"A Chance In Hell" short film footage

[Mitch Martinez]

Recently shot a short "creature feature" sort of thing in Illinois. Lots of low light situations, great location/set design, awesome monster make up... Not bad for ultra-low budget.

Here is a link with a sampling of some of the footage:
http://www.stamphill.com/illinois.mov

Shot on RED One #2853 - build 21
Primarily shot with the RED 18-50mm lens

Dolly shots with the Long Valley Super Track Dolly
Jib shots with the Long Valley Seven Jib

cheers!

 

[Perry Wilson]

I really love this shoot man I love the costumes and especially the side scroller montage lol is this a personal project or for a client?

 

[Mitch Martinez]

Glad you like the stuff, Perry

The project is produced under the master umbrella of Scotchworthy Productions - directed by Tony Wash. A lot of people from other production companies stepped up to the plate to make this thing happen though too. Probably too many to remember...

Almost all the cast and crew worked for free on the gig, so even though it's for someone else - it still probably falls into the category of a "personal project" for all participants. I knew it would be a good opportunity for some above average visuals (definitely compared to those of the standard low budget commercial shoots I get), so I used some of my winter down time to do it.

 

[Ron Kelly]

A+ Mitch !!

A+ Mitch !!

Hello Mitch,
Amazing work !!
Very impressive footage,
and you deserve a lot of respect for completing this project.
I tip my hat to you...

Ron

 

[Pietro Impagliazzo]

Great stuff man, a great effort in every aspect, congratulations to all!

 

[Mitch Martinez]

Hi Ron and Pietro,

Thanks. One of the big life savers were the people in set design. Everyone did a great job, but without the set design people it really wouldn't have been the same. The one guy did some amazing things for rigging stuff that just blew my mind.

The biggest issue was how long the shoot days were. I see no need for 16 to 18 hour shoot days unless they're absolutely necessary and there comes a point of fatigue that gets into the realm of diminishing returns - makes keeping a certain level of quality difficult.

It's kind of fun to see how low budget you can go and still have it look as pro as possible...

cheers!

 

[Steve Das]

...The biggest issue was how long the shoot days were. I see no need for 16 to 18 hour shoot days unless they're absolutely necessary and there comes a point of fatigue that gets into the realm of diminishing returns...

Not only diminishing returns...but a diminishing crew...been on sets where
even an actor fell asleep on the way home..crashed..and couldn't
come back for the shoot. Some have been killed in such incidents...

If producers/directors want such long days they need to give people
close to set hotel rooms or a longer turnaround time....otherwise people can...:angelsad2:

 

[Mitch Martinez]

Not only diminishing returns...but a diminishing crew...been on sets where even an actor fell asleep on the way home..crashed..and couldn't come back for the shoot. Some have been killed in such incidents...

totally! motor function and reaction time gets impaired...

sorry to hear about the injured actor and car crash. that's horrible. we got lucky this time, but it's bad to tempt fate when people's safety is on the line...

 

[Steve Das]

totally! motor function and reaction time gets impaired...

One of the network new shows did a report on this subject and
found that people who were sleep deprived did auto test track
even worse than people drinking alcohol. From experience it was not a surprise.

 

[Mitch Martinez]

at least there's fewer cars on the road at 4am... (not that it makes the situation better)