In this survival tale, a hiker emerges from a snow covered mountain to find a remote cabin. The rescuer inside takes action to become a hero.

This is our first short narrative film shot on the Canon 5D Mark II. The only lenses used were a Nikon 50mm f/1.8 and a Canon 70mm - 300mm f/4-f/5.6.

The film was edited on Vegas, and includes full color grading. It looks pretty good, but we've learned some tricks during the process that will improve and simplify our next project.

The music is 100% original. We produced all of the music and sound effects. The only sound remaining that we recorded on location is the moan, and it was captured with the onboard mic.

Personally, I think the mix rocks. TURN IT UP! :)

Let us know how you like it.

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  • Sam Dodge 11 months ago
    Simple and funny, and well-shot.
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  • Mark Fong 11 months ago
    Haha, pretty funny stuff. Keep it coming.
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  • Richard Shaw 11 months ago
    The video quality is good but I'm with Danap, I'm tired of seeing the same "boom-boom-I-kill-you" fantasy" every where,

    Besides that, I think the quality of the video is great.
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  • laura zwaneveld 11 months ago
    Cool!
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  • Matthew Roddy 11 months ago
    HAHAHA! That totally cracked me up. I didn't expect that ending at all. I loved that they guy took time to fill his mug before going out.
    Nicely shot, edited and graded.
    Simple and fun and harmless. Good Show!
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  • diego dimas 11 months ago
    make some more!!!!
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  • P3Pictures plus 11 months ago
    Hi Diego,

    Make some more? That's our plan!

    Our next project is ~ The Murder of Dirk Snowglobe ~ at DirkSnowglobe.com. Dirk is a private detective who believes that he is dead as he goes about solving murder cases in Borderton, a city in decay. Oh, and it's a comedy!

    Shooting starts later this month. You can see our first clues at the site.

    You can see our previous work (sadly, with lower production quality than we can now do with the 5DM2 - but still funny), at ColonelCrush.com
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  • Bionicpix 10 months ago
    Did you use offline proxy files (lower res conversions) of the 5D files to edit in Vegas? If so, what kind. Wondering if you might give a brief rundown of your Vegas setup and workflow. Much appreciated! I have a 1 day old 5dMk2 in hand! :-) p.s. Nice short!
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  • P3Pictures plus 10 months ago
    Hi Bionicpix,

    Congratulations on getting the 5D MkII!

    We edited using a very low resolution proxy (270x480) using the Cineform Codec. It gave real time playback on a modest system, letting us set the edits accurately. We used a custom macro to switch back to the original files for high-resolution color checking and the final render.

    To fight the crushed blacks, we made a custom profile that attempted to correct for the well documented Quicktime 0-255 RGB problem. Since then, somebody discovered that by re-wrapping the Quicktime file as an MP4, Vegas can see the crushed blacks and whites.

    For details on how to fix it, please see this thread: dvinfo.net/conf/canon-eos-5d-mk-ii-hd/141569-quicktime-rewrap-vegas.html
  • Bionicpix 10 months ago
    U guys are the bomb! Cheers and keep up the great work. Passing your short around already.
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  • P3Pictures plus 10 months ago
    Thanks! We've just completed the Dirk Snowglobe script, and initial shooting starts this weekend. I can't wait to score it. I've rented an upright bass for the occasion!
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  • Alex 10 months ago
    I totally agree with danap! Besides 5dmkii is a great camera and this is technically an ok shoot, the content sucks!
  • P3Pictures plus 10 months ago
    Alex, if you have better ideas for handling a zombie apocalypse, we're open to suggestions. :)
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  • Giorgio Constantine 10 months ago
    This is so inspiring .Thank you guys!
  • P3Pictures plus 10 months ago
    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!
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  • Giorgio Constantine 10 months ago
    i wish you all the best ! I'm sure u will win! u deserve it!
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  • Ryan Hakes 9 months ago
    Nice timing with the Coffee Grab. Walter Murch would be proud.
  • P3Pictures plus 9 months ago
    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.
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  • Andy Morse 9 months ago
    blah blah blah random big word to make myself sound credible and smart but ends up showing my dickeshness instead blah blah blah.
  • P3Pictures plus 9 months ago
    Hey Andy,

    Good to see you here! "Dickishness" IS a big word. :)
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  • Siddharth Singh 7 months ago
    Real nice... Way to go... :)
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  • Pavel_Y 2 months ago
    ahhaha...funy
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  • Christian Schmeer plus 10 days ago
    What compression and settings did you use before uploading to Vimeo? The quality is impressive. Great video btw ;)
  • P3Pictures plus 10 days ago
    Glad you liked it!

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