What VFX? It's all in camera baby!

Thanks for the <3. The film's still in development but I'm aiming to have it ready for halloween 2010. Hard work though but I'm getting a big boost in confidence since posting on Vimeo.

Thanks again,
Dean

Daniel it's official, you can now be my personal motivator! Thanks so much for your encouragement, alright alright I'll get on with it. : )

All I need now is a twist of lemon! Thanks Jeffrey : )

But you were right though, VFX are way quicker to do for radio and almost a third cheaper.

Everyone please check out Kate's videos she's absolutely amazing, and apparently she can eat fire too.. maybe, ish.

Mark you rock! I really love your Soho video,

vimeo.com/2253242

What a flashback that was, I used to work in Dean Street (how apt). Man I miss London, work - pub - kebab - taxi - Belsize park - repeat.

Hey Caner, love the profile pic. I'm trying to channel The Shining into Golden : )

Thanks Agnes! Much appreciated : )

Excellent! Thanks so much Philip I owe you a cigar.

I'm going to shoot some more second unit stuff in June then hopefully start casting this sumer.

I love your work Philip, man wish I could afford to hire you.

Thanks OneClick really appreciate the comment. I'm going to lie and say a combination of 35mm film and the Red One.

Okay, now no one's listening, it was all shot with an HVX200 with the Brevis lens adapter and a Nikon 18mm AI prime lens.

Kind of ironic that all the shots are super wide but the adapter still brings a sense of depth and gives a slight promist quality.

Check out Philip's work everyone, he's an inspiration. He's been there, done it and kicked its supernatural ass!!!

John! Thanks for adding my vid to your channel! You have excellent taste ; )

Awesome Adam. I agree : )

Please send me your email and I'll add you to the newsletter - dean@yurke.com

Hooray for the democratization of distribution, no wonder the studios are worried.

Thanks for your support! You rock!

Niiiice. That's a great quote Adam. I should put that on the DVD jacket.

Fantastic, thanks Chris!
Okay there was a little bit of VFX, the mine, leaves, crows, sticks, smoke, sunrise and the collapsing earth were Visual Effects, so I'm afraid I was lying to Xavier earlier ; ) (he'll forgive me though)
I used the HVX200 a brevis lens adapter and Nikon prime lenses, mostly an 18mm to capture the massive redwoods. send me your email and I'll add you to our mailing list for updates - dean@yurke.com
Thanks again Chris, it's great to get such positive feedback really spurs me on to get it finished.

Dean.

wow. i feel like a total moron. hahahaha...i should have known you were being sarcastic. i'll crawl back in my hole with my XH-A1 and film something small.

i'm no less impressed...i can't wait, and thanks for adding me to the mailing list!

Thanks Dak, I checked out your trailer for "Future Movie," looks like you had real fun making it : )

Hi Andrew, I used an HVX with a Brevis 35mm adapter. I love the look of the brevis, kind of scatters the light as well as gives us the shallow depth of field we all love. Even the noise of the HVX helps with the film look too, feels like grain.

Big in Japan was cool, the main actor was fantastic. Love Aussie films, big fan of Peter Weir. Send me your email and I'll add you to the list. Thanks Bluey : )

Excellent! Thanks FlipAcE, please forward it to all your friends.

Thanks Eric appreciate that. The effects took about six weeks to do on and off. Mostly done on an inferno.

Aww, thanks John, now how long have I been fishing for a compliment from you, you incredibly talented editor ; )

Thanks to you now've I've gone and started a production blog on dvxuser damn, even more work Simon.

Thanks Andrew. Really want to shoot some digital makeup tests over the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

Wow Tim! That is such a huge compliment. I'm in awe. I can't imagine what you guys would've done if this technology was around back then.

Thank you so much for your comment : ) Made my day!

Dean

Thanks Eddie. There's lots of adapters to choose from, all have their pros and cons. I personally chose the Brevis since I'm filming in dark places and wanted less light loss. I prefer the look of the M2 but it eats 2+ stops. The Brevis is less than a stop.

I also like that I can use the Brevis without rails so I can attach it to a glidecam, indislider or Kessler crane without all of the extra weight.

One disadvantage of the Brevis is that it's a vibrating ground glass as opposed to the spinning ground glass of the M2. At higher shutter speeds the grain of the glass becomes more visible. So if you're going for that Gladiator / Private Ryan staccato look then you'd be better off with an M2 or equivalent.

If you don't need 24p then I'd go for the Canon 5d Mark 2.

Dean.

Thanks Patrick! Yeah, love the inferno thanks for implementing the resolution independence that was a huge deal. I'm currently doing a job in Nuke, it's pretty cool in that it's got 3D capabilities and it's a similar logic to Discreet, and compared to Shake it's a joy! Still Inferno is hands down the best tool for FX design!

Thanks Rudy!

I will definitely do that! I'm storyboarding at the moment, up to 1/5th of the film done! Hopefull shoot and FX some stand alone scenes over the next couple of months while prepping the main shoot.

That's such a great comment, the Shining is my all time favorite horror film so much appreciated!