"The Borders of Elysium"

majikfraug said:
That's sunlight and a reflector. (BTW, my little 5 way reflector is probably the best investment I've made besides my DVX -everybody should have one)
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Absolutely! It's like checking to make sure you're wearing pants before you walk out the door. Essential.

Can't wait to see this one.
 
Yeah we did it man 4 out of 4 what an accomplishment. I am looking forward to hearing what everyone has to say about them. Since they are so different it will be very interesting come the voting. Thanks for all your help you rock man...
Pauly
 
Love the poster and really liked surival. The fact Primer is one of your fave films gives me hope too :-) Looking forward to it!
 
Great poster and intense first screen grab. Based on the tidbits you guys a re dropping, it seems like it's going to be great!
 
Michelle J. LaBonney said:
Hey guys, just curious, what do you use for blood? Or is it a well-held secret? I am so curious because your blood looks so good.
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Well we could tell you but then we'd have to kill you...J/K it is a nice little concoction my bother has formulated made from everyday thing you would find at your local.
A. Walmart
B. Target
C. Supermarket
D. All of the above

Stay tuned and the answer shall be reveled.
Pauly
 
Michelle J. LaBonney said:
Hey guys, just curious, what do you use for blood? Or is it a well-held secret? I am so curious because your blood looks so good.
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Cheap 'n' Easy Blood Recipe:
1 bottle of cheapo corn syrup
1 bottle red food coloring
Cheapo chocolate syrup -add a little bit for darkness and opacity
A drop or two of green food coloring to make it a little less RED red
Add warm water to desired consistency

We use it for everything. :Drogar-Happy(DBG):
 
majikfraug said:
Cheap 'n' Easy Blood Recipe:
1 bottle of cheapo corn syrup
1 bottle red food coloring
Cheapo chocolate syrup -add a little bit for darkness and opacity
A drop or two of green food coloring to make it a little less RED red
Add warm water to desired consistency

We use it for everything. :Drogar-Happy(DBG):
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We even use it to keep the crew awake instead of buying coffee and sugary stuff. And the kids love it to.
Pauly
 
Epic! Amazing Storytelling! You fit in so much in 6 minutes! Perfect! I think you into the next round.
 
Hey! Great effects work. The time and effort you put into the props and such is very admirable. I won't give anything away here but I have to say that I loved the closing scene. Great impact!

I'll stop by with more later.

Great work!

Mike
 
*film ends*
*kevin backs up from the screen*

wow......
*slow clap*

*wipes tears of face*


that was amazazing, all i could really say that was wrong with it(not even wrong just that i would try to do diff.) would be the music when lisa picks up K.C makes the whole short feel some what comical, and i litterally watched it like 6 times just to try and give some criticism.
the acting, the brain, the cinematography the editing dude everything was freackn dope!

the hair shot was ridunkelious. loved the ending to


oh p.s i never read the ending of the script on purpose just to get the suprise.

you delivered oh so well..

happy to be a part of this/
 
I loved it. Great look..Pacing. effects..... All supereb I dragged you into my "Facorites Folder" Good Luck!!
 
I love seeing one of the lesser-hyped films turn out to be one of the best. I'd have to say that this one is among the top 2 in terms of pure story and character for me. I'd have to disagree on the criticism about the music, I felt like it basically told the audience "THIS IS A BLACK COMEDY." Which is essentially one of my favorite genres, so I'm probably a little bias here. The narration and music basically did it for me--

SPOILERS

Best line "turns out I'm not a very good brain surgeon" ...or something like that
Best moment- "offer them more pain than they can inflict on themself"-- IMMEDIATELY CUT TO CHAINSAW. Made me have a sincere "oh ****" moment

END SPOILERS

Anyway, I felt like you accomplished a lot in 6 minutes... felt very full and well paced. Other than that, the only serious criticism I have is that the gas-masked soldier guy really didn't do it for me. That whole... vigilante sort of part kind of threw me off in general. It just didn't feel quite as polished as the rest of the film. But besides that, AWESOME WORK! I loved it... gonna watch it again in a bit here.
 
KOHR said:
I love seeing one of the lesser-hyped films turn out to be one of the best. I'd have to say that this one is among the top 2 in terms of pure story and character for me. I'd have to disagree on the criticism about the music, I felt like it basically told the audience "THIS IS A BLACK COMEDY." Which is essentially one of my favorite genres, so I'm probably a little bias here. The narration and music basically did it for me--

Anyway, I felt like you accomplished a lot in 6 minutes... felt very full and well paced. Other than that, the only serious criticism I have is that the gas-masked soldier guy really didn't do it for me. That whole... vigilante sort of part kind of threw me off in general. It just didn't feel quite as polished as the rest of the film. But besides that, AWESOME WORK! I loved it... gonna watch it again in a bit here.
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Thank you very much. I'm glad you got that it was a black comedy. I was going for that feel from the very beginning and I'm glad it was picked up on :dankk2:
SPOILER-ish RESPONSE: The gas-masked soldier is supposed to be a guard at the base. The ending originally had a lot more to do with the soldiers at the base not being affected by E.S. because they were in on its creation...

A LOT had to be changed due to budget constraints, me shooting some stuff wrong, and thinking I could make it all happen in post. Learned a lot from that. My standard MO is: 1. write what I want to see 2. figure out what I think would work shooting-wise 3. spend a few days struggling to make it work in post 4. realize it ain't gonna happen and re-shoot.

I'm thinking next time I'll either write a bit less "expensively" (yeah right) or get some help in pre-prod. and/or get some funding :)

Maybe I'll post the original script in a while so you guys can see how much it changed. It's got some VERY different scenes.
Thanks!
 
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