archived-videos Trailer: James vs Reality

[chris_rw]

I've finally finished my first live action film, James vs Reality (very exciting for me!) The whole journey making the films humbling but exciting and I certainly learned a lot.

I'm the writer, director, editor, did all the color correction, sound, music, as well as doing most all of the visual effects. This was my first time doing visual effects in a film. We did the film on a $0 budget!

Here's a quick trailer I put together for finishing the film:

http://www.vimeo.com/15135199


I hope everyone will enjoy the film. We packed in a lot of crazy fun (and laughs) into it!

 

[Flicker Pictures]

Congrats on this project! Looks like it will be a great time. Awesome FX work!!

 

[rockerrockstar]

I really liked the behinds the scenes video you did about the FX for the film. It was interesting. Let us know when the DVD comes out.

 

[chris_rw]

I really liked the behinds the scenes video you did about the FX for the film. It was interesting. Let us know when the DVD comes out.

It's out! Three and a half hours of bonus material, including a 2 hour long making of documentary.

http://www.wellfixitinpost.com/dvd.html

 

[rockerrockstar]

Thanks Chris for the link. I plan on getting the DVD in the future.

 

[teto29]

congrats! if you dont mind me asking, how long did it take you to do everything? from shooting to final cut?

 

[chris_rw]

I have the DVD. It's damned impressive -- and funny!

Thanks so much Mick, really appreciate it. It's dumb as he'll, but hopefully a lot of fun.

Any ETA on Crimps? We're very excited for it!

 

[chris_rw]

congrats! if you dont mind me asking, how long did it take you to do everything? from shooting to final cut?

The entire project took almost 2 and a half years, but there are some things that contributed to the longest production of a short ever:

This was my first live action film, so there was a bit of a learning curve. We ended up scrapping everything we'd done the first 6 or so months and reshooting with the new knowledge we'd figured out. And not knowing what I was doing for a long time slowed things down too.

It was also a hard movie to shoot. Locations were generally rough ones to get on no budget, ect.

The post work took me a year. I did almost all of the post work, from editing, color correction, sound, music and visual effects. There are a ton of effects in the film, and this was my first time ever doing visual effects. It took me awhile to nail down how to do a lot of things.

 

[2001 Productions]

Any ETA on Crimps?

All that's left now is foley tracks and music. Assuming the composer can finish the score, I'm hoping to finish by the end of the year.

 

[chris_rw]

Just as a little update about the film. We're winding down on the festival run (I'm out of money) but we had a lot of great success with it. It played in about 25 festivals and just this week we WON Best Sci Fi at the Dragon*Con Film Festival, which was a really exciting and completely unexpected win!

 

[rockerrockstar]

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Just as a little update about the film. We're winding down on the festival run (I'm out of money) but we had a lot of great success with it. It played in about 25 festivals and just this week we WON Best Sci Fi at the Dragon*Con Film Festival, which was a really exciting and completely unexpected win!

Congrats on your Win!

 

[chris_rw]

For anyone who would like to see our cheesy little no budget film, the whole film is now up online. Winner of Best Sci Fi at DragonCon, Best Short at the DIY Film Festival, Winner of the Accolade Film Festival and featured in over 25 other festivals, please enjoy the silly, fun and epic James vs Reality!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNLphlmopQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCNLphlmopQ

 

[rockerrockstar]

Great job Chris. It really started getting good at about 9 minutes. The flying scene was really funny I laughed out loud on that part. Great job. The CGI of the creature was really amazing and well done. I really enjoyed your film. Hope you make more films like this.

You may want to start a new thread in the screening room for your James Vs Reality since this is the film now and not just a trailer. I notice the thread title says trailer.