Here's a REALLY short teaser I made for our zombie short film. The film it self will be out at the Fiji Kula Film Festival next month :D
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Video Editors Diary
A quick piece I did to accompany a guest blog journal entry I did over at my buddy Wilson's Failed Paradise site. It's for our up coming short film's production diary.Check it out: Zombie Movie Production Diary 5: A video editors *slash* directors Journal
Friday, June 18, 2010
The Adventures of Lil Cthulhu
The sheer awesomeness of this... is just awesome.
It also serves as a quick and easy Cthulhu 101 lesson. Know your elder beings!
"...souls make his tummy happy"
It also serves as a quick and easy Cthulhu 101 lesson. Know your elder beings!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Back to work
I've been so caught up with editing the short film my friends and I have been working on that I've been neglecting my work.
Plus I'm sick :(
So today I had to get back into the groove of jobbing again... thankfully I had an interesting page to get me started.
I had to do a drawing based on a poem about creepy things in the dark, lurking in a kids room. I really wanted to go all out with this one, but had to remind my self that it's for little children. But I still like it.
Maybe I'll revisit this and do a special one for the blog...
Plus I'm sick :(
So today I had to get back into the groove of jobbing again... thankfully I had an interesting page to get me started.
I had to do a drawing based on a poem about creepy things in the dark, lurking in a kids room. I really wanted to go all out with this one, but had to remind my self that it's for little children. But I still like it.
Maybe I'll revisit this and do a special one for the blog...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Dead Space hands on gameplay
These Dead Space 2 videos are bleeding out like crazy at E3. Check out this mad one with actual game-play and some tense cinematic moments.
Waiting till the end of Jan next year is going to be so damn hard. I needs me some Dead Space!
The sheer awesomeness of these clips is just awesome!
Waiting till the end of Jan next year is going to be so damn hard. I needs me some Dead Space!
The sheer awesomeness of these clips is just awesome!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Film Project: Editing done
So I've finished editing our up coming short zombie film, which my friends and I will be submitting to the 2010 Fiji Kula Film festival.
After a couple of days of editing, I was very pleased with the results. It's been awhile since I sat behind a video editor, but getting into editing was like riding a bike. (I used to be a video editor over at Fiji Television)
The film came together very well, aside from a few sound issues here and there which I'm trying to sort out right now. But with the small budget that we had, and considering we did everything in one day, we managed to get done everything we wanted. No shots were left out because we couldn't do it, no scenes were too hard. And our long hours of practising the fight sequences really helped.
I also just finished laying out the colour filters for it, and am loving the look of the film.
After trying a few different colour choices, I decided to go with a cool blue look to the film, it's a look that I've seen a lot of indie horror films use. Aside from making the footage look slightly creepy, it was very useful to fix shots that were too bright or too dark. Maybe that's why the look is so popular?
The pics I've put up a little stretched, but that'll be sorted in the export render, which I'm hoping to try out tomorrow.
I'll put up a small clip of the film sometime this week, followed by a trailer next week, all this is for the Facebook page that I made for the movie, because all the other cool kids are doing it.
Can't wait to see this thing on the big screen at the festival.
After a couple of days of editing, I was very pleased with the results. It's been awhile since I sat behind a video editor, but getting into editing was like riding a bike. (I used to be a video editor over at Fiji Television)
The film came together very well, aside from a few sound issues here and there which I'm trying to sort out right now. But with the small budget that we had, and considering we did everything in one day, we managed to get done everything we wanted. No shots were left out because we couldn't do it, no scenes were too hard. And our long hours of practising the fight sequences really helped.
I also just finished laying out the colour filters for it, and am loving the look of the film.
After trying a few different colour choices, I decided to go with a cool blue look to the film, it's a look that I've seen a lot of indie horror films use. Aside from making the footage look slightly creepy, it was very useful to fix shots that were too bright or too dark. Maybe that's why the look is so popular?
The pics I've put up a little stretched, but that'll be sorted in the export render, which I'm hoping to try out tomorrow.
I'll put up a small clip of the film sometime this week, followed by a trailer next week, all this is for the Facebook page that I made for the movie, because all the other cool kids are doing it.
Can't wait to see this thing on the big screen at the festival.
La Horde
I got to watch the new French zombie film La Horde today, and man was it good.
I had seen the trailer for this film a few weeks back, and thought it looked pretty brutal, so I had some expectations when watching this movie... gladly it didn't disappoint.
