THE ROAD TO HELL

[Julien Deka]

Hi everyone,

I'm glad to share with you my last piece of work (co-directed with Ben Deka and Michael Manasseri)…

We recently finished the pilot of The Road to Hell, shot on Red-MX. Here is the teaser (basically the opening sequence)!

Thanks to our excellent Michigan crew:

Cam op/Red owner: Patrick Elliot
1st AC: Alex Grossfeld
2nd AC:Jen Whalen
DIT: Carl Ballou
Gaffer: Chris Miller
Key Grip: Josh Ficken
DPs: the Deka Brothers (http://www.dekabrothers.com/Deka_Brothers/The_Road_to_Hell.html)

enjoy!

 

[Paramon Ivanovich]

very fuckin much! ! !

 

[Justin Marx]

fuckin A, really nice job!

 

[Kacey Baker]

Wow! It's always a treat when a reduser posts such beautiful looking footage up there with the Hollywood look!!! Fighting asking many Q's.

Thank you!

 

[Julien Deka]

Really appreciate the f***ing comments guys

Thanks

 

[Stefan Antonescu]

F***ing great job, man !!

1. Shot in 4K or 4.5K ?
2. What lenses ?

Wow !

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

Wow, bts soon! Where could you see the full movie?

 

[Matthew Scott]

Holly fuck! (to keep with the spirit) That is seriously some of the nicest imagery coming out of a RED in one sequence that I've ever seen. Absolutely effing stunning!!! Those Deka bro's know their shit!

 

[Toby Linden]

Wow. That was amazing. Beautifully shot! I would like to see more.

 

[Julien Deka]

F***ing great job, man !!

1. Shot in 4K or 4.5K ?
2. What lenses ?

Wow !

Shot in 4K 2:1 (4096x2048), we added the 2:35 black bar in post which gave us a bit of room for reframing. This is also our finishing resolution as we rendered out of AE 4K DPX… I must say I'm really disappointed with the H264 compression (blockiness in the darks and light bending). Our DPX files look SO MUCH better.

As for the lenses, it was the Zeiss Super Speed and we shot wide open at 1.3 (ASA 800)…

Thanks for your interest Stefan

 

[Joseph Coleman]

Looked fantastic man! well done! Rep Michigan too. I'm from Bloomfield Hills. Always good to see quality work coming out of my home town. are you still based out of Michigan?

 

[Julien Deka]

Looked fantastic man! well done! Rep Michigan too. I'm from Bloomfield Hills. Always good to see quality work coming out of my home town. are you still based out of Michigan?

My brother and I are from France, but Michael Manasseri imported us in MI for his previous project back in 2010… We keep working with him since, and we really appreciate Michiganers… Hopefully we'll be shooting more projects here!

 

[Stefan Antonescu]

Shot in 4K 2:1 (4096x2048), we added the 2:35 black bar in post which gave us a bit of room for reframing. This is also our finishing resolution as we rendered out of AE 4K DPX… I must say I'm really disappointed with the H264 compression (blockiness in the darks and light bending). Our DPX files look SO MUCH better.

As for the lenses, it was the Zeiss Super Speed and we shot wide open at 1.3 (ASA 800)…

Thanks for your interest Stefan

Thanks for sharing, Julien. Much appreciated.

Wish you guys all the best !