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 1 year ago
    Simple and funny, and well-shot.
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  • Mark Fong 1 year ago
    Haha, pretty funny stuff. Keep it coming.
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  • Richard Shaw 1 year 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 1 year ago
    Cool!
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  • Matthew Roddy 1 year 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 1 year ago
    make some more!!!!
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  • P3Pictures plus 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
    U guys are the bomb! Cheers and keep up the great work. Passing your short around already.
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  • P3Pictures plus 1 year 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 1 year ago
    I totally agree with danap! Besides 5dmkii is a great camera and this is technically an ok shoot, the content sucks!
  • P3Pictures plus 1 year ago
    Alex, if you have better ideas for handling a zombie apocalypse, we're open to suggestions. :)
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  • This is so inspiring .Thank you guys!
  • P3Pictures plus 1 year 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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  • i wish you all the best ! I'm sure u will win! u deserve it!
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  • Ryan Hakes 1 year ago
    Nice timing with the Coffee Grab. Walter Murch would be proud.
  • P3Pictures plus 11 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 11 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 11 months ago
    Hey Andy,

    Good to see you here! "Dickishness" IS a big word. :)
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  • Siddharth Singh 9 months ago
    Real nice... Way to go... :)
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  • Pavel_Y 5 months ago
    ahhaha...funy
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  • Christian Schmeer plus 3 months ago
    What compression and settings did you use before uploading to Vimeo? The quality is impressive. Great video btw ;)
  • P3Pictures plus 3 months ago
    Glad you liked it!

    As I recall, it's h.264 at 4mbps with audio at 160kbps.
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  • El Holandes 2 months ago
    GREAT VIDEO. Not that great sound effects. Dynamics are off. The gunshot soundeffect is different and muffled. What effects did you add to make the gunshot sound as if it was shot outside in the snow? Compression of vimeo is pretty good but of course evervody loves to hear the 48,1 version etc. I owned several microphones, but for recording sound effects in the field. The moaning was a bit loud and very slightly distorted. I used a condenser microphone to record water sounds, pans, pots, etc. You need a full bang sound, full in the lows and highs freqs. The falling on the ground -sound fx and footsteps fx were good. That was on sync. I can see it has been worked on for some time. The video intro was amazing. It really draws my attention. oh I didn't mention the soundtrack... Pro Tools, you have to love it.
  • P3Pictures plus 2 months ago
    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.
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  • El Holandes 2 months ago
    I re-edited my post. Good luck with your next proyects.
  • P3Pictures plus 2 months ago
    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!
  • El Holandes 2 months ago
    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!
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  • Mathias Tegtmeier 1 month ago
    Awesome clip and especially video quality.
    The only thing that seems unprofessional is the sound of the gun. I have a high quality collection of real gun sounds. Let me know if you want me to send it to you.
  • P3Pictures plus 28 days ago
    That would be awesome. I'll send a private message...
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