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Was planning on sharing what I have learned over the past 25 years as a low/no budget film-maker. Guess I am 'boring'. Sorry. My goal over those years (since 2000) as technology advanced, was to take chances, try for new ideas and learn. Story-telling has always been my main interest, "from...

IndieTalk Founder, Who would expect a 'haunted house' to be in the center of a busy little town? The amount of traffic is repeatedly mentioned in the dialogue. Note that there is a small post office next door from the front porch. Within the opening dialogue the two characters state that they...

And thank you too, mlesemann. Saw your comments after responding to AcousticAl. You are right. Can't say otherwise. I do not fear putting up projects -- but would never 'force' or market anything on anyone. I have so many projects over the past 60 years (maybe that is not such a 'good' thing '?'...

Thank you. SPOILERS ahead. Very good in depth analysis. VERY GOOD! THIS is what I was hoping for in comments. Again thank you, AcousticAl. Not giving excuses for flaws described above. Just an explanation. Yes, DVcam is dated & was limiting in 2003. We/I have done a lot more in 24p since that...

The Journey I also did a lot of music videos in that time period... All different types of music from alternative to rock to country, to help fellow musicians get seen AND HEARD. For free. Was one of many learning experience. had to edit, forgot the s in experiences...

Poop... looking up at my response, sadly, gave too much of 'story' away. Oh, and I was the (dumbass) person behind lights, camera and action...

"Shadowy and dim", is the way you should make YOUR ghost story. If you went further than 5 minutes into the short film, or watched the whole story, you would discover that the brightness in a vacant building IS a part of the story, although the basement is dark and creepy (that scene takes...

Why would you be half expecting that I would reply as I did? I do not know you. You say that I am trying to 'dupe' you into watching my movie? I do not understand what point you are trying to make. Please explain further what you do mean? I did NOT promote IN ANY WAY (in a vacant building). I...

Thank you for your 5 minutes... but I am curious by what you mean with 'much too bright' for an abandoned house and are you referring to the audio as 'a bit fuzzy in spots'. Could you explain that further? And what sound effects would have done more to advance the story in the first 5 minutes...

Laughing, dead give-away "as seen through the eyes of Tom Cruise". Seen The Mummy? You nailed it, gofourmike!

P.S. This version is without the original soundtrack, (created by a friend, Mark Dickinson and band OTHERS). I will be putting that version up or create a link later. I tried to keep audio clean so dialogue could clearly be heard and scrutinized.

okay... I did not want anyone to have a 'previewing commentary'. It is a 'ghost' story, dig, the title is IN A VACANT BUILDING. Whoops, said too much already... I understand what you are writing, The Lone Banana. Too often, filmmakers go to some (great or small) lengths to bias their viewers...

Please feel free to make comments or suggestions, etc. (good or bad) on 'in a vacant building'. Love to hear 'em all. Figured if I am going to make comments for others, (only trying to help) others should have free access to make comments about my stuff too. I am not a know it all. Laughing. For...

in a vacant building (2004) 0 budget - weekend shoot (with the original music soundtrack removed)

I watched. Want an honest comment? My 2 cents... The use of 8mm for visual imagery was good & clever. With interior shots 'warm' & dark, exterior shots 'cold' & bright. Out door footage would have been better if you added some exterior audio ambience, (maybe traffic diminishes as story...

Last night, I watched The Great Dictator a 1940, Charlie Chaplin comedy/satire, (restored HD from DVR of TCM). Then watched Dr. Strange and The Multiverse of Madness IN 3D (3D BluRay manufactured by Sony from Japan 2024). The differences in visual & audio story telling and technologically was...

I read Ender's Game in the late 1980s, and the following continuation of the series by Orson Scott Card. All books dealt with human interaction with alien species as the human race expands human civilization into the stars. The books (while thought provoking on a several levels) Human & Alien...

I agree Gofourmike. "Day of the Triffids", by John Wyndham was a well crafted science-fiction novel of the 1950s - but 'dated' by today's standards. So was Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos, in the film known as Village of the Damned (1960), with the sequel Children of the Damned (1964) Both movies...

Ask around, try to get diversity. Read clearly what is written in any review, no matter who the reviewer is. Take it all in with an open mind, know that we all learn a lot from our failures (more than from our successes). What is in your mind's view of the story (and/or the production) may not...

While watching the 1st NFL game on big screen with family & friends, put on headphones and listened to entire The Call collection, (from The Call's 1st Album in 1982 To Heaven and Back (their 8th) of 1997. The lead vocalist Michael Been passed in 2010. Was a great band but haven't listened to...