Ben Jordan: Le Chateaux Macabre movie

Goldmund · Wed 27/08/2008 01:32:37

Ha!
Splendid!
But I extended my soliloquy too much.

I love it how Mark is the most laid-back, relaxed of all Mitteneers, second in drinking only to Chrille, and at the same time he's so wildly creative! This is an exceptional personality, ladies and gentlemen.

Kweepa · Wed 27/08/2008 02:13:05

I enjoyed this a lot.
Good to put some voices to names and faces. Mr Colossal is such a dork

Looks like you rented an awesome place!

Kira · Wed 27/08/2008 08:43:54

Hey M0ds.

The movie became pretty awesome. Laughed my ass off.

Dualnames · Wed 27/08/2008 10:42:44

Quoting:

BJ: I'll do it..awesome scene(5:00)

Tuomas · Wed 27/08/2008 10:51:56

^You mean when he says "Let's do this."?

Dualnames · Wed 27/08/2008 10:53:46

whatever. He drinks the beer too slow though.. but it's BJ.

Chrille · Wed 27/08/2008 12:43:29

Quote from: Goldmund on Wed 27/08/2008 01:32:37
...I love it how Mark is the most laid-back, relaxed of all Mitteneers, second in drinking only to Chrille...

I shake my fist at that reMark! I didn't drink that much. I hope.

magintz · Wed 27/08/2008 13:52:39

tres bien!

Andail · Wed 27/08/2008 15:13:17

Was the horse injured during the recording?

m0ds · Wed 27/08/2008 15:43:58

Ah oui oui, bon! Thanks for all the kind words about the film, and for your youtube ratings - which got it into the top 70 today, hehe!! Sorry about all the spelling mishaps of the title and certain names, these will be corrected in the next version -- though you and I have sealed its fate on YouTube really, I don't wanna take off that version as it now has all the comments and ratings!

This film came out of the blue on the first full day of Mittens. Despite Grundislav writing a cease & desist letter to me (which I will scan in due course) when I mentioned the idea to him...I ignored it and carried on

My camera, which I've had since November, had been gathering dust. With all my friends at uni, and the girl I wanted to video naked with it in Spain, It hadn't been touched apart from one wedding video and some shots of my friends kids. BJ was not only a homage to mr Grundislav and Ben Jordan but also a big test for me to see how well the camera could perform. It's actually a fantastic little camera! Throughout the film there are quite a few focus issues which annoy me, but I can see how to rectifiy this in the future now. Also, the sound is abismal - which is a great shame. There's no mic input to the camera which is a big downer, but this helped me grasp what kind of sound it can do. And apart from that, I was filmually frustrated that I hadn't shot anything since summer 2007. 2008 is generally a bad year for me so it seemed the right thing to do..it will probably be the only movie by me this year!

Normally at Mittens I would concentrate on game-making but as my games were all pretty much running themselves at this point, I felt it better to make a movie. There were some game things I should really have done now that I look back on it, but, well as I said, since summer 2007 I've done some music, game stuff etc but no films. So it had to be done .^^

QuoteThe only problem I had dialogwise was trying to understand Davy.

Indeed, it is hard - but I think that's part of the fun. I cracked up so many times because of his accent. Some of my favourite lines from Creed are "Aye, that manager gaj" -- is gaj a word? :p And of course the scene where I couldn't stop laughing, "On a Thursdee, the minger man would come round"... hehehe!!

QuoteI like how people in my school might spend MONTHS on short films that turn out to be 5 minutes long in the end, whereas you managed over 30 minutes in a WEEK. And to be honest, this film is so much better than most short films that get produced in my school. Fantastic work, m0ds and everyone! If you ever put this on dvd, I'll have a copy, please.

Very kind, cheers Pete! Obviously a lot of short films are only 5 minutes or so because they condense great set dressing, lighting & all that jazz into a small product. But you know me, I prefer blockbuster style films :p And more importantly, have fun! BJ was just about having fun, that's all!

QuoteSo, any ideas yet for Miamittens09? If we start coming up with script-ideas soon it might even work out better than this (can perfection be betterred?) And having just watched the whole movie, I'd like to ay that these were some fablous acting performances by all of you, ladies and gents.

The acting was superb, I was amazed at how easily everyone got into their roles, and without rehearsing or anything - so well done and thank you peoples! Marco, it'd be nice to do another one at Miamittens -- but I didn't set out to Mittens en France thinking "I'm going to shoot a movie". I turned up, relaxed, drank booze and then realised the potential was there, and that it would be easy. In Miami, I might turn up, drink some booze, go to a beach and see some boobies -- and not want to make a film at all...

But saying that, I did discuss with Grundy whether he'd be happy for a BJ movie trilogy. It'd be something I'd like to do, as I know the 2nd and 3rd films will only be better. So it's definitely on the cards for next and future Mittens, however, I don't think it's something we should think about until Mittens. Maybe next year people can pull together to form more of a film-crew, ie, script-writing, producing (finding locations or asking owners of places if we can shoot a quick scene in their shop/strip club etc

)

LOL, het was zo mooi! So thank you for making it so mooi

QuoteOh man, some of my acting is TERRIBLE!

Nonsense, Bob is a superb character and you acted really well!!! Couldn't have asked for more

QuoteI can't believe how quickly you've edited this all together. It all works really well -- great job. If there's any way the sound can be rebalanced for the final version to bring out the voices more that'd be excellent.

Thanks CJ! It just had to be done. I have a wedding video to edit one weekend but I wanted to get this done and online first, otherwise it might sit in the midsts of time for months (what with my current housing situation). The dialogue and levels will all be enhanced! When I edited I only had some in-ear headphones to hand, which suck for editing, but I'll take my round-ear headphones that I usually edit with next time which will help me get all the sound perfectemondo

Great job as Percival Quentin Drunk!

