'Colore Non Vedenti' Short Horror Film 'Teaser' Trailer

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young_fast_&_scientific

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Hey guys,

Here's a little 'teaser' trailer I've just put together for a short horror film I'm currently shooting. The movie is called 'Colore Non Vedenti' and is an 'Invasion of hte Body Snatchers' style horror/comedy/thriller.

http://vimeo.com/2088140

We're only about 2/3's filmed, but I wanted a piece of video content for our website this week (Halloween!) so I figured I'd put together a teaser of sorts. (Even though one of the main characters is yet to have been shot on film) This is mainly just a piece of video for those few people who have been following the production. (Which you can also do by checking out colorenonvedenti.blogspot.com)

Anyways, I've written/directed and DP'd this thing and I'm pretty happy with where it's going. We're about to start filming the climax of the film, so we hope to be finished a rough cut by the end of November. Shooting for around 30 minutes.

Any comments are greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Jay Cheel
www.jaycheel.com
 
Jay, it's looking good man. I look forward to it.

I remember the short film "The Running Tunnel" that you posted last Halloween, which I thought was hilarious, creepy, and creative (not to mention your expert use of pre-recorded music). It's one of the best shorts I've seen around these parts.

Do you mind divulging the budget on your new film?

Oh, and you must be a big giallo fan, judging from your last short film's lighting and your upcoming film's title.

Good luck with everything and keep us posted (pun intended).
 
Great looking piece - was the music John Carpenter?

Any use of a 35mm adapter? Couple of the shots had really nice DOF and I wasn't sure if that was stock lens or not.

Cheno
 
Matt Hoss.: I'm a big Mario Bava fan, so that's where the lighting influence comes from. Definitely trying to inject a bit of those sensibilities into this short. I think this one will be much better than The Running Tunnel (which was made up as we went!) The budget for this one so far is about $400, which has gone mostly to gas money and food.


Chenopup: I used the Brevi35 once on the shoot and didn't really bother with it again. I just didn't have the time to deal with it seeing as I'm sort of a one man camera department. I believe the only shot in that trailer that used the Brevis is the final image of the television. The rest is all stock lens, sometimes zooming in for a shallow depth of field.
 
Yeah,Mario Bava is awesome. A great director and cinematographer that not many people know about, even though his influence is all over modern cinema.
 
Wow! That looked great. I can definitely see the Bava influence. Loved the way you used 'The Fog' music. Can't wait to see the whole thing.
 
Really, really good. I like the sharpness the HVX produces without having to use those adapters. Mind sharing your settings? Also in the close-ups, were you mostly at full zoom?

Good luck with your project.
 
Thanks for the commnets!

John Caballero: Regarding the camera settings, I pretty much just go with the factory default. Just 720p 24 frames and that's about it.

For the close ups, I'm usually zoomed in. The fact that we're working fast with limited crew means I usually end up riding the zoom lens rather then moving the camera and using prime lenses. The look is a little different, but I've been happy with it so far.

I think my shooting technique comes from my documentary work. I'm not a big fan of adapters; although I do own one and will use it when I'm looking for a certain look. I just don't like dealing with it on this level. If I had a bigger crew and multiple assistants, I would be more open to using prime lenses. Thanks to our low budgets and time/crew constraints, I usually just ride the crash zoom, getting my close ups and wides. Occasionally I'll crash zoom in during the take itself, covering my close ups and wides in one go.

To be honest, the small crew has been working great for us. I'm the only one who's been to school for this, so it's just me and some very close friends that I've passed some technical info to. They've done a great job and are learning along side myself as we go, and our cast has been very happy with the atmosphere on set.

Here's a link to a few production diaries if you're curious to see more:

Colore Non Vedenti - Video Diary #1

Colore Non Vedenti - Video Diary #2

Colore Non Vedenti - Video Diary #3

Colore Non Vedenti - Video Diary #4

Thanks again for the comments! More footage to come in the near future.
 
I think your work looks great. I personally think that the adapters tend to soften the image too much, no matter how sharp they claim to be. Also I believe that in the close-ups is when you need a little more shallow DOF and you are able to achieve it perfectly with the lens zoomed in.
I plan to star a project early next year and was debating about the use of an adapter with all of it comlications. But excellent work like yours and a few others I've seen here lately has given me the push to go with the camera lens and its excellent sharp image. Thanks and good luck
 
Jay,

How do you get the 2.35 look? Are you just putting a matte over your video or do you have some sort of adapter?
 
After a month long hiatus, we had another long shoot day on Sunday. A great location and some great performances. I hope to have some new video up soon.

burton87: I'm just matting the picture in FCP.
 
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