Post your final Horrorfest numbers...

FlintMI

FlintMI

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Would be nice to get this in one thread for statistical and research purposes. This will really help people who want to make a movie in the future, as well as those who made a movie, to compare and contrast.

Here are how my final numbers worked out:

1. total movie time: 5:38
2. total cast: 5
3. total crew: 1-3 (depending on day)

4. total locations: 3
5. total money spent: $202 (50% costumes, 49% transportation, 1% food)
6. total rehearsal time: 1 hour

7. total raw footage: 180 minutes
8. total shooting time: 8 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): 14 hours

10. total soundtrack composing time: 18 minutes (includes Pro Tools recording)
11. total screenplay writing time: 30 minutes
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 4 hours

13. total time uploading: 4 hours (uploaded twice)
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: ~3 hours


What were your numbers?
 
Oh no! I didn't think we were going to have a test. A haven't studied. Will this be graded on a curve? I'll give it a try.

1. total movie time: 6:00
2. total cast: 3
3. total crew: 3

4. total locations: 1, unless you count different rooms.
5. total money spent: $0
6. total rehearsal time: 0 hours

7. total raw footage: 80 minutes maybe, not sure
8. total shooting time: not sure
9. total editing time (including effects): don't know

10. total soundtrack composing time: dont know, but not very long
11. total screenplay writing time: Screenplay?
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 2 days aaaaaahhhh

13. total time uploading: 4 or 5 hours. It went slow but steady.
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: no idea
 
Total Movie Time: 5 minutes, 59 seconds and 29 frames!

Total Cast: 3 (myself as the lead and 2 others. 1 actor had a 4 hour shoot, the other had a 1 hour shoot.)

Total Crew: 1 (myself) I did have a friend come in to assist with 2 shots that I couldn't pull off myself.

Total Locations: 2 (hillside cemetary and my home, both Int and Ext. Multiple set-ups in 8 different areas of my house!)

Total Money Spent: Zero dollars. $40 if you count tape. (I pulled everything from my stock)

Total rehearsal time: None. (If I had a cast, that would have changed!)

Total shooting time: Cannot be determined. Let's just say that I used 8 hours of tape!!!

Total editing time: Cannot be determined. About 48 hours if added together.

Total soundtrack composing time: About 6 hours

Total screenplay writing time: About 2 hours

Total time compressing and such: About 8 hours

Total time uploading: About 3 hours

Total time spent on dvxuser.com during Horrorfest: Cannot be determined. (Over 50 hours, that's for sure!)

Thanks for the survey!
 
1. total movie time: 5:31
2. total cast: 1
3. total crew: 2 (3 if you include the cast)

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: $100
6. total rehearsal time: 0

7. total raw footage: 240 mins (our actor kept laughing during shooting)
8. total shooting time: 20 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): 30 hours ish

10. total soundtrack composing time: none
11. total screenplay writing time: not a lot
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: dayssss

13. total time uploading: dunno
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: im still on it....
 
Bloody Mary

1. total movie time: 5:55:05
2. total cast: 7
3. total crew: 2-5 (depending on day)

4. total locations: 3
5. total money spent: About $500, mostly on make-up supplies and food. Everything else was donated.
6. total rehearsal time: About 12 hours.

7. total raw footage: Err, not sure...maybe 180 min?
8. total shooting time: About 20 hours.
9. total editing time (including effects): Probably about 40 hours all told, though spread over a couple of weeks.

10. total soundtrack composing time: Not sure, this is Herman, but that boy is FAST.
11. total screenplay writing time: Probably about 40 hours all told. This is an idea I've been hacking on for a while, and used HorrorFest as an excuse to do it. Am writing the feature version next, and using the short to represent that.
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 2 hrs.

13. total time uploading: About 4 hours. Got kicked off in the middle of one.
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: Dunno
 
5B
1. total movie time: 6:00:00
2. total cast: 2
3. total crew: 2-4 (depending on day)

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: 0
6. total rehearsal time: None

7. total raw footage: Not sure...maybe 30 min?
8. total shooting time: About 8 hours.
9. total editing time (including effects): Probably about 10 hours.

10. total soundtrack composing time: Ask Edgen
11. total screenplay writing time: 15 minutes
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 2 hrs.

13. total time uploading: About 2 hours.
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: Too much
 
1. total movie time: 6;00;00 exact
2. total cast: 3
3. total crew: 3

4. total locations: 3
5. total money spent: $20 for food
6. total rehearsal time: 0

7. total raw footage: 40 mins
8. total shooting time: 5 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): a couple of days

10. total soundtrack composing time: 0
11. total screenplay writing time: about a week
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: i don't think i ever got it correct...

13. total time uploading: probably well over 10-15 hours
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: So many...
 
