Farheight High: The Sci-Fi Movie Musical Trailer Now Available

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fleaguit

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Hey guys,

I just wanted to let everyone know our official site is live, and I've posted a two minute trailer (in addition to the teaser that was released last month.) We shot the entire movie on the HVX, and I just want to say thanks to everyone on this board, I definetely learned alot from everyone. DVXuser has been an awesome resource, and we took advantage of every suggestion, tutorial, and discount available.

www.farheight.com is the site, check out the trailer.

Enjoy,
-Steve
 
I think your high school needs more of a sound mix, more of those noises you hear in that kind of enviroment...people talking, shouting, running, walking, dropping books, fighting even...and put in a class bell ringing somewhere, that makes everybody think of school. You had a regrettable lack of extras, but at least you can make it sound like there were a lot...in fact you might want to consider getting some shots at an actual high school with your actors inbetween classes, just so you have a few crowds in there somewhere. "Fame" had crowds, if you want a precedent set by school musicals...

Anyway, some good songs!
 
Thanks for that!

Thanks for that!

Hey thanks for that! I've been wrestling with getting the HVX, and after seeing your low light shots, which look pretty good, I'm sold. It's good enough for me.

On another note, good job for making a musical. I'm finishing my own Sci-fi musical short right now (only 6 min long tho, and shot on a Canon Gl1).

Thanks again!

Josh

http://www.translucentstudios.com
 
Josh,

Definetely go for it, just one word of advice. Anything that you're trying to shoot, "low light." overexpose it in the viewfinder, because it gets much darker in your lcd. Some of the low light shots from the trailer were shot overlit, with the ND filter on, which is a risky venture, but if carefully done you can get good results. Rock on with the musical bro.

-Steve
 
Thanks Malcolm. We shot with mainly Britek lights ( a budgetary decision we would come to regret many times over.) We had two 650 watt britek floods, one focusable britek 650. We then had the Britek 1K, Britek 2k, and a small Britek 300. Barndoors on everything (except the 300, more on that in a minute.) Two softboxes, an umbrella, and a ton of gels and difusion.That was what we used for almost everything. We also had 4 lowell tota's and a pro light that our DP owned that we used for a couple scenes. I felt like we were able to do a lot with the briteks, but the cheap design, barndoor spill, and just overall shoddiness of them would make me recommend against them. We should have bought an Arri Kit and rented a light truck.

We're still using the Briteks, and I constantly repair them myself. I also still haven't received the barndoors we ordered for the 300, which didn't come with the light, alot of the bulbs we ordered were missing from the order as well. The 2k blew a fuse, and it is impossible to find. Right now I'm operating with a piece of copper in the fuse holder, and only keeping the light on when absolutely necessary. We wrapped our shoot in August, but have been shooting pickups every weekend since december. We're trying to get by with the briteks, but it has been a pain for sure.

Any other questions, I'm happy to answer. Thanks for the kind words.

-Steve
 
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