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Funeral and Shiva for Rose Rosette. Rest well Bubby.
You’d think the apocalypse would only last an instant. For a lucky few, it’s been the past five years of our lives. Steeping yourself in the end of days, especially as blood soaked and zombie filled as the time has been, can be hazardous. Luckily being surrounded by some of the most incredibly kind, talented, driven and selfless people that the entertainment industry has to offer has made surviving the past five years some of the most rewarding, enriching, exhausting, and enjoyable time I’ve been able to spend in my professional life so far. Z Nation was equal parts the hardest job I’ve ever had, and the easiest job to get up and go to every morning that I ever could have asked for.
Working with this crew, calling Spokane my home away from home has been an incredible privilege, and one I will never take for granted. Spokane is a filmmakers dream nestled in the pacific north west, full of incredible locations, and the kindest, hardest working crewfolk i’ve ever been staffed alongside. I cannot wait to see what brings us up there next. I owe every single cast member, and every single crew person an immeasurable debt of gratitude for the kindness they showed me, and the support they gave an eager and panicky industry kid who was trying to prove his value amongst a group of artists who showed that there’s no option in this industry aside from bringing your A game every day, no matter how long the hours were or how chaotic the world around us was.
Z Nation has been my home, my family, and my happy place since the first day I walked onto the set in 2013, camera in hand, head rattling with ideas of how we could end the world next. I can’t say enough how much I owe those who offered me guidance along the way, and truly cannot share my pride for the work we’ve done enough, every campy, murderous, maniacal frame of Grade A / B Horror Zombpocalypse nonsense demonstrates to those watching a legacy of people who made killer work, no matter the circumstances, and always whilst enjoying ourselves so thoroughly that even strangers watching the show can tell how much fun we we’re having on any given day.
Some days were hard, some days were simple, but every single one was satisfying, and in the end, always worth what we put into it. I’m going to miss our little apocalypse, but cannot wait to see what’s next down the pipe. It was the end of the world as we knew it, and I’m feelin fine.
Daniel Schaefer - Writer/Photographer.
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