On a cold Saturday I shot this for Quiet on the set Productions. It was so cold that batteries froze up and  the equipment mounted on the camera’s rails froze in place. The post production required a large amount of roto-scoping and tweaking to get the old film look. The only plug in used was Tint to turn them into a grey scale image. Everything else was old school compositing.

 

 

 

Science was written by John McLenachan as part of a series of shorts featuring two dim witted scientists. I was called in to DP but when I got there John informed me that he was so high on allergy medication that I had to direct. Well not to be a shy person I took the reigns and John was quite happy with the end product, especially the digital post production.

 

I wrote DUEL in a burst of inspiration after watching Blades of Glory. I wanted to take the majesty and beauty of a competitive sport and give it the most ridiculous commentary ever. For some reason pistol dueling seemed like a natural candidate.

 

Staring:

Richard Groen as Jimmy, the sports commentator.

Mac Dale as Rick “the hammer” Tope

J.E. McLenchan as Stephan Ray

Miranda Ho as the Official

Written, directed and post done by Kevin McMillan

Shot on mini DV with a Panasonic DVX100 using a

 

This short film was my most challenging project to date. Not because of the normal production issues, but when your missing an actress and almost three feet of snow fall things get interesting.

The Shoot on the 1st and 9th of March went well, considering the script had to be rewritten to remove a character. It’s hard to believe that this was shot on my front lawn after seeing it almost done.

I learned a lot about shooting in the snow by doing everything wrong. The one thing I did do right was