I can only provide a bit of this information as the producer would need to provide the rest.

For "Thou Shalt Not"

1. Total movie time 6:00:00
2. Total cast 7
3. Total crew 18 - 20 (depending upon which shooting day)

4. Total locations 4
5. Total money spent (can't answer but it was a pretty decent amount)
6. Total rehearsal time: none

7. Total raw footage: just under 100 minutes total
8. Total shooting time: 38 hours
9. Total editing time: about 50 hours (exclusive of SFX, ADR)

10. Total soundtrack composing time: unknown by me
11. Total screenplay witting time: unknown by me
12. Total time spend getting the correct .m2v... about 8 hours

13. Total time uploading: about 4 hours (required 2 attempts)
14. Total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: way too much for me!
 
Stricken

1. total movie time: 15:00
2. total cast: 18 total 7 principle
3. total crew: 3-8 (depending on day)

4. total locations: 5
5. total money spent: $2500.00
6. total rehearsal time: 8-10 hours

7. total raw footage: 500 minutes
8. total shooting time: 8 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): 48-58 hours over a month's time
10. total soundtrack composing time: 3 weeks for Leo Gardini
11. total screenplay writing time: 20 hours
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 10 hours

13. total time uploading: Brandon saved me
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: ~10 hours
 
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The Seeing

1. total movie time: 5:59
2. total cast: 2
3. total crew: 7

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: $596
6. total rehearsal time: .5 hours - wish it was more. God, i wish it was more.

7. total raw footage: ~210 minutes
8. total shooting time: 23 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): 78 hours

10. total soundtrack composing time: ~60 hours - and it's still not totally done.
11. total screenplay writing time: 72 hours
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 9 hours

13. total time uploading: 2 hours - got lucky
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: every day for at least 6 hours out of my 8 hour work day. i'm going to get fired... :beer:
 
Cure for Writer's Block: No. 9

Cure for Writer's Block: No. 9

Cure for Writer's Block: No. 9

HorrorFest 6 minute cut
1. total movie time: 5:59
2. total cast: 2
3. total crew: 3
4. total locations: 2
5. total money spent: $1500 - $2000
6. total rehearsal time: n/a
7. total raw footage: ~90 minutes
8. total shooting time: 14 hours over 3 days
9. total editing time (including effects): 24 hours
10. total soundtrack composing time: see #9, all done together
11. total screenplay writing time: n/a
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: 8 hours
13. total time uploading: 1 1/2 hours
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: LOTS! :thumbsup:


John G.
 
sunshine

1. total movie time: 4:15 (including credits)
2. total cast: 1 alive, 1 not alive
3. total crew: 2 alive, 1 not alive

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: $60.94 (blood and food)
6. total rehearsal time: 0 hours

7. total raw footage: 38.54 minutes
8. total shooting time: 6 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): 4-6 hours

10. total soundtrack composing time: 12 hours
11. total screenplay writing time: made it up as we went
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: knew what we were doing, got it right the first time; 0 hours

13. total time uploading: less than an hour (uploaded once)
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: the entire time!
 
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Gauranga said:
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12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: knew what we were doing, got it right the first time; 0 hours
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That's harsh... but enviable.:)


John G.
 
1. total movie time: 5:47 (I think)
2. total cast: 1
3. total crew: 2

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: Not a dime!
6. total rehearsal time: None

7. total raw footage: 5 minues and 47 seconds
8. total shooting time: 5 minutes and 47 seconds :D
9. total editing time (including effects): 30 minutes

10. total soundtrack composing time: 20 minutes
11. total screenplay writing time: All improv!
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: too long!

13. total time uploading: about 1 1/2 hours
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: I don't know...
 
1. total movie time: 3:10
2. total cast: 1
3. total crew: 1

4. total locations: 1
5. total money spent: $0
6. total rehearsal time: None

7. total raw footage: 26 minutes
8. total shooting time: 1 hour
9. total editing time (including effects): 2 hours

10. total soundtrack composing time: ? (ask Herman)
11. total screenplay writing time: NA
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: Maybe 30 min.

13. total time uploading: 1 Hour
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: You don't want to know :)
 
1. total movie time: 6:00
2. total cast: 4
3. total crew: 3

4. total locations: 4
5. total money spent: $80
6. total rehearsal time: 1 hour

7. total raw footage: 3 hours
8. total shooting time: 24 hours
9. total editing time (including effects): 6 hours

10. total soundtrack composing time: 2 hours
11. total screenplay writing time:20 minutes
12. total time spent getting the correct m2v, ac3, and quicktime files: um... like an hour

13. total time uploading: 5 hours
14. total time spent on DVXuser.com during Horrorfest: no idea
 
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