hoffnung

arielman

arielman

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Filmed with a DVX 100a



Synopsis

In April , 1945 the Allies were pushing towards Berlin .

Remaining German forces were still fighting in France .

April 8th , Hitler orders his Special Elite force to stop the Allies at all cost from entering Sector C .

April 13th , The Allies have lost contact with the Germans Elite force .

Turned down at the beginning of the war as being to old to Fly .
Robert takes on the job as Flight instructor .
By the end of the war the Allies were losing airmen at an alarming rate .
Robert now has a chance to to help his Country .


I would like to Thank the Raptor 365 for all his help ( Spitfire , explosions and music )

Thanks to John ( Our Hero the...) and Ken ( Our Hero the..) for stepping in at the last moment and to Shaun who offered his Property for the film.

Also thanks to

Trevor McPherson ( Draco )
Sherri Kelly
Rob Deschamps ( Draco) ( Our Hero the...)
Matt Taylor ( Our Hero the...)
Mike Parr ( Our Hero the...) and son Gavin
Jack Lewis
and last
Sandra Lewis ( helping with the clothing , make up and the making of the oxygen mask )


Ian

Robert looking at the noose
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Gavin ( Roberts son )

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Colour grab of the Gestapo and Robert

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and now B&W


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Our Pilot Robert takes a break from a stressful day .

We will be doing a Video commercial (fun) from this clip .
Ideas are welcomed .


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OMG - a period piece. Please tell me there's a chase, a gun fire exchange, and that the Nazi's get their come uppins! Good luck on this short. I like the idea. Toss out some photos.
 
Charli said:
OMG - a period piece. Please tell me there's a chase, a gun fire exchange, and that the Nazi's get their come uppins! Good luck on this short. I like the idea. Toss out some photos.
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Hi Charli

I don't want to give to much away . I will say there is a small gunfire scene and small it is .
As for the Nazi's .....well I'll only say he is a ( censored ) ..lol

I will try and post some pics on Sat night .

Ian
 
cinealma said:
Oh, this looks like another good one. I like the poster/grab. Did you finish off in B/W?
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Hi cinealma

Yes the whole clip is B&W . I was asked if I was going to do colour this time . nope B&W . To watch this in colour just doesn't have the same efffect .

Ian
 
arielman said:
Hi cinealma

Yes the whole clip is B&W . I was asked if I was going to do colour this time . nope B&W . To watch this in colour just doesn't have the same efffect .

Ian
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Awesome! This fest and the last fest I entered (HorrorFest) I did in B/W. Nothing like that classic look, especially for a period piece like yours. DEFINITELY looking forward to your film.
 
cinealma said:
Awesome! This fest and the last fest I entered (HorrorFest) I did in B/W. Nothing like that classic look, especially for a period piece like yours. DEFINITELY looking forward to your film.
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I remember...."Cure for writers block"...That was well done .

The classic part of your short was the young boy dragging his box across the floor so he could stand on it and change the number...

This Fest should be a good one .

I really thought with all cameras being included there would be a lot more enteries .

Ian
 
Thanks Ian.

Yes, I thought there would be more DIVERSITY in cameras as well, but we'll see. At any rate, looking through all the threads, I think we'll have a good slew of films this go around.
 
Perfect, Ian!

We needed an Eastern Canada entry (Central Canada being - - Winnipeg, of course).

Especially another excellent entry from you.

Cheers, man.
 
Check out Raptors amzing work in the Briefcase :) look for dark thick clouds.. and see if you can find the missing water drop:) that so inconviently decided to drop on my lense..

arielman said:
Thanks Michael , I'll pass that along.

It amazes me as to what he can do and doing it for the first time !!.

Ian
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Charli said:
Ian - I'll go for the small gunfire, make it good!
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lol I think you may miss it , sorry if I have miss led you ...it maybe more of a pop ..hahaha .
hope you enjoy irregardless .
Ian
 
Dahopafilms said:
Perfect, Ian!

We needed an Eastern Canada entry (Central Canada being - - Winnipeg, of course).

Especially another excellent entry from you.

Cheers, man.
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Hi Dahopafilms

Well thank you !!!
I wish there were more Canadian Entries in these fest as well.

I think you will like this one . I am really happy with the way this one turned out .

Draco the one my brother and I did I thought was good but he says this short is much better ...

Please note this is not a DRACO style short .

I am just awaiting word to see if it is OK to post grabs from the SHORT .

Thanks again Dahopafilms

Ian

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Come to think of it I thought there ( or) was an entry from Ottawa , Ont
he was getting a new DVX100b .
 
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Michael_Petro said:
Check out Raptors amzing work in the Briefcase :) look for dark thick clouds.. and see if you can find the missing water drop:) that so inconviently decided to drop on my lense..
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Murphy's law . A drop on the lens or a snow storm on a warm day ..yes for real .
Thats what happened to us .
Why Why Why does that happen ..lol

Looking forward to the short Michael
Ian
 
Ian, you and your period films! :) Looking forward to seeing this entry from you! And here I thought BERLIN was really going to separate itself from the crowd due to the period, but you already had that base covered, lol!
 
Norm Sanders said:
Ian, you and your period films! :) Looking forward to seeing this entry from you! And here I thought BERLIN was really going to separate itself from the crowd due to the period, but you already had that base covered, lol!
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Hi Norm

Period films , yes I'm a sucker for those .

I went so far as to get proper , even reall items for this short .
The Leather Coat is an actuall WW11 German Officers coat and it is very heavy!!!
The leather bombers jacket was worn by an American pilot in WW11 as well the leather flying cap , and the goggles .

Funny doing research ..right here in Belleville is a Gentleman when 20 yrs old he flew Spitfires . He was shot down over Africa and spent his time as a POW as a escape committe member in the famous camp on which the movie "The Great Escape" was based on .
He was waiting for his name to be picked and how let down he was when he had to stay behind . Today he reflects on that a little different.


When I saw 'BERLIN" I thought GREAT!!! I was really looking towards watching the short . Then when you pulled out due to the langauge (speaking German) issue , what a bummer.
I still hope you continue with " BERLIN" at some point.

Ian
 
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Aram Bauman said:
Nice variety coming out of this fest. I look foward to seeing this.
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Hi Aram
yes I couldn't agree more ..the fest has a great variety this time .
Glad your in . Always enjoy watching your shorts .
Ian
 
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