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"8" is a Finnish 36-minute short film about people who have to relive their most horrible traumas in a cave that projects the human subconscious. The film had some major setbacks (bureaucratic, economic, technical) during the 1,5 -years of production and finally was made with only 15% of the...

TheArtist: When I do my first feature, I want to pay my crew. This was such a tough experience to shoot for 16 long days and the whole crew was so mentally put to a test, that I want to make sure that I can pay my crew the next time we shoot a film. That means the budget has to be a lot higher...

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Or, if you meant the shot with the boat in the distance, we put the camera just on the rocks near it, used a wide lense and shot light in the direction of the boat with all the lamps we got from the shore.

brianluce: Thank you! The shot is a real on location shot. I believe it was already morning so the sun was getting up and we just decreased the light level of our camera and maybe put some small lamps in the boat, I can't remember anymore :) NickClapper: Thanks! The film is called "8" because...

Thank you Matt! The film was done with only around 6000 euros (around 8500 USD). Unless we now get help from certain places for our distribution, sales, promotion and festival tours because we're running out of money :) So yeah, this is very low budget. Done from passion to film and a strong...

Hello, My name is Miro Laiho and I am a filmmaker from Finland. Recently I wrote, directed and co-produced a horror short called "8". Here's the trailer. Share it forward! :) SHORT FILM 8 TRAILER The film is about people who have to relive their most horrible memories all over again in a...

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Psychological horror film "8" will begin it's shooting in a week! You can follow the film shoot in realtime by accessing 8th Level! http://www.shortfilm8.com/8thlevel Dozens of exclusive behind the scenes -videos will be posted to the area so don't miss this chance! http://www.shortfilm8.com...

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Thank you! Yeah that is true. By throwing some names of existing films we try to pitch the film and maybe give an idea of the style of the film. But you are right, it can be misleading and it's impossible to compare a low budget short film to a Hollywood blockbuster.

The final three weeks of our funding campaign has started! Even a few dollars help us to achieve our dream!

Thank you very much! I'm glad the video works, my native language is Finnish, so I'm glad my accent is not disturbing or anything :) Cheers! - Miro

Contribution to our film is now possible via Paypal as well! http://www.indiegogo.com/shortfilm8

Oh, nice! That's very kind of you! Thank you very much! :) Spreading the word helps, I appreciate it!