'Aetas' - an Epic Medieval Tale

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

A Nelson Entertainment & Flying Anvil Films Production
Produced, Story and Shot by Shawn Nelson and Ken Kupelian.
Screenplay & Directed by Shawn Nelson.
Score & Sound Design by Herman Witkam.
Score vocals by Alejandra Wayar Soux
Wardrobe and Makeup: Sarah Nelson
Assistant Camera: Jerry Turner
Latin Translation by Nathanael Blake
Posters By Jeremy Tuttle
Shot with Red #27 and #1443

Cast:
Hunter Jackson as Tristan
Victoria Geil as Elisiya
Janusz Madej as the voice of Serapis
AJ Brooks as the man behind the mask of Serapis

Poster A:
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Aetas_Poster_A.jpeg

Poster B
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Aetas_Poster_B.jpeg

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

- Screen captures -
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Forrest_path.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Victoria_beach.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Alvord_sky.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Alvord_distance.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Alvord_sword.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Snow_walk.jpg

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Reserved

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Friday May 2:
We're leaving for the Alvord Desert! This will be a 900 mile roundtrip effort for the first shoot of timefest

Saturday May:
We got to the Alvord Desert, found our hotel in the tiny town of Fields, ate good hamburgers and milkshakes and then made our way to the desert floor. The sunset wasn't all that great due to the Steens mountains, but now we have a good idea for tomorrow's shoot.

Sunday May 4: We awoke at 4:45am and made it to the Alvord Desert floor by 5:39. Yay for us that there was this massive cloud bank low on the horizon so we didn't get our sunrise shot. Then it started raining. Finally the rain cleared, the clouds cleared and we got our shots!
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/GearSunrise_Alvord.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Red27_Alvord.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Shawn300_Alvord.jpg

Sunday May 11:
Going location scouting today. Still need a deep woods and beach location, also trying for a sand dunes one. I took my wife out for Mother's Day last night so today is all TimeFest!
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/May11_ShawnScout.jpg
Location scouting went well! Here's me out on the beach figuring out the precise location of our climatic scene, it will be a hike for everyone. We're thinking of assembling Red at the car and loading into backpacks for the hikes, we're really hoping for no rain.

Monday, May 12
Finally locked the cast and planned a production meeting for Wednesday. We hope to finish shooting this weekend!

Thursday, May 15
Had a fantastic cast meeting last night. Victoria and Hunter are going to knock this one out! On the script front, I got the finalized script off to the translator. We are going to have all our dialogue in old Latin! We have a consultant (a friend of mine who studies Latin at an east coast school) who is translating our dialogue and providing MP3s of him reading our script so the actors can prep. I feel this will help give proper weight to our story. On another front, Herman is acquiring for us some voice over help from his side of the pond! That's right, the cast of 'Aetas' will be international. Thanks Herman!

Friday, May 16
Prepping for a big weekend shoot! I'm extremely glad to announce we are adding Jerry Turner (DVXUser Fixitinpost) to our team! So this weekend we're going to be hiking into locations so this necessitated a logistical change. I did some research on Reduser and ended up buying a Kata backpack specifically for my Red. Here's a shot of it!
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Red_Backpack.jpg

Monday May 19, 1:54am
Winding down from an exhausting but thoroughly fulfilling weekend shooting 'Aetas'. All the footage exceeded my already sky-high expectations. Hunter and Victoria took the acting beyond what I had even written. AJ, Jerry, Sarah and Ken went above and beyond continually. I'm too exhausted to type more. We now have 120gb of raw footage. I just kicked off a batch of processing today's footage. Will post some BTS pics later.

Monday May 19 9:42pm
Finally got all the Red footage processed into workable 1k proxies (to later conform using Crimson). I was able to go through and get a great idea of what I have to work with. Wow! I cranked out a few stills to show you all what's in store.

Thursday May 22
My sister Sarah (who did an AMAZING job at wardrobe/makeup) also found time to snap off some great BTS shots. Many of them give away too many plot points, but here are some we could show! I'll link to another page so this one stops filling up with my pics
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1284849&postcount=64

Thursday May 29
As Herman announced, we finalized casting of Janusz as the voice of Serapis! Go here to read more http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=1290460&postcount=85
Last night Ken and I got some more editing done and now have a good idea of where to go. We're so tempted to go do one more shoot day but I think we're going to be at 6 min as it is!

Sunday June 01,
Today Ken and I did an epic 12 hour editing marathon. I had the rough cut about half way done when we started so we were able to get the assembly done fairly fast. The majority of the time was then spent fine tuning it. I’m editing on an 8-core Mac with 6gb of Ram and yet I’m still very glad that I am doing a conform process with the Red. Working with 1k Prores files is so nice and so fast, feels like I’m working in SD! A big result out of today was that we have a 22 second gap, so we’ve decided on one more shoot to go get three more shots! But, Herman needs something. So we exported the cut, with title cards in place of the three upcoming shots, and FTP’d it up to a site for Herman to grab. I’m a bit nervous! Even though Herman is a collaborator, he is also the first viewer. Hope he likes it!

Tuesday June 03
Herman loves it! He says he’s now considering getting a soprano to give a Gladiator’ish style vocal accents to his recording. Wow!!!

Wednesday June 04
The location we were going were some shallow caves on the coast that are only accessible during low tide. The tide charts we consulted were wrong by nearly two hours. So we decided to film anyways, which involved all of us wading through cold ocean (on me it was nearly to my waist), all of our shoes and jeans were soaked. We hauled in the full Red package, tripod, audio, costumes, torch gear, etc. Then shot for an hour and had to haul back through even more water! But...we got our shots :-). Ken and Jerry were awesome, this was quite a guerilla effort!

Thursday June 05
Picture lock is finished! I dropped in the three shots but then spent another hour or so constantly re-watching and fine tuning the rough edit. My wife Chantelle helped provide a second set of eyes on this one, her insight was very valuable. I then uploaded a 1k version of the picture lock for Herman. I also got word from Herman that he has three possible sopranos that he is looking into, this is amazing!

Tuesday June 10
Herman just delivered the rough cut of his score!!! Wow!! I’d have been thrilled to get this as the finished, I can’t believe this is the rough! I listened to it multiple times, then carefully watched it again and gave him a few minor notes specific to timecode. Herman also emailed to say he’s chosen Bolivian Soprano Alejandra Wayar Soux. I can’t wait to hear what she sounds like!

Wednesday June 11
Finished the conform process! I used Ian Bloom’s Crimson. I had a few small hiccups with fading, time remapped shots and a composite shot, but I figured them out in decent time. I now have a 2k ProResHQ 10 bit version of Aetas for grading!

