Freezer Burn Trailer - Now with Dialogue!

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acoreasc

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Hey guys - I had posted some footage in an earlier thread. Well, here is a tentative trailer that outlines the story and gives a more well-rounded representation of the film. It's closest inspirations are Woody Allen's "Sleeper" and Kubrick's "Lolita" - not in visual terms mind you...give it a gander and throw me a post back. Again, a warning, big file...

http://homepage.mac.com/acoreasc/iMovieTheater20.html

Adrian
 
Looks really good, I'd definitely check it out. Fall 2006? Thats pretty far away. Do you know how its being released?
 
not sure - I do know that it was mentioned, in some regard, in yesterday's Hollywood Reporter. We'll see what the production does with it.
 
Took a long time to download for me but WOW that was so awesome. Seems like an awesome story, and visuals were great. I really wanna see the movie now. I am very impressed by this, what was your budget like? Hopefully one day I can produce this quality of work.
 
Im really lookin forward to seein the full movie. Looks like its gonna be pretty funny. I especially like Mrs Stamps's reaction with the mad scientist comment. Looks good!
 
very nice :thumbsup: , from what I see in the trailer, you have some excellent camera work. Very Pro look overall. The talent is pretty good too, keep us posted, I would like to check this one out. I'm assuming its a feature? if so, how long does it run?
also, how many days did it take to film this?
 
I definitely want to see this, but I hate the choice of music in the trailer. That first trailer made the story feel so beautiful. I understand the problem. This is a comedy, so that music isn't really appropriate for the tone. But still, this music, especially the song that plays at the end, is so loud and overbearing (oh yeah, but listen to the lyrics - they're dead on -- nobody cares. it's a trailer. They're not going to be like 'oooh, they were saying the guy was 'out of his mind' right when he was actually 'out of his mind!'). Anyway, the point is, wanna see the movie, change music in trailer.

thank you.
 
It is a feature. It should run somewhere around 90 to 100 minutes. It took 20 days. It's hard to move fast with as many locations as we had, and it was usually just myself and one grip so set-up took a lot longer than we wanted. C.G., yes agreed, the music is on the nose...but I can not edit it...not my trailer...sniff sniff
 
Amazing. I haven't seen anything quite like this shot on video. I can't believe this was shot on a DVX. Was it a PAL camera or an NTSC?

Since you're the cinematographer I guess I can ask you how you achieved such a nice looking shallow DOF? It certainly doesn't look like any mini35 adapter. Did you zoom in and back away from the actor? Tele converter? Macro? What are your techniques?

Anyway, really beautiful shots. If no one had told me this was shot on video I would've thought it was shot on film. Every shot is so well exposed.

This trailer is one of the reasons I'm getting a DVX100!
 
critera

critera

Just checking the contest critera one more time, I see a prize for screen play and one for editing but I don't see one of direction or cinematography are these positions not included?

Seandaddy
 
Norbert - NTSC DVX100A. For proper DOF I always, regardless of photographic continuity, always stick to the deepest part of the lens (Z99) and position my subject towards a vivid background with as much depth as possible so that the CU looks more filmic. I believe this compensates for DV's inherent lack of depth in Medium and wide shots. It is more about knowing where to balance the scene visually to get the most punch out of your compositions. Extreme care in scouting locations is essential in this regard. Look at someone like Norm Li's work here on the boards. A very gifted visualist and cameraman, but he is also an astute eye in regards to his locations. This is where a cinematographer wins half the battle.

Lucky - Seinnheiser (can never spell it right) 416K microphone plugged straight into the camera. I mixed the best I could by eyeing the levels in rehearsals and trying to maintain them while operating in shot. Sometimes it worked out very easily...the other times it was quite a *****.

Seandaddy - What contest? Is this what the hollywood reporter thing was? I didn't actually see it myself. Do you have a link?
 
acoreasc said:
Norbert - NTSC DVX100A. For proper DOF I always, regardless of photographic continuity, always stick to the deepest part of the lens (Z99)
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Sticking to the deepest part of the lens? How do one do that? And what's a Z99? Sorry, I haven't even seen a DVX in real life. :)
 
acoreasc said:
Look at someone like Norm Li's work here on the boards. A very gifted visualist and cameraman, but he is also an astute eye in regards to his locations.
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Yeah, he's really really good. Though he uses a mini35 in the films I've seen. You achieve a much nicer look closer to what we see in hollywood films, and plus you get a really sharp image otherwise, which a mini35 wouldn't allow.
Bottom line is, I like your footage better because it doesn't have the mini35-look.
 
Norbert - Z99 refers to the zoom or focal length of the lens - staying on the highest number limits the depth of field - also shooting as wide open as possible (F Stop at the lowest number will decrease your depth of field.

In terms of look - I really like the mini look and Norm's work is something I want to achieve in this horror project I just booked. Different strokes!
 
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