Opening scene from THE LOST SHACK
movie trailer discussions Opening scene from THE LOST SHACK
This 6.9MB file is the introduction sequence from THE LOST SHACK, the new horror movie soon to be released by Low Budget Productions. Instead of music, I used a series of metallic scrapping noises, which make for an experimental feel and creepy atmosphere.
http://balder.prohosting.com/~raoul23/lost_shack_intro.avi
The rest of the movie is still in post-production, and I don't expect to be done before March.
By the way, I just created a new website for Low Budget Productions, tell me what you think:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/raoul23/
that's some creepy stuff admiral.
"daddy likes." -ryan stiles.
i like th blood wash/fade at the end. nice opening too...can you give us any more info about it?
thumbs up.
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the raven flies backwards at midnight.
Thanks for the comments mlm.
The red wash/fade was easily created in Premiere. 3 versions of the same clip were put on top of each other.
1) in the Video1A track for the unmodified view
2) in Video2 for the red letters
3) in Video3 for the red background
The track in Video2 uses an image matte transparency (the title in white letters over black). Initially it makes no difference because the clips are the same. But a COLOR REPLACE filter is used to turn the colors to red, starting at 0% all the way to 100%, using keyframes. This makes the title appear. The next step is to apply the COLOR REPLACE filter in track 3, but only starting after the title is there, so that the background also fills with red (the inverse of the same title image matte was used as a transparency).
Hope that makes sense!
The initial titles for the actors' names was done in ILLUSION (buy it! 
), by using a pre-made emitter.
For the killer point of view shots I used a Photoshop freeware filter called Dimensia to give a subtle tunnel effect (so subtle it's barely visible in the low resolution, but looks great in full rez). Lots of flashes (fade to white), zoom/pan on image, etc...
The rest of the movie (50 mins) is 95% edited, but with few flashy effects yet. I still have to add most of the sound effects and the music (I think I'll go mainly with the same type of minimalist ambient music, waddaya think?).
Why did you have to kill that girl...she was fine!
Where can I get Dimensia? I did a similar type movie with a stalkers point of view and such. I used slow shutter on mine though. If you could point me out to the place where I could get that, I'd greatly appreiciate it.
Good job, that was spooky
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J.D. Morgan
great job, admiral! the sound effects made the film, totally! between the metallic sounds and the breathing and the heartbeat, made it real creepy. can't wait to see more!
Hey admiral, i DLed most of your stuff from your site.
I liked the killer rubber thing, it was kinda funny.
The lost shack thing was well edited, but i didn't think it was that creepy if that's what you were going for.
The matrix thing was powerfully uncool, my friend. I'm no fan of the matrix, but i didn't like that preview thing at all.
<that last one was AN OPINION, so get off my back!>
flemchuck, why do you have multiple id's on LAS???
Lol
Caught in the act again Flemchuk.... I'm Scared Sarge: for the free Dimensia Photoshop filter, download the "Filter Factory D" from http://hem.passagen.se/pshop/freefilt.htm
In my case it was mainly a matter of experimenting with my hundreds of free filters until I found the effect I liked. I also use the same filter to great effect on some infrared night-vision footage (I might post that scene later when it's completed).
SAFilms, thanks for your comments. Really, I didn't know what I was going for when I shot that scene. It was an afterthought and the only scene in the movie that I didn't plan/storyboard. The extra editing/visual effects were put there to hide the fact that I didn't have much good footage. I'm not sure if creepy is the description I would give it, but I certainly feel that the result is "moody" somehow (whatever that means).
I'll let my brother know that you didn't like his Matrix trailer . Considering that it was his first attempt ever at making a movie, and my own first serious attempt at NLE editing, all within a very tight deadline, I think it turned out ok. But even he cringes when he watches it now!
My flemchuck ID was banned, MLM. I liked that name a lot better, too.
Anyhow, yeah, I jsut thought the matrix thing was done WAAAAAY too over the top trying to be cool.
The rubber thing was cool, though, i liked the stop motion and the guy getting cut in half. Plus that's pretty much the only time I've ever seen someone use the negative filter and make it look it needed it.
Good job man, I really liked your stuff. the camera work is good, the editing too. my only complaint (isn't there always one) would be the dialogue sound. It could be the compressed format, but it came out fairly tinny (especially in the rubber thing movie). We you using external mics? I mostly notice because I'm going to start filming something soon and am ultra worried about the sound, as that is normally the thing that bugs me most about cheap movies.
Fastlou, you're right, the sound does sound a bit tiny in a few of those clips. Sometimes I use an external mike, but in that Rubber Thing movie I didn't; there was also a lot of noisy interference from fluorescent tube lights and other sources. In post I sometimes use filters that partially remove the noise, but they have the side effect of limiting the frequency range of the dialogue.
There are a lot of background sounds you don't notice while filming that just seem amplified on tape. Sound is the first thing that makes a movie look amateur. It's always better to use an external mike (the in-camera one is generally cheap quality), and it doesn't have to be a very expensive one. I've used a small shotgun-type mike, connected directly to the camera quite a lot. Make sure to test the mike with your camera before going heavily into productions (my old mic generates noise while connected to my newer D8 camcorder). And always wear earphones, as they let you hear exactly what sound the camcorder is recording.
I haven't used any separate methods of recording sound (minidisc, DAT, etc...). They do have advantages, but the main inconvenience is to have to synch all that sound to the video. Unless you only use it as a backup in the extreme cases where the on-camera sound is bad. I'll probably do that eventually, maybe for my next major project.
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Low Budget Productions http://www3.sympatico.ca/raoul23/
I'm not sure what type of sound set-up you're using and you may already be doing this, but it might be a good idea to have a sound mixer (not unlike what a DJ uses or a concert grip)in between the Mic(s) and the sound recording device. This way you can hear the sound as it will sound during recording rather than waiting for the dailys to see how it came out. It also gives you a chance to play witht he gain and cancel out some unwanted background noises. In my case I record sound on mini-disc with the Samson Mixpad 4 in between the mics and the recorder. The Mixpad is great because it's portable (about the size of a lunch box and battery powered). The mixpad can connect 4 mics simultaneously allowing you to decide the left or right bias to create more dynamic stereo in the end product. I've played with it enough to make a surround sound like feel.
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www.frank.milne.com
Wowsers!
That kinda reminded me of Friday the 13th-foot view and all that good stuff. I like the secluded location. The killer had a wrench though? Dont have any of the characters in your movie own a hardware store...thats all Im going to say.
-The Outcast
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