Though not mind numbingly action packed like the trailer suggests, the Horde starts off with what is essentially a pretty thin yet highly effective story. Some cops are out to take down the crummy criminals who iced one of their buddies. They get to a location, intercept the baddies, and then suddenly there's a zombie invasion.
... like I said: thin.
But it don't matter at all, because the Horde is to zombies what Dusk till dawn was to vampires.
It sets you up for one story and then drops you in the middle of something else.
The version I saw was French with subtitles, so it was kinda hard for me to judge the acting. But everyone filled their roles convincingly, though there were a few through away parts in there just to get the initial body count up and running. The movie looks great though with mad pacing awesome action shots that kept me excited the whole time I was watching.
Sometimes the film was so frantic and the visuals so over the top that it almost felt like a comic book movie.
The zombies in the show were not Dawn of the Dead remake standard in terms of make up and what not, but they ran and screamed very well. The make on these guys were a little more than blood and injuries, but the film moves to jarringly that the lack of detail is totally lost, and what you're left with is a mad zombie feeding frenzy that you just want to run away from.
My favourite part would have to be this one bit where the main guy is on top of a car in an underground garage, just hacking and shooting away at an ocean of zombies that's gathering around him. And his not even the most bad ass guy in the film.
Watch out for the crazy guy with the axe!
This is not at all a review by the way, if you want one keep checking out The Horror Club cause they'll have a review for it up soon. But I do want to say that if you like action and if you like zombies, this film will let you pass the time with a smile on your face.
It gets weak sometimes, but it very quickly picks it's self up and gets back into the gory zombie action, which is really all I want from a zombie movie.
I had seen the trailer for this film a few weeks back, and thought it looked pretty brutal, so I had some expectations when watching this movie... gladly it didn't disappoint.
Though not mind numbingly action packed like the trailer suggests, the Horde starts off with what is essentially a pretty thin yet highly effective story. Some cops are out to take down the crummy criminals who iced one of their buddies. They get to a location, intercept the baddies, and then suddenly there's a zombie invasion.
... like I said: thin.
But it don't matter at all, because the Horde is to zombies what Dusk till dawn was to vampires.
It sets you up for one story and then drops you in the middle of something else.
The version I saw was French with subtitles, so it was kinda hard for me to judge the acting. But everyone filled their roles convincingly, though there were a few through away parts in there just to get the initial body count up and running. The movie looks great though with mad pacing awesome action shots that kept me excited the whole time I was watching.
Sometimes the film was so frantic and the visuals so over the top that it almost felt like a comic book movie.The zombies in the show were not Dawn of the Dead remake standard in terms of make up and what not, but they ran and screamed very well. The make on these guys were a little more than blood and injuries, but the film moves to jarringly that the lack of detail is totally lost, and what you're left with is a mad zombie feeding frenzy that you just want to run away from.
My favourite part would have to be this one bit where the main guy is on top of a car in an underground garage, just hacking and shooting away at an ocean of zombies that's gathering around him. And his not even the most bad ass guy in the film.
Watch out for the crazy guy with the axe!
This is not at all a review by the way, if you want one keep checking out The Horror Club cause they'll have a review for it up soon. But I do want to say that if you like action and if you like zombies, this film will let you pass the time with a smile on your face.
It gets weak sometimes, but it very quickly picks it's self up and gets back into the gory zombie action, which is really all I want from a zombie movie.
Splatterhouse E3 trailer kicks ass
I haven't bought anything new for the 360 for a very long time. The last game I got on it was Super Street Fighter 4, bought for my by a friend of mine in from Australia.
Up until awhile ago all I was waiting for game wise was Dead Space 2 that's been set to release some time in January next year. I might pick up some other odd titles along the way, but Dead Space 2 would be my MUST HAVE tile.
...well that and the new SPLATTERHOUSE!
I've been going on about this game for a few posts now, and so far everything I've seen regarding this game has been mind blowing. Including the new E3 trailer that recently came out.
It looks totally awesome, and shows us a little of the main characters with a bit of story too. Including poor old Jennifer being taken from little old Rick, before he puts on the terror mask!
Check it out for ya self... I swear of there is one game I pick up for my 360 for the remaining of the year, it'll be this one.
I think I'll just stash some of my next pay somewhere for this, in case by some odd reason I don;t have money when it comes out :P
Up until awhile ago all I was waiting for game wise was Dead Space 2 that's been set to release some time in January next year. I might pick up some other odd titles along the way, but Dead Space 2 would be my MUST HAVE tile.
