"Water" - G35/DVX (48hr Horror Film Fest w/ Rob Rodriguez)

Hey, thanks alot again guys!

We're working on the DVD release soon with behind the scenes, VFX breakdowns, etc.. kind of like what the filmmakers of Broken did!
 
Did you guys win??

I helped out with one. Ours was kinda silly but apparently got a great response from the audience. We were "Water the Silent Killer". Nice placement of the required line, I think ours was the same. What was your genre?

This did look superb. I expect this film was the one my buddies talked about that impressed everyone. You have a very bright future Norm!

In regards to Rodrigeuz judging... he wasn't at the Vancouver fest or anything like that. He gets the Jury pick and the Audience pick sent to him, along with the jury and audience picks from the same fest in Austin. He choses the overall winner from 4 films. So ya gotta be a winner to get to him!!(sad to say our film didn't make the cut... hope yours did!)
 
Hey StabbFilms :)

Our film didn't make the cut either...unfortunately, due to some editorial technical difficulties, our film wasn't submitted on time so we didn't even get a chance to place at all! Oh well... I wasn't there, I was working.

Norm
 
Norm;

Excellent short! It would be great, if you gave us all a "behind-the-scenes" story of your process and techniques!

Keep up the great work!

p.s Everyone should consider using uploading files to YouSendIt.com (up to one Gig) - they'll keep you files for about 1 week. Handy for some!
 
Im just impressed that you got your file size to come in at 66.6mb, talk about marketing genius for a horror film!!! hehe.
 
Was a pleasure working with you on water :)

Was a pleasure working with you on water :)

:thumbsup:
yo~!
Norm if it wasnt for you "The Dop" i think my VFX shots wouldnt have turned out that well like they have.....~!
SO we do have a strong team ~!
Whats next ?
Anuj
 
Great looking piece here. The moves and use of water are especially good. Unfortunately I don't think the sound (especially the terrible voice acting) hold up so well, but hey, nothing you can do about that. I personally had no trouble following what was happening, aside from the fairly problematic central question of "Why does he change his mind about letting them stay?" But anyway, interesting theme here: Man as the Victim of Nature. You don't see that one too often - not as explicitly stated as this, anyway.

Funnily enough, I just shot a fairly similar film for our 24-hour contest here last weekend.
 
Oynk said:
That was a really well executed piece of work. You should be proud. If you had a famous actor in any part of that film it would look like a big budget feature!:thumbsup:

I have a question. How did you achieve the terrific green creepy lighting? Was it all practical lighting with gels? Was any of it done in camera with color settings? Or was it a result of post processing and color timing?

Thanks for your tips. Any description will help get me on the right track.
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We used keno flo's rigged up onto the ceiling, all bulbed with cool white to give a hint of green. Norm also used the in camera method to get the green via white balance followed by desaturation in post.
 
Oynk said:
Ok so it is a little bit of everything. Thanks.

Just to clarify - No gels at all? I get the rest regarding camera and post. I am just astonished that it was generally a white light in the room.

Again, excellent. Reminds me of Panic Room.
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Cool white bulbs give out a light that leans into the green spectrum, so if you balance to 3200k you will get a little green from your light. Other than that we did use an assortment of ND gels as away to control the keno light. But no color gels.
 
Hey guys!

That's right, Chayse, my incredible gaffer on the show explained it right. We used cool white Kino bulbs which gave a hint of green when the camera is balanced to tungsten...followed by some different settings in-camera to a certain extent, and lastly desaturation and contrast boosting in post to get that look. Yep, all we used were ND gels to control the intensity of the light hitting the actors.
 
Nice Job

Nice Job

W0w, I just got done shooting my first short on the FX1 in HD and its a joke compared to what you have done. Definately inspiring. I'm shooting a short on a DVX100a soon and I know I won't be able to get yours out of my mind. How much of that was shot using the G35? All or just certain shots. You only used kino's? Very nice. I've pretty much went the link to everyone in the digi world i know, hehe. Have fun and nice shootin TEx.
 
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