Friday June 13
I took today off my day job (software engineering) and spent a large chunk of the day grading! I sent the whole project over to Color and had an awesome time. Red footage responds so well to grading its ridiculous. Herman writes me that he had a recording session with the soprano Alejandra and it went really well!

Saturday June 14
A whirlwind day!! I’m personally moving apartments today so this was a challenge. Herman emailed me the final score & sound mix and I dropped it over the finished graded picture. My father & brothers in law were here to help so I screened it for them then quickly exported it and uploaded it to DVXUser. Done!!

Wednesday June 18, 2008
Still no viewing :-(. I hope people like it!

[Matt Sconce]

1st grab equals....holy crap! amazing!

[Zoidoid]

The last thing I expected from Timefest was an "Epic Medieval Tale." What's more, your screen grabs look very solid! Would love to hear more information. Definitely looking to be quite distinct from the other entries.

[Edgen]

Sweet man! I really dig the shots so far. Plus, i'm a sucker for medieval tales :)

Was this shot on the Red?

/j

[Mark Harris]

Grabs do look really good.

[Defcon]

very striking imagery, i can't wait to see this. and shot on a RED none the less. Impressive.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Thanks everyone! We're having a ton of fun making this and hope to bring something never before seen in a DVXUser fest. Edgen, yes it is being shot on Red.

[Mark T. Aro]

AW MAN! You suck!

I quit!!!!!:Drogar-KnockedOut(D

Well, maybe not.... but you still suck!

(VERY nice screen grabs BTW):Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Herman Witkam]

Looking forward to working on the score ;-)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Updated with more production log, will beef it up as we go. Just added pics too

[Slimothy]

Keep it up man, those grabs are terrific.

[agwah]

did you consider the redwoods for the forest

[hunter richards]

Nice locations Shawn! The first grab is epic.

[Brandon Rice]

Shawn, this looks incredible!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Updated with additional production log and cast pictures!

[Ki-Ki]

Looks bloody fantastic, want more. Now I just want the fest to be over so I can watch this. Amazing BTS stills.

[Ted Arabian]

Nice Shawn! Very nice! Looking forward to your film. Looks stunning.

[Ken K]

So, I guess I need to get my count up to 100 to vote... thought this might be a good thread to add my wisecracks to hit that mark. :)

Btw, you guys should see some of the more racy bts shots I got of Shawn.

[Ken K]

did you consider the redwoods for the forest
Hehe... Oh yeah. I begged and pleaded for this one, but in the end, we decided a 6 hour drive one way would have been too much to try to fit in. We found a pretty sweet alternative that's now within a half hour drive of where I live. It's absolutely perfect and should look pretty stunning in the end.

[Ken K]

Looking forward to working on the score ;-)
We're really excited to hear what you come up with! Your past work has completely blown me away. Thanks for helping us out with this! :beer:

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

So, I guess I need to get my count up to 100 to vote... thought this might be a good thread to add my wisecracks to hit that mark. :)


Just go to 'Off Topic' and have Brandon teach you the infamous 'Bricemanning' technique :-)

[Brandon Rice]

Just go to 'Off Topic' and have Brandon teach you the infamous 'Bricemanning' technique :-)

hehee...

Might have to pull me out of retirement :beer:

[Ken K]

Hmm... tell me more.

My research has turned up little, but I did find the deleted Wiki info pretty amusing.

[Brandon Rice]

hehe, just a term coined by someone... I WAS notorious for many posts... some just basic replies like "lol"

I like to think I actually contribute a lot more around here than I did back then... in my younger days... most of it was really just derived from my ultra enthusiastic personality.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

hehe, just a term coined by someone... I WAS notorious for many posts... some just basic replies like "lol"

I like to think I actually contribute a lot more around here than I did back then... in my younger days... most of it was really just derived from my ultra enthusiastic personality.

Mr nearly 14000 posts :-). You are about as 'retired' as Jordan was :-).

But I do think you add a bunch, just having some fun.:nads:

[Ken K]

Okay, that's what I kinda gathered from what I found. Thanks!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

People were discussing 'Bricemanning' over on Reduser the other week and I didnt know what it meant and had to come here and dig around for the definition, its a jem! :-)

[Ken K]

What I want to know is how he found out so quickly that we were talking about him in this thread. :undecided

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

What I want to know is how he found out so quickly that we were talking about him in this thread. :undecided

QED :-)

[Norm Sanders]

Cool stuff Shawn & Ken! Look forward to keeping tabs on this thread & watching the film.

[hunter richards]

Not Victoria Giel!!! Jk, I just cant get over her in asl. What a horrible brother...

[Horncastle]

Great grabs and a stunning location!!

[pia12254]

My girlfriend laughs every time I visit your page because she hears my groans of jealousy! ;-)

Seriously though...your locations and screen grabs look outrageous (in a very good way).

All the best with this project and looking forward to seeing it finished.

Daniel

[Ken K]

Thanks everyone! Norm, why aren't you entering this fest? I thought I remember you being interested in it when they first announced it. I was looking forward to helping out with sound again. :) And no, I wouldn't sabotage it. :tongue:

[Ken K]

A bit of nostalgia for you... we'll be filming a small portion of our short at this same location:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIUbeQjd0ZY

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Update: 'Aetas' will be made in a dead language and featuring an international cast. See the front page production log for details!

[Mark Harris]

Wow, you are like the Mel Gibson of DVXUser! Can't wait to see it.

Will you have subtitles?

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Wow, you are like the Mel Gibson of DVXUser! Can't wait to see it.

Will you have subtitles?Interpretive dance.




Update: 'Aetas' will be made in a dead language and featuring an international cast. See the front page production log for details!In all seriousness, this sounds excellent! Good luck.

Mike

[Brandon Rice]

wow... intense dude

[Ken K]

Will you have subtitles?

Yes, we will have English subtitles. :)

If we have extra time, perhaps some interpretive dance is in order? Have a little picture-in-picture in the bottom corner showing Shawn miming his way through the dialog. That sounds like a tasty Blu-ray extra.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Thanks to Mark & Ken for the thread gravitas :-).

Just got the Latin translation in. Wow!!! This is going to be incredible. Hold on to something ladies and gents, this is a short worth seeing!

[Ted Arabian]

Bring it on! I like what I am hearing here!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

New updates on first page!

[Mark Harris]

How are you finding the RED on set?

[Beat Takeshi]

Nice epic looking shots there.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

How are you finding the RED on set?

I usually find it where I last put it, occasionally though, my wife has moved it :-).