...well that and the new SPLATTERHOUSE!
I've been going on about this game for a few posts now, and so far everything I've seen regarding this game has been mind blowing. Including the new E3 trailer that recently came out.
It looks totally awesome, and shows us a little of the main characters with a bit of story too. Including poor old Jennifer being taken from little old Rick, before he puts on the terror mask!
Check it out for ya self... I swear of there is one game I pick up for my 360 for the remaining of the year, it'll be this one.
I think I'll just stash some of my next pay somewhere for this, in case by some odd reason I don;t have money when it comes out :P
Isacc Vs the Puker
Got this footage in my email today, the illusion of it being exclusive is nice until you find it on Youtube too :P
But hey... this way I get to share my joy.
But hey... this way I get to share my joy.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Dead Space 2: First Gameplay video
Of all the games in all the world right now, nothing else has me by my throat like the impending Dead Space 2. This is the game I would cut of a limb for...
And this morning I woke up to an awesome delight; Dead Space 2 footage that was revealed at E3!
When I saw the vid it gave me chills.
Check out Isaac's new hover move, and the awesome blood splatter effects when you put baddies into stasis.
Will try my darndest to pick up a special edition for this one.
And this morning I woke up to an awesome delight; Dead Space 2 footage that was revealed at E3!
When I saw the vid it gave me chills.
Check out Isaac's new hover move, and the awesome blood splatter effects when you put baddies into stasis.
Will try my darndest to pick up a special edition for this one.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Film Project: Done with shooting
So yesterday we had the shoot for our up coming zombie short film: Kania Na Yalo Bula (Eat the living)
Man was it mad fun!
We got to the location at about 10 in the morning, had a run through of the shots and then got to work. With the three weeks or so of planning, everything went pretty smooth, but it still ended up being a very tiring day.
But it was the kind of tired I didn't mind at all because it was a lot of fun. My friends who took part in the film went through some serious stuff though, including my girl friend who was our leading lady.
Of all the things the guys had to out up with, I think the worst would have to have been the fake blood. It started off ok, but after filming for like almost 8 hours, that shizz got pretty sticky and very uncomfortable.
But I guess the irritation it provided helped a lot with all the screaming and running (yes running zombies) that was going on. Also because we only had one camera we had to do multiple takes to get the different angles.
At the end I realised that we had a lot of shots, which was good because they would prove very useful when editing.
While we were shooting though, it was apparent how bloody and gruesome our short film actually was, and it left us wondering if it won't too much for the film festival. I've seen some of the stuff they've accepted, which is horrendous in it's own right, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
My buddy Wilson should have a production diary up which in turn I'll link when it's done.
Man was it mad fun!
We got to the location at about 10 in the morning, had a run through of the shots and then got to work. With the three weeks or so of planning, everything went pretty smooth, but it still ended up being a very tiring day.
But it was the kind of tired I didn't mind at all because it was a lot of fun. My friends who took part in the film went through some serious stuff though, including my girl friend who was our leading lady.
Of all the things the guys had to out up with, I think the worst would have to have been the fake blood. It started off ok, but after filming for like almost 8 hours, that shizz got pretty sticky and very uncomfortable.
But I guess the irritation it provided helped a lot with all the screaming and running (yes running zombies) that was going on. Also because we only had one camera we had to do multiple takes to get the different angles.
At the end I realised that we had a lot of shots, which was good because they would prove very useful when editing.
While we were shooting though, it was apparent how bloody and gruesome our short film actually was, and it left us wondering if it won't too much for the film festival. I've seen some of the stuff they've accepted, which is horrendous in it's own right, but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
My buddy Wilson should have a production diary up which in turn I'll link when it's done.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Walking Dead zombies on the loose
So I doing my normal rounds of the various websites that run through Google Reader, when I came across the beautiful pic.
This is part of the "first looks" shots of the zombies from the up coming Walking Dead live action TV show. As mad about the project as I was, looking at these pics have me foaming at the mouth in anticipation.
This show looks to be shaping up very well... and after the horrible season of Supernatural that just ended, I need a new show to follow.
Head over to Bloody Disgusting for more pics and a video interview with the projects director.
This is part of the "first looks" shots of the zombies from the up coming Walking Dead live action TV show. As mad about the project as I was, looking at these pics have me foaming at the mouth in anticipation.
This show looks to be shaping up very well... and after the horrible season of Supernatural that just ended, I need a new show to follow.
Head over to Bloody Disgusting for more pics and a video interview with the projects director.
