The Watchman a Michael Anthony Horrigan Film

Jason Ramsey said:
You have a quirky storytelling style that I think will fit well with the theme of this fest. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with this time around.

Later,
Jason
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Quirky!? :) I'll take that as a compliment. :thumbsup:
Thanks, Jason.


Mark Harris said:
Yeah, I'm looking forward to it too.
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Thanks, Mark. I appreciate that. Your movies are always really well written so I can't wait to see what you give us this fest.


Simon Höfer said:
Grabs looking good! Hope you've got more luck with the weather next week.
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Thanks! Glad you like them. Yah, I hope the weather straightens up for next week. *fingers crossed*

Thanks, guys!

Mike
 
I like those interior shots. Did you just use natural lighting for the shot of your actor sitting on the bed and the watch close up?
 
Existentialist said:
I like those interior shots. Did you just use natural lighting for the shot of your actor sitting on the bed and the watch close up?
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Actually yes, nice call. I'm using natural/available light for the entire movie. Even the outdoor evening scenes. It should prove challenging!

In this shot there was a lamp on behind him while he was sitting on the bed and of course the natural light coming in from outside.

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Natural light and the same lamp in a different location helped with this watch shot.

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Thanks for the interest!

Mike
 
Ben Sliker said:
that sucks man, we totally lucked out on our shoot. the one day we had to shoot, it ended up being was perfect outside. hope it works out later in the week!
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Sure, rub it in! :laugh:

I'm regrouping for a shoot Thursday night.
Thanks for the well wishes.




Please don't rain please don't rain please don't rain
 
Well, the weather looks great but one of the actors I need tonight emails me and says that he has pink eye! He won't be making it. :angry:

Looks like I'll just use the time to shoot a few shots that I need with the lead actor. I'm going to get this thing done if it kills me!

I fell like I'm the little yellow guy and this project is the green guy.
:nads:
 
I watched Joel 3:15 and the picture quality and coloring is tremendous! Could you pm me with some BTS secrets to that one? Thanks.
 
Existentialist said:
I watched Joel 3:15 and the picture quality and coloring is tremendous! Could you pm me with some BTS secrets to that one? Thanks.
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Glad you liked it!

Why don't you break down what scenes that you want me to go over. What caught your eye? I can tell you how I lit it... etc.

I literally did everything on that one so I can break it down for you.

I shot it with the little Canon HV20 in Cine mode 24P.
It seems to do very well in lowlight and the colours look pretty good.
I did some CC work in Premiere Pro by dropping the saturation quite a bit and crushing the blacks.

The scene outside when he walks out of the house was done with one directed light and two natural pot lights from overhead.

The main character has one pot light on above him as he exits the house. The other light is on the lawn and directed right at him on a slight angle, I wanted some shadow on the stone work. I placed it right by their 5' lamppost on the lawn in order to replicate that light source but increase the intensity. He was too dark without it.

The guy in the background is only lit by the existing pot light above him. Same for his closeup.

Any scenes that you want broken down just let me know.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Well, got a little done tonight but not much due to one of the actors calling in sick.

Here's a grab...

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Question. How many of you can begin to see the steering wheel just above his hand? I can see it clearly on my Mac. Not as clear on my PC. I have since tweaked my settings on my display to bring it up on my Laptop.

Just curious if everyone else can see the bottom of the wheel. Let me know if you can see it and if your monitor is calibrated.
Also, what are you viewing it on, a PC or a Mac?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.

Cheers,

Mike
 
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Non-calibrated monitor on a PC right now, cannot see the steering wheel. Will check again later when at home where my monitor is calibrated.
 
23-inch apple cinema display ... brightness turned all the way up, can really only see it against the grey area above it.
 
Ben Sliker said:
23-inch apple cinema display ... brightness turned all the way up, can really only see it against the grey area above it.
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The gray area is his leg. I have my brightness up 2 notches from the middle and I can see it on my laptop. It's not super clear, but it's there.

I didn't have to adjust it on my Mac in order to see it at all.

Mark, please respond back once you look at it on your calibrated monitor. I'm very curious about this.

Thanks a million guys! Keep them coming....
I want to make sure everyone sees the movie as I see it.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Just so we're clear, you shouldn't be able to see the entire steering wheel. Just the part across his leg and a little bit more going towards the top of the frame. But I intend for people to see that much of it. It sort of fades into darkness but you should be able to make out some of it.

At least that's what I'm hoping for. :)
 
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