Do you mean how reliable it is? How pleased with it I am? Be more specific. I've owned it since Sep 07 and I freakin love it!

[Ken K]

I usually find it where I last put it, occasionally though, my wife has moved it :-).
No, he's asking HOW, not where. Personally, I use an avalanche beacon and then go foxhunting for it when I need it.

Also, the Red is great in the field... a minor hiccup here or there (Shawn heard some choice mumbling from me when we were in the desert), but overall pretty darn awesome. Just be sure to keep it covered... roads can be dusty. Funny story about that... I wish I could show pictures, but I was too pissed to think of grabbing my Nikon. :tongue:

[NICK ASH]

when will it be released?

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

when will it be released?

Whenever the Timefest is, my guess is a few days after the deadline of June 16

[Moojangles]

i'm a sucker for this kind of movie/story. This will probably be the first one i watch.

[Matt Sconce]

Ooooh Latin translation = aetas an age, stage, period of life, time, era


Very cool!

[Simon Höfer]

Wow, this looks great! Can't wait to see it. Those desert shots are awesome. And I really like your banner! I have the feeling that my flick is gonna look like a bad accident compared to all these unbelievable collaborations here :D

[Ki-Ki]

There really is alot of Collab's this time round.

[yeahfilms]

those grabs are insane....

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Big update!! Three new stills

[Matt Sconce]

YAY! I love the grabs!

[Postmaster]

Awsome grabs Shawn.
I´m always hungry for screengrabs.

But there are not tooooo much around this time.
You see BTS, guys party after the shots, guys standing at a pool with different celebs (ya here me mark?) :D
But real screengrabs are rare.

Frank

[Simon Höfer]

Yeah, those grabs look great!


But there are not tooooo much around this time.
You see BTS, guys party after the shots, guys standing at a pool with different celebs (ya here me mark?) :D
But real screengrabs are rare.

Maybe people don't want to give too much away. I was also hesitant. Now I think it might make people curious :D

[Ken K]

I'm really not sure why Shawn didn't post this BTS pic:

http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/ShawnPoppins.jpg
http://brainspasm.com/Aetas/ShawnPoppins.jpg

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I'm really not sure why Shawn didn't post this BTS pic:

http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/ShawnPoppins.jpg

Ah yes, rain on the frickin desert :-)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

New BTS pics!

http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Beach1.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Beach2.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Victoria.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Makeup.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Woods.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Woods2.jpg
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/WoodsMonitor.jpg

[Kholi]

Will be interesting to see where the Time element falls in this one.

[ninjaturtle414]

The last grab of the monitor has certainly peaked my interest :)

Although I agree with Kholi, I'm interested in the time element. Can't wait to see this!

[Mark Johnson]

Wow. She is an extraordinary beauty! What you guys are doing here is wonderful.

http://www.archivisuals.com/shawn.jpg

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Wow. She is an extraordinary beauty! What you guys are doing here is wonderful.


Thanks Mark! She reminds me of a young Eva Green. Her name is Victoria and she is an absolutely stunning actress. She's moving to LA this summer, people need to hire her on some features before she becomes too expensive :-)

[Moojangles]

wow, looks like a lot of fun. Very excited for this.

[Mark Johnson]

Way cool costuming going on here Shawn. Are you going to keep it all under wraps or can we get you to tell us anything about this frame?

http://www.archivisuals.com/ShawnFrame.jpg

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Way cool costuming going on here Shawn. Are you going to keep it all under wraps or can we get you to tell us anything about this frame?

http://www.archivisuals.com/ShawnFrame.jpg

:-) Glad you noticed! His name is Serapis and thats a BTS shot of Sarah fixing his cloak.

My sisters Sarah and Rachel did all the costuming for this short. Thankfully, they had the costumes previously from earlier shorts, Halloweens, Renn Faires, etc. Though we did somewhat destroy one of their custom dresses during this shoot, so I'll probably have to pony up $100-$200 for a replacement.

[jasonthewho]

This film is going to be sweet.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Really interested in seeing this one. It's looking very cool!

Best of luck!

Mike

[Ted Arabian]

Wow. Shawn... The grabs are just wonderful! I love what you are doing here.

I love the medieval period and can't wait to shoot my own story in this era one day.

Man, congrats to you for attempting this. I really can't wait to see this!

[Jeff Anderson]

Wow Shawn this is looking really great. I'm not usually a fan of the rennassaince type of stuff, but this really has my interest. Can't wait to see it - keep up the good work. Grabs look freakin awesome by the way.

[Ken K]

Did no one notice the dead girl we found in the woods in that second to last pic?

[Ryan Jones]

Stuff looks great man.. Keep Raising the Bar... I love competition

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Thanks everyone for your comments!!

I'm now into post production. Footage is looking awesome! I've downconverted all the footage to 1k proxies and have discovered that Mac's thumbnail browser is an awesome way to quickly get through your footage. Herman found us an AMAZING actor to do the VO of Serapis. Good things are under way!

[staticrevenger]

best of luck, ridley! oops, i mean shawn!!!! j/k.

[AJ Brooks]

Did no one notice the dead girl we found in the woods in that second to last pic?

Yeah, good thing I brought those shovels, eh? ;)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

AJ! Glad to see you on here. I was cutting together the Serapis scene for Herman to use for VO. It's incredible!

[Drew Ott]

I can't wait to see this.

That has become a very common thing to say on these threads, but this will probably be the first one I watch. Your banner is doing its job.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I can't wait to see this.

That has become a very common thing to say on these threads, but this will probably be the first one I watch. Your banner is doing its job.

Wow! Thanks man! I'm nervous about living up to expectations, hope you like it!

[staticrevenger]

looking forward to seeing how well you pull this off.

[Herman Witkam]

We have cast Janusz Madej for the voice of Serapis :)

http://www.januszmadej.com/

Janusz is an actor of Polish descent, currently residing in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. His voice will be recorded at WitkamSound Studios.

[Mark Johnson]

Wow, Janusz is incredibly versatile. I really liked the stop motion short film "Florentijn" on his site. I have no idea who the character Serapis is but it looks like Janusz will bring a really great "flavor" to the role. Looks like you guys are doing something special here and I am going to put this one at the head of my que.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Thanks Herman! Janusz is going to rock the film as Serapis.

Mark, Serapis is that character who wears the helmet :-).

Herman has done an awesome job finding us someone to really complete this movie!!

[Drew599]

This looks like an awesome project your working on. And I have to agree with you, your actress looks like Eva Green. Can't wait to see this one.

[Herman Witkam]

We've scheduled this Saturday for the voice recording.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

We've scheduled this Saturday for the voice recording.

