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Okay faggos (behind-the-scenes page 4-5)

trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Social Entropy++
I am not dead, nor am I sleeping with my cousin.

I spent three months raising money and working on special effects in a garage and then directed this movie with my buddy John. We had around 32 people working on it with us, including actors and crew. We shot it on the Red One super-hi-def camera.

During filming three of my friends were hit by lightning, the guy holding the boom, the camera operator and our DP. Amazingly the camera was not fried and they all lived with minor burns. I thought one of them was going to die for sure and I was certain the entire cast and crew would leave the next day because the whole scene was so horrific. Even the lighting was surreal because he had used a giant light plant and other lights we rented to light up the whole forest with artifical moonlight. Picture that, plus girls screaming and crying while 20 of us run into a house and dump my twitching friend onto a sleeping actress.

Here they are getting out of the hospital:
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Concept art by THE MAN
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Here is the teaser trailer

Doesn't show that much of the movie but we wanted to get one up soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noUg-mMTBCM

http://www.botsnthings.com/
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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Wow this actually looks pretty great

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  • LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    It looks pretty well made

    might be my speakers, but the sound seems unbalanced. Hard to hear the words under the music

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    the trailer look pretty good, dude! i'm impressed by the music track and some of the camera pans and whatnot. is there copious amounts of nudity and gore (say yes plz)

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    you know Trent I want to be mean to you for leaving and then being super confrontational when you camr back

    but dude, you made an entire movie

    I've got nothing but hi5s for that

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  • Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Trent when you make it big don't forget us little people who always believed in you.

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    I want to do with you
    What spring does with the cherry trees.
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Wow. My compliments to the editing staff on that, great sound design.

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    the trailer look pretty good, dude! i'm impressed by the music track and some of the camera pans and whatnot. is there copious amounts of nudity and gore (say yes plz)

    lostwords there are more to movies than nudity and gore.

    That said, make with the tits and the awesome kills.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    the trailer look pretty good, dude! i'm impressed by the music track and some of the camera pans and whatnot. is there copious amounts of nudity and gore (say yes plz)

    Partial nudity, definitely gore. Not too much though we weren't going for campy.

    I'm glad you guys like it. Best part is we didn't even use our big money shots for this teaser.

    Also I hate youtube, makes all those hi-rez images look like crap. You should see the actual file.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    that's a swish trailer

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Also compliments on the trailer. Looks like you did a good job with making the movie and I hope it does well.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Wow, honestly guys I thought you were going to rip it to shreds. I'm really glad you like it (so far).

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    partial nudity? boooooooo

    so whats the plan now? submitting to festivals, release on youtube, pressing dvds and seling online, etc etc? just curious, the process is fascinating to me.

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    When looking into the silent monologue of the director's eye, I found the dénouement to be lacking in structural intensity, but as a way to pass the time, there are worse ways to go.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Wow I am not at all a fan of that music. That is some shit-sloppy scoring there.

    Other than that I actually lied the trailer, pretty well edited and looks cool.

    But fuck that score.

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Wow, honestly guys I thought you were going to rip it to shreds. I'm really glad you like it (so far).

    Dude we rip apart shit that sucks. Not shit that obviously effort went into it.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    partial nudity? boooooooo

    so whats the plan now? submitting to festivals, release on youtube, pressing dvds and seling online, etc etc? just curious, the process is fascinating to me.

    Spend 3-5 months editing, doing sound effects and tailor-making all the music.

    Then send it to film festivals all over and try to get in the big ones.

    Then lure men in suits into the theater to hopefully buy it.

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    I don't get it.

    Where's the part where the main character gets with his cousin?
    Looks pretty well done, seriously.

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Wow, honestly guys I thought you were going to rip it to shreds. I'm really glad you like it (so far).

    Dude we rip apart shit that sucks. Not shit that obviously effort went into it.

    also it had titties in it

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  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Nuzak wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Wow, honestly guys I thought you were going to rip it to shreds. I'm really glad you like it (so far).

    Dude we rip apart shit that sucks. Not shit that obviously effort went into it.

    also it had titties in it

    exactly

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Best part is we didn't even use our big money shots for this teaser.
    Heh.

