Calls From The Führerbunker

Hey,

Love this idea. Sounds like great great fun. Can't wait to watch this. I also dig the poster. Nice work.
 
Congrats Michael! Somehow missed that you Uploaded, but you were so early, that's why it slipped through I guess :D You had a great script, so I am really looking forward to how it turns out :)
 
Danielleus said:
Hey,

Love this idea. Sounds like great great fun. Can't wait to watch this. I also dig the poster. Nice work.
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Thanks!

Simon Höfer said:
Congrats Michael! Somehow missed that you Uploaded, but you were so early, that's why it slipped through I guess :D You had a great script, so I am really looking forward to how it turns out :)
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Thanks, Simon. I was early for once. Felt better that way I must admit.

blindbuzta said:
Can't wait to see it Mike!
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Thanks!

In the not too distant future I'm going to post a bit of a background on this project. Everything from writing the script down to editing. Maybe in a day or two...

Cheers,

mike
 
The making of: Calls From The Führerbunker
I'm going to post a "Making Of" piece in this thread over the next few days. Starting with the first segment today.
It's going to cover my experiences while making this movie and I'll be breaking it down like this...

LOCATION

WRITING

CASTING

DIRECTING

LIGHTING

CINEMATOGRAPHY

EDITING

SCORE

SOUND DESIGN

Let's start with...

LOCATION:

The Festival theme of "Twilight" was announced and I was itching to finally shoot something in a different location.
My past few movies have been shot in common homes ranging in value and I was eager to try something new.

My wife and I decided to go on tour of a local Bunker that we have here in Ottawa, Ontario. Carp to be precise.

While walking through I said to my wife... "This place would be perfect for a movie!" She agreed.
I snapped up a bunch of pictures and looked them over as soon as I got home. Here's some of what I saw...

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Almost the entire bunker is like stepping backwards in time. Much of it has been preserved in that moment. It's really something to see.
While snapping photos I asked the tour guide if any movies had ever been shot there.
She said YES and gave me the contact information for the Curator.
I was overwhelmed.

I emailed the contact right away but it took some time to get a response. Once I did it was very positive.
All they required was a donation towards the Bunker for their time.
I was also instructed to send an email once the project was cast and update them with a shooting schedule with two weeks prior notice.

I did this and received no response for quite some time. I left countless emails and voice messages. I was damn scared!
I was now also within a week of shooting, rental gear booked. Finally I received a reply.
It wasn't what I wanted to hear, let's just leave it at that. What did I do? I went down there in person and demanded to know what was going on.
Turns out that things were much different in person.

Things can always get misconstrued over email.

We worked things out and although my shooting schedule was now limited to three 3.5 hour shoots... we got it done.
Trust me, when you have have to lug all the gear down that long ass tunnel and from level to level deep underground the bunker.
That doesn't leave a lot of time to sound test, light, direct and shoot.

In the end... I was very happy with the footage and the help that I received from the Curator. Despite any bumps in the road.

On location there was another snag. We had previously been given permission to shoot in an area that was crucial to the script.
It turned out that we couldn't do it without a chaperon. This was not a big deal but that person was very busy and we didn't want to use up all of their time.
After a quick scouting mission we found a spot that turned out to be even better, and so obvious that I'm baffled at how I missed it the first time.

The Curator was extremely helpful to us and even supplied us with some uniforms that you will see in the movie.

Bottom Line: A valuable learning experience and I would be happy to shoot there again in the future.

Hope this is helpful to some.

PS- I would also like to add that I made it happen as per Mark Johnson's advice.
It was a little difficult since this is an operating Museum and not a "set" but I made it happen. :beer:

Mike
 
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It shows ones more how important it is to organize very well more things as possible before. The other thing is, to be pigheaded, I mean it shows very well not to be disappointed if there is something what doesn't work in the first moment.
I think your making of is very helpful and also gives motivation. Please go ahead! :thumbup:

Susanne
 
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