Zombie Short

[AnthonyFinni]

That's Amazing! I really like all your videos and I think what also would create a good zombie effect is when they're following you guys out of the parking lot, one of them should of fell all weird downm the stairs.. you know aha

[blue2765]

This was great, it leaves to the imagation what happens when your friend turns zombie in the booth with you. Cool.

[rstudiosfilms]

@blue2765 Glad you liked it.

[TheFadedVintageRose]

the video's playing, but only with audio... i cant see anything...

[rstudiosfilms]

@TheFadedVintageRose Is your screen on?

[SilviotheBlade1]

the only thing that killed it was the car when they were in the phone booth

[yoko2296]

not bad keep making more

[VideoHeadII]

Great short guys!

You should really continue it

[thatguysellscrack]

im making a zombie film as well for my A2 film piece but am making it in a sort of shaun of the dead style. can i just ask what did you do for the make up on your zombies? cause they look so good!

[rstudiosfilms]

@thatguysellscrack It's layers of toilet paper stuck on with liquid latex and then white, red and black face paint. :)

[thatguysellscrack]

@rstudiosfilms are you serious? toilet paper and latex? well whatever works best i suppose! dont know how im gonna tell my actors they have to put toilet paper on their faces but i'll give it a go!

[rstudiosfilms]

@thatguysellscrack Just try to make sure it's not used. ;)

[libbieefuls]

Haha you dieeeeed :P

good film

[dementedcat8]

k, if i herd "iv been bit, come help" on my fone, id either leave him there, or grab SOME SORT OF WEAPON. it makes it kind of obvious that its zombies

good film though

[kurt0010]

where did you get the music ? :)

[rstudiosfilms]

@kurt0010 music beyond.com

[CommunistSpyware]

The FUCK? only 8 thousand views?. This shit should get like over 9thousand millions of views. What the fuck youtube, seriously, stop watching shit and watch this.

[MetohPL]

Good but

Too Dark

To Shuffle , its mean you just use too many contrast and shakeing movements

For Future dont use Dark Contrast and Shake Plugins =)

[rstudiosfilms]

@MetohPL Yeah I agree the contrast is way too high. All the shake was done in camera. ;)

[MetohPL]

@rstudiosfilms

Okey ;)

[iainSOcool]

@rstudiosfilms why agree the tone was set perfectly by how it looked and the shakey camara allowed for a more frantic feel great work!

[rookieroo1]

This awsome ur awsome keep up the good work

[steezyfilmproduction]

Awesome! I'm working on making like a 15 minute zombie film. Any color correction tips?

[rstudiosfilms]

@steezyfilmproduction Greens and unnatural colours. And lots of contrast!

[oneinchocean]

The storyline was kinda gay but i like the camera work

[MrSpooze]

Fake and gay. Zombies aren't real.

[EPORTILLO11]

@MrSpooze QUIT BEING A DICK YOU FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGOT!!!!!

[ScarsOfTheCrucifix]

that was pretty damn epic

[kidbuusteve]

thumbs up for the car going by on 2:30!

[EnesKaynarca]

Good Work!

COOl Color Grading!

[1234Al3x]

what camera did u use and how much was it, great work!

[rstudiosfilms]

@1234Al3x This was shot on a Canon HV30, not sure how much they are now!

[lorrainerose2001]

At 1:20 I Would Have Just Dropped him and ran

[MrStippy9]

nice work buddy

[getsome738]

can you make a tutotial on how to do the zombie make up

[rstudiosfilms]

@getsome738 Check out Indy Mogul.

[trisdihdzere]

car at 2:32

passenger:maybe we should help those kids

driver:nah they'll b fine.

[kingwazing]

great video this was exactley what i was lookin for :D

[13makio]

well done .. with the shock ... but serious .. Dumbest place to hide

[TricksterVision]

1:55 zombies don't smile

[findsugar]

really nice job, loved t he shots

useful criticism:

please dont have so many people dressed alike/look alike

the very last shot felt like it had a comicle goal (perhaps go backwards with the camera as to shocase the entire scene from the main characters)

im not too sure what this technicle problem is, or if it wasnt intended like this, but in scenes where the camera shakes, the image seems distorted every couple of frames (higher shutter speed might help)

otherwise, better than anything of mine!

