PICTURES: Zombies take over Strode College in Somerset!

But not to worry, it was all planned - and perfectly harmless.

The Zombie Workshop returned to Strode College, getting students into the Halloween spirit before the mid-term brake.

The event, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, teaches students collaboration and transferable skills for the cinematographic industry.

It concluded colleges week with an amazing show of scary costumes, flashy cosmetics and a great concert by our Strode Live students, giving students from Art & Graphics, Drama/Performing Arts, Media and Music to practice teamwork.

A zombie ‘flash-mob’ took everyone by storm, with a Michael Jackson impersonator dancing and singing to, of course, Thriller, which was followed by a zombie make-up workshop in the Art department and then an immersive Zombie Awakening at the tennis court fence and the college’s new mock hospital to show some apocalyptic terror.

Zombie costumes were created with SFX make-up, wax, prosthetics, wounds, costumes, plastic weapons, gelatine, facial appliances, fake blood and more, demonstrating and talking about routes into FX, Higher Education and how skills are job transferable and applicable to the cinematographic industry.

Duncan Cameron, Strode College’s Foundation Art & Design Course manager, said: “It is not only about the fun, but about teamwork and to show our students how everything learnt during the workshop has industry progression.

"Many of our students who did this workshop in the past are currently employed at Netflix and that brings me great joy.

"Lots of blood, collaboration, smiling and laughter and a spontaneous round of applause for everyone’s effort."

For full details of courses available visit www.strode-college.ac.uk