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As for me, I have always considered a TRAILER to be about 60 - 120 seconds long, and generally establish the mood and setting of the film it represents. TEASERS, on the other hand, seem to traffic is mystery, creating just enough interest for the view to say "Mmmmmmmmm. Okay, interesting." It...

Clarifications First, I have be involved with about 3 short films, that's it. Shroud was my first feature film. I served as writer, producer, director and production designer...and some other hats. I also co-financed the film. Secondly, all my points I made were made expressly as HINDSIGHT...

Producer Notes All: In my many posts earlier this year, I adopted a tone of writing commensurate with the position. For the artist I was a bit wistful and imaginary, for the director I was direct, and for the producer I was blunt. It cannot be stressed enough that every position on any...

Shroud Album I started out only making screencaptures (which aren't great, seeing how much I had to scale them down) but I decided "Whatever" and just added some graphics and promo shots for everyone's consideration. I did this all for my own film, and I do it for other people's film through...

Shroud We shot "Shroud" in a blind rush over 20 days, over 9 locations (including Texas, Arizona and California) at an insanely break-neck speed. Obviously, this is not how you shoot a film, but under such extreme, if not impoverishing, constraints of time and money, sometimes you just have to...

Does anyone from this forum have any work submitted to the Lone Star International Film Festival in Forth Worth, November 11-15th 2009? As I live in Dallas I would be interested in seeing work from anyone on Indietalk.com David Jetre

Here is the updated trailer for my first film "Shroud" http://www.shroud-movie.com David Jetre

Texas Carrollton, Texas here. Are any of you guys planning on attending the Lone Star International Film Festival in Forth Worth between November 11-15, 2009? David Jetre

I just added a new album of screen captures and some other graphics from our first independent film, the period drama "Shroud." http://www.indietalk.com/album.php?albumid=4 I would love to get some feedback on quality, framing, composition, lensing (there is very little depth of field in this...

A few months later I have recovered. How is everyone on Indietalk? Need to catch up on all the film news! David Jetre

ATP: Having just revisited this forum I just recently read your reply to my post on Producing. Posts like yours spark an instant urge to correct your gross misapprehensions, but that is quickly tempered by the reality I don't have time to address every erroneous perspective: if I spent my time...

Thanks guys, that is my first attempt at concept work for someone else on the Production Design side of things. I usually only do stuff for myself, but am definitely expanding my base of work. I remember watching Ridley Scott's 1979 masterwork "Aliens" and I was struck by the density and depth...

Here is some concept art I whipped up for interiors for an upcoming film called "War of Choice." http://studio930.com/war_of_choice_illustration2.jpg It is pretty big but you can zoom in and see all the detail. Enjoy. Opinions welcome.

Whereas my rule will be asymptotically benevolent, there will be the requisite ocassional and random executions to maintain law and order in my new empire. Obviously, upon my coronation there will be a permanent revoking of all civil liberties including freedom of speech, the press, right to...

Fellow Filmmakers: I am including some artwork from our first Hi-Def film, the western-drama Shroud for you to look over. I did these myself, so be gentle. After 20 months of hard work I'm a little frazzled. Shroud DVD Front & Back Cover Art...

An introduction: My name is David Jetre and I am the founder of Jetrefilm Entertainment, a film production company located in Dallas, Texas. I also operate Studio 930 that offers everything I learned to do on my first film to others. I recently completed my very first film, the independent...

If only it were true Prankish, incompetent, and insensitive beyond words.

Editing I am not sure I understand the question. With digital video there is no film, only digital tapes which you would transfer from the video camera to the software. I started with Adobe Premier and that seems to have worked pretty well. The Adobe C4 Creative Suite is pretty amazing for...

You would think this would be obvious. You would think it wouldn’t have to be said: clear your frame. That is Director-speak for “whatever is not supposed to be in the frame must be framed out, or removed.” If, after having told any member of your camera crew repeatedly to check and clear...

Part of the mystery in Shroud revolves around the legend of a child-killer. To convey this grisly truth about the many child murders near Shroud, we originally had resin molds made for the bone yard. Ideally, we wanted to cover an entire slope of land with thousands of child bones; however...