UNZEIT by Frank Glencairn

The idea behind it is, that - in the ancient world- time was belived by many sholars to be circular.

Now if you take a circle and ad a second dimension it becomes a strip like a ring of film stock.

If you ad a twist in that film (pun intended) strip and glue it back together you get that Moebius ribbon while adding a 3th dimension that allows you to go from one side to the other without ever crossing the rim.

That´s what the film is about.

Frank
 
Here are some screengrabs from our first shooting day.

The scene is in a military hospital, late 40s.

I also updated some BTS on page one of that thread.

Frank

....and, yeah I know - the french flag came in a bit.
 

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We have 5 more days to go.
It will be verry thight, cause most of my talent´s working night and weekend shift at Audi and in a hospital. So It´s pretty hard to get everybody together.

In the moment I write my To-Do Lists on toilet paper rolls ;-)

Frank
 
Here are some more BTS photos and the first CCed shots.



Frank
 

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Killer grabs! I love to see photography from people who know how to properly control austere white environments.

Funny that you should be using smoke in these scenes. Just this morning I was reading Stu Manschwitz's Rebel's Guide where he talks about filling the room with smoke to give it a more film-like look. It's very interesting that in your BTS shots it seems so severe, but then in the stills it looks just right.
 
Yeah, we used smoke on my past two shorts, including our timefest entry to give the room some depth and texture. It's a great technique.

Grabs looking good!!!!
 
That smoke sure helps a lot. I got a little "Fogstorm" smoker that filled that entire large room (about 250 square meters) in 2 minutes.
One of the best investments I evar made.

I almost always use smoke/haze. For better distribution I blow the fog in a large fan.

Frank
 
Hey Frank! Seems like you and I have similar taste in titles!

Good luck. I enjoyed your clip and the grabs!

-Ted
 
The adapter is a LEX on a HVX.
The secret is a set of old (50s or 60s) Zeiss medium format lenses.

I did some tests with a Nikon 50/1.4 - verry nice and razor sharp, but switched to the old Zeiss Biometar (80/2.8) and Flektagon (50/2.8)lenses.

They do some magic I can not explain, but is somehow more pleasing to the eye.

Frank
 
I´m glad to anounce that we now have signed George Clooney (who`s real name is Nuge Bersa) to play the role of Captain Jackson.. :laugh:

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Here´s some updates.
Sunday we did 3 more scenes.

It was a nightmare!

1. Ruined some props
2. Ruined the FW cable (hope it´s not the socket on the camera)
3. Computer freezes every view takes (Onlocation)
4. run out of time all the day (we had 3 locations to go- 12 different setups)
5. run out of batteries in the last hour
6. found out that I have everything with me but the powwer supply of the HVX - duh!

On the other hand my talents (who never where acting bevore) are real talentet. We got some beautyfull and dramatic shots.

Here are som BTS phoros. I post some grabs later.

Frank

...and yeah, the fat guy in the hula shirt eating sandwiches is me.
 

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