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Total budget: $2K Shot on a consumer DSLR.

Director / Editor / VFX: Mike Portoghese
Producers: Aaron Miller // Mike Portoghese
Production Company: Common Ground Arts // theNE
Cinematographers: Amos Le Blanc // Mike Portoghese
Assistant Director: Molly Kidder
Camera Assistants: Michael Peeling // Jason Rodricks
Grip: Denroy Lewin
Spaceship Model: David Reininger

Cast:
Alex Dault // Lead
Laura McCallum // Sister
Calla Johnson // Baby
Eric Johnson // Baby's Father
Justin Major // Soldier
Ryan Langer // Soldier
Annie Kidder // Mother
Adria Budd Johnson // Baby’s Mother

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Efehan 2 months ago

Nice! Feeling so much Toronto love, and awesome use of effects.
Vigilante HD 2 months ago

This was really amazing guys! Great song and fantastic Color Correct! Awesome that you were able to do it with so little cash. The actual value of this video is way higher!
Michael Coughlan 2 months ago

Good work! Happy to see a great video for a great band! The Darcys put my band up at their place on the road and for that I am forever a fan!
RYAN OHM ▲ 2 months ago

Fantastical!
René Haller 2 months ago

Great Work!
Tim Halloran 2 months ago

Great video and on such a small budget thats crazy. Did I miss something or were they leaving their kid to die with their mom? Haha, maybe I just don't have enough depth
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Thanks Tim. The couple with the baby girl, tucked her into bed, and accepted that they're toast.

The teens that tried to flee are entirely different people.
Tim Halloran 2 months ago

okok now that makes sense thanks
st. alexander 2 months ago

This is awesome! You made every dollar work it's ass off man.
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

thanks
Demshey's Corner 2 months ago

What's with the District 9 ships? That's what they look like to me. Nice story though.
Patrick Pohl 2 months ago

i second that
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Agreed. The escape ships ended up way more D9 than I had planned.
Ben Brook 2 months ago

so crazy seeing that in my city! great work
Lighthouse Studios 2 months ago

Bad ass!! What cam/lens kit were you using. Unbelievable work. Looks like a budget 10x that.
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Thanks. The scenes with the teenagers were shot with a 5D + Zeis primes and a great DP. The rest of the video I just shot myself (I'm no DP) on my 60D with a Canon 50mm 1.8, and only really using existing light.
Nick Dulworth 2 months ago

niceeee
The Film Artist 2 months ago

Woah! Congrats Mike, you are a multi million dollar studio rolled into one! Just awesome!!! :) [TFA30]
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Thanks!
Jason Figgis 2 months ago

brilliant...you have to make a feature film...very atmospheric and great use of effects...disturbing and beautiful :)
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

thanks jason
Alden Miranda 2 months ago

Awesome concept on this! I really like your editing and vision.
IVAN PEREZA 2 months ago

beautiful, one question! Did you make this light transitions by yourself or you buy it somewhere.. Or where we get those! THX in advance
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Thanks Ivan, it's a combination of the heads and tails from footage I shot on 35mm years ago, some stock footage, but most of the flickers are done manually in After Effects with a softened/tinted lens flare at each side of the frame animated to flicker on and off and then the blending mode set to 'color dodge'... very simple.
Carlos Eduardo Faria 2 months ago

That's really awesome! I always wanted to know how to do those "film burns" effects Did you use 60p in all of your shots?
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Most of the video was 60p except the wide outdoor plates. I went 1080 for those b/c my cheap canon lens doesn't capture much detail on a hazed out cityscape, so I needed maximum res to work with.
IVAN PEREZA 2 months ago

Thanx Mike!!! Now I got to go find some 35mm camera for the transition ;) THX again :) very very nice
Carlos Eduardo Faria 2 months ago

Oh, forgot to ask... Did you use any kind of pre-setting like CineStyle?
Carlos Eduardo Faria 2 months ago

I'm asking because the colors are great. And cinetyle gives you some space in the post. Sorry for so many questions. But did you use a Glidecam for some shots?
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

Yes, we used the cinestyle setting, it was awesome for the indoor stuff ... but made the outdoor stuff too washed out. The colour was all just curves + hls + glow in After Effects. No glidecam, just a handheld 60D.
Carlos Eduardo Faria 2 months ago

Thanks man! That really helps. But you guys used a 60D and 5D only or with all those accessories like follow focus, mattebox, filters, etc? That's all. Thanks!
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

The DP who shot the teenagers/outdoor scenes, used a redrock + follow focus for the cinema primes. It was a fairly modest setup. The rest of the video was just me holding my 60D handheld, or on a tripod. It was extraordinarily un-sexy.
John Kjølhaug 2 months ago

Very cool!
One question: Was those aliens from Canada or something? I recognized the logo on the spacecraft's!
Otherwise, very cool! I liked the specialeffects and all about it!
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

I'd hoped the flags on the different escape-ships would have indicated that they weren't in fact aliens.... despite being led to think so for most of the video.
Peligro TV 2 months ago

he deserves to die after abandon the baby
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

...and you deserve glasses my friend ;)
Malcolm Riordan 2 months ago

awsome!
Bradyn Hopking 2 months ago

Very Cool, I won't lie tho, the district 9 ships (as mentioned above) made me watch this video (Being a South African)
MARZ 2 months ago

Cando-American space war of 2152.
Alexandre Knyazev 2 months ago

very nice!!!
Joseph 孤狼 2 months ago

Everything is really awesome :D Thanks for Sharing... Love It!!!!!!
Sparks Bros Media 2 months ago

That was awesome! Thanks for posting the details on the other comments. If you don't mind me asking what kind of time frame was this started and completed in? Its very encouraging to see that done on that budget! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Mike Portoghese 2 months ago

The video was shot on 2 separate days. One for the teens + extras. Another for the family + baby, and outdoor plates. Post was spread out over a month, because I had other things to juggle. The edit took longer than the effects b/c it was tricky cramming that much story into that little song... and having it flow.
Sparks Bros Media 2 months ago

Well like I said Mike. Great job! You told a great story very quickly. Please when you have some time please check out some of my videos. I'd like to do more stuff like what your doing someday.
fsm vpggru 2 months ago

wow, what a video and for so little budget.
also, that is a really heavy message!
Malcolm Sutherland 2 months ago

Nice eye candy, but to be honest, the pessimistic armageddon thing is getting REALLY old. I'd love to see all this creative energy put into something with a more evolved vision of human destiny. Nice work none the less!
Curtis Windover 2 months ago

Killer job on this. The Darcys kill it. explosions also kill it. super killin' vid.
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Mike Portoghese 1 month ago

Curves + HLS + Blur