Thats awesome!!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Whilst diggin through my footage I found a fun capture where I pointed my Red out the front of the car as we drove out to the Alvord desert location! Nothing like almost 20 miles of gravel roads to drive on!
http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Driving.jpg

[Zak Forsman]

i like the desert.

[Ken K]

Yeah, good thing I brought those shovels, eh? ;)
I've been meaning to ask why you carry shovels and bags of lye in your car... :undecided

[Ken K]

LOL... and that's not a dirty SLR he's shooting with. The windshield was in pretty bad shape bug-wise after the long drive. :)

And thanks Herman for all you're doing! I can't wait to hear Janusz's finished lines. I'm also REALLY looking forward to your score for this.

[Ken K]

Look what I found... :)

http://brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/shawnposing.jpg

[Zak Forsman]

Look what I found... :)

http://brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/shawnposing.jpg

Iron Man v0.35(beta) ???

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Iron Man v0.35(beta) ???:grin:


Great pics! Love the location for this one.
You've got my hopes up!

Cheers,

Mike

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Look what I found... :)

http://brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/shawnposing.jpg

Lol, that sure looks funny out of context. Beneath my feet is the enormous cape I had custom made out of the Ukraine for this piece. It's a massive cloak made from black wool. It looked a bit too 'new' so I laid it down and then, using my hands, broke up a ton of desert dirt and rubbed it in good to make the cape look worn. It worked surprisingly well.

[Robert Eldon]

Shawn,

This looks awesome and epic! I'm looking forward to seeing how you make something that looks this good fit into a six minute film.

Can't wait!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Wow, wow, wow!!! I just got the voice over recordings of Serapis by Janusz, as recorded by Herman. This is incredible stuff!! Herman, Janusz, you two really nailed this!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Anyone else feeling like 6 min isn't much time? :-)

[Dustin R. Rogan]

could always use abit more time but still 6 mins works the same, just had to cut a few lines, and tighten stuff a bit but got the meat and potatoes into the short.

Dustin

[pia12254]

I'm with you Shawn! When I edited the first version of our film I think it was around 10-11 minutes. I was like, "How the heck am I possibly gonna get this down to 6-minutes and have it make sense?"

I did it eventually...and I actually like the 6-minute version. I just had to cut out relatively huge chunks in the process!

I still want to do the "full-length" version eventually just because there are some good moments from the actors...better story development etc. But I think the 6-minute version will definitely be tighter! For better or for worse...

Did you have to actually cut out much content Shawn or is it more just having to "tighten" the pacing?

[Simon Höfer]

Anyone else feeling like 6 min isn't much time? :-)
Lots of time... mine is about 4 minutes :D

[Moojangles]

i'm sure its hard to be "Epic" in 6 minutes... :)

[wesley]

screengrabs so far look really good. looking forward to this one!

[sean90291]

6 minutes ain't much time for an EPIC tale. It's enough time for a few closely connected scenes. Short film concepts don't always make for good long form concepts, and good long form concepts don't always allow for good short films. It's like trying to adapt a big novel into a 90 minute movie.

Shawn, if your story really is "epic" you're gonna have to make this a trailer. Or very surreal. Or tell one part of the story that can have a satisfying ending in such little screen-time. I don't think you can do much epic storytelling in 6 minutes. It's enough time for epic imagery though. :-)

[tmnt]

Holy crapola those grabs are sweet. Looking very forward to this.

[Mark Johnson]

Hadn't seen some of those images, Shawn. Man, I do hope you have your high-res version ready to upload to VIMEO as soon as the voting is over. Truly these are "epic" images. You are blessed to have access to some of the most beautiful geography in the country.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Did you have to actually cut out much content Shawn or is it more just having to "tighten" the pacing?

I trimmed a whole shoot day when I realized I had 120gb of footage after just four days! That said, the pacing is very tight. I've done about a dozen shorts so I knew back in the writing that it had to be tight.


Shawn, if your story really is "epic" you're gonna have to make this a trailer. Or very surreal. Or tell one part of the story that can have a satisfying ending in such little screen-time. I don't think you can do much epic storytelling in 6 minutes. It's enough time for epic imagery though. :-)

It is epic, it is not a trailer. Wait and see :-)

Hadn't seen some of those images, Shawn. Man, I do hope you have your high-res version ready to upload to VIMEO as soon as the voting is over. Truly these are "epic" images. You are blessed to have access to some of the most beautiful geography in the country.

Wow, thanks Mark! Now I just re read the rules and there is nothing in there against me hosting a nice 200mb 720p version the moment the contest opens.

[sean90291]

It is epic, it is not a trailer. Wait and see :-)

Cool. I'm totally interested to see how this one turns out!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

We found 22 free seconds! We're doing a 5th shoot day, there's three more shots we *have* to have...

[Ken K]

We're all giddy like schoolgirls about these shots, too.

Teaser: We will post the prop-making how-to's of these shots after screening. And no, the props will not be robotic sheep. Even better!

[Moojangles]

aww i was hoping for robotic sheep...

[Gary Sconce]

We found 22 free seconds! We're doing a 5th shoot day, there's three more shots we *have* to have...

Man, what a golden find... 22 seconds is an eternity in a short. Nice. :engel017:

[Ken K]

Man, what a golden find... 22 seconds is an eternity in a short. Nice. :engel017:

Yeah, about halfway through, we thought we were over the 6 minute mark. It's amazing how much you can get back by tightening up the shots and tweaking a little here and there. It was a constant refining process and got us some extra time. We were pleased with the results. :)

[Ken K]

aww i was hoping for robotic sheep...
I may do a separate how-to article for that on the future sister site sheepuser.com.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

For those interested in such things: Aetas was made using 100% natural lighting (sun & fire) and a reflector. Not a single artificial light (tungsten, fluoro, led, hmi, etc.) was used.

So should we say "Grip & Electric: God" ? :-D

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

For those interested in such things: Aetas was made using 100% natural lighting (sun & fire) and a reflector. Not a single artificial light (tungsten, fluoro, led, hmi, etc.) was used.

So should we say "Grip & Electric: God" ? :-DVery cool! Can't wait to see the fire lit scenes.

[Moojangles]

I may do a separate how-to article for that on the future sister site sheepuser.com.

i'm registering as we speak! Is it New Zealand based?

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I may do a separate how-to article for that on the future sister site sheepuser.com.

Sheesh, leave it to Ken to know about sheep using! :2vrolijk_08:

[Mark Johnson]

For those interested in such things: Aetas was made using 100% natural lighting (sun & fire) and a reflector. Not a single artificial light (tungsten, fluoro, led, hmi, etc.) was used.

