RobertE presents "Hellebore"

Robert Eldon

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HELLEBORE

"It'll scare the fertilizer out of you"!

Well, I hope it's not too late to start promoting my Horrorfest entry. I didn't have time earlier to promote because I was spending all my time producing "Hellebore".

At this point, the film is almost done. We're just doing some fine tuning and audio mastering. I'll try to post some screen shots and production stills. I've found it very difficult to cut the film down to 6 minutes, so you'll see the 6 minute version.

I plan to create a "Director's Cut" after the competition and after getting feedback. This was a great experience and thank you Jarred, DVXUser Forum and members.

HELLEBORE CREW

Directed & Produced by... Robert Eldon
Written by... Brian Dillon
... Robert Eldon
Director of Photography... Ignatius Fischer
... Jaron Eldon
Original Music & Sound... Jaron Eldon
Edited by... Jaron Eldon
Assistant Director... Brian Dillon
Lighting by... Steven Deeble
Boom Operator... Kenneth Jackett
... Ken Huskey
... Darryl Medley
Craft Services... Kelly Eldon
Key Grip... Steve Spiker

HELLEBORE CAST

Jaron Eldon... Man with dog

Nugget... Daisy (Courtesy of Amie DiColla)

Sandy... Jane M. Heller

Todd... Ryan Laughlin

Special Agent Hill... Richard Boosey

Dr. Phillip Peters... Brian Duyst

Agent Anders... Brian Dillon

Agent Bush... Brian Chennault

Agent Green... Charles Doell

Agent Photographer... Darryl Medley

Hellebore Creature... Jason Netka





Here's a storyboard panel and the actual shot from the movie:

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The following screen shot has not been color corrected. We called this the "Dead Sandy" shot.

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Two extremely talented actors - Richard Boosey (left) and Brian Duyst (Right).

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The following picture is in between shots. Hot coco is being served. We are using the Rowe Cine-Dolly rails and Ignatius Fischer created a really cool set of tracks. The camera is a DVX100B with the Indie-Snap matte box. Arri lights all around.

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The picture below is one of my favorite shots from the movie. I think he says '"Oh...@$!#"

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The following picture is Brian Dillon, Assistant Director dressing a 'hand' with blood and chunks. Brian's really into this kind of stuff. When he went to L.A. to get the body parts, his email to me read, "Hey, I got some good body parts cheap!" I cracked up.

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The next picture is of us setting up some dolly track for the 'guy getting dragged through the woods'. We put down about 30 feet of track on one side of the trees and 'dragged' the guy on the other side of the trees. We had to synchronize the speed of the dolly and the 'victim' and actually did that pretty well.

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The following picture was taken while I was working with the "Hellebore" creature. Inside the costume is Jason Netka, he is
6' 5" tall and dresses up as a Storm Trooper on weekends for the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. He was really great to work with and even though he was in the costume, he took his role very seriously.

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Welcome to the party...
Looking forward to your screen shots. Just one question so far...
How do you pronounce your film? I'm guessing the hell is is pronounced Hell but is the E soft, hard or silent. I was thinking like Hell-a-bore as in a very boring person, but I think I'm wrong.
 
Brandon,

I figured that you or Jack Daniel Stanley would be the first to reply. I'm working on getting some screen shots up now.

My understanding is that we can post screen shots from the movie, but no footage?

And production stills are OK?
 
hehe yep, we are the "welcomers"....

Screen shots and production stills are all ok... just no actual footage from the finished film.
 
seejay1031 said:
Welcome to the party...
Looking forward to your screen shots. Just one question so far...
How do you pronounce your film? I'm guessing the hell is is pronounced Hell but is the E soft, hard or silent. I was thinking like Hell-a-bore as in a very boring person, but I think I'm wrong.

hel‧le‧bore  Pronunciation[hel-uh-bawr, -bohr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. any of several plants of the genus Helleborus, of the buttercup family, having basal leaves and clusters of flowers, esp. H. niger, the Christmas rose.
2. any of various plants of the genus Veratrum. Compare false hellebore.
3. any of several poisonous or medicinal substances obtained from these plants.

I was working on this project, when I saw a spelling bee on television and this word came up. I thought, what a cool word and the working title of the project was "Plant Food". Then they defined the word for the kid and said that it was a plant. It was perfect for the title.

The kid spelled it wrong by the way.
 
O.K. everyone. I've started to post some screen shots and productions stills. Trying not to give too much away about the story. See the beginning of the thread.
 
Uploaded last night. I hope the quality of the compressed version does this movie justice.

I can't wait for everyone to see it and get some feedback from my 'peers'.

I had to cut, cut, cut to get it down to 6 minutes. I'm creating the "Director's Cut" now.

What a fantastic learning experience... and now that it's 'in the can', I'm having a great time! Enjoy!
 
Looking forward to seeing it. And I agree, most of these films call for a director's cut... 6 minutes is just too hard to squeeze everything into.
 
Thanks for the BTS grabs. Murrieta, isn't far away from me at all. Any other projects planned for the future?

Production value looks like it will be top-notch in this one.

Tim.
 
Slimothy said:
Thanks for the BTS grabs. Murrieta, isn't far away from me at all. Any other projects planned for the future?

Production value looks like it will be top-notch in this one.

Tim.

Thanks for the input. This is my first DVXUser 'fest' and it's been a fun and learning experience. I guess it always is?

I'd say that you're about 60 miles north on the 15 freeway? Not far at all, and yes, we've got a few projects in the works. I work with independent film production people and help them get their projects done.

How 'bout you? Have you got an entry this 'fest'?
 
Looking forward to seeing this one. I dig your storyboard :) Once the fest is on its way, it would be great to see more shots of those. The dead Sandy money shot looks pretty slick. Poor girl.

/j
 
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