Robbie Comeau
Como's back. back again
my newest film was shot in a basement
http://blip.tv/file/442748?filename=ComeauProductions-StaleBlood406.mov
http://blip.tv/file/442748?filename=ComeauProductions-StaleBlood406.mov
Is it just me, or do most Indie films look like they were shot in their basement?
- Thread starter Jared Caldwell
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Because they rarely bother to hire a Production Designer, or they don't bother spending enough money on the Art Department as a whole. There's a reason why the Production Designer gets a slate in the opening titles of a movie, because the Production Designer is a major part of the creative team, and is responsible for how the sets look.
HaroonGhauree
Active member
To me a good story can be gone flat if direction is not up-to the mark. Alfred Hitchcock once said, "Director is the God of his movie". I strongly believe in the statement.
See, the whole production cycle. Director is the key person from the very start to the very end. Its director pursuing from Writer to Editor to-do things in the right way. If there is some attraction missing its the job of a Director to fill-it-up with spices.
In short Director (or in our terms Independent Filmmaker) is the person one should hold responsible to either bury or fly a Movie-Product. Its the Director who selects a story to tell and either slightly or drastically amend some/all parts of the production to finally deliver a polished product.
To me Director should/must be the only and biggest critique of his/her own product. Good team is a blessing for any Director in this world but in order to keep the philosophical, aesthetical and moral aspects of the movie integrated there is one and only one leader i.e. the Director.
Making my point more audible see movies of great directors of out time it says A Spielberg Film not Spielberg's film. This is the director who holds the adjective of any film.
See, the whole production cycle. Director is the key person from the very start to the very end. Its director pursuing from Writer to Editor to-do things in the right way. If there is some attraction missing its the job of a Director to fill-it-up with spices.
In short Director (or in our terms Independent Filmmaker) is the person one should hold responsible to either bury or fly a Movie-Product. Its the Director who selects a story to tell and either slightly or drastically amend some/all parts of the production to finally deliver a polished product.
To me Director should/must be the only and biggest critique of his/her own product. Good team is a blessing for any Director in this world but in order to keep the philosophical, aesthetical and moral aspects of the movie integrated there is one and only one leader i.e. the Director.
Making my point more audible see movies of great directors of out time it says A Spielberg Film not Spielberg's film. This is the director who holds the adjective of any film.
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J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Is it just me or does SAW and HOSTEL seem like they were shot in someones basement ?
You know a lot about basements, don't you?
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J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Heh heh
Yes. I seem to recall a certain one with a certain actor (Mumbles and starts crying)
Yes. I seem to recall a certain one with a certain actor (Mumbles and starts crying)
Zak Forsman
Major Contributor
in that trailer, the lighting was pretty bad. overlit, casting unnatural shadows -- silks, heavy diffusion and chinese lanterns will go a long way, as will shaping the light with some flags. I DP'd my own feature this past month and the question i asked myself everytime i looked at the monitor was, "do I buy it -- does it look like I set up lights, or does it look like I happened across a very cinematic looking room and started shooting?" in my opinion, i have found that less is more -- use practicals, motivate your sources and light the space, not the people.