Short film 'Vampiro'

[Álex Montoya]

We just shot my new short film, titled 'Vampiro', with a Dragon and Zeiss standard optics.

We shot 6K to use the central 5k 2:39, to avoid vignetting and looking for the sensor equivalent to S35. The extra room has proved invaluable to adjust framing in editing.

We used the Low Light OLPF, since I like the colors better than the Skin one and we had not a standard OLPF.

I will update this post regularly with new stuff as the thing progresses. For now, just a couple of frames, not the most exciting ones yet.


- 25/march/2016

Previous shot, with the title and a first look at the leading lady. Click for full res.




- 15/march/2016

New pic, new attempt of sky replacement. It's a nice and very effective way to unify exterior shots with different weather conditions. Click on image for full res.




- 09/march/2016

Sky was very dull on the day of shooting, so it has been replaced in both of these. You can still tell, it needs further finessing. Click on the link for full res.

http://i.imgur.com/XUukMf2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ttb6tLk.jpg

Álex Montoya
Writer and director
https://vimeo.com/alexmontoyamelia

 

[Daniel Soderberg]

Very nice. Any filtration?

 

[Álex Montoya]

Thanks!

About the filtration, not really, just ND, the lenses are kinda organic looking per se. We didn't even use an IR filter, 'cause the DP said the LL OLPF cuts IR effectively.

There's a couple of shots with some condensation in the rear element of the lens and it looks like heavy filtration. I didn't notice it for an hour or so, because my monitor was 5'' wide.

Álex Montoya
Writer and director
https://vimeo.com/alexmontoyamelia

 

[Álex Montoya]

This one comes with a request to RED. Any chance we get a 'dehaze' slider for the Red Interpret panel in After Effects, similar to the one Adobe has for their Camera raw?

Click here for HD. http://i.imgur.com/dNrdKja.jpg

 

[Ignacio Aguilar]

Nice work. May I ask what compression settings did you use for 6K?

 

[Álex Montoya]

Hola, Ignacio!

I had to look it up: we started with 5:1 (all the frames posted here were shot with this compression) and changed to 6:1 the last couple of days.

 

[hector martinez]

We just shot my new short film, titled 'Vampiro', with a Dragon and Zeiss standard optics.

We shot 6K to use the central 5k 2:39, to avoid vignetting and looking for the sensor equivalent to S35. The extra room has proved invaluable to adjust framing in editing.

We used the Low Light OLPF, since I like the colors better than the Skin one and we had not a standard OLPF.

I will update this post regularly with new stuff as the thing progresses. For now, just a couple of frames, not the most exciting ones yet.


- 25/march/2016

Previous shot, with the title and a first look at the leading lady. Click for full res.




- 15/march/2016

New pic, new attempt of sky replacement. It's a nice and very effective way to unify exterior shots with different weather conditions. Click on image for full res.




- 09/march/2016

Sky was very dull on the day of shooting, so it has been replaced in both of these. You can still tell, it needs further finessing. Click on the link for full res.

http://i.imgur.com/XUukMf2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Ttb6tLk.jpg

Álex Montoya
Writer and director
https://vimeo.com/alexmontoyamelia

Dios Un español en el foro de red , se me van a caer las lágrimas :blush5::biggrin5::thumbup1:

 

[hector martinez]

Nice work. May I ask what compression settings did you use for 6K?

ingacio Ahora mismo he visto tu dp reel
arty::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::lurk5::emote_popcorn:

muy buenos trabajos , felicidades!!!!

 

[Vadim Bobkovsky]

Looks absolutely beautiful. Wish more feature films shot on Red would pay this much attention to visual style and color. Great work.

 

[Mark K.]

Lovely frames! I love the lensing, works a treat. What focal length were you shooting these on? 24mm? 16mm?

 

[Álex Montoya]

We used mainly the 32mm. More sparsely, the 24, 40 and 50mm.

Here are some more frames.

http://i.imgur.com/P4AtF7x.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/pfisvop.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/T2bzdgu.jpg

Álex Montoya
Writer and director
https://vimeo.com/alexmontoyamelia

 

[Álex Montoya]

Quick update for the short film. Last month we finally premiered at the Gijón International Film Festival and for the occasion we have put together a teaser trailer.

It's on Vimeo, in glorious UHD. Hope you like it!

https://vimeo.com/194708751

PS: the line 'something happened' gets a new meaning in the trailer.

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

ohhh, looks awesome!

 

[Álex Montoya]

I'm glad you liked it, Paramon!

 

[Joel J. Feigenbaum]

Love the look!

 

[Glen Miller]

Nice work!

 

[Ignacio Aguilar]

This looks absolutely beautiful. Really love the colors.
Zeiss T2.1 and Dragon are such a great combination.

 

[Álex Montoya]

Thanks heaps, guys!

Yeah, Ignacio, I love that combo. The image is so organic and the lenses are so tiny and lightweight!

 

[Álex Montoya]

Thanks heaps, guys!

Yeah, Ignacio, I love that combo. The image is so organic and the lenses are so tiny and lightweight!

 

[Ignacio Aguilar]

Hello Alex, I have seen your film on the big screen. It looks fantastic indeed, but the storytelling and acting are even more powerful.

Congrats, you are a very talented director.