Ghostbusters Vs Cthulhu
So I've been watching a lot of The Real Ghostbusters lately, ever since I got my hands on the new PC game a few weeks back, and last night I came across a particularly amazing episode.
I don't like to believe in coincidences, but when I'm not working or playing Ghostbusters, I'm been reading a lot of Lovecraft; seeing how I just got my self the Necronomicon. So I was pretty stoked when I came across an episode of Ghostbusters called "The Collect Call of Cathulhu."(I'm guessing they stuck an "A" in there for pronunciation)
I was kind of expecting some half ass story about some ghost or such thing that kinda has some resemblance to everyone's favourite elder god. What I got instead was a full on homage to not only the Cthulhu mythos, but some of the more notable writers that shared the pages with Lovecraft back in the day.
The story starts off with the Necronomicon going on exhibition down at the New York Museum, when it's stolen by a horrible tentacle creature. The guy running the museum, Clark Aston (nod to Clark Aston Smith) calls up the Ghostbusters informing them about the theft. Immediately Egon starts freaking out because he know's all about the kind of dark powers the book has, Stanz even makes a reference about how he used to read about the book and Cthulhu in Weird Tales magazine as a kid.
Peter of course is oblivious to all of this and is more worried about a date he just missed out on.
They track the tentacle creature from the museum into some swears, but when confronting them they find that their proton packs are of little to no use, even against the mere "Spawns of Cthulhu." So they make a retreat and decide they need to know more about what their up against.
To find out more about the book they enlist the help of Necronomicon expert Alice Derleth (August Derleth) who informs the Ghostbusters of how the book can be used to summon Cthulhu once very 60 years.
So our heroes head off to find the doomsday cult that Derleth believes is responsible for the theft. But they get there just in time to see great Cthulhu rise from his acient slumber.
The episode is full of quotes from many of lovecraft's books and even the feel of it is a little spookier than a normal Ghostbusters episode. And having the show treat Cthulhu like the empedning doom that he is and not just some smuck ghost was very cool.
There's even an appearance by a Mr. Howard (Robert Howard) who is a rare book collector that helps the Ghostbusters by lending them some old copies of Weird Tales that might have a way of stopping the elder god.
I've actually said way more than enough, how about you just check out the episode below :P
THE COLLECT CALL OF CTHULHU - RGB
Edward | MySpace Video
I don't like to believe in coincidences, but when I'm not working or playing Ghostbusters, I'm been reading a lot of Lovecraft; seeing how I just got my self the Necronomicon. So I was pretty stoked when I came across an episode of Ghostbusters called "The Collect Call of Cathulhu."(I'm guessing they stuck an "A" in there for pronunciation)
I was kind of expecting some half ass story about some ghost or such thing that kinda has some resemblance to everyone's favourite elder god. What I got instead was a full on homage to not only the Cthulhu mythos, but some of the more notable writers that shared the pages with Lovecraft back in the day.
The story starts off with the Necronomicon going on exhibition down at the New York Museum, when it's stolen by a horrible tentacle creature. The guy running the museum, Clark Aston (nod to Clark Aston Smith) calls up the Ghostbusters informing them about the theft. Immediately Egon starts freaking out because he know's all about the kind of dark powers the book has, Stanz even makes a reference about how he used to read about the book and Cthulhu in Weird Tales magazine as a kid.
Peter of course is oblivious to all of this and is more worried about a date he just missed out on.
They track the tentacle creature from the museum into some swears, but when confronting them they find that their proton packs are of little to no use, even against the mere "Spawns of Cthulhu." So they make a retreat and decide they need to know more about what their up against.
To find out more about the book they enlist the help of Necronomicon expert Alice Derleth (August Derleth) who informs the Ghostbusters of how the book can be used to summon Cthulhu once very 60 years.
So our heroes head off to find the doomsday cult that Derleth believes is responsible for the theft. But they get there just in time to see great Cthulhu rise from his acient slumber.
The episode is full of quotes from many of lovecraft's books and even the feel of it is a little spookier than a normal Ghostbusters episode. And having the show treat Cthulhu like the empedning doom that he is and not just some smuck ghost was very cool.
There's even an appearance by a Mr. Howard (Robert Howard) who is a rare book collector that helps the Ghostbusters by lending them some old copies of Weird Tales that might have a way of stopping the elder god.
I've actually said way more than enough, how about you just check out the episode below :P
THE COLLECT CALL OF CTHULHU - RGB
Edward | MySpace Video
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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