
fake blood all over the interior of our cars. A really neat product to use is
hot blood that can be found at A Masquerade in Bellevue WA. “Hot blood” is
basically dark red glue sticks that you put through a hot glue gun and apply
the bloody glue where you want the effects at.
Zombie Costume Supplies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GNHYRdWqcg....
2. Make-up
Another favorite costume shop is Display & Costume in Northgate. A trip
there will be worth your while for makeup.
A. Get some whitening face paint or the stuff called "Zombie Flesh" by Mehron.
B. black grease paint to darken your eyes and cheeks for that hollow &
hungry look and eyeliner to start with. Cheap, Rite Aid variety eyeshadows and
eyeliners can also get you pretty banged up looking.
C. Oatmeal and liquid latex works wonders.
D. Food coloring and corn syrup makes convincing blood, but sticky. However, it
is also tasty. You may want to try chocolate syrup or caramel sauce smeared
strategically in your clothes....trust me......looks dead. Warning though, corn
syrup also dissolves most prosthetics if you are using one.
E. Dont brush your hair! It looks great to tease out you hair if it is long.
Sprinkle some leaves in it!
F. Don't forget to get yourself dirty! Tea and coffee stains on clothes age
them well.
G. Get out there with yo bad self!....
Non Zombie Ideas: Victims and
Heroes, our favorite snacks....
1.
Photographers: Walk with us and take pictures, then post
them on this Flickr.com group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/seattlezombiewalk
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2.
Victims: We love our Victims! You guys bring the
atmospheres and help out the whole act. Wear
a “Hello my name is” name tag that says “Eat Me”. Run, hide, scream and terrify
other people who are not in the walk “HELP HELP ZOMBIES ARE EVERYWHERE THEY ATE
MY NEIGHBOR! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!” Bring sidewalk chalk to draw chalk lines
around fallen “victims” on the concrete to denote a murder scene. Run and trip
a lot! Are you hardcore? If you are bring fake guts and blood to
splatter on you as zombies attack you, even bring a quick makeup kit for later
if you get killed and come join the zombies horde. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiYz_GxkqJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWIQtC5pzM....
3.
Heroes: What’s a zombie movie without heroes? Show up
with a good costume and try to help victims. Non-conventional weapons are the
best, modify a golf club or walk around with bloody garden tools. Heroes please
practice common sense, be around other zombies or costumers when walking around
so people don’t think you are a crazed sniper! If you bring a fake plastic gun
please make sure that the weapon looks fake, bright orange is a good indicator
that it isn’t real. Be prepared that CleoZombie will eat you as her first
course.....
4.
Silly: Hug a Zombie and see if their flesh comes off on
you! Walk with a cardboard box with a sign on it that says “Lost Zombie Parts”.
Volunteer to collect “Victims”. Organize a “Zombie pin-up” photo shoot after
the Walk. But most importantly be creative in anything you do! A brain on a
stick is always a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9s87o6N6to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7qjQqGSd9c....
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