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last PDF for a while w/ prod question

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Not even a 2-page scene from A Dawning Darkness

http://flickerpictures.com/lilanka.pdf

At the end of the scene, Sarah is consumed and overcome by an encroaching darkness, a shadow. Is this best to do on the set, making it a practical effect, or best to use After Effects or another FX program? Or a combination?

Just curious what you think. Thanks!
 
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As I was reading the full script (haven't finished it yet), I was picturing an SFX shot. Last time I tried to do anything with a smoke machine it set off the fire alarm in the house and took me 15 minutes to shut it down.
 
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Yay. Now I have both roles cast. Not sure when I'll be shooting this as it hinges on finding the right location and that's always tricky, but at least it's just an interior kitchen or living room set-up. That helps.
 
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This sounds a lot like Drag Me To Hell, but in a good way. I picture those maggots spewing out of her mouth and the disgusting sounds and the dramatic music. Maybe you could use DMTH as a model for the scene. For the shadow I almost picture a sort of rising hooded figure in all black like a wraith from LOTR rising out of hell to grab her. Maybe you could make it funny somehow like DMTH, not in the dialogue but in how the violence is portrayed. I'm working on a horror/demon script too so I'm wrestling with the same ideas; I know how hard this genre is.:)
 
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I think what will happen is we'll try to do what we can on set and see if it works. If it doesn't, or is so-so, we'll have to bring in some AE effects. We've worked with a few people that know their craft.

Yeah, there's some DMTH in there but not intentionally. I suppose every script of film out there has a bit of something else in it somewhere, whether overt or subtle.
 
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I like it.:)

I would definitely use a practical effect for the phlegm. There's just so many variables/incongruities to a tangible, gooey thing falling on an equal tangible that are lost when an effect is programmed, imo, anyway. :)

With the 'encroaching darkness/ shadow', again, the shadow could be on set, while the more amorphous darkness could be SFX.
 
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Yeah, totally agree with the practical FX for the black goo. I'm thinking black, brown and gray acrylic paint mixed with hand lotion or just some dark chocolate sauce (what I used for The Sleeping Deep shot). Sounds gross but I think it will do the trick. Simply flick it at the actress with a spoon or spray it at her with a straw. Voila. Instant FX!

I'm sure we're going to play around with the shadow bit on set when it comes time to shoot.

Thanks!
 
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