FEATURE: Hills Green

fdirector said:
@ryancglover that sounds great! Congratulations! Will you distribute your film on dvd?
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Thanks! We're going to try the festival route first and see if anyone out there is interested in putting the film out in any fashion.
Otherwise, we'll offer the film ourselves as a download, dvd and bluray.


D_and_G said:
Did you submit to TIFF ? If you get in, I'll be there to support ya !

Good Luck, mate
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Thanks D_and_G! Yes, we submitted it to TIFF's early deadline last week. Fingers crossed, but the odds of getting in...
Got to try though!


Thanks to everyone for their continued support!
 
Hi Ryan.

Still looking forward to this... keep us updated.

I don't spend a lot of time on DVXuser now, but keep dropping back now and again & always check up on Hillsgreen's progress :)
 
Hey there Wolfenbarg. Thanks for the post.
We'll just be waiting to hear back from festivals for the next while.

And we're working on a theatrical trailer as well.

Will let everyone know of any screenings!

Thanks again.
 
I liked your page on FB to help promote your film. I think you guys did a great job.

If I can ask, is Krista your girlfriend?

I have recently met a girl who is also a filmmaker, but I never worked with someone I was in a relationship with. Wondering if that made some things easier or harder?
 
Thanks Alex.

Krista and I are indeed partners. Luckily, our tastes are very similar so it made things very easy on set.
The film itself deals with things very close to each of us personally, so that was a bit challenging.

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions.
 
Thanks for the response Ryan.

Sure one more question. I noticed in a couple of outdoors shots that you used a reflector for most of your lighting, did you ever setup any other lights? Or were most of the outdoors shots used with nature light + reflector? The reason I ask is because I think they look great.

Thanks.
 
alex1 said:
I noticed in a couple of outdoors shots that you used a reflector for most of your lighting, did you ever setup any other lights? Or were most of the outdoors shots used with nature light + reflector? The reason I ask is because I think they look great.
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Thanks Alex.
We never used lights for daytime exteriors, only at night.
We used reflectors, negative fill and sometimes an 8'x8' for diffusion or shade.
I made sure, whenever possible, to shoot at the time of day that would give us the look we wanted.
When and where you shoot are the most inexpensive ways to get the light you want.

Also, my new demo reel has got a bunch of HG material in it, for anyone that's interested:

https://vimeo.com/46662265


Thanks again!
 
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Hey everyone! Long time no post. But here's the latest:

We have a new official trailer for the film!
Please let us know what you think!

https://vimeo.com/63912291


Also, the film will screen in Toronto on June 24th in the ReelHeART International Film Festival where it will compete for the Best Canadian Film award.

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More information on the screening to come!

Thanks!
 
looks awesome. confirms my theory: great picture making= the elusive "production value". good luck with it!
 
OK, I intentionally didn't review the thread, so as not to prejudice my judgment. Watching the trailer, I can't tell what genre this is - which is not a good sign in my humble opinion. It looks nice, I don't need more "reveals" or anything, just something to indicate what genre it is. Personally, I'm hoping there's a stabbing in there somewhere, but I like horror, so if it's a drama, I'm probably not the intended audience (tiny, no-budget dramas almost never seem to work for me, but that's just me).

I think a trailer should always indicate what genre it is, more than anything else, otherwise it doesn't reach the intended target. Just my 2 cents.
 
I watched it with the sound off. It looks clearly like a drama. I mean, if its a horror movie, yeah we got a problem!
 
nycineaste said:
looks awesome. confirms my theory: great picture making= the elusive "production value". good luck with it!
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Thanks nycineaste!


OldCorpse said:
OK, I intentionally didn't review the thread, so as not to prejudice my judgment. Watching the trailer, I can't tell what genre this is - which is not a good sign in my humble opinion. It looks nice, I don't need more "reveals" or anything, just something to indicate what genre it is. Personally, I'm hoping there's a stabbing in there somewhere, but I like horror, so if it's a drama, I'm probably not the intended audience (tiny, no-budget dramas almost never seem to work for me, but that's just me).

I think a trailer should always indicate what genre it is, more than anything else, otherwise it doesn't reach the intended target. Just my 2 cents.
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nycineaste said:
I watched it with the sound off. It looks clearly like a drama. I mean, if its a horror movie, yeah we got a problem!
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Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave feedback, OldCorpse. The film is indeed a tiny, no-budget drama.
But, I think 'Drama where a stabbing wouldn't be out of place" is not far off the genre we were going for with the trailer.
Wasn't going for a horror vibe with the edit so I'm interested to see if other people have that reaction to it as well.


Thanks to all who've checked it out so far!
 
@ryancglover I love the fact that is not a genre film (horror/vampire/zombie/etc.) and I think that you did a great job of choosing material that fit the production style and budget. Your choices in those areas (and so many others) are part of the reason why I really hope I get to see this film soon.

I would love to interview you both for my new blog, once it is up and running, about working on the film.
 
I love this thread, I think it's a fantastic lesson- I think more of us broke-arse producers should be making straight dramas, all you need is some actors and places for them to talk and argue and fight, etc. I wish I wasn't bit by the horror movie bug so I could stop researching how to do monster makeup...sigh. one day Ill wise up and do a creepy exploitation drama like baby jane or something and I can stop stocking up on liquid latex.
 
Per Lichtman said:
@ryancglover I love the fact that is not a genre film (horror/vampire/zombie/etc.) and I think that you did a great job of choosing material that fit the production style and budget. Your choices in those areas (and so many others) are part of the reason why I really hope I get to see this film soon.

I would love to interview you both for my new blog, once it is up and running, about working on the film.
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Thanks Per. I do love genre films, and my next script is horror. But for our first time out, it was obvious that a small drama was our best bet.
Although, the audience is small and the competition at festivals is insane these days.


Definitely hit us up once your blog is on its feet!


alex1 said:
Looks good, well done! Reminds me of a Canadian Garden state.
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Thanks for taking a look alex. It's interesting that you say that, we tried to avoid many Garden Statey/american indie traits when making the film.
Though we cut a pretty typical indie trailer, so I get where you're coming from for sure.


nycineaste said:
I love this thread, I think it's a fantastic lesson- I think more of us broke-arse producers should be making straight dramas, all you need is some actors and places for them to talk and argue and fight, etc. I wish I wasn't bit by the horror movie bug so I could stop researching how to do monster makeup...sigh. one day Ill wise up and do a creepy exploitation drama like baby jane or something and I can stop stocking up on liquid latex.
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Dramas are definitely cost effective to shoot. But, like I said above, the audience out there for microbudget drama is very small and the competition at film festivals is really tough.
A project on the drama/genre fringe sounds like a good call.

My next project is going to be horror. I'm really looking forward to it!
 
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