Im sure some of you have read a little bit about my current project. I have quite a few pictures here to help show you a little of what the film is like: (note: this is basically raw footage, so the final film may or may not resemble the pictures below. Also I am not sure if the Studentfilm's black background will soak the light out of the pictures. So this may take a few tries to get right.) Enjoy (Hopefully )

(You also may be wondering why these stills dont look distinctively western. The reason being that all the shots or scenes that are distinctively western would give a lot of the plot away if I showed them to you)

(Im not sure what the pink line is for on the left of each frame...anyone know? If you could just ignore it, that would be greatly appreciated )


(dont worry about the green background, well most likely take it out and replace it... then again, maybe we wont. Oh well, Ill decide later on)







These are stills from what is currently the opening sequence to the movie. It was a little difficult to find good stills that didnt give too much of the plot away. A guy named Sam plays the "cowboy" that you can see through the hole in the card in the second picture. (The cowboy, like this film project, does not have a name at this moment) Sam came up from Georgia to act in this film.

I could not find a good still of the main antogonist. (The antogonist also does not have a name yet). But the guy that portrayed him had the perfect physical appearence of a western bad-guy. Ill try to get a good still soon.

(forgive the graininess in this one... well fix it later on)


The above and following stills are from another scene in the movie, that takes place in a barn. The character on the left, (Jack), is actually me. Heres a closer shot of me:



My character is an antagonist in the movie, but is not an antagonist in character. He is forced to be the "bad guy". (All this will become clear if you ever watch the finished product, but Im trying to remain vague so that I do not give away the awesome storyline)

Heres is one last still for the day:



I'll most likely post more stills once I get my hands on more of the footage from other scenes we did (which will be a while because my editor is in Europe and will not be back for a week and a half). But I will most certainly keep you updated.

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Looks good! Keep us updated.

Very cool!

Very interesting looking stuff, very creative on the cards!

For those scene involving the first two pics, Im thinking of having a color scheme similar to this:

im curious...when you shot it did you make any adjustments on the camera concerning the color or look? Or was more focus on shutter speeds/white balancing. or nothing at all?

btw the color on the above shot looks swell, I like the green

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Originally posted by Kyle Johnson:
im curious...when you shot it did you make any adjustments on the camera concerning the color or look? Or was more focus on shutter speeds/white balancing. or nothing at all?

Honestly, I just sit down with my DOP/Camereman and describe exactly what I want the shot to look like, and then I let them handle what technical alterations need to be done in order to acheive the look/style I want. I know that the Cameraman always white-balanced normally (balanced it to white, rather than off to a certain tint or another) I also know that it is a big deal that the shadows and highlights are where we want them and in the right proportions. I dont really have any other information for you other than that (hope that helps you out maybe a little bit) I like just having one job on the set.

And thanks for the compliments, everybody.

Those are some great looking stills, props to the DP.

I'm not sure if this question was asked already, but what did you shoot this on?

Also, what did you use to light your shots, both interior and exterior?

Looking good.

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Originally posted by Mark Denega:
I'm not sure if this question was asked already, but what did you shoot this on?

Also, what did you use to light your shots, both interior and exterior?

Looking good.

1) All footage was shot with Canon XL1s'

When we were lighting for our outdoor scenes, large reflectors and scrims were used. For indoor scenes we used a few 1000 W fresnels with orange filters along with some classic home depot work lamps (for the barn scene). For other scenes we would point a fresnel light in the opposite direction of the subject, and then bounce a portion of it back towards the subject via a dented bounce card.

looks great! nice job. best luck with postproduction.