The Black Shell (short film)
 

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:58 am Post subject: The Black Shell

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Hey. Haven't been around much recently, so I decided to drop by and post my most recent film.

www.notomatofilms.com/TBSweb.mov

Shot on XHA1 and Redrock. About 20 min, so hope you have the time.

Finished in February for my 4th year at film school.

looks awesome! great job. I greatly enjoyed the story and it was awesome to see the xh-a1 in action.

Thank you kindly Louis.

really? no one else?

I will check it out tonight...


In the meanwhile...did you make the Redrock purchase AFTER your A1, or at the same time? I have been considering this as an option.

Hey John

I owned an XL2 with my Redrock.Upgraded to HD with the A1. great combo

Update:

Film nominated for best editing and cinematography at Youngcuts Film Fest in Montreal!

okay better late than never, right?

Finally got a chance to watch the "film." It looks great and congrats on the nomination! There are only a few little things I didn't like...for example the zoom was a little fast when zooming in on the girlfriend's eyes to build the drama (sorry I didn't note the time), and you could remove the vignette when the static takes up the entire screen at the end. Other than that the color looks good! Redrock did wonders for the footage...was the color by preset, or post?

Inspiring!!

-JS

Hey john... some was in camera (preset) and some was post (did full colour correct with Technicolour employed colourist).

The dolly in was originally a dolly-out which we reversed and cut up for the purposes of the film. I do wish we had taken a bit longer with it, but that rack focus was so tough as is, couldn't try it more than 30 times (which it took!)

This is a very good short man and congrats with the nomination at the film festival man!!! Story was very good. I want to be able to make stuff like this just hard for me to get it done.. Very good job man!!! Very nice script

I really enjoyed this one as well. Especially the story.
Nice work!

Mike

Thanks Mike,

I'll be screening it at Young cuts in Montreal soon. Any good fests in Ottawa?

Wow, great film Matthew! Very professional looking indeed. I especially liked the lighting - it was very nicely done and also created a look/mood which was perfect for this film - very nice cinematography indeed! Also the sound, acting, story was great too. Congrats on the festival attention as well.

TBSweb.mov
 

Quite good. I like the lighting, camera work and cutting.

Stefan

Nope. Not really.

ha ha, fair enough.

Just an update: We were officially awarded "Best Cinematography" at the Youngcuts festival, so Kudos to my DP Josh Fraiman.

Congratulations!

If you have a sec... check out my latest short and let me know what you think.

You can find it HERE.

I would love to get your input.

Cheers,

Mike

Loved everything about the film. Cinematography, editing, lighting and acting was spot on. Great job!!!

That was really good.

Wish I could afford a Red Rock. lol

Acting and story were really well done

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments.


The redrock is nice, but it's all about lighting and production design...

And a good story :P

well you certainly didn't come up short in any of those departments.

good job again

I reallyloved this. the camera work is great. ive been wanting to comment since ive seen it, but my account was just activated. Did yo uuse any presets on this?

Really nice short. The script is very good. Excellent cinematography. Congratulations.

Thanks guys...

Only preset used was the 5128 (I think) Kodak stock preset and the Terra 2 for one or two shots... most of the colour was timed in post.