watch Lapse - 8 min Short Film

obsidianmystic · Feb 24, 2010

http://vimeo.com/9703920

A man tries for the final time to convince the last resident on a block of stubborn homeowners to move to a new location so the large company he works for can expand. Time is running out and patience is wearing thin.

HaakonM · Feb 24, 2010

I really liked the ending where he drew the number on the wall to tell the assassin how many were inside. But after the assassin went inside I think it could have just faded to black then instead of waiting for the gunshot which I knew was going to come anyways.

I liked this movie

obsidianmystic · Feb 24, 2010

Cool, thank you very much for watching and your input. I agree, that would be a good alternative.

Jona816 · Feb 25, 2010

Hey good job. Very good directing and nice picture. What did you use to get smooth tracking/panning shots? As far as end, I think either way would work, as suggested in post above.

obsidianmystic · Feb 26, 2010

For the tracking shots I used a dolly from http://www.paintedsheepdolly.com and a couple pvc pipes.

Jona816 · Feb 26, 2010

obsidianmystic said:
For the tracking shots I used a dolly from http://www.paintedsheepdolly.com and a couple pvc pipes.

Nice, thinking i need to invest in one of these

obsidianmystic · Feb 26, 2010

They are pretty useful. A lot of people don't realize the power of a dolly. Only thing that sucks about the painted sheep one is in order for my tripod to fit on it, it must be a certain height. So I can't really get low shots. But I'm sure there are tripods to work around that somewhere.

Jona816 · Feb 26, 2010

obsidianmystic said:
They are pretty useful. A lot of people don't realize the power of a dolly. Only thing that sucks about the painted sheep one is in order for my tripod to fit on it, it must be a certain height. So I can't really get low shots. But I'm sure there are tripods to work around that somewhere.

Can the legs spread open so that you can almost place tripod flat on ground or are they limited to how wide they can open? could be reason why

Jona

obsidianmystic · Feb 27, 2010

Jona816 said:
Can the legs spread open so that you can almost place tripod flat on ground or are they limited to how wide they can open? could be reason why

Jona

Yeah, its got the limit to how far it can open, pretty cheap tripod, it can barely support all the weight I keep adding to my camera.

filmcomposerdf · Feb 28, 2010

very much impressed with this short film...I love how the story came together at the end...im new to this forum but I love seeing work from so many different kinds of people...I am an aspiring film composer still looking for my first project...I would love to work with you in the future

obsidianmystic · Feb 28, 2010

Cool, I actually plan on doing a stop motion short in the coming month or two. I'll email you when/if I can get it going.