archived-videos "The Letter" $200 Gangster short film

D.L. Watson · Aug 17, 2013

Pursued by the mafia for falling for The Don's daughter, Eric Holdem writes a letter detailing secrets which might provide his redemption and save the family from annihilation.

Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/72432813

Watch at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ti4FIeIpi0

Have a watch and let me know what you think.

RED ROBOT · Aug 17, 2013

Good job buddy , excellent short film !

ChimpPhobiaFilms · Aug 17, 2013

Awesome short! The cinematography is great.

What lens(es) were used?

Hajiman · Aug 17, 2013

Wow the cinematography really was impressive, some of the acting was a little off but I think thats quite a big problem for a lot of us on this forum, so I try to look past the acting. Nice twist at the end too. Great job

D.L. Watson · Aug 19, 2013

ChimpPhobiaFilms said:
Awesome short! The cinematography is great.

What lens(es) were used?

It was all shot with a Sony HD Handycam back in 2010 with whatever internal lens they come with. I went in and rotoscoped most of the shots and added Depth of Field in post.

Hajiman said:
Wow the cinematography really was impressive, some of the acting was a little off but I think thats quite a big problem for a lot of us on this forum, so I try to look past the acting. Nice twist at the end too. Great job

NickysFX said:
Good job buddy , excellent short film !

Thanks guys, appreciate taking the time to watch and comment!

ChimpPhobiaFilms · Aug 19, 2013

D.L. Watson said:
It was all shot with a Sony HD Handycam back in 2010 with whatever internal lens they come with. I went in and rotoscoped most of the shots and added Depth of Field in post.

Looks great! I thought it was shot with a high-end DSLR. Also, how/where did you get that aerial shot?

Thanks guys, appreciate taking the time to watch and comment!

You're welcome

sfoster · Aug 19, 2013

the don was the only bad acting that really jumped out at me.

i felt that guys pain when he was stabbed
great work!

D.L. Watson · Aug 19, 2013

ChimpPhobiaFilms said:
Looks great! I thought it was shot with a high-end DSLR. Also, how/where did you get that aerial shot?

I got most of the stock footage from http://www.gotfootagehd.com/. Affordable and high-quality.

ChimpPhobiaFilms · Aug 19, 2013

D.L. Watson said:
I got most of the stock footage from http://www.gotfootagehd.com/. Affordable and high-quality.

Thank you good sir! :cool:

D.L. Watson · Aug 26, 2013

I just want to bump this film and bring attention to the music in the film. If you are wanting some great, affordable, high quality, royalty-free music for your films, definitely check out Curtis Schweitzer on Audiojungle.net.

http://audiojungle.net/user/curtisschweitzer/portfolio

"The Letter" was scored with his piece entitled "Exotica". Suited it perfectly!