Killer Sound

[Marius]

Now available for viewing:

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dvxuser4 download (http://www.dvxuser4.com/horrorfest/Killer_Sound-MariusLuessi-Marius.mov)
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(14.8 MB, 2.5 minutes run time)


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Tagline:
"Mother and daughter leave for a weekend getaway, only to find they're being followed..."

BTS shot:
http://erkljhtnoiwv3y48tvybw38ilyt9obvw3y4ivusher5ktghv27 98y5viehtiytv.us/bts-aug13a.jpg

[VersuS]

Oh...those lovely getaways :) Good luck man with your project!

[Charli]

I think I have a shoe someone left at the hotel that will fit that foot...

[Marius]

Thanks Versus!

Charli: :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
...if the shoe comes with original blood stains and all, we might be interested! :)

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Welcome Marius!

I look forward to following your films development here and to seeing the finished product. :thumbsup:

[conrad_johnson]

Man, that tripod is huge.

[Marius]

Man, that tripod is huge.

:thumbsup:
An O'Connor 30; although I think it looks bigger in the pic than it actually is!
You know what they say: "The internet adds 10lbs!" :)

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

I need one like that cuz I just got a crane.

I'm sure you guys have good audio gear to match that tripod ... cuz you know you gotta bring great production sound with a title like that! :laugh: :)

[Marius]

HAHAHA! You bet!
:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[VersuS]

A crane huh? Cool! We just recently got ourselves a dolly. Made it ourselves! It's great how a thing like that can suddenly boost your shooting....make it more 'real' in terms of filming.

[MOVIE STUNTS]

Hey, I got a hand made by the same company years ago. It's got cuticles and all.

[Mark Johnson]

too cool. I used to have a foot fetish, but this cured me.

[Marius]

Small update:

- We've just about sold our two DVX100a's and will have to replace it with an HVX.
This might be rather tricky considering we still have almost all yet to film, and switching cams out like this isn't particularly, <ahem> clever :)

- Locations are sorted.

- Some props are still causing problems though, and they'll have to be made by us, as we couldn't find anything for rent/sale that suits.

Fun project though!

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Soooooo?
What's shakin -- got your HVX yet? Anxious to know how that's working out andwhen are shooting.

Good luck.

[Marius]

Thanks Jack,

no cam right now....HVX in the "works" but not sure if it will get here in time.
We might end up shooting with a chintzy Sony "handycam".

[Marius]

HVX on UPS truck for delivery today! :)

Q:
Anyone know when the earliest is one can upload the finished movie? I will be travelling at the end of September and was wondering if it will be possible to upload BEFORE I leave?

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

technically no because the link and all that won't be up until then (usually)

PM Jarred and ask if he can make a folder for you to upload before the link is officially up.

If that won't work you can upload it to my server and then I will transfer it to DVXuser server when the upload link is officially up.

[Marius]

Thanks Jack, I will probably take you up on that offer!

[Marius]

Anyone know final delivery format yet?
We need to finish this up by tomorrow, as I'll be travelling from then onwards....(and we'd like to send it to you, Jack, if that offer's still valid). We need to know what format though. 16:9 MOV in H.264 is what we'd normally use. Is there a file size/frame size limitation?

[Lingothree]

What did you have that foot soaking in?

[Tom Marshall]

Anyone know final delivery format yet?
We need to finish this up by tomorrow, as I'll be travelling from then onwards....(and we'd like to send it to you, Jack, if that offer's still valid). We need to know what format though. 16:9 MOV in H.264 is what we'd normally use. Is there a file size/frame size limitation?

Here ya go:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=71574

[Marius]

Phew....managed to upload KILLER SOUND early this morning.

We promise you'll see some of the SCARIEST AUDIO in motion picture history!!

[Marius]

Okay, looks like KILLER SOUND isn't uploaded on any of the mirror sites yet, but soon after it is, I will offer a prize to whomever can first answer a question regarding the little short film.

[Marius]

Now available for viewing:

lingothree download (http://www.lingothree.com/horrorfest/Killer_Sound-MariusLuessi-Marius.mov)
dvxuser4 download (http://www.dvxuser4.com/horrorfest/Killer_Sound-MariusLuessi-Marius.mov)
Mikko download (http://dvxuser.mikkowilson.com/horrorfest/Killer_Sound-MariusLuessi-Marius.mov)

(14.8 MB, 2.5 minutes run time)

[cinealma]

I laughed a little bit. But, obviously, this was meant as a joke. Hey, do you guys work for Shure? :evil:


John G.