I cry bullsh*t. ... I was poking around www.aetas.com and found a series of images including this one:

http://www.archivisuals.com/HMI.jpg

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Lol, that's awesome Mark!

I mean, bummer! We really had a 600amp genny, 3 8k pars and a condor...

[Jason Ramsey]

You know you stood right next to me when you were talking to Jarred in the RED booth at NAB :)

I have seen you, but you have not seen me...... ooohh spooky.

later,
Jason

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

You know you stood right next to me when you were talking to Jarred in the RED booth at NAB :)

I have seen you, but you have not seen me...... ooohh spooky.

later,
Jason

No fair! I was wearing a shirt proclaiming who I was so as to meet people, you hider behind cute little girls in grass fields!

[Mark Johnson]

http://www.archivisuals.com/aetas.jpg

[Jared Meyer]

Ha ha ha ha...that really is epic. Nice one.

[Mark Johnson]

http://www.archivisuals.com/aetas02.jpg


Couldn't help myself once I got started! ... And, hey, one of you guys turned our beautiful poster into a fart joke!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

http://www.archivisuals.com/aetas02.jpg

Gah! Dude, when you agreed to do our top-secret fx work of awesomness, I didn't expect you to post the grabs!!!

[Ken K]

LOL... love 'em Mark! I want to post more BTS shots of Shawn now so you can go crazy. :D

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Jerry, Ken and I are prepped and ready for our final shoot of 'Aetas' for Timefest, tonight!

[Matt Sconce]

Jerry, Ken and I are prepped and ready for our final shoot of 'Aetas' for Timefest, tonight!


I am stoked for you! Good luck with the shoot!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I am stoked for you! Good luck with the shoot!

Thanks! It involves a homemade torch and a beach cave. Here's to hoping we have no cast/crew lit on fire or any awkward conversations with park rangers! :-)

[Matt Sconce]

Thanks! It involves a homemade torch and a beach cave. Here's to hoping we have no cast/crew lit on fire or any awkward conversations with park rangers! :-)

Woohoo!:violent5:

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Thanks! It involves a homemade torch and a beach cave. Here's to hoping we have no cast/crew lit on fire or any awkward conversations with park rangers! :-)In all seriousness you should bring a couple of fire extinguishers with you if you aren't already.

Unless of course you need a shot of him engulfed in flames while running screaming out of the cave. In that case I would suggest that he stop drop and roll once he hits the sand. Then cue the extinguishers. Or not.

Depends on what footage you need.


:evil:


Good luck tonight!

Mike

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

In all seriousness you should bring a couple of fire extinguishers with you if you aren't already.

Unless of course you need a shot of him engulfed in flames while running screaming out of the cave. In that case I would suggest that he stop drop and roll once he hits the sand. Then cue the extinguishers. Or not.

Depends on what footage you need.


:evil:


Good luck tonight!

Mike

Fire extinguisher packed! But in all seriousness, it's just to look good to anyone that stops. The way in which we are going to use it will be quite safe.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Fire extinguisher packed! But in all seriousness, it's just to look good to anyone that stops. The way in which we are going to use it will be quite safe.
I figured as much.

Cheers,

Mike

[conlanforever]

Wow, medieval theme, old latin, freakin awesome screengrabs, great locations. Can't wait to see this one, looks like you're doing an awesome job.

[Mike Insane]

hilarious tooning Mark. I really want to see this thing. The scale is gorgeous.

[fixitinpost]

Tonight's going to be a good one...

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Grabs looking great. Kind of like the love child of Sam Balcomb (subject) and Macgregor (location) :)

Seriously looks cool. Looking forward to this. Red is def. the camera for those exterior sky filled epic shoots.

Are the grabs in post 1 CCed? If not what are your plans for them?

[Ken K]

Fire extinguisher packed! But in all seriousness, it's just to look good to anyone that stops. The way in which we are going to use it will be quite safe.
Yeah, I was torch wrangler, so there was nothing to worry about. ;) Now that the surprise is out of the bag, the how-to post will be on making torches. It came out beautifully!

[Ken K]

The shooting today went... umm... interesting. Our biggest tip for people is probably this: If your shot depends on the tide (or avoiding getting caught in an alcove by it), be sure to check more than one tide chart. There's a chance you could be looking at last year's chart. :bath:

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

The location we were going were some shallow caves on the coast that are only accessible during low tide.

The tide charts we consulted were wrong by nearly two hours.

We decided to film anyways, which involved all of us wading through cold ocean (on me it was nearly to my waist), all of our shoes and jeans were soaked. We hauled in the full Red package, tripod, audio, costumes, torch gear, etc. Then shot for an hour and had to haul back through even more water!

But...we got our shots :-)

A BIG shout out to Jerry Turner (fixitinpost) for being generally awesome as well as stepping up today and being an AC/co-DP for the shots.

A big shout out to Ken for resisting the urge to light me on fire.

[jasonthewho]

Now that's commitment!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Now that's commitment!

Lol, oh yeah! Nothing like your Nike's filling with sand and saltwater and staying that way for about 5 hours. At one point I had my iPhone and keys held above my head whilst I waded through the tide. I was just glad I didn't get stuck in the cove!

[Mark Johnson]

Lol, oh yeah! Nothing like your Nike's filling with sand and saltwater and staying that way for about 5 hours. At one point I had my iPhone and keys held above my head whilst I waded through the tide. I was just glad I didn't get stuck in the cove!

Ah, a missed opportunity. Imagine the drama of you stuck in the cove with rising waters. Progressively more dire images from the iPhone posted here. It would have been so dramatic and the crew could have started a documentary on the spot. Sigh.

[pia12254]

Ok...so after all this teasing I have to see at least on torch grab! Come on man...I need this! Just one, I promise that's it!!! :cry:

And I seriously want the "How-to" on building a homemade torch!!!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Ah, a missed opportunity. Imagine the drama of you stuck in the cove with rising waters. Progressively more dire images from the iPhone posted here. It would have been so dramatic and the crew could have started a documentary on the spot. Sigh.

