DVX Movie Sleepover Nightmare at Blockbuster.

Jarred Land

Jarred Land

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Hey Sleepover Nightmare, a movie I did year is hitting blockbuster next week

http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/DisplayMovieSpecialOffers.action?channel=Movies&subChannel=&movieID=146982&displayBoxArt=true

so go and rent it damnit.

Or even better, you can buy it at amazon :undecided

Nothing like a good 80's Teen horror shot on the DVX.

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I just watched Sasquatch Hunter, so my cheese quota is pretty full, but as a loyal dvx member and avid fan of "campy" films, I will check 'er out for sure.

Here's hoping you won't owe an hour and twenty minutes back to my life!
 
sounds good man.

congrats by the way. whenever you're at a video store, you'll be able to walk past it sitting on a shelf and have that personal satisfaction of seeing something you worked on make it somewhere. Add it's a dvx film - that's a cool accomplishment.
 
Cheesesailor77 said:
that review says it was shot on 35mm, are u lying or does this guy just have no idea what the different formats look like?
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No we didn't lie.. .the reviewer just thought it was 35mm because it was shot in 24p, and there was a few stunts we had a 60i camera for coverage and when you see that footage compared to the DVX footage its a pretty easy mistake to assess its film stock.
 
Voytek_Stitko said:
I'll see this one on NETFLIX!

How many cameras did you use? How many days did you shoot?
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It was a low low budget quick shot movie.. obviously. We used 2 DVX's, a PD-150 for a C camera for some stunts and the underwater work. Shot it in 21 days, and spent $210k.
 
210K? Wow....I know that's still considered *low* budget....but that's a nice sack of change to work with. Who helped finance the film? And what was the "rough" budget breakdown....if you can talk about it. Thanx!!

~reservoir~
 
Very little exterior financing. Budget evaporated to the crew mostly, we had 52 cast and crew members and they all had to be in hotels for a month, and eat etc. I provided the entire camera package and we got a good deal for the Lighting Truck. 200k is about the cheapest you can make a movie where you have all real positions filled and paid. Then alot of money was spent in post, Audio mixing was done at Lions Gate studios with Ross Vannelli (Gino's brother) and although we did the offline at my house on Vegas we did the online on a Symphony in NY. Then we came back and did some reshoots, recut the movie and did the DVD extras. Alot of work... But the Blockbuster deal alone was worth it, not to mention Amazon, sell-through, Pay-per-View, broadcast and foreign sales.
 
So in other words....you sold it and made your money back plus some I assume? Awesome. So how did the deal with blockbuster come along?

~reservoir~
 
Sounds amazing. Did you use the DVX100 or DVX100a and can you tell us a little more about this Sony Symphony and why it was needed as well as your workflow and how you went about getting distribution to blockbuster? IS it actually in the blockbuster stores or only online?

Congrats on a succesful project!

- Blackout -
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We used 2 DVX100's.. not the A. Sony Vegas was used for the offline.. the Symphony is an Avid product. It was actually a tough workflow because at the time Vegas didnt do a real EDL export. Blockbuster, Amazon and other distribution deals where all handed through the distributor, Think Films. Thats what distributors do.
 
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