[Beat Takeshi]

That opening shot was hot though with the sky and the hood of the car.

[Michael_Petro]

That opening shot was hot though with the sky and the hood of the car.

yup actually restarted the flick to see that shot again.

[Darkline]

Ok it might not be horror but I pissed myself.

After watching about 2 hours of short horror films I have to say it was a breath of fresh air. 2 of us watched it and we both were laughing out loud as it was just absurd :-)

So no, not the scariest thing here, but oddly enough just the thing we needed in a competition like this. good fun.

[VersuS]

man i cant review this, i m still laughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marius]

As promised, there will be a PRIZE GIVAWAY to whomever can first answer a question regarding KILLER SOUND. Will post the question tonight.

(Prize is an on-camera LED light with battery pack.)

[Ming]

:) Cracked me up.

and

Awesome reflection shot on the hood. I too backed it up for another look.

[Blaine]

I thought this was the perfect comic relief in a fest such as this, particularly considering the strong opinions expressed by the site's "sound men." They should love this. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Marius]

Okay, VERY cool that it had the desired effect! Many thanks for the feedback and comments. They are much appreciated.

Time to set a few things straight. First off, I am actually VIDLED. It's a long story; but basically I couldn't log into that account at the time of starting this thread. Jarred sorted it all out a few weeks later.
Since the original post is basically just a RED HERRING (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring) anyway (fake picture), I just kept it going like this.

So, back to KILLER SOUND: we didn't have much time doing this. We were sans cams for a few weeks (we had just sold our two DVXs). Once we got the HVX, I had to go for a shoot to LA with it. We managed to squeeze in a couple of shots for KILLER SOUND before I left, but were basically going to pull the plug, as it didn't look like we were going to finish this. Then, on October 1st, 4 p.m. we decided to go ahead anyway. So, with the deadline about 8 hours away we decided to go for it. We shot more than 80% that afternoon/evening. Final outside fog scene was shot at 11:15PM EST. Then edited and cranked the compressed files out; uploaded at about 3 a.m. October 2nd.

All shot on HVX but in NTSC to MiniDV.

The opening scene is done with a wireless pan/tilt head on a car mount kit. Driver is also operating the pan/tilt head.
And since as I was traveling so much, and away from family for too long, this ended up being a family project. So, my wife and kids are crew and actors. Hey, it was a neat way to spend some fun time together. Some outtakes are here: WMV file, 3MB
(http://pig.us/bts.wmv) (only watch AFTER 'Killer Sound', as it'll spoil the punchline I guess)

Prize givaway: We'll give away a VIDLED light with battery pack and charger (will be a used, or demo unit, but perfectly working) to the first who PMs me the CORRECT THREE (3) HINTS to the ending in KILLER SOUND. I.e. there are THREE very distinct [visual] HINTS in KILLER SOUND that leads up to the ENDING. Simply correctly identify the three things, and PM them to me, and whoever gets it right first, wins the VIDLED light. (This will end when the first correct answer is received, or Friday, Oct. 13th, 11:59:59PM, whichever comes first). One entry per person only - at least at this time, we might allow multiple entries if no one gets the correct answer by Wednesday.


Good luck, and thanks for watching.

[Kholi]

Review | POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT! I watch the movies first time around strictly for enjoyment, second and third for review.

L M F A O. Dude, You and Draco take the cake for funniest entries. It was so hilarious. I mean it started off with some CRAZY nice visuals. Great hood shot that made me go "dang that was hot.". Some nice budget lighting at night. Clean looking fog. Then it breaks into a terror scene. Here is exactly how it played out for me.

Kholi: Man not another one with no story. GEEZ.

Mother: What is it!?!?!?

Kholi: Wtf just run chic!

Microphone: - Creeps into frame. -

Daughter: Seinheiser M-66!

Kholi: - Dies laughing in his fluffy green chair. -

Man that was so great. I have to show that to my boss at work. I love it. Thanks for the comic relief, man.

On a side note: I want to check out some serious work from you. Those shots were clean and rather cinematic. And tell the girl she did a good job on line delivery. She didn't even say "It's a seinheiser m-66!"... she just said "Seinheiser M-66!"

That killed me!

[Matt Sconce]

Until the mic, I thought...dude this could put the other guys against a true competitor...then the mic came it......
I thought it was funny though and I actually laughed out loud. Nice shooting!

