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"Kai wakes up in a strange place. He is confused and feels sick. He can’t remember anything, and although the place feels familiar to him, he doesn’t find the way out. A strange man dressed in black appears suddenly, asking him about a girl, Luna. Kai doesn’t know what he is talking about."

A shortfilm by Ivan Castell. Horror-Science-Fiction.

Press & reviews:

- An oppressive and obsessive story, that catch you from the first minute.
El Pais.

- "A little treasure."
Newspaper "Heraldo de Aragón".

- "Darren Aronofsky, Gus Van Sant and David Lynch conform a stylistic background that dances to the sound of the soundtrack []. Risky screenplay and an indie american film aesthetics."

Magazine "Zona de Obras".

- "A disturbing, dark and very interesting film."
"Que Pasa en la Calle". Alt culture blog.

- "An oppressive atmosphere."
"Digital Water Pavillion". Blog.

- "There's a pretty strong atmosphere in the story.
it makes you feel as though as if you were inside the warehouse, witnessing it all, powerless."
"Rick's Movies". Film reviews blog.

- "A perfect film direction."
Online newspaper "Heraldo.es".

> 100.000 views on internet since 2 juin 2008. Featured at Dailymotion España and International. Featured on national spanish newspaper "El Pais".

Awards: 3er prize at Yuglo "3, 2, 1, acción".

Festivals: ObuxoFest’08, La Noche sin techo 08, Yuglo "3, 2, 1, acción", Babelgum, Xauax, SHOTS International Film Fest, KAN Film Festival.

Film Markets: Festival International du Court Métrage Clermont-Ferrand.

More info:
Website: ivancastell.org/nave-527
Myspace: myspace.com/nave527
Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Nave-527/27040464891?ref=ts

Download the Original Soundtrack by Sergio Siibert:
mediafire.com/?tdtiwnl1pdn

Credits

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  • michael baca plus 1 year ago
    awesome!
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  • Ivan Castell 1 year ago
    Thanks! :)
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  • Mr. Funless 1 year ago
    It's not only awesome .... it's ABSOLUTELY awesome!

    The camera work, photography, editing, lightning, composition of picture and sound, the vfx, the story and last but not least the actors .... all of them are totally stunning!

    Gratulations and respect Ivan, you made a very nice piece of film. *thumbs up**
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  • Ivan Castell 1 year ago
    Thanks man, it's really appretiated :)
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  • Jose Cerqueda 1 year ago
    Ya te lo he dicho una cuantas veces ya pero tu corto: es la ostia.
    Congratulations!!!!
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  • RBR 1 year ago
    Nice Man!

    That's Great..

    What camera did you use?

    What editing software also?
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  • Ivan Castell 1 year ago
    Thanks Ronald. We used a Panasonic HVX200. I edited it on Premiere CS3, and I cleaned the footage with Neat Video plugin, and retouched with Magic Bullet and added some film grain with avisynth. FX were done with After Effects CS3. A lot of render, of course :)
  • RBR 9 months ago
    Truly a very good cinematography...

    Can you share some photos of your production stage?
  • Ivan Castell 9 months ago
    Thanks! You can see all the production pictures @ this flickr set:

    flickr.com/photos/ivancastell/sets/72157603991542526/
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  • Ivan Castell 1 year ago
    Geoff, thanks. The retouch was done with Magic Bullet mainly, a soft bleach bypass with some custom settings, to give a desaturated look while "punch" on blacks and whites. For other aprts, like the oustside and the parts with the girl, I used other settings.

    I must say I'm very proud of the sound design. I've learn this time that the sound (and getting into a sound studio) is almost as important as the quality of the image. The soundtrack was done by sergio siibert (myspace.com/sergiosiibert) and you can get it here if you want:
    mediafire.com/?tdtiwnl1pdn
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  • Seth Iliff plus 1 year ago
    Wow. I really enjoyed that. Great Vision and execution!
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  • Ivan Castell 1 year ago
    Thanks Seth. I have to check the new stuff you've uploaded.
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  • Alberto Triano 8 months ago
    Me encanta la estética la atmosfera del corto!

    Excelente trabajo :)
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  • Andreas Hille 8 months ago
    Wow! Amazing short. So powerful.
    The suspense is great. Kept me on the end of my chair trough the whole thing.
    Loved the acting. And the music was thrilling.
    This is the best short I have ever seen!
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  • Ana plus 5 months ago
    Enhorabuena Iván, demuestras un buen hacer excepcional con este trabajo. Gran profesionalidad. Me encanta el ambiente que has logrado. Me llama la atención que has conseguido una calidad de imagen magnífica en un archivo mp4 de casi 20 minutos pero que no llega a ocupar 200 mb. Cómo lo consigues?? Yo- que lo que hago no tiene importancia al lado de lo tuyo-, edito con Pinnacle y el archivo mp4 de 10 minutos es muy difícil que me baje de 500 mb. y con una nitidez mucho menor.
  • Ivan Castell 5 months ago
    Gracias Ana. Me alegro que te guste. Al ser el corto tan oscuro, hace que comprima muy bien. Utilizé un programa llamado megui con el que puedes tocar todas las opciones al comprimir en h264 y eso tambien ayuda. Pero basicamente es un h264 high profile en vbr sobre los 1000 kbps.
  • Ana plus 5 months ago
    Muchísimas gracias por tomarte la molestia en responder y además tan pronto. Indagaré sobre lo que me dices porque el h264 me suena pero no tengo claro cómo usarlo con Pinnacle...me obsesiona la calidad de imagen, uso una cámara muy buena, la Canon XHA1, pero el resultado final al subirlo a vimeo me decepciona bastante. Saludos.
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  • Visual 5 months ago
    Felicidades! un gran corto si señor! un abrazo y seguir así, Que maquinas!
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  • eliezerdt 4 months ago
    Que hermoso!!!
    la parte de la persecucion me mato, pero ese final no me lo esperaba, iba a decir sindrome de abstinencia, pero me retracto.
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  • Santiago Samaniego 4 months ago
    Ese final para complacer la necesidad narrativa lineal resulta bastante forzado y tramposo. David Lynch nunca lo hubiera hecho.
    Visualmente es un rip-off de Aronofsky, la música un plagio de Clint Mansell, y esa secuencia a lo Gladiator... es la cereza del cocktail.
    Está bien tener influencias pero es necesario distanciarse de ellas y generar una visión propia. Eso diferencia a lo original de la imitación.
    La integración y etalonaje en post está muy bien.
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  • Santiago Abadía 4 months ago
    Enhorabuena Ivan,
    Me ha encantado la atmósfera y el ritmo del corto.
    Inquietante hasta el final...gran trabajo!
    Abrz
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