Short film info, etc.
(the movie is at the bottom; feel free to skip down there and go ahead and watch it) So Dead Men Hiking is finally finished. It’s not perfect by a long stretch–there are scratchy audio clips in places, bad visual effects in places, and numerous inconsistencies! The monster isn’t perfect either–he doesn’t track perfectly with … Read more
First of all, here’s an update on the way the monster looks. I haven’t posed him or anything. Also, I haven’t finished tweaking him. Some things I still want to do (if I have time) are: add claws customize his hair some more make his mouth more slobbery make his gums more realistic Before I … Read more
Okay, rather than release Dead Men Hiking on April the 1st to be greeted by boos of “the monster looks stupid!” we’ve decided to get your input. Check out the images below to get a glimpse of what the current monster looks like, and then please leave us some constructive criticism in the comments. Point … Read more
Despite numerous setbacks, editing progresses slowly onward. A few more weekends of hard work, and hopefully we’ll be finished! The target release date for Dead Men Hiking is April 1st (no joke :-)). -Jack-
Well, the 23rd is here, and Tintin has definitely been released (we just got back from the movie theater), and… Dead Men Hiking is not finished. Sorry folks, but there are still several things that need finishing. Who would have thought that a 7-10 minute film begun back in July/August would take this long to complete? On … Read more
In the center of this photo you can see the small whiteboard we used as an audio slate for several shots. In order to make it easier to synchronize audio afterwards, we wrote the audio file name on the board (here the file name is “002.wav” or “002” for short) and filmed this board briefly … Read more
….or at least the stand-in for the monster. The actual monster in Dead Men Hiking will be 100% computer generated. For shots requiring the “monster” to interact with the actors, we used this cumbersome foam block to represent the monster’s head.
Content note: this trailer has one shot of mild violence (but don’t worry: nobody gets shot 🙂 ). This short film will be an adventure movie, even though the trailer may suggest horror.
We’re still alive, and we’ll be releasing a teaser soon! Here’s a screenshot of Blender, this project’s video editor, in action:
This past Friday we finished filming the primary scenes of Dead Men Hiking. To the cast and crew of the movie: thanks for all your hard work, sweat, and dedication! Be on the lookout for a movie trailer coming soon!