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Still Falls the Rain - Red Epic short film

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Miguel Santana

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Hey guys!

I haven't really posted on here, despite lurking during the months leading up to the shoot of my graduation short film, Still Falls the Rain. My name's Miguel, and I'm a London-based award-winning filmmaker and VFX artist.

The film stars Ben Walker (who played Roger in The Golden Compass), and script consultants include Erik Bork (Co-writer of Band of Brothers). It's about a homeless teenage boy, who gets caught stealing food from a bombed house.

It's set in London during WW2, my degree is in VFX - I've recently worked at MPC during the summer, on Clash of the Titans 2, so it'll feature plenty of greenscreen stuff, set extensions and matte paintings in order to digitally age London.



A couple of screenshots:






It was shot on the Red Epic, almost entirely shoulder-mounted, and with Arri Ultraprime lenses. Shot on 2 days on location in London.

Please head on over to the BLOG, or to the FACEBOOK page. I'll be releasing the first behind-the-scenes video this week : )

It's due to be finished around May 2012, so keep an eye out for updates!

Thanks for dropping by,
Miguel
 
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Excellent Miguel! :-)
 
Welcome to RU -

Your footage looks good - clearly you have a bright future - good luck.
 
Really nice work. I look forward to seeing more.
 
Thanks for all the comments guys, appreciated : )

Just posting the first Behind the Scenes video. Contains a little Location Scouting at the start, but it's mainly footage from the set on Day 1.

 
If you look on the blog, in the FAQ it goes into the meaning of the title, but essentially, it's named after a poem from the time, from someone who lived through the London blitz
 
Just a little update! Starting to think about the colour grade using DaVinci Resolve lite, in love with that program, am totally sold on it.

And of course, the Epic footage is a total treat to work with. I'm not working on the R3d files, I'm exporting the EDL clips as .dpx sequences with RedFilmLog baked in, since that's going to be the workflow for VFX.

What do you guys think of this look?





 
Ooh, didn't keep an eye on the thread. Thanks, Matt! : )

I'll be posting some new bits next week, as the VFX officially kicks off. I'll keep you guys posted regarding intense VFX work on the Epic footage, if you like? Will be piping it into RedLogFilm dpx sequences at 2k for most shots (same workflow as MPC London, where I worked last summer), and 4k for any shots that will need stabilising or projecting.
 
Here's the first VFX shot & breakdown!


Completed in 3 days, in Nuke and 3ds Max.
Working with 10bit DPX sequences with RedLogFilm baked in, beautiful stuff to work with.
 
Hi Everyone! Just to say the film has finally been released online. Please watch, share and enjoy it : )

 
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