[Marius]

Prize givaway: getting some answers PMed already. None are 100% correct though. Looks like the 2nd clue (out of the 3) might be a bit more difficult to get than I thought. It IS obvious, but maybe only to an audio-person?

The prize givaway rules: We'll give away a VIDLED light with battery pack and charger (will be a used, or demo unit, but perfectly working) to the first who PMs me the CORRECT THREE (3) HINTS to the ending in KILLER SOUND. I.e. there are THREE very distinct [visual] HINTS in KILLER SOUND that leads up to the ENDING. Simply correctly identify the three things, and PM them to me, and whoever gets it right first, wins the VIDLED light. This will end when the first correct answer is received, or Friday, Oct. 13th, 11:59:59PM, whichever comes first. One entry per person only - at least at this time, we might allow multiple entries if no one gets the correct answer by Wednesday.

[Steve_Arm]

Does this mic has killer sound? That was really funny. The openonig scene was just awesome.

[TheatreGuy]

Marius, great twist. You got me!!!

First of all, I thought that the opening sequence was beautiful. I love the reflection in the hood of the car. I thought that it was water at first but didn't make any sense with the moving trees. Confused and a good way. Then when you pan off the front of the car and onto the road, it became clear. Very nice camera work.

I was really enjoying this film until the car pulled over and the girl ran into the woods! I was like, WHAT??? I know that is a cliche, but this is the most blatant use of cliche that I have ever seen!!! Then of course, the surprise!

Great diversion! Thanks for the laugh! Wonderful!!!

Ted

[Edgen]

can't say enough about the opening hoodshoot. Very cool. Location really made me jealous. and.. way to plug the Seinheiser M-66 :)

/j

[Ralph Oshiro]

HOLY CRAP!!! I LOVED THIS FILM!!!

[TheatreGuy]

Hey Marius, Did you get my PM on the guesses?

[JoshuaNitschke]

Bwahahahahahahaha

Well done good sir!

[Inexistence]

Haha! I was like wtf? Oh and btw, this should be the only short
allowed to post viewer blurbs in the sig. The others are starting
to get pretentious.

Nice pan on the 'Sennheiser ME-66!' Way to drive it home!

[Jaime V]

I actually laughed out loud at the end. At first for a split second I was like "wow...he needs a new boom operator"

and then the girl delivered her line and I actually doubled up in my chair laughing. My wife thought I was crazy :)

Thanks :)

[Charli]

Marius - I think I found them all, but you said I couldn't guess again until
Wednesday. Let me know if anyone's found all the clues. That was a funny
video. Favorite shot is the reflection on the car.

[Marius]

Thanks all for watching KILLER SOUND and posting feedback in this thread. It's very much appreciated. :dankk2:
Glad it induced some chuckles!

Charli: ha, you REALLY think you found all three? Really, really? :) If so, then you can re-submit your answer AFTER NOON EST on Wednesday, Oct 11th. Don't send the PM before NOON EST as that will disqualify you.
We still haven't received the correct answers, by the way, although some are very close.
If still no one gets all three correct by NOON EST on Thursday, we'll post hint[s], and anyone is open to re-submit ONE [more] entry AFTER we post the hint[s].

[Marius]

No one got all three answers correct yet, but thanks all for entering so far. I'll post something here tomorrow noon (EST) that might help...

[Ralph Oshiro]

I just showed this to a bunch of sound guys at work. They laughed their asses off!!!

[Charli]

Yeah, Ifound them. That's my story, I'm sticking to it.
Okay, Wednesday at noon NY time. Let's see, that's 9am
my time.

[Marius]

They laughed their asses off!!!

Hahaha! :beer:




Yeah, Ifound them. That's my story, I'm sticking to it.
Okay, Wednesday at noon NY time. Let's see, that's 9am
my time.

Just make sure you check here just before 9 am your time, as I think I'll reveal something that will be important, at least to some.

I am hopeful we'll get some correct answers just after noon tomorrow, and the first will get a VIDLED light (used or demo). Although it's possible that this will drag out....you never know....

[Charli]

Marius (formally known as Marcus),

I think you be a little wicked. I hope you get attacked by
a ME 66... ha!

[TheatreGuy]

PM sent!

[Marius]

Anyone wanting to resubmit their three answers can from now onwards.

Something that I need to point out: the WIRELESS MIC on Jess as she's running away is NOT a hint, as that isn't a Sennheiser mic (it's a Lectrosonics), so that is NOT one of the three answers.

