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The Movie
Continuum (2005) 3:35 - "On his way to by a camera for his son, the Dad dies leaving the son behind with his grandpa. The boy finds a way to stop cameras from being made. Thus changing history..."
Starring Nicholas Johnson and James Johnson. Written, Shot, Directed, Visual Effects, and Editing by Josh Johnson. Royalty free music purchased from StockMusic.net and opuzz.com.
News
DVC#3 is now over and continuum did not win. That's ok, the level of competition was amazing. Continuum was nominated for best cinematography, so that is good.
What is it?
Continuum is a short film created for the 3rd DV Challenge.
The theme specified by the challenge organizer was, 'cameras'. Initially I had all sorts of cool ideas and even wrote a couple scripts.
However, as it turned out most of my friends were busy and could not help. So late Sunday I had to go back to the drawing board.
Knowing I only had my son and my dad to work with, I had to write a story that was doable in the house. Finally I came up with this one.
In the end, I worry that it may not be enough about cameras...
What did I learn?
This was my first time in the contest and it was rough. I think I learned a lot doing this challenge. The Orson Welles quote, "A poet needs a pen, a painter a brush, and a filmmaker an army."
means a lot more to me now. I also learned that sometimes the the picture in my head is easier to create on the computer than finding the actual location.
Filmmaking Gear
Sony VX2100 with cinetactics Matteblox matte box
ME66/K6 - Short Shotgun Microphone with Lightwave MS-106 Miniscreen
Self built Pentium 4 2.4ghz PC with 1gb RAM and 900Gb.
Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects and other software.
Lighting from good old Lowes shop/work lights
Wal-Mart Paper Lantern.
A cloth green screen found on ebay.
"El Cheapo" Wolf Camera Tripod... ugh.
Deleted Scenes/Behind the scenes
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"I hope he has insurance!"
9.7Mb
In trying to get a non-actor like my dad to be in the movie, I had to try and get him to act a bit. |
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"The Deleted Explosion"
27.3Mb
Originally, The dad was going to die in a massive explosion in front of his son. It didn't turn out to well, but was pretty funny. |
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Questions, Comments? Email me:
Email Josh
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