My new upcomming film "1812". First Look!
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My new upcomming film "1812". First Look!
Here is a large collection of stills from my upcoming film "1812" that I'd been working on for 8 months.
I've just won the provincial SACHS film festival with this film, in both the best thriller, and best over-all film categories.
Expect to see a trailer in early April.
I've just won the provincial SACHS film festival with this film, in both the best thriller, and best over-all film categories.
Expect to see a trailer in early April.
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The stills loaded up fine on my computer and I'm also on Broadband. Looks good the costumes are fine. Slightly dodgy muzzle flash and I'm not looking forward to the scene shown where the dude is kneeling in the snow (it's such a cliche). Other than that I'm looking forward to the trailer and finding out what the plot is about.
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Strangely, these are my exact thoughts. It's very apparent that you've spent quite a bit of time on this and paid attention to detail, but something isn't sitting right with me. Maybe the stills just can't convey what this film will bring. I will look forward to the release.I3lade203 wrote:You've got some great stuff, but i'm not to impressed for some reason. I'll have to watch the final product to see.
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Pictures loaded pretty quick for me but it was late at night so the bandwidth probably wasn't being sucked up.
Looks very interesting, can't wait to see a trailer or the movie.
Looks very interesting, can't wait to see a trailer or the movie.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I do agree with everyone in saying that the pictures do not do the film justice. But trust me, the film is much better than the pictures show.
As for your comment UFProductions; it is well explanied early on in the film.
As for your comment UFProductions; it is well explanied early on in the film.
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Are the pictures screencaps from the film, or shot on a different camera?
Something just "feels" wrong with the images. It looks like you've put a lot of effort into costumes, props, locations, and so on, but for some reason, it just doesn't look like it really belongs in that time period to me. It's really hard to explain, and I'm not sure if I can even put my finger on it, but it just "feels" wrong somehow.
Something just "feels" wrong with the images. It looks like you've put a lot of effort into costumes, props, locations, and so on, but for some reason, it just doesn't look like it really belongs in that time period to me. It's really hard to explain, and I'm not sure if I can even put my finger on it, but it just "feels" wrong somehow.
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"Something just "feels" wrong with the images. It looks like you've put a lot of effort into costumes, props, locations, and so on, but for some reason, it just doesn't look like it really belongs in that time period to me. It's really hard to explain, and I'm not sure if I can even put my finger on it, but it just "feels" wrong somehow."
ok, a few thing that i found to pick on... (As I quite often do) I think the reason it "feels" so wrong, is all your actors are sooo young. Had you had some older actors in the midst I would have found it a lot more believable.
I felt disconnected from the characters a lot because of your focus. It looks like you have used automatic focus. Here's something that could help you out, use manuel focus and focus on the characters eyes that is most important in the shot. Here are a few examples....
The one where they are about to kiss, you should have the camera focused on her eyes.
The Last one you should have focus on the one closest to the camera (his eyes) the one that looks like he has a mini fox on his head.
Do you understand how that would make the film more appealing to the audience? Basically it gives the audience someone to focus on, where as having it like you have done it, they are disconnected from the characters and don't know who they are supposed to be emotionally get attached to.
Also, in one of the shots you had glare in the shot. Most film makers would frown upon that, however I'm not most film makers... I LIKE IT! lol
Other than that, everything looks well directed and your shot were all well planned out. Good Job mate, I look forward to seeing the trailer and the final product.
ok, a few thing that i found to pick on... (As I quite often do) I think the reason it "feels" so wrong, is all your actors are sooo young. Had you had some older actors in the midst I would have found it a lot more believable.
I felt disconnected from the characters a lot because of your focus. It looks like you have used automatic focus. Here's something that could help you out, use manuel focus and focus on the characters eyes that is most important in the shot. Here are a few examples....
The one where they are about to kiss, you should have the camera focused on her eyes.
The Last one you should have focus on the one closest to the camera (his eyes) the one that looks like he has a mini fox on his head.
Do you understand how that would make the film more appealing to the audience? Basically it gives the audience someone to focus on, where as having it like you have done it, they are disconnected from the characters and don't know who they are supposed to be emotionally get attached to.
Also, in one of the shots you had glare in the shot. Most film makers would frown upon that, however I'm not most film makers... I LIKE IT! lol
Other than that, everything looks well directed and your shot were all well planned out. Good Job mate, I look forward to seeing the trailer and the final product.
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Yes, it does have a sex scene in it. And stop harping on the flag, as I said before it is explained in the film.
As for Jass Film's comment of the focus issue; I think what people mean by "somthing looks wrong" is the fact that the pictures have been taken from a mpeg2 (DVD) version of the film and then commpressed into jpeg (which may explain why things LOOK out of focus). And also, (a probaly the main reason the pictures look wrong) THEY ARE IN THE INCORRECT ASPECT RATIO! I just noticed that now. They should be in 16x9; but the pictures are in 4x3. No wonder people are saying the pictures look funny, everything is stretched vertically.
I'm going to try to get the trailer uploaded either today or tommorrow.
As for Jass Film's comment of the focus issue; I think what people mean by "somthing looks wrong" is the fact that the pictures have been taken from a mpeg2 (DVD) version of the film and then commpressed into jpeg (which may explain why things LOOK out of focus). And also, (a probaly the main reason the pictures look wrong) THEY ARE IN THE INCORRECT ASPECT RATIO! I just noticed that now. They should be in 16x9; but the pictures are in 4x3. No wonder people are saying the pictures look funny, everything is stretched vertically.
I'm going to try to get the trailer uploaded either today or tommorrow.
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Maybe what looks "wrong" is that the pictures are raw. I know they are distorted, but maybe tinting them a small bit towards the sepia pallet might make it look more natural. Just my opinion; I read in a magazine that a more brownish, golden look gives the feel of the film taking place a long time ago.
My suggestion... before releasing a teaser, show only your best 3 pictures. I would have shown the muzzle flash shot and probably two others from the battle, probably the one with the glare. Most of the pictures don't have context cause they're just pictures, I think when we see the trailer we'll have a better understanding.
The guy knealling in the snow... clicke? Everything is determined by context. Now, if i am going to have some guy in the snow or what not at a grave, to give a non-clicke look I would have an interesting shot. But some movies need the guy at the grave thing. It if is relivent.
The guy knealling in the snow... clicke? Everything is determined by context. Now, if i am going to have some guy in the snow or what not at a grave, to give a non-clicke look I would have an interesting shot. But some movies need the guy at the grave thing. It if is relivent.
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