That was a very real concern!! I had my Red in a Kata backpack so if I had fallen...salt water Mysterium! There were two cave locations, one of which required wading through water that waved up to nearly the hip. I was worried stiff that if we had packed into that location that after an hour of filming the water getting back would have been chest deep (we would have had to wait it out probably). Thankfully we found an alternate cave that looked small but actually went quite deep. Getting out of that took only wading through knee deep because we could then scale up some barnacle and seedweed coated rocks and make our way along a sea cliff to get back to the main beach :-)

[Matt Sconce]

That was a very real concern!! I had my Red in a Kata backpack so if I had fallen...salt water Mysterium! There were two cave locations, one of which required wading through water that waved up to nearly the hip. I was worried stiff that if we had packed into that location that after an hour of filming the water getting back would have been chest deep (we would have had to wait it out probably). Thankfully we found an alternate cave that looked small but actually went quite deep. Getting out of that took only wading through knee deep because we could then scale up some barnacle and seedweed coated rocks and make our way along a sea cliff to get back to the main beach :-)

That is absolutely hilarious! Awesome dedication! I am glad the Red and your crew survived. Look forward to grabs from location!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Grabs looking great. Kind of like the love child of Sam Balcomb (subject) and Macgregor (location) :)

Seriously looks cool. Looking forward to this. Red is def. the camera for those exterior sky filled epic shoots.

Are the grabs in post 1 CCed? If not what are your plans for them?

Macgregor doesn't have claim to vast desert landscapes :-).

Thanks for the comments! But who is Sam Balcomb? Never heard of him, but it sounds like a compliment!

Btw, I'm hoping you come through with an entry that's real :-)

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Yeah definitely not meaning to sound like the asshat in Mac's Engagement thread who kept saying Mac was ripoff artist for shooting in the same location as Van Sant. It just reminded me of the engagement shoot for obvious reasons. Meant as a compliment.

As for Samb Balcomb / Jesse Soff, definately a compliment:
http://www.earthfirewindwater.com/ore/dvd.php#
watch the teaser trailer:smiley_up
http://www.theore.net/

[fixitinpost]

Ah, a missed opportunity. Imagine the drama of you stuck in the cove with rising waters. Progressively more dire images from the iPhone posted here. It would have been so dramatic and the crew could have started a documentary on the spot. Sigh.


Ken wanted to stay there and start a fire! :evil:

[Ken K]

Hehe... I actually wasn't too concerned with getting stranded. We had plenty of fuel for a fire. It would have been an adventure! We could have sat around the campfire on the beach and waited for low tide again. I think that would have been a more exciting story, personally. :P

I'll try to post my torch how-to this weekend. Oh, and my pro-tip for torches in caves: don't. Unless it's a large cave. The smaller one we were in filled up with that black smoke very quick. You should have seen the soot in our nostrils. I was cleaning house for awhile and it was just pitch black.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Picture lock is uploading to Herman!

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Picture lock is uploading to Herman!
Great job, guys! I like that everyone seems to be locking their movies early.





















That might free up enough time for Herman so that he can do mine at the last minute. :D

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Are the grabs in post 1 CCed? If not what are your plans for them?

The grabs were simply done in RedAlert for a few seconds. I'll be grading in Color for the finished piece.

[Herman Witkam]

That might free up enough time for Herman so that he can do mine at the last minute. :D

Let's hope so ;-)

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Let's hope so ;-)LOL! I had a feeling you would spot that. :thumbsup:

I'll do my best to get it finished as soon as humanly possible.

Cheers,

Mike

[totitefilms]

What a nice camera that you have! I can't wait to see the movie and a watch in it :cheesy:

[totitefilms]

New BTS pics!



http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Victoria.jpg





She looks beautiful!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Ok...so after all this teasing I have to see at least on torch grab! Come on man...I need this! Just one, I promise that's it!!! :cry:

And I seriously want the "How-to" on building a homemade torch!!!

Gosh I'm so tempted, the shots went beyond my expectations....

[pia12254]

Ok then...one more push and, yep, there he goes! Right over the edge...

POST AT LEAST ONE GRAB!!! Please... (see, I'm asking nicely now) :)

[Mark Johnson]

Give us the damn torch grab Shawn .... or we're gonna get some torches and head up your way (angry village crowd murmurring in the background).

[Dustin R. Rogan]

Give us the damn torch grab Shawn .... or we're gonna get some torches and head up your way (angry village crowd murmurring in the background).
murmur....murmur...mur....der
:violent5::kali::furious3:

[jasonthewho]

Give us the damn torch grab Shawn .... or we're gonna get some torches and head up your way (angry village crowd murmurring in the background).

This coming from the group that refuses to give us any screen grabs... ???

However, I do agree that you should put up a grab, Shawn!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Entering the cave...

http://www.brainspasm.com/red/Aetas/Cave_Entry.jpg

[Jeff Anderson]

damn that looks awesome. Cant wait to hear how you made this. And of course to see the short too!

[pia12254]

Thanks for posting. Looks super awesome dude! So, how did you make that thing? Ken...?! :D

[jasonthewho]

Sweet!

[Mark Johnson]

Suh-weet! ... friggin' awesome! Great image!

[Ken K]

Oh yeah! I forgot I was going to post a how-to this weekend. I'll do that Sunday afternoon, because I have to clear the extra torch sticks out of my apartment anyway.

Shawn didn't even post the wicked cool shot that follows that one. It's even better, methinks. :tongue:

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Oh yeah! I forgot I was going to post a how-to this weekend. I'll do that Sunday afternoon, because I have to clear the extra torch sticks out of my apartment anyway.

Shawn didn't even post the wicked cool shot that follows that one. It's even better, methinks. :tongue:

Of course I didn't post the truly cool shot :-)

Btw, save at least one of the torches so we can get a quality torch sound for Herman!

[Ken K]

Of course I didn't post the truly cool shot :-)

Btw, save at least one of the torches so we can get a quality torch sound for Herman!
Such a tease!

Will do, I still have about 3-4 sticks left.

[Ken K]

Pictures uploading now... the how-to is within your grasp!

[pia12254]

I'm waiting... :D

[Ken K]

Okay, the moment you've all been waiting for... how to make a torch!

Step 1

These are the supplies you'll need:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step1.jpg

1) Old, worn out t-shirt; 2) Tiki torch fuel (Home Depot); 3) Staple gun; 4) Scissors; 5) Hefty stick; 6) Bottle of water

*Note: For the young kids reading this, be sure to use safety scissors!


Step 2

Cut out strips from the bottom of your t-shirt, like so:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step2a.jpg

Then cut the ring so you have one long strip, like so:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step2b.jpg


Step 3

Staple one end of a strip to the stick, like so:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step3a.jpg


Step 4

Wrap the strip around the head of the stick until you get to the end. Staple the end of the strip to the stick, so it stays there. You don't want that strip flying off when it's on fire! To get through all that fabric, I recommend at least 1/2" staples, but 9/16" are preferred. Press against the fabric hard to make sure you get a good staple. I put about 3-4 staples in to make sure it stays fastened.

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step4a.jpg

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step4b.jpg


Continued below...

