Recent content by Chris Tempel

Thanks, and yeah no kidding. Means my revenue from them just got sliced. It's getting harder to do this all on your own now when everyone requires a middleman.

I've just finished post on a feature shot on the URSA Mini 4K. It's basically a ten year old camera, but it did the job and looks great. When this dies, I'm totally looking at a 6K Pro. I love the Blackmagic image and shooting raw (CDNG in my case) has been a game changer. From a price to...

Talking with my wife, we decided to use Kunaki to make discs on demand for people that want physical media. I've got one guy that wants 20 already, and they'll make more money than streaming. Downloaded a template today from Envato and mocked up some promotional images: I'll have a QR...

Checked out the theater today and it's pretty nice. It's a performing arts center, so designed for stage work, but they have an HD projector and 10x20 foot screen. The price is right and the manager was super chill, so I booked it after testing my trailer. They're able to play straight from a...

Should be a fun night tonight. Got most of the cast coming over to record a commentary for the movie. My plan is to offer it as an incentive to those who purchase the film on Amazon. My wife is picking up pizza and drinks from Costco, so it should be a good time. I have an appointment...

I've finally set a date: April 13th! I found a theater that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for the premiere and I plan to release it on Amazon at the same time. I'm currently working on some promotional pieces that I'll send out at the 2 week mark, 1 week, day before and day of.

I think many of us have seen the hashtag #filmmakerslife on social media, so I thought it would be a fun play on words to do a podcast where I interview my wife. We sat down and I asked her things like what her initial reaction was when she found out this is what I do, her favorite and least...

Pretty much any comedy I enjoyed in the early 2000's. American Pie, Eurotrip, that sort of thing. I can't get through them now.

Okay, here's the final, public version. Thank you both for the insight! I didn't use all the suggestions, but a few were really good and made this better! I decided to release it today since the Super Bowl is happening and all the other commercials and trailers hit and hope that could maybe...

I agree, a tighter trailer is better. I'll definitely look at the beginning making that work better. The second scene of Mom might just be a coin toss. I like the tone it adds, but I do see how it could feel redundant

I kind of agree with you about the J cut, I'll clean that up. The giving away too much for me is the father talking about killing his son, but I like the darkness it brings to this.

Here's a screener for said trailer. If you can't view it, I've already taken it down. Still needs some tweaks, but does it capture your interest? If not, how could it? I feel like it maybe gives away a bit too much, but I also think that since this is a movie with zero known actors or...

I cut yet another trailer today. The previous one I made I don't think did the job of making someone want to watch the movie, it was really more of a VFX showpiece. I've since taken it down and have been dragging my heels to create another "Official Trailer". I took some of Mara and Nate's...

Any press is good press. I know people that will see a poorly reviewed film just to see if it's as bad as the reviewer said. A view is a view, so take it!

Decided to throw one more shot into the mix to bookend the movie. It's a shot of a new Earth. I literally dug into the project file for the opening shot and painted a new texture, making it a lush green planet with large seas rather than oceans. As I quoted above from almost three years ago...