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Sci-Fi WWII Teaser -- Project Arbiter

Jason Beckwith

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New Trailer went live today!

See it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsGJdQur8Ks

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The website just went live for Project Arbiter, including the teaser trailer.

Synopsis:
Set in 1943, the height of WWII, this is a story about an experimental O.S.S. unit code named Project Arbiter. Thousands of feet above Northern Europe a small plane carries a skeleton crew of the Allies best, including Special Fields Op. Captain Joseph Colburn. His handler, Major Thomas Hardy does a final review of the mission’s grim intel: infiltrate a mysterious villa on the Polish border and uncover it’s secrets. Colburn emerges donning a prototype suit, which can temporarily render it’s occupant invisible. As the plane’s bay doors howl open Colburn begins to put on the skull-faced helmet when the plane is rocked by an anti-aircraft shell. Rapidly losing air pressure and altitude, now there’s no question... this is a one-way mission.

See it at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsGJdQur8Ks
http://projectarbiter.com/

Or view/download a 720p version:
http://vimeo.com/9666916

We've been working on this for a year and a half. We've got a great crew assembled and principal photography begins in May.
 

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Looks excellent! Can we get some tech specs? Lenses, accessories, post processes, etc etc. Thanks!
 
Tech info...

Tech info...

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100% shot on Red #5744, "Celeste".

Exteriors shot on build 18, interiors shot on Build 20-dot-something

It was lensed on Nikon primes (plus one Sigma!)

Nikon 14mm f/2.8
Sigma 20mm f/1.8
Nikon 24mm f/2.8
Nikon 35mm f/2.0
Nikon 50mm f/1.4
Nikon 85mm f/1.8

One light in Redcine-X, somewhere around build 50. (I think they are at, like, build 300 or something now... I can't keep up!)

Edited in FCP, some 3 way color correction there.

Processed through a Psuedo-HDR filter in Photoshop CS4 to 16 bit tiffs.
(mostly for a micro-contrast boost)

I'll try to post some b4/after shots when I can find the time.

Stitched and some final color tweaks in AE.

This story has no relation to Halo, other than the suit being built by some guys that build MC suits for cons and such:

http://www.bluerealmstudios.com/

The whole thing is low/no budget and self financed by the director.
 

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Thanks!

Thanks!

Thank you all for taking the time to comment. Even if it's just a little positive note, it really helps keep us motivated. We are all working on this, on top of our 50+ hour a week jobs, commutes, kids, etc. Sitting in a dark room at one o'clock in the morning trying to get a render right, it can sometimes be hard to remember why we go through the trouble.

I truly hope that I've helped to spark some interest in this project and that you will all enjoy it when the whole short is completed. Already, I've worked and met with some great new talent on this project, and we haven't even started principal photography yet! This is an ambitious project, to say the least, and we all have a lot of time and energy invested in it.

We have two other Reds lined up to lens this. Locations are locked, props and equipment are locked and the art department is getting everything in order to turn some modern locations into the 1940s. While I do enjoy post, my favorite part is getting in the trenches (literally!) with the camera. I can't wait for May!

I'm astounded by the positive feedback, and was honestly a little worried about what the feedback would be. At a time when these boards are filled with posts about reduced noise characteristics of the MX chip, here we are applying a process that accentuates the grain/noise. We felt that the look was appropriate to the material, and from the response, you do too.

Again, I'll try to get some before after screen shots up soon.

Thanks for looking, and happy shooting!
 
Zac, thanks!
Our producer has sent over a correction notice.
Any press is good press, though!

I also made a correction in a comment, but it didn't make it on the page... I think they are filtering them.

The comments from the trolls are hilarious, though. I wish that I had as much time on my hands as some people seem to!
 
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