A young boy discovers a pumpkin he is intent on carving, only to learn it is much more difficult than he believed.

I had a lot of ideas, but nothing I would be able to get on video. This one, about the haunted pumpkin seemed do-able. We shot it at Mt Charleston just outside of vegas using an EX3, editing on Sony Vegas. Took us two days to get all the shots. The effects were all old school, strings to make the vines move, reverse video and so forth. Blue screen was put inside the final pumpkin for the last effect... don't want to give it away for those who haven't seen it yet. :) The story is VERY close to what I had in mind.. everything worked. If we make a sequel it will be less music video and more horror story.

Actually, if you watch past the credits, there is a little making of montage. :)
  • Rogerio Alves 1 year ago
    Very creative! It was very interesting! Do you have a rule for how long you will display a certain shot or do you just change it as you go along?
  • MetalAlien plus 1 year ago
    combination of how long it takes to communicate the information needed for the story and how the music is changing... I don't like to dwell on a shot no matter how pretty it may or may not be unless there is a reason. :)

    thanks for watching!
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  • Sean Duran 1 year ago
    Awesome! Pretty unexpected and the ending was great. Loved the effects, the vines were a great touch :)
  • MetalAlien plus 1 year ago
    LOL thanks Sean it means a lot. We are deep into production of part two.
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  • Peter Bryan Men 1 year ago
    Pretty good stuff, and snappy, too. Have you by any chance seen Carpenter's The Thing?
  • MetalAlien plus 1 year ago
    Well I would hope so, since about half of the sound effects are from The Thing.. LOL

    thanks for watching!
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  • G.W. Streicher 6 months ago
    Very well done! What is the music you used?
  • MetalAlien plus 6 months ago
    thanks for watching! The opening music was Saint-Saens aquarium as per the rules of the video contest. :)
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