Where's Linda? A DVX100 horror film (48 hour filmproject)

Pesie

Pesie

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Hi everyone,

This weekend we've been participating in a 48 hour filmproject, and produced a 5 min. (soft)horror movie called 'Where's Linda?'. At the start of the 48 hours we received the following 4 required elements: genre (horror), character (hardrock guy), prop (blackboard) and text ('Right now!').

Watch the film at http://www.orphicfilm.nl/html/linda-mediaqt.html (Quicktime 7 H264). English subtitles are included.

We filmed with a DVX100 (PAL) in 25P. Audio was captured with a AT897 microphone. The first day was used for writing the script, arranging people to act in the film and securing the location(s). The 2nd day we filmed, and editing was started on location during shooting to gain some time. From 3:00 pm we finished shooting and started on finalizing the editing. Editing (and discussing it, including leaving out a complete scene) was finished around 8.15 pm, then soundmixing started and at 10:00 pm the film was delivered on dvd at the festival organization.

Looking forward to your opinions. (Yes, the editing could've been more tight in the opening scenes).
 
Pesie said:
Hi everyone,

This weekend we've been participating in a 48 hour filmproject, and produced a 5 min. (soft)horror movie called 'Where's Linda?'. At the start of the 48 hours we received the following 4 required elements: genre (horror), character (hardrock guy), prop (blackboard) and text ('Right now!').

Watch the film at http://www.orphicfilm.nl/html/linda-mediaqt.html (Quicktime 7 H264). English subtitles are included.

We filmed with a DVX100 (PAL) in 25P. Audio was captured with a AT897 microphone. The first day was used for writing the script, arranging people to act in the film and securing the location(s). The 2nd day we filmed, and editing was started on location during shooting to gain some time. From 3:00 pm we finished shooting and started on finalizing the editing. Editing (and discussing it, including leaving out a complete scene) was finished around 8.15 pm, then soundmixing started and at 10:00 pm the film was delivered on dvd at the festival organization.

Looking forward to your opinions. (Yes, the editing could've been more tight in the opening scenes).
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Excellent job with such a crazy short turnaround! As you said...shorten the front scenes to pick up the speed, and it's a winner! Congrats! Cal Lundgren (Canada)
 
Hi Cal, Thanks for your reply. Yes, the it was really madness, but also a great experience.
 
Very nice. I liked it a lot... good acting, great compositions, great footage, and nice movements.

What steadicam did you use?

On another note, I actually LIKED the pacing. It lead to an eerie mood...

-brown
 
Thanks, guys. I used a Manfrotto FigRig for all the shots. A couple of moving shots with the FigRig have actually been deleted from the final edit.
 
I always respect people who can complete anything in 48 hrs. So good job on that. I do have to say that the beginning dragged almost enough for me to stop watching. I think you could have benefited from more static shots as opposed to the handheld look.

Tim.
 
The handheld shots were done for 2 reasons:
- one film style for the whole film (I had my Vinten Pro5 with me but decided not to use it)
- pacing reasons: we had so little time, so working handheld made it possible to do all the work within the limited time.

Yes, the editing could've been more tight in the opening scene, you're right. It just was something that slipped trough the editing and wasn't really noticed.
 
Looked great. I wish I could get my stuff to look like that. All my stuff is drab, still trying to figure that out. But you did a great job. I think the start could be quicker also.
 
Hi Wally, I filmed mostly with the available light, with a variation on Scenefile 6 of the DVX100. All the scenes in the present have a just a basic Magic Bullet color effect. The scenes from the past are de-saturated. I think all the scenes have a slightly adjusted brightness and contrast.
 
Nice looking film. The parts with the kids looked really good..

this was done only with the dvx100? no adapters, lenses or lighting?
 
Yes, the film was made with the basic DVX100 (first model) in 25P mode. No adapters, no lenses, etc. In 2 shots we used a simple light, but the difference with other shots were there wasn't used any light isn't very noticeable.
 
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