Almost Died Shooting This...not Lying!!

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Matthew Russell

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What people are saying about OAK CREEK FALLS:


"FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Great Film - Bravo!"

"Excellent work. When is the next film coming out?!"

"Wish I'd helped shot it!"

"Excellent job, whats next?"

"Excellent production, casting, acting and cinematography. I hope you see your work on the silver screen soon. Steven Speilberg please take a look at this youtube video."

"Not often will you find an indie short film with that much production value and attention to detail. good job."

"Great job on this 4 part film. Loved how the scenes showed aging unlike some films. Nice detail!"

"AWESOME!!"

"Amazing! Very beautifully filmed and edited and, honestly, far more professional looking than many of the big budget films out there!"

"Well done. Great start in the world of filmmaking." BERNIE WILLIAMS - Hollywood Film Producer (Charlotte's Web, The Score, A Clockwork Orange)




OAK CREEK FALLS - Episodes 1, 2, 3, and now 4 the final episode...Watch the entire film online now!!!

Please rate, comment (on the youtube channel), subscribe, and re-post to spread the word. Thanks!

EPISODE 1:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ztf4-tPo3I

EPISODE 2:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TNZB6HwFTy0

EPISODE 3:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lq8Wlq1Pw-s

EPISODE 4:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=w-0xp8DrLZI


The title of the thread (Almost died shooting this) pertains to a scene in the last episode...watch the whole film first though.

100% serious. SHOT IN WINTER...WATER TEMP WAS 34...AIR WAS 36!!


www.myspace.com/oakcreekfalls
 
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Very nice work. A period piece, very hard to pull off on a min budget, but it looks great! Look forward to more. That was shot with the DVX?
 
wow Matthew you did a good Job.
I can't wait to see more,did you use a 35mm adapter at any time ?
you do good work how many guys did you have to help out ?
 
awesome work. i like the minimal amount of dialogue.. it worked well. how long did it take to shoot?
 
Thanks guys! No adapter, just the stock lens. As for crew, one day we had four people, including myself. Most days we had three total crew, including myself. But I also acted in the film, so I had to constantly be running back and forth.

Actually, for some of the later (actually pretty dangerous) scenes it was just me and the camera operator.

SHot over a 1 year period to get the changing seasons, 12 days total.

Thanks for checking it out!

-Matthew
 
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Yeah,
This is really good. Visually, it looks great and I agree with not using a lot of dialogue when you don't need to. The story should be able to tell itself without a lot of characters explaining what is going on and I think you really nailed that here.

Nice!
 
just curious if you got your color saturation in camera.
also wondering how you got such great images on Youtube. Thats some of the cleanest I have seen for YouTube compression.
 
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