here is what will be animated into the hotel short. Thousands of these will stream out the window and chase our hapless heros!

So yesterday, Brandon, Charlie and I went back out to shoot some pickup shotsfor the little video we shot with the XH A1 a couple weeks back.

We have a better handle on the camera settings now, so Charlie was wanting to get some more footage, so we worked up a quick ending to the storyline we ad libbed earlier.

The thought was that the hotel we are outside of was haunted, and that when Brandon threw the water bottle in the window, the hotel sent all these little demonic rat like things after us.

There is no sound or fx added yet, but be sure to check out my heroic “fall” as the creatures swarm over me and devour me. It marks my first on screen death, so enjoy!

I will be adding more footage as I finish it over the next week, so check back.

From a technical point of view, this was shot on a Canon XH A1, cut in Premiere CS3 and the Magic Bullet Looks were applied in After Effects CS3. The monsters will be added using Syntheyes and Maya.
rock on!

Me and Charlie discussing the finer points of camera placement.

I guess my expression tells me what I thought of Charlie’s idea…

So the Canon arrived and me, Charlie and Brandon went out to get some initial footage.

Me, testing sound, Brandon on the boom.
The silver box in my hand is the audio recorder. I couldn’t believe how small it was, but how clear a sound it recorded.

I will post some more stills and the live footage here this week.