the download version doesn't work for some reason

Weird. Seems to be working for me. Shall investigate.

Damn fine work, gentlemen! I love it!

WOW, that ex1 in 24p and at 60 fps translates so well to Vimeo. The colors, the depth, and the shot composition was excellent. I hope you guys all collaborate on future projects and post more stuff here. Great look Phil.

very cool!

Stunning...chilling.

Absolutely beautiful cinematography!!!

But: If I would have seen it without focusing on the visual site, I would have lauhed a little bit, because we speak of so many thousand soldiers and only a dozen walk out of the trenches.

I know that it is hard to do, but the difference from offspeaker to picture is kind of funny.

Though: Awesome work!

Wow, just wow! You inspire me, seriously!

well done, I wonder, how many hours did ya spend on just color correcting and post? (not mentioning the editting)

Thanks for all the kind words everyone.

Astute - Phil gave me great footage to work with. But, all told, post on this project (and the two animated films that were produced with it) ran 4 weeks.

On this film alone I would say there were 50 man hours in post.

Really enjoyed it, excellent filming, wonderful editing and colouring to produce the exact atmosphere. The EX1 in the hands of a DOP of this quality shines very brightly indeed.

incredible work guys. really enjoyed it

nice work wht kind of filters used? any idea?

Great, dramatic timeslice of a very important turning point in history. Its importance & connection with the turning point-- represented by the oft-mentioned "Taxi-cab brigade," in the clash at Verdun --and the role of Northern Ireland's brave volunteers is, perhaps, too often overshadowed by that (sic) famous picture of the French defenders of Verdun...

Excellent piece, Craig! Congrats to the team.

I'm completely blown away.

Thanks Guyzo, and stw254. Good to know there's still people enjoying. I was fortunate enough to work with some very talented people in putting this together.

Arun r - apologies for not answering sooner. No filters used in-camera (with the exception of the Letus Extreme and Phil's lenses). Everything else was done in post using Magic Bullet Looks.

fantastic..

i like it, great job. but i have something to ask? is it a common problem of the letus extreme that the edges are out of focus and darker then the rest of the picture our is it a problem at a specific aperture? i saw some footage of the new ultimate where this problem didn't show of....it's a reason why i am not a big fan of such 35mm convertors, lens vignetting is always a problem and sharpness seems always to be a little sloppy. moreover it's harder to pull the focus of those convertors, then on real 35mm cameras. i like it anyway....well done!

loved it, but i didn't really like the music.

how long did filming take?

They are all so clean.

I'm actually doing a small film on the "location" of Battle of the Somme. (nothing to be compared with I'm an amateur :)
tvbaiedesomme.com/video/Bataille.mov
That's how I fell here.

First thing, this is brilliantly done, with a real artistic and technical view.
You've pushed this film probably as far as you probably could for a low budget film. (explosions, costumes, decors, storyboard, machine gun, post production...)
So much work! Amazing

However as said before it doesn't seem realistic, too little actors compared to the thousands that died there in just a few seconds, a feel of emptyness behind the main characters, not monstruous enough neither, ( the guys are not nervous enough walking out the pits...one doesn't feel the horror) probably for living in mud, they are too clean too (at least their faces)
Not critics! again brilliant film and never would I be by very far capable of realizing such a piece.
Glad to see so professional footage on vimeo.
All the best

Looks sooo good Craig! Sepia tone was nice.

should have had the actors not shave for a few days, not shower for a few days and run a mile and roll in dirt before the shot =P looked awesome

Very good work editing and shooting! So that is an EX1 on 24p with 60fps? I imagine you achieved the sepia feel in post, but as far as lighting goes how did you achieve the soft feel without knowing exactly what was going to be the final outcome?

Where did you shoot this? Did you have to just go out and dig a trench with spades? THis gives me inspiration for my up and coming film about the battle of the Somme.

Fantastic. Really.

Soldiers are so clean ... hygiene was on rely high level.

Excellent film, found it very moving especially having visi8ted Thiepval recently.

Great job! if it wasn't a lot of budget an amazing accomplishment!! And Phillip, great job with the colours and tones!!!