Evil In The Hills Offline Edits at DVinfo.net

David Keith · June 13th, 2007, 06:23 AM

Low buget horror film shot on the canon xl1s---this is a offline edit, feed back would be good.

PART 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXxqLoeaCtw

PART 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8VJ620tqhis

Shaftone Dunklin · June 13th, 2007, 06:48 AM

I thought that was very good! Did you use magic bullet at all?

David Keith · June 13th, 2007, 07:11 AM

sorry never heard of it, what does it do???

Sean Skube · June 13th, 2007, 09:06 AM

Looks very good, but I feel like it goes on for a long time in the beginning. There's no dialog and not a lot happens. Will you be having opening credits over much of that? Because that could help a bit. And maybe trim it a bit. maybe 30 seconds to a minute taken out?

Mike Horrigan · June 13th, 2007, 09:23 AM

I agree. I liked it, but it could be edited tighter. I have that issue with my own work as well.

Still, interesting beginning.

Nice work!

Mike

David Keith · June 13th, 2007, 10:10 AM

It's just really a assemble edit at the moment but I completly agree with what you guys are saying, Once ive finnished shooting I think I will go back and trim allot of the scenes. Thanks for the comments.

Andre Theelen · June 14th, 2007, 05:29 AM

Hi David,

I agree with the others that the first part is a bit long.
The shots are beautiful however! Very nice scenery.
The camera tracking is well done I think. I presume you used a dolly?

There is also very good tension in the shots when the guy is captured.
It will be even better with the right music and sound effects.

Would love to see the finished film!

Oh, Magic Bullet is a tool for colour correction, conversion and other effects (see http://www.redgiantsoftware.com for more info).

David Keith · June 14th, 2007, 09:54 AM

Used the micro dolly for the tracking shots. The film will last 30 mins and will have cost me about £600 to make, we used the 14x canon manual lens for the indoor shots and the standard 16x lense for the outside so we could attach a matt-box. I must say i'm glad the acting hasent had any negative comments as none of the guys in film have ever acted before.

Andy Graham · June 14th, 2007, 11:38 AM

I liked it, it was well shot and the acting wasn't that bad, you do miss the dialogue when its not there but im guessing your friends didn't want to have talking parts?.

Who was it that did the camera work, was it yourself?

good job man, and from aother scotsman aswell, thats wot i like to see.

Andy.

David Keith · June 15th, 2007, 03:04 AM

yeah doing the camera work my self. Work as a AVID editor so picking up a camera took a while to ged used to.

June 13th, 2007, 06:23 AM	#1
David Keith New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 5	Evil In The Hills Offline Edits Low buget horror film shot on the canon xl1s---this is a offline edit, feed back would be good. PART 1 http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXxqLoeaCtw PART 2 http://youtube.com/watch?v=8VJ620tqhis

June 13th, 2007, 09:23 AM	#5
Mike Horrigan Major Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ottawa Canada Posts: 755	I agree. I liked it, but it could be edited tighter. I have that issue with my own work as well. Still, interesting beginning. Nice work! Mike __________________ My short films... The Interview & Calls From The Führerbunker

June 14th, 2007, 11:38 AM	#9
Andy Graham Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Lanark,Scotland Posts: 736	I liked it, it was well shot and the acting wasn't that bad, you do miss the dialogue when its not there but im guessing your friends didn't want to have talking parts?. Who was it that did the camera work, was it yourself? good job man, and from aother scotsman aswell, thats wot i like to see. Andy. __________________ Actor: "where would that light be coming from?" DP: "same place as the music" -Andrew Lesnie-

June 13th, 2007, 06:48 AM	#2
Shaftone Dunklin New Boot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Belleville, MI Posts: 17	I thought that was very good! Did you use magic bullet at all?

June 13th, 2007, 07:11 AM	#3
David Keith New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 5	sorry never heard of it, what does it do???

June 13th, 2007, 09:06 AM	#4
Sean Skube Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 156	Looks very good, but I feel like it goes on for a long time in the beginning. There's no dialog and not a lot happens. Will you be having opening credits over much of that? Because that could help a bit. And maybe trim it a bit. maybe 30 seconds to a minute taken out?

June 13th, 2007, 10:10 AM	#6
David Keith New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 5	It's just really a assemble edit at the moment but I completly agree with what you guys are saying, Once ive finnished shooting I think I will go back and trim allot of the scenes. Thanks for the comments.

June 14th, 2007, 05:29 AM	#7
Andre Theelen Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 51	Hi David, I agree with the others that the first part is a bit long. The shots are beautiful however! Very nice scenery. The camera tracking is well done I think. I presume you used a dolly? There is also very good tension in the shots when the guy is captured. It will be even better with the right music and sound effects. Would love to see the finished film! Oh, Magic Bullet is a tool for colour correction, conversion and other effects (see http://www.redgiantsoftware.com for more info).

June 14th, 2007, 09:54 AM	#8
David Keith New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 5	Used the micro dolly for the tracking shots. The film will last 30 mins and will have cost me about £600 to make, we used the 14x canon manual lens for the indoor shots and the standard 16x lense for the outside so we could attach a matt-box. I must say i'm glad the acting hasent had any negative comments as none of the guys in film have ever acted before.

June 15th, 2007, 03:04 AM	#10
David Keith New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 5	yeah doing the camera work my self. Work as a AVID editor so picking up a camera took a while to ged used to.