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    the uh

    the acting looks pretty bad

    but this doesn't seem like a movie focussed on masterful acting, anyway (with all due respect)

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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Man that spider looked so fake, I could so totally see the strings on it 8-)

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    My only critique is that something about the speaker at the beginning seems odd. Maybe it's her voice.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Looks good, trent. How big was your budget?

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Man that spider looked so fake, I could so totally see the strings on it 8-)

    Those are tentacles coming out of the Old Man's mouth.

    Also the acting was far above average for an independent film. We got lucky with the cast. They had a couple of scenes that almost brought me to tears actually.

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Man that spider looked so fake, I could so totally see the strings on it 8-)

    Those are tentacles coming out of the Old Man's mouth.

    Also the acting was far above average for an independent film. We got lucky with the cast. They had a couple of scenes that almost brought me to tears actually.

    Yeah, but you're a crybaby.

    I bet you cried when you watched Rudy.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Yeah, acting is a big hurdle with films with this kind of budget. We worked with them pretty hard though and we got some decent to really good performances out of them. Especially for a bunch of first-timers.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    trentsteel wrote: »
    Man that spider looked so fake, I could so totally see the strings on it 8-)

    Those are tentacles coming out of the Old Man's mouth.

    Also the acting was far above average for an independent film. We got lucky with the cast. They had a couple of scenes that almost brought me to tears actually.

    Yeah, but you're a crybaby.

    I bet you cried when you watched Rudy.
    He cried when he saw Watchmen, I know that for a fact.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    On a scale of community theater to District 9 how good were the first-time performances

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Khavall wrote: »
    On a scale of community theater to District 9 how good were the first-time performances

    Like a 6.5 to 7. Occasionally an 8.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    most important question: did you use your position as director of a movie to take advantage of aspiring, slutty actresses during tryouts?

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Because the D9 guy set a new standard for first-time actors.

    Because motherfucker blew it out of the goddamn park

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Trent, what was your role in this shindig again?

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    lostwords wrote: »
    most important question: did you use your position as director of a movie to take advantage of aspiring, slutty actresses during tryouts?

    No. Actually I got friendly with one, had to draw the line and then figured I'd be a gentlemen the whole shoot and hook up with her after. Then she hooked up with one of the actors and then one of the crew and well...she was like Heather Graham's character in Bowfinger.

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Trent, what was your role in this shindig again?

    Director, writer etc.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    trentsteel wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    most important question: did you use your position as director of a movie to take advantage of aspiring, slutty actresses during tryouts?

    No. Actually I got friendly with one, had to draw the line and then figured I'd be a gentlemen the whole shoot and hook up with her after. Then she hooked up with one of the actors and then one of the crew and well...she was like Heather Graham's character in Bowfinger.
    Serves you right for trying to be a gentleman.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2009
    You know, since I just finished casting a show, I don't understand when the actresses are supposed to line up for the prod staff. We were up 'till 2AM each of the three nights we were casting, well after all the auditionees had left, and they only saw us for like 5 minutes while they actually did their audition.

    Like are they supposed to stalk the staff to find their numbers and set something up? And since the staff has just come from 2 hours of discussion and want to fucking sleep what kind of pickup line would even work?

    I'm confused about the whole theoretical situation unless you're already banging the actress going into auditions.

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  • AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    this looks pretty neat, trent

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited September 2009
    So I'm lookin at porn, yeah? It's one of those tube galleries (which are the best) and the title of this one is "A couple literally fucks each other"

    I guess that's what exactly what I'm looking for?

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Khavall wrote: »
    You know, since I just finished casting a show, I don't understand when the actresses are supposed to line up for the prod staff. We were up 'till 2AM each of the three nights we were casting, well after all the auditionees had left, and they only saw us for like 5 minutes while they actually did their audition.

    Like are they supposed to stalk the staff to find their numbers and set something up? And since the staff has just come from 2 hours of discussion and want to fucking sleep what kind of pickup line would even work?

    I'm confused about the whole theoretical situation unless you're already banging the actress going into auditions.

    well, look, it's a combination of things that work around those complications

    actresses need to be super fucking dedicated to bang a guy for a part, there's scheduling issues and such

    and conversely you as a director need to be prepared to go to great lengths to give the cock to your cast

    late night cast-banging is work

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