QuoteOne minor gripe: You misspelled my last name in the opening credits!

Thank you!! Thank you for letting me base a film on your games! Here's to more!

And I can't believe I got it wrong, I kept double checking! DOH! Like I said, I know you, Francisco, a Francesco and thinking about it, another Francesco (bicciloti)...but that's no excuse for an S in the middle I guess

1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, 11, 12!

QuoteThe booze! The random donkey! Davy's beer craving and fashionable hat! The notepads! The nudity!

Hehehe, indeed! There is a lot of booze, you're right :o And you may notice in the seance how I forgot to move Ben's notepad and it's facing me (the camera) lol. But yes, the notebooks were incredibly interesting. $:-\$

QuoteThe ending was just brilliant.

Thanks Chrille! WMV does not do it justice though. The frame rate looks fantastic on TV or in an even LOWER res WMV, but in the one on youtube, meh, there only seem to be 4 frames or so. Still, it WAS a fantastic shot and much of that is owed to Miez and his superb model building skillz!! I hope you liked what I did with the horse, the sound effects...cos it was all I could do lol

QuoteI love it how Mark is the most laid-back, relaxed of all Mitteneers, second in drinking only to Chrille, and at the same time he's so wildly creative!

Very kind of you to say Blajez with several lines through several letters of your name! Always a pleasure to see you at Mittens, and even better to get your acting on there too. You know I admire your crazy voice acting! I'm going to have to replay Fatman, there's one line in there you say that always cracks me up. Hopefully your short appearences in this movie will make up for your absence in Melt the Limit 3, and your tiny cameo in Melt the Limit 2

But it can never compare to Melt The Limit (1) !!!!!

QuoteGood to put some voices to names and faces. Mr Colossal is such a dork

HAHAHA!!!

"Can...can I help?"

I do love Eric's annoying character. There are some missing sound effects though that I need to put in to make his scenes even better

QuoteWas the horse injured during the recording?

Yes.

I mean, no! Of course not

It was already suffering the terrible pain of having a zillion flies in its eyes (there's a shot in there before the pushing the key out of the lock puzzle hehe).

So, many thanks everyone and for your kind words also. I've taken note of people who want DVD's, and I will contact you for addresses within a month or so. Consider it a Christmas present

Here's to BJ2!

Miez · Wed 27/08/2008 16:55:48

Quote from: Mods on Wed 27/08/2008 15:43:58
I've taken note of people who want DVD's, and I will contact you for addresses within a month or so.

WANT!

Privateer Puddin' · Wed 27/08/2008 16:56:56

Quote from: Miez on Wed 27/08/2008 16:55:48
Quote from: Mods on Wed 27/08/2008 15:43:58
I've taken note of people who want DVD's, and I will contact you for addresses within a month or so.

WANT!

Layabout · Wed 27/08/2008 17:00:58

You know I want one.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Wed 27/08/2008 17:01:57

I will be happy to download a clean version of it from somewhere to put on dvd myself, saving you time and me money!

Darth Mandarb · Wed 27/08/2008 18:41:06

I'll buy one! But only if, in the credits, it says (after all the other names):

and
Jeremy Page
as Renaldo's Comforter

Because, seriously, the movie was 'great' ... but without my performance I think it would have been just 'good'.

m0ds · Wed 27/08/2008 18:51:21

Aha, there are some things in life you cannot moderate, Darth!

I may change the "guest" credits though to something more suiting.

The DVD's will be free. Sadly, I doubt I'll be able to upload the 1.5gb DIVx version

Darth Mandarb · Wed 27/08/2008 19:06:02

Quote from: Mods on Wed 27/08/2008 18:51:21Aha, there are some things in life you cannot moderate, Darth!

I may change the "guest" credits though to something more suiting.

Haha! Seriously I couldn't care less about a spot in the credits! I was just goofin' around! Just being a part of the whole Mittens experience (and this movie) was more than enough for this Yank!

Tuomas · Wed 27/08/2008 20:09:08

Quote from: Mods on Wed 27/08/2008 18:51:21
The DVD's will be free.

You can count me in mate!

Andail · Wed 27/08/2008 20:14:24

Joking aside, it was truly a great effort, considering how hard it is to pull off a film project like this. 30 mins of finished film requires an enormous amount of editing. And it turned out very professional in the end. The most apparent flaws are the bad lighting (which is hard to achieve without proper studio lamps) and the voices, which are too soft and often drowned by background noise.

The acting exceeded my expectations by miles, and many of the "actors" are really photogenic. Layabout was great to watch (maybe you should start cleaning tables near hollywood and see what happens?), Grund suited perfectly for his part and Davy with his original style and talk really made for an interesting side kick.
CJ was absolutely hilarious, Blazej and Dominika made a perfect free-spirited artsy couple and even the Dutchmen played their parts great.
Perhaps Eric pulled off the greatest acting feat, and his comical contribution really made the movie worthwhile.

Impressive work, all of you!

AGA · Wed 27/08/2008 20:35:58

Quote from: Mods on Wed 27/08/2008 18:51:21
Aha, there are some things in life you cannot moderate, Darth!

I may change the "guest" credits though to something more suiting.

The DVD's will be free. Sadly, I doubt I'll be able to upload the 1.5gb DIVx version

Stick it on a DVD-R and post it to me and I'll upload it if you want - I have a fast enough connection. Although you can make a 2-hour XviD be pretty much flawless quality at like 700MB.