[Ken K]

Continued from above...


Step 5

Pour that water into a bowl and set it outside, wherever you're lighting your torch. This bowl of water is to douse your torch once you're done. Cut the water bottle in half and fill the bottom up with tiki torch fuel, like so:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step5a.jpg

Then soak the end of the torch in the bottle for a few minutes, like so:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step5b.jpg


Step 6

Remove the torch from soaking and squeeze out any excess fuel. Just be sure not to get any on you! This is fuel... don't let it drip or spill where you don't want fire.


Step 7

Fire up your favorite Zippo or Bic lighter, like so:

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step7.jpg


Step 8

Light your torch and be careful! The flame takes a couple seconds to pick up, but once it does... it does!

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step8a.jpg

http://brainspasm.com/stuff/torch/step8b.jpg


There you have it! Enjoy and please stay safe. I take no responsibility for any stupidity. :P

[Dustin R. Rogan]

I could have used one of these in my flick....very informative thanks!

(now off to light the Alaco building on fire)

Dustin

[jasonthewho]

Great how-to!

[Ken K]

Thanks! I forgot to mention that for the shots we did, I used an old black t-shirt instead of a white one. The white shows up on camera, so if you prefer the look you'd see in a movie, go with a darker color like black or brown.

[Norm Sanders]

Thanks everyone! Norm, why aren't you entering this fest? I thought I remember you being interested in it when they first announced it. I was looking forward to helping out with sound again. :) And no, I wouldn't sabotage it. :tongue:

Yikes, this thread's exploded since last time I got to check in on it! Just too much personal stuff hit me all at once, when I was thinking about it, and I still had BERLIN to completely wrap & get out onto DVD, etc.

Shawn, I've lost your email (think you should have gotten one today, Ken), so could you email me again so I can keep you abreast of the cast/crew party date?

Looking forward to your entry guys!

[Maximus]

Thanks for the great How-to! Looking forward to your epic.

[jpsheets]

Dang. Shooting on Red. Double Dang jealous!

Ditto on great looking grabs - would love to hear about your work flow with Red.

Looking forward to seeing this one!

cheers,

JP

[ZazaCast]

STEP #9
Use remaining strips to bandage hand....
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/35446/1213026687.jpg

[Ken K]

LOL... I take no responsibility for that! But yeah, by all means, use the remaining strips/t-shirt for any necessary bandaging. :D

[Brad S.]

I rarely post, but I'm a "Sword and Sandal" genre geek.

I'm really looking forward to watching this and hearing what Herman comes up with.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I rarely post, but I'm a "Sword and Sandal" genre geek.

I'm really looking forward to watching this and hearing what Herman comes up with.

Hey Brad! Nice site! Do you ever participate in Fest entries? If not, you should! A guy with your skills adds so much to the production value and often you see that lacking in fest entries.

[Brad S.]

Thanks for visiting my site. I'm obviously not a "code monkey" so I just made it in Rapidweaver and threw it up there.

Yeah I'm working on both Daniel Piatt's "The Small Multiple" and the monster Fat Monster project. Thanks for asking.

I wanted to ask you how was the noise on the Red Camera? Did you record to the camera using the camera's phantom power?

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Thanks for visiting my site. I'm obviously not a "code monkey" so I just made it in Rapidweaver and threw it up there.

Yeah I'm working on both Daniel Piatt's "The Small Multiple" and the monster Fat Monster project. Thanks for asking.

I wanted to ask you how was the noise on the Red Camera? Did you record to the camera using the camera's phantom power?

Nice! Yeah that Fat Monster flic is going to bring about a whole new level for hollywood'esque production value in a DVXUser fest!

I definitely did not use the Red's phantom power. I'm strictly a Sound Devices guy. Their preamps are great. We went from the SoundDevices into the Red via line level. That way produces excellent results.

Btw, who rated my thread a 1 star?? Come out wherever you are! :-)

[Zak Forsman]

I rarely post, but I'm a "Sword and Sandal" genre geek.

I'm really looking forward to watching this and hearing what Herman comes up with.

Brad, do you like movies about gladiators?

http://www.arcollectibles.com/oveur.jpg

[Brad S.]

Umm… not sure if I should answer that.

Really I like any historically based film. Why shoot each other with guns when you can hack off their limbs… much more civilized.

My goal is to one day cut sound for Gladiator 2: Maximus from the Dead :-)

[Herman Witkam]

First draft of the score sent :thumbsup:

[Ken K]

First draft of the score sent :thumbsup:
And it rocks! :D

We give it two thumbs up. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

First draft of the score sent :thumbsup:

Wow!! And what score it is. If this is a 'draft', I dare not think what a final will be :-)

You are all in for a massive treat. I could show black screen for 6 min and just let you listen to this score and people woud love it! :-D

[Mark Harris]

Btw, who rated my thread a 1 star?? Come out wherever you are! :-)

Don't you realize that in this fest, one star is the new five stars? I've been trying to get my thread down to a one for weeks.

[Mattykins]

Btw, who rated my thread a 1 star?? Come out wherever you are! :-)


My thread is rated 5 stars. :grin:

And I cannot wait to see your film man. Really looking forward to it.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Workin tonight on finishing the conform process for the picture lock and getting Herman some notes on his awesome score. I'm using Crimson to conform my edit to a 2k master for 10bit grading. Then I'll have a 1080p version ready for high quality exhibition. I'll make the fest teeny weeny version off of this at the end.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Woohoo! Conform finished. I now have a nice 2k project and my export over to Color worked nicely. Now I have a Color project ready for my grade!

Btw, anyone know if 'Aetas' will be the only entry to fulfill the prop element with a sundial?

[Mark Johnson]

We've got two sundials in ours.

[pia12254]

We used three...

[Mark Johnson]

We are going to do a pickup shot Saturday and add two more, so we will have four.

[Ken K]

Hmm... Shawn, should we go grab a few more shots so we have five?

[jasonthewho]

I used a hundred sundials.

[jasonthewho]

Okay, not really.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I think we should consider putting a limit on the number of sundials in a film. Not everyone has the resources to put 4 or 5 sundials in their film and it's not fair really. :)

[Dustin R. Rogan]

A calendar counts right?

[Mattykins]

I used a stick and a leaf to create a sundial. Not trying to brag, but I have 5 and one half. Never finished the last one.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Jeremy Tuttle rocks my world. More later.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Massively cool update!!!

Jeremy Tuttle has come on board as our poster designer. He's designed two different totally cool posters. We intend to use both in our post-DVXUser festival run but for here, we can only use one poster for the entry. So...vote! Top poster (back on post 1 of this thread) is Poster A and the second one is Poster B. Whichever one gets the most votes will be our headlining poster for the competition.

