Opening Sequence to ASH WEDNESDAY: CAPITULO UNUS

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Hello everyone!
Check out the opening sequence to our feature ASH WEDNESDAY: CAPITULO UNUS.
WARNING: FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY (CONTAINS VIOLENCE/PROFANITY)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU9o9_rF_2c

Thanks to everyone for your support!

Our film premiered at the New York International Latino Film Festival this past July and it went great...
Since this film has not secured distribution, we don't have a release date, but most likely it'll be released by early next year.

Thanks again!
Ricardo Mendoza
 
Some really nice, gritty looking footage. Did you use an adapter? What were your cam settings like?

Thanks For sharing
 
ya this is nice. how long did it take to write the script? how long was production? were the blood spurts done in after effects or post? great job. are you entering it into sundance this year? i think the deadline is coming up.
 
GRIMEY... :Drogar-Smoke(DBG):

i take it i shouldn't watch this while my 2 year old nephew is in the room, lol. i like movies like this. this feature/clip is one of the few on this board that's been posted that i'd actually pay money to see based on what you've posted.

what was the budget on this project?
 
Thanks for your comments!
I really wanted to use an adapter, but I didn't have the money :-(
But even though I'm really lazy about even getting a tripod, I really wished I could've used an adapter for some shots... HOWEVER thanks to the DVXUSER forums and the cool people who post on it, I got around without using an adapter, thanks to the tricks and tips I learned a long time ago with my dvx... back in the day... ;-)
My cam settings were set to normal (not panasonic defaults, but the recommended settings around the forums somewhere), everything pretty basic... however we color corrected extensively in AVID...

The script took a while, maybe like 6 months (but 2 months of solid writing and the resting 4 months polishing)

In all it took us all of 2006 script/pre-production (Jan 2006 to June 2006).
Production started July 1 2006, and we had a finished product by Jan 2007.

The blood spluerts were done organically with a modified air compressor, that would shoot out our blood syrup at the push of a button, BUT I did erase a tube that stuck out from the pressure and I added a subtle bullet hole in AE.

I will be entering Sundance, but we;re not on a "sundance or die" mentality, we are covering other options which are in motion...

AND it is not a good idea to let children near any clips of the movie... I have a 9 year old son and he doesn't like my movie (he hasn't seen it, but he has heard it... :-o)

AND thanks for the "I've pay to see this" comment Mickey...

One of the things that motivated us about posting clips, is because, a lot of people who are going into the movie and seeing, don't know what to expect, and the feedback is not of surprise, but it is of shock... So we wanted to let everyone more or less get a feeling of what the movie is about... and is posted for distributors/producers as well...

We submitted the film to a production company that works with MGM, and after 2 weeks without hearing a word, the guy that I was talking to called me appalled, and told me that it was ILLEGAL to kill animals on screen, and that he didn't know how we got away with it...
Long story short, the guy actually believed we had killed a dog... I mean it's a good thing that they actually believe what you're presenting, HOWEVER, it must've been really hard to focus on the rest of the film, after seeing that...

Thanks again!
ricardo mendoza
 
yea i know you're going to catch some flack for that scene with the dog. it's a good thing you filmed the clip showing the dog was tranquelized.

so since you've been shopping it, what's been the general response you've gotten back?

what's the total runtime of the film?

i'm also interested in how big of a crew you used and how much the budget was. if it was a large budget then i can understand if you dont want to share, but i'm always impressed with the way some filmmakers can minimize costs.

i'm also surprised there was no adaptor used in this. i'm debating on using an adaptor for my feature or not.
 
The general response has been really mixed. Either people LOVE it or they HATE it...
Which to me is a good thing.
The total run time is 100 minutes.
The crew was me and 3 other producers... we all pitched in doing everything from lighting to cleaning to sound, etc...
The budget was $20,000 approx. BUT I made a deal with the actors/crew to pay them after the film made $$$, so the film's total cost would come up close to $250,000...

ALSO, an adapter is always nice, but like I've said, $$$$ was an issue...
HOWEVER I think we did the best we could without an adapter...
Here's some stills from the movie:
http://digitalworkstudios.com/ash/gallery/index.htm

I think that the main star of the pictures is the color correction and not the depth of field...
 
yea what i meant by the adaptor comment was that it looked like there was an adaptor used and now by looking at your footage it's made me second guess whether i want to use one on my feature or just spend more time on color correcting like you did. money is always an issue my man!

if you start selling it or go straight to DVD let us know. i'd get a copy for sure.
 
Richardo, gritty sequence! Opening shot with the attacks on the husband/wife, good timing and edit, I liked it. The sequence makes me want to know more. All the best with distribution and marketing. :thumbup:
 
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