The Door Between - a story about life and death

I put some contrast in the 2nd one and think it came out nice...

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nice...the second shot does look pretty creepy dude. The graffiti on the wall adds to the affect; looks like it could be some sort of scary mystical lettering :-)

Was that there already or did you add it?
 
Looking good VersuS! Contrast grab is nice but I am curious about the aqua tint. It is awfully bright. In my opinion, it looks like the scene is on the edge of lit swimming pool. (I'm not trying to be funny or anything. It just has that "feel" because of the color.)

Also, in the contrast grab... your beautiful candle glows become a bit blown-out. It is a nice look but is it what you want?

Keep up the great work!
 
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apollyon said:
nice...the second shot does look pretty creepy dude. The graffiti on the wall adds to the affect; looks like it could be some sort of scary mystical lettering :-)

Was that there already or did you add it?
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I'd like to say that we added the graffiti but no, it was already there.
 
TheatreGuy said:
Looking good VersuS! Contrast grab is nice but I am cuious about the aqua tint. It is awfully bright. In my opinion, it looks like the scene is on the edge of lit swimming pool. (I'm not trying to be funny or anything. It just has that "feel" because of the color.)

Also, in the contrast grab... your beautiful candle glows become a bit blown-out. It is a nice look but is it what you want?

Keep up the great work!
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I know what you mean with the swimming pool effect....never crossed my mind but it certainly looks that way...I'll see how it goes in the scene...
 
TheatreGuy said:
Hey VersuS, how you making out? Any of the chatter between us working for you?
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Hey Ted, unfortunately I didn't have time to check it out. I started editing the new material, got frustrated with the crappy lights and stayed up til very late trying out various MB etc ... I hope that I will find the time tonight....

Thanx for checking up !:dankk2:
 
Cool. I am reading threads right now trying to figure out the best and proper way to color correct. I have Magic Bullet and have played with many of the presets. Very drastic changes it produces! I am not sure that is what I want to do.

I am basically trying to "correct" my footage so one scene to the next doesn't look jarring!

Anyone have any advice, would love to be referred to threads or post on my thread "ID" in the horrorfest individual film discussion section. (or just click on my banner below!)

BTW, I use FCP.

Thanks to anyone who may offer advice.

And VersuS, keep plugging away and let me know how you do!

Ted
 
At first I got really depressed when I saw how dark some scenes turned out to be....then I started playing around....re-wrote some parts of the script...so I believe I have a nice way to handle the footage from now on....

The most challenging bit will be (as I was explaining this to my co-director) keeping the same look throughout the film...coz it's easy to think of a pattern in terms of filters and look when it comes to indoors, outdoors, dreams, tension, gore scenes.....e.g. 'I want my dream sequence to look yellow' it's easy to make a plan like that...it's a pain in the butt to make it work when you have shot without lights and with little experience coz you find yourself with footage that when the same filters are applied you get totally different looks coz the scenes where shot in different angles and those different angles produced or captured different shadows etc....

So what would take me 2 days i post will probably take 4-5 ....well If I wasn't working in the morning it would probably take less...
 
I feel your pain man. But I'm sure you're up to the challenge. Good luck and keep us posted! More grabs :-)
 
Now it's time to add some BTS photos

This was our location for our last day of shooting
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This is Miss X preping up our lead actor and that's me behind them

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That's me again outside with most of our stuff trying to figure out where is the light kit....(lol)



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This is Movie Master ....

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This is me and Stratos and Miss X at the back during one scene, see how good I am directing, I can shoot my man while checking out his girl :p

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Putting on some fake teeth

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Just finished shooting! Let's grab a beer!

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Rezfactor said:
Cool locations, man! Provocative premise! Sounds like an interesting project!
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Thanx! From the first moment we found this location we KNEW that we were gonna use it for a project! The exciting thing is that Athens (as most cities I guess) is full of locations such as this one. However it's not always safe...e.g. this building was in a terrible state, full of garbage, s*** and leftovers from junkies. So we had to be extra careful while being there not to touch anything that shouldn't be touched, not to step on anything that shouldn't be stepped on etc.

Though I did step on some toes (metaphorically speaking :p).
 
Hey John, that location is fantastic! I love the look of it with those square pillars and that slanted wall. Very nice.

Question... The candles on the wall, is that something you rigged or does that wall have small "ledges" to place them there. Which ever, it is a very nice touch and looks great in your shot.

Fun BTS shots! Thanks for sharing.

Ted
 
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