[Moojangles]

I vote for the second one :)

[pia12254]

I say Poster B as well...!

[Matt Sconce]

Poster B

[Brad S.]

As much as I like looking at your lead actress, I'd have to say Poster A. But what do I know.

[Herman Witkam]

I have just finished recording the beautiful :engel017: voice of Alejandra Wayar Soux.

Tonight, it's mixing time (after the Euro Cup soccer match, that is)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I have just finished recording the beautiful :engel017: voice of Alejandra Wayar Soux.

Tonight, it's mixing time (after the Euro Cup soccer match, that is)

Awesome!!! I can't wait to hear it.

[ZazaCast]

I liked the original poster you had up there...

[Mark Johnson]

Tonight, it's mixing time (after the Euro Cup soccer match, that is)

Go Lakers.

[ZazaCast]

It's Celtic Time!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I liked the original poster you had up there...

Original that I had up there? These are the first two, and only, posters I've posted. The only thing even close is the banner, which only really works in an extremely wide aspect ratio, definitely not the vertical portrait of a poster.

[ZazaCast]

Original that I had up there? These are the first two, and only, posters I've posted. The only thing even close is the banner, which only really works in an extremely wide aspect ratio, definitely not the vertical portrait of a poster.


Sorry (you watch so many of these threads...) ...my bad..."B" it is then!
Go Celtics!

[Ken K]

Hmm... I suppose I could redo the banner into a poster by making our hero walk up a steep incline. Nothing quite as epic as a 90-degree angle desert floor. ;)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Look out everyone!! Herman has completely outdone himself on 'Aetas' :-)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Submitted!!! Woohoo!!

[Mark Harris]

Congrats!

[egyptianboxer104]

I can't wait to see this!

[Elton]

Congrats on the upload, Shawneous.

The whole thing looks disgustingly awesome. Makes me miss PDX and Oregon too. (my roots) Can't wait to see this!

[Ken K]

Makes me miss PDX and Oregon too. (my roots) Can't wait to see this!
Bonus points if you can name all the locations. :)

[AmyO]

Yay! PDX represent. Can't wait to see your entry, guys!

[Ken K]

Thanks, Amy! Can't wait to see yours, too. :) I absolutely LOVE your poster and banner, btw.

PS - Did you borrow those shoes from Shawn?

[AmyO]

Only if he is a little kid's size 7 ;) . It was hard coming up with a poster that didn't give anything away, so I went with the shoes (they are relevant - sort of ) . I'm glad you liked it, though.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Wow! Feels awesome to be done. Herman came through like a champ with our mix and score and Color is an awesome grading tool! 'Aetas' went through a full offline-online conform process, involves compositing shots, multiple time ramping/retiming shots, etc. In the grading it's very intensive, every single shot is graded and most have secondaries as well.

[Herman Witkam]

Cool! Looking forward to seeing the final version :)

[Mark Johnson]

Shawn, you've really made this a great fest with this amazing project. It's going to be so great to finally see that scenery you and your cast have been wandering through. I know its going to be killer. Congrats!

[Susanne G.]

Hello Shawn,

this beautiful graps seem so romantic. Compliments and good luck!

Susanne

[Mattykins]

I can't wait to see your film. I am extremely excited.

[Matt Sconce]

I think I will have to go get my sword before watching this so I can jump around cutting tree branches and such to join in the fun....yes...I am a nerd...

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Shawn, you've really made this a great fest with this amazing project. It's going to be so great to finally see that scenery you and your cast have been wandering through. I know its going to be killer. Congrats!

Wow Mark! Thanks!! I don't think I've made this festival any better, but I appreciate the thoughts! I gotta say, your Fat Monster project has definitely inspired us to give all we could on Aetas.

Hello Shawn,

this beautiful graps seem so romantic. Compliments and good luck!

Susanne

Thank you Susanne! 'Aetas' is indeed a romance, I hope you enjoy it! I'm truly not sure how it will be received, since traditional DVXUser romantic films usually involve one of the lovers shooting and killing the other :-)

I can't wait to see your film. I am extremely excited.

Thanks! I hope you enjoy it!

I think I will have to go get my sword before watching this so I can jump around cutting tree branches and such to join in the fun....yes...I am a nerd...

Definitely recommended, also alcohol should be involved! :beer:

[Herman Witkam]

Definitely recommended, also alcohol should be involved! :beer:

Not too much though, as alcohol temporarily decreases hearing :) (and sight too... of course)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Did a large update to the production log on the first page! Filled in what went down during the hectic final two weeks, from rough cut to final submission. Now that the floodgates of viewing are about to open, I'd like people to have the complete picture should they care to read it. I am contemplating removing all the screencaps from the first page to make it load faster and draw more people to the production log, but I figure that during fest viewing some people who don't know about 'Aetas' may click on this thread and maybe the screencaps would convince them to view our entry.

[Horncastle]

The two new posters (at least they are new to me) look really good. I should leave everything there - it's a really good first page. Re-reading your production log, I've realized that you didn't yet have your actors when you shot in the desert, so this is presumably only a small part of the film? A rhetorical question - you don't have to answer: we will find out soon enough.

[Mark Johnson]

http://www.archivisuals.com/TimeFestKid01.jpg

[Mark Johnson]

Aetas est a hilaratum membrana ut mos planto vos rideo risi risum sic ferreus ut vos mos defacatorum.

[Heather]

This movie is right up my husbands alley. I think he would carry a sword around during his work day if he was allowed to...:tongue:

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Lol, Mark, I have no idea what that means, but you're funny dude

[Mark Johnson]

Shawn planto films ut planto mihi volo ut iucunditas mehi. Aetas could exsisto plurrimi bizarromorte membrana of totus vicis.

(I found an English to Latin translator on line that I am having stand by for when Aetas screens.)

[Heather]

Shawn planto films ut planto mihi volo ut iucunditas mehi. Aetas could exsisto plurrimi bizarromorte membrana of totus vicis.

(I found an English to Latin translator on line that I am having stand by for when Aetas screens.)


Wow. This lulling is getting to some people. :tongue:

[Blaine]

This looks BIG

First, The Passion of the Christ in Aramaic, the Apocalypto in Mayan, now Aetas in Latin...wowsa.

[Heather]

This looks BIG

First, The Passion of the Christ in Aramaic, the Apocalypto in Mayan, now Aetas in Latin...wowsa.

You are forgetting Teletubbies in insane evil burble

[Tomas Riuka]

sh... did somebody say "vicis" ? :D