Here's a link to a short film I made a few years ago. I'm not considering this "Shameless Self-Promotion" because I'm not really pushing anything, and just looking to discuss the film.
http://opticaldigressions.wordpress....02/the-canyon/
I had some money at hand, and was looking to test out some of the ideas I had concerning film. I made this in Santa Clarita, California, in the same area that they filmed "The Unit," and countless other television shows. We found a nice cast of non-working actors in hollywood, looking to add something to their reel, and were pretty pleased with their performances. I also ended up shooting a hell of a lot of B-Unit style footage all over Arizona. Everything in the film is original work: I wrote the screenplay, directed, and composed the music.
Some lessons I learned from making the film:
1) Don't spread such a small production between two or more states
2) Make sure that you always have food, water and shade available
3) Have a script supervisor on hand, always
4) Having two cameras running employing two different styles is fantastic
5) Compositing can fix a lot of things, except for performances.
6) Schedule time for reshoots
As should be evident, I wasn't intending to make an "action" film by any measure of the word. While it may be considered indulgent, I was attempting to address how the consequences of violent actions are divorced from morality. I did try to exploit familiar trappings (Nazis) to explore this idea, and hopefully provide a proper hook for an audience who would otherwise not sit down for such a discussion. The non-verbal nature of the script was by design, as I was hoping to provoke introspection in the audience. Whether or not it's successful, you be the judge.
http://opticaldigressions.wordpress....02/the-canyon/
I had some money at hand, and was looking to test out some of the ideas I had concerning film. I made this in Santa Clarita, California, in the same area that they filmed "The Unit," and countless other television shows. We found a nice cast of non-working actors in hollywood, looking to add something to their reel, and were pretty pleased with their performances. I also ended up shooting a hell of a lot of B-Unit style footage all over Arizona. Everything in the film is original work: I wrote the screenplay, directed, and composed the music.
Some lessons I learned from making the film:
1) Don't spread such a small production between two or more states
2) Make sure that you always have food, water and shade available
3) Have a script supervisor on hand, always
4) Having two cameras running employing two different styles is fantastic
5) Compositing can fix a lot of things, except for performances.
6) Schedule time for reshoots
As should be evident, I wasn't intending to make an "action" film by any measure of the word. While it may be considered indulgent, I was attempting to address how the consequences of violent actions are divorced from morality. I did try to exploit familiar trappings (Nazis) to explore this idea, and hopefully provide a proper hook for an audience who would otherwise not sit down for such a discussion. The non-verbal nature of the script was by design, as I was hoping to provoke introspection in the audience. Whether or not it's successful, you be the judge.
