New Shroud Album

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 first film due to the limitations of the cameras we used) and anything else you guys feel like commenting on.

It is a first film, so naturally there is never enough money or time, but we did the best we could.

David Jetre
 
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Where did you find Nicole? My goodness she has star written all over her. Insanely good looking with--from what I can tell--acting chops to boot.

Keep using her...don't let that one go.

(PS. Made comments about the film on the other main post...haahahah. I don't only care about a hot actress, ha!)
 
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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 make it happen -- every surviving first time filmmaker comes to learn this.

Also, I took the first time filmmaker's "THOU SHALT NOTS" as a checklist. For your very first film, you absolutely never shoot:

1) A period piece
2) In exotic and remote locations
3) with animals
4) with children
5) with firearms (mostly for safety and insurance purposes)

But, I decided if this was going to be the only film I ever got to make, I was going to give it my best.

On Shroud, I was the writer, producer (with two others), director, production designer & set decorator, art director, graphic designer, fight choreographer, co-editor, casting director, locaton scout and co-worked the color correction, and some of the visual effects.

Again -- OBVIOUSLY -- not what you want to have to handle on a film, but I didn't have enough money to hire these positions.

Despite these restrictions, "Shroud" turned out pretty well for a first film.

When I started, I had an insultingly meager budget. I can't go into right now, but you would be surprised how far you can actually make money go.

Nicole Leigh Verdin is the leading actress who played Lady Victoria Celestine. Her beauty is surprised only by her spirit -- this is not hyperbole. She is quite possibly the most kind and professional person I've ever met. She will astound you with her generosity and her ability.

The dresses she wore were hand-made by Dallas dressmaker Marty van Kleeck -- a perfect union of the feminine and the fashionable. The plate armor was made by Patrick Thaden & Ugo Serrano of Thaden Armory.

Well, that's the summary.

More to come...

David Jetre
 
The pictures look great. Aren't some publicity stills from the set? It says "screen captures" at the top. Thanks!
 
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 my design company Studio 930 (www.studio930.com). I am interested in seeing all independent film be the best it can be.

David
 
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