[TheatreGuy]

I sent my PM in just after the clock struck 12:00... was I too early? Or maybe just wrong with my guesses?

Looking forward to the answers once somebody gets it! I think I watched your film more than anyones! (and that's the point! Great job on marketing!!!)

Ted

[Marius]

I sent my PM in just after the clock struck 12:00... was I too early? Or maybe just wrong with my guesses?

Looking forward to the answers once somebody gets it! I think I watched your film more than anyones! (and that's the point! Great job on marketing!!!)

Ted

No, you're submission/answer was accepted as being after noon, and therefore eligible, but alas INCORRECT! Sorry.


This is proving harder than I thought...

[TheatreGuy]

AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought that I HAD IT!!!

[Marius]

TheatreGuy:
you CAN have another go; tomorrow AFTER I post a hint[s], around noon (EST)....providing no one gets all three right by then of course.

[TheatreGuy]

Man, I am looking forward to the hint(s)! This is mind-boggling! Great challenge you've posted here!

[Sacksnack]

I sent a pm. You should work for Sennheiser because you had me checking their web page for clues.
-Kevin

[cinealma]

Got 'em. PM sent.

Wait, did Sacksnack beat me to the punch?!


John G.

[Sacksnack]

Wait, did Sacksnack beat me to the punch?!
Maybe...but knowing me I got 'em all wrong. The waiting is killing me.

-Kevin

[Mattykins]

Well I sent in a PM. I know I have two of the three. Wild educated guess on the third.

[Marius]

Okay, looks like we have a winner!!!

I have to leave for a few hours, but will return to reveal all.
But the correct answers have been received!

[TheatreGuy]

Way to stretch out this suspence Marius! :)

Can't wait to find out the missing clue!

[Marius]

I'm back and working on a post that reveals all...

[Marius]

Okay here goes....

First of all, thanks to all who watched KILLER SOUND, and to all who entered/
participated in the little competition we had going.

Since we didn't want the ending of KILLER SOUND to be completely in a vacuum,
we thought it fun to include a few hints throughout the movie. Of course they
had to be somewhat hidden, and hopefully not easily identified the first time the
short is watched - we didn't want to give away the ending after all!

So, once the short was up for while we'd asked for anyone to watch KILLER
SOUND and answer the following: "There are THREE very distinct [visual] HINTS
in KILLER SOUND that leads up to the ENDING. Simply correctly identify the three
things, and PM them to me, and whoever gets it right first, wins the VIDLED
light..."

On round 1, we received a good number of entries, but not one was all correct.
In fact, within minutes Blaine answered two correctly. As it turned out, the middle
clue/hint was the MOST difficult one to spot though. Funny really, as it's probably
the one that's most prominently visible.

Anyway, most were guessing things we hadn't even considered; the wireless mic
that was visible on Jess as she runs away was a favorite WRONG one. Also some
were seeing things that I still can't see. Mics in cars, or above signs, etc. Many
were looking at this thing frame-by-frame. It was much fun...well, at least for us
here! :)

So we decided to let everyone have another go, after Wednesday noon (EST),
also mentioning that the wireless mic was NOT a clue/hint (just bad filmmaking!)



HERE ARE THE CORRECT HINTS/CLUES IN KILLER SOUND:

1) MIC IN SHOT

The microphone is dangling in the shot during the goodbye scene. This was
actually [poorly] overlayed afterwards, as I had forgotten to dangle it in the
frame when we shot that.

http://pig.us/ks-a.jpg



3) MAINE STATE ROUTE 66 (ME66) ROAD SIGN

Probably the easiest one to catch - I think everyone caught this one. Sign was
made with a printer and some poster software, then taped onto some cardboard.
Too afraid to get a fine from a Park Ranger (we shot on State Land), we chose a
side road for this.

http://pig.us/ks-c.jpg
























and now for the one that [almost] everyone had a hard time with...

























2) TISSUE BOX IS SENNHEISER MIC BOX

http://pig.us/ks-b.jpg


This was quite tough, I admit, although I always thought the sheer size of this
thing would give it away. Apparently not.





So, who got these all right?

Well, we received TWO correct answers, one hour apart!!!

At 3:12 PM I received a PM from Sacksnack with ALL correct answers! Way to go!!

However, at 2:10 PM I had already received a PM from SilverWolf with all correct
answers.

Because they were so close together, and we had so much fun with this, we've
decided to make both of you winners, and we'll consider you BOTH first prize
winners (a used/demo VIDLED light with batterypack).

