U guys are the bomb! Cheers and keep up the great work. Passing your short around already.

Alex, if you have better ideas for handling a zombie apocalypse, we're open to suggestions. :)

Glad you liked it! Now, if we can finish our current film by Monday, we'll enter some 5D MkII material into the Seattle International Film Festival. Wish us luck!

Thanks Ryan! Nathan gets the credit for the coffee edit. It's amazing that we can cut from coffee being poured into a mug directly to a man running with the mug and still make the connection.

But for me, it's the audio that I'd want to play for Murch. The only live sound in the whole thing is the zombie scream. Every footstep, the pouring coffee, the gunshots, the slurp - everything - was recorded separately and edited in.

Hey Andy,

Good to see you here! "Dickishness" IS a big word. :)

Glad you liked it!

As I recall, it's h.264 at 4mbps with audio at 160kbps.

Glad you liked the video.

Regarding sound effects, we went close and heavy with the water sounds, given that it's hyper real at the start and comical at the end. Not everybody likes that, but it was a creative decision.

Also, the first gunshot was low and muffled due to the distance of the shot and the snow. The later ones were limited because of compression for the web. Oh well...

Did you have other specifics in mind for the dynamics? I'm always curious to know how others perceive it.

My son did the gunshot effect. I think he used EQ and reverb to get the effect. I like it.

The moaning was the one thing we recorded with the 5D Mark II's onboard mic. We planned to do ADR, but we liked it as is. And, yes, it's really too loud for the mix.

It's been a while since I recorded the falling and such, so I can't recall if I used a shotgun mic or large format condenser. I ran the wire into the studio, went outside in a big coat and recorded myself falling, stepping, etc. The wind was me blowing near a Rode NT1-A. I slowed it down, added multiple layers, used GigaPulse for the reverb, and EQ'd to taste.

The soundtrack was done using Sonar as the sequencer, GigaStudio as the main sample player. The violins are Appassionata Strings from Vienna Symphonic Library. I composed it to picture with no thought about form, but it ended up being A-A-B-A, with the Celesta adding the reprise. I love it when that happens!

Hi again. In the beginning I started with Cakewalk, Sonar, Cubase, Software Samplers, Software Synths etc etc. The sky is the limit. I love the Waves Reverb. I used Vienna in one of my compositions along with Trilogy.
I am now testing with 3 and 4 multiple cams at the same time but it is very hard to get a ongoing storyline with so many cams. I used to do beatboxing and other sounds with my mouth so I the wind really sounds good. I relistened to it again. So let things happen. I agree!

That would be awesome. I'll send a private message...

We used the Fotodiox Pro adapter. They have a store on ebay. I think it cost $70 or so. There are cheaper adapters for $15 or so. Some like them and others claim that they have lots of play.

We used Particle Illusion. It's a great value!

Thanks, Chad!

Yeah, that's my score. I used VSL Appassionata Strings as well as a bunch of Giga Studio samples, including Westgate Studio horns and woodwinds. GPO's Celesta is featured at the end.

One reason the score works is because of the structure of the film. The music ends up being roughly AABA form, so it really holds together. I didn't plan on writing in that form. It really just followed the picture.

The other key to the film is character change. In a single minute the lost hiker turns from dying man to zombie to dead. And the man in the cabin turns from compassionate rescuer to a man with a gun to ruthless killer to protector of society to selfish, coffee-drinking bastard. Having such clear changes of intention made this a joy to score. :)