armisiano
Veteran
Back in December my friend and I embarked on quite a journey. "ReLife" is a 15 to 20 minute short film from Beyond Reality Pictures, intended for submission into festivals nationwide this coming Summer and Fall, done in the mood of a Twilight Zone episode. What starts out as almost a road movie, quickly turns into a dark and mysterious supernatural story that'll leave audiences intrigued and amused. The official synopsis the writer came up with is, "On a long dive home from a business conference, John (Anthony Misiano) picks up a drifter (Justin Chancler) heading South, as a way to pass the time. During the drive the drifter becomes unusually concerned about the life path John has chosen, and decides to change him, forever..."
We shot it for the most part on location in the Anza Borrego desert in just two days, and two more days in a domestic residence where the story ends. We JUST started editing it, but so far are pretty happy with the results. Much of the film takes place in a car, with the camera mounted ON the car as we drove down the desert highway (scary, I know), and of course to eliminate glare and see THROUGH the windshield we used a polarized filter. Strange thing happened because of this though, the polarized tint on my back window created this weird rainbowish purple and green color behind the actors heads. But since the film is supposed to be kind of "other worldly", we think it might work. Although we still aren't concrete on whether or not it will be black and white. It was shot on an original DVX100p, with a 35mm lens adapter, and in a lot of ways was a big learning experience for us. The first time we invested a couple thousand dollars into something, with actual investors. First time we had a cast of professional actors, and a crew (and paid everyone accordingly), and just really the first time we went ALL OUT with something quasi-professional. Below is both the poster, as well as some random screen grabs from the scene we were editing today. Please comment.
We shot it for the most part on location in the Anza Borrego desert in just two days, and two more days in a domestic residence where the story ends. We JUST started editing it, but so far are pretty happy with the results. Much of the film takes place in a car, with the camera mounted ON the car as we drove down the desert highway (scary, I know), and of course to eliminate glare and see THROUGH the windshield we used a polarized filter. Strange thing happened because of this though, the polarized tint on my back window created this weird rainbowish purple and green color behind the actors heads. But since the film is supposed to be kind of "other worldly", we think it might work. Although we still aren't concrete on whether or not it will be black and white. It was shot on an original DVX100p, with a 35mm lens adapter, and in a lot of ways was a big learning experience for us. The first time we invested a couple thousand dollars into something, with actual investors. First time we had a cast of professional actors, and a crew (and paid everyone accordingly), and just really the first time we went ALL OUT with something quasi-professional. Below is both the poster, as well as some random screen grabs from the scene we were editing today. Please comment.