But again, just for the record, SilverWolf correctly answered this FIRST, and will
therefore have first choice of the demo/used lights we have available.

CONGRATS to SilverWolf and Sacksnack!!!! Please email me for more info on how
to get your VIDLED light.



Hope you all had some fun with this, and again, many thanks to all who watched,
and all who participated,

Marius/vidled

[Mark Harris]

Okay, simple review:

You ass!

And I say that with a HUGE grin on my face. I totally saw that box on the dash and said: "Man, that's an awfully big box for tissues...What the hell?"

:):)

[Sacksnack]

I am the second smartest man alive!

Seriously though this was a lot of fun. Thanks Marius for putting this together and for paying out second place. I'll pm you my info.

-Kevin

[Marius]

Okay, simple review:

You ass!

And I say that with a HUGE grin on my face. I totally saw that box on the dash and said: "Man, that's an awfully big box for tissues...What the hell?"

:):)

Hahaha!:grin:

:beer:

[jeans]

I really liked the beginning shot of the sky reflected off the car hood. Hypnotic. I watched it with a friend who is very critical and he agreed. Also I thought the movie was funny. I almost bought that Mic.

[SilverWolf]

YAAAAAAYY I won OMG !!! I am so happy. I have been wanting one of these light for so long. Thanks so much

[Lingothree]

You nerds.

[SilverWolf]

You nerds.

Lol thanks.

[luster]

what riddle were we trying to solve? i'm dumb, i never got this whole thing? what question do these clues answer?

[TheatreGuy]

Man, I saw that box and kept thinking (like Mark) that is a HUGE box of tissues!

When I got to the srutinizing stage of watching this film frame by frame, at times, I thought THIS MUST be connected! The mother points at it... it must be a clue!

Well, I guess I should have paid a little more attention to that box.

Damn!

Great contest. A lot of fun!

And I loved some of your shots!

Ted

PS - You may be seeing me on your VIDLED site. I really do need an on-camera light! PM me if you have anymore used/demo models for sale!

[Charli]

I hate you, Marius, and I say that in the most loving way.

[Marius]

Man, I saw that box and kept thinking (like Mark) that is a HUGE box of tissues!

Hehe, aye! It's why I thought this one would be more easily identified.
Glad you had fun though. And thanks for participating!

[Marius]

I hate you, Marius, and I say that in the most loving way.

:evil: HAHAHA!

:grin:

[Marius]

I really liked the beginning shot of the sky reflected off the car hood. Hypnotic. I watched it with a friend who is very critical and he agreed. Also I thought the movie was funny. I almost bought that Mic.

Thanks Jeans for the comments.
I saw all the faults with the beginning shot; technical difficulties while shooting it that translated into final footage. I CAN make it a lot better now I know how. Of course, what would be the point now? :)

[Marius]

You nerds.

:)
You know what they say: "Takes one to know one!" :beer:

[theAlchemist]

Not sure what to say about this movie. It's not gonna be one of my favorites, but it made me laugh for a moment. And I assume that's what you wanted so it sort of worked

[jpbankesmercer]

Best of luck guys!
J.P.

[TheatreGuy]

Marius, Thank you for the contest and your film. I can tell that you know what your are doing with a camera even if you leave my heart out there on your story!!!

Congratulations on your work!

Well done,

Ted

[Mark Johnson]

I'm so glad this one is in the fest. It's kind of like Maliboo for me. A real nice break from the routine and seriousness of the parade of horror entries.

[Marius]

Thanks J.P., Ted, and Mark.

[Norm Sanders]

Just finally getting the time to copy the notes I compiled in a Word doc while watching the shorts:

Funny gag, and I’m glad it was just a gag because I was thinking to myself this story is going no where, there’s no audible dialogue to the point where I thought they were mimes, etc. Oh, I get it now too … we couldn’t hear their voices until the boom mic was visible! Clever. That said, you had a KILLER opening shot from the hood of that car. It looked great & peaceful, and I’m thinking to myself … “wow, they’ve got a lot of barrel distortion there … wonder what kind of lens they shot this with” … only to pan up & see that we were watching the reflection of the car hood. Nice shot!

[Marius]

Wow, amazing to see Killer Sound did so well (relatively), considering it was more of a spoof/gag/inside joke than anything else; certainly not a horror flick! :)
Looks like that opening shot really did "legitimize" this thing! Awesome stuff.

Many, many thanks to all who watched, reviewed and voted.