[WalterStudiosPro]

I liked the lighting and the saturation; very scary and all of the orchestral hits were really cool and cinematic-like. Very nice camera work.

[MMAFANtastic]

nice short, i was hoping to see maybe a little longer or the idea that hes bleeding so he got bit, and hed be looking at the zombies outside the booth, and turn around to see the other kid turned into a zombie lol would make for awesome actual opening scene!

[rstudiosfilms]

@MMAFANtastic That was the original idea - we even shot the bit of Tom turning into a zombie and turning on Nathan, but it didn't look too good so we thought it's best left implied. :)

[JAMES2K2COLD]

The cinematography and mise-en-scene was outstanding. Brilliant use of natural lighting, to create a dark and eerie feel to it, although I didn't like the idea of it being shot in broad day-light. Costuming wasn't genius, but it worked just as well as any other Zombie-Apocolypse film I've ever seen. The locations were simple, but effective, which was smart. It was acted out to a decent standard, except for the lad who was bitten. I found his dialogue during the phone-call, forced. Overall, 8/10.

[rstudiosfilms]

@VeriniXM All from musicbeyond

[twothousandcookies]

1:15 Eww butt crack.

[fearlessfreakarc]

Nicely done, why did you choose to de-saturate the image so much?

[rstudiosfilms]

@fearlessfreakarc I was trying for an overly epic, hollywood look. Post-apocalyptic-esque. In hindsight it seems I did overdo it a little!

[Spiderpig02]

lol WHAT HAPPEND!??!/ fuck what happend, lets get out of here

[ConorTheMan10]

Amazing .

[dfer0119]

THOSE ARE SOME STYLISH ZOMBIES....

[daltongaskill]

pretty good B+!

[triphendrix]

Audio is the hardest thing to produce properly, hence most films now a days require such long post production periods. annnnnnnywayssss, well done. esspecially with working with your budget, thumbs up.

[rstudiosfilms]

@triphendrix Thanks a lot!

[3BrainProductions]

Very nice location and color grading very raw

[infecDEAD777]

good job!! i enjoyed this!

[Skeletonbonez]

wonderful and inspirational for my a level in film studies

[GunAssalt]

and i just ruined this pair of underwear. great job on the video

[YingNog]

i would turn around and bitch slap that first zombie!

[HJDtv]

most intense jogging ever

[DixieZombie]

Great video! We're screaming for submissions at theZIFF.com - anyone alive or undead can upload a 5-minute zombie film for a chance to win the ZIFF award & $500 in gift cards!

[10000ipod]

wat time u film this towns always full of people

[rstudiosfilms]

@10000ipod Very early in the morning.

[SonHouse245]

Robert Frost you are a genius!

[rstudiosfilms]

@SonHouse245 Thanks. :)

[danielworks]

too shaky footage . . .you should use a steady or something like that ...audio sucks too bad

[rstudiosfilms]

@danielworks You've picked up on the two things I've changed! I've just built a custom stadicam and I now have a new mic. ;)

[gamereviewski]

wht program did u use is imovie good to use how did u do the colour thats amazing im doing this in media studies aswell :)

[rstudiosfilms]

@gamereviewski iMovie is okay but may be difficult when editing a proper film. It's more for home movies etc. The colour is a grading effect (search Magic Bullet Mojo.) Good luck with your film!

[RevolutionarySamurai]

is the washed out look an effect?

it looks amazing! everything Gave me chills!

[licensedtoill]

This is damn good, guys. If you made this into a feature length, I'd definitely see it. Hell, even if it was a half-hour piece.

[devinscheiern]

awesome. makes me want to watch the rest of the movie.

[PikeRoadFC]

Absolutely Brilliant!!!

[asqw37pickle]

fail!

[RedSquarrel666]

it was good, but you could do better. Evidently you set the sound too high in whatever video editing program you have, sony vegas, after effects, vision lab, you should usually just leave the music track volume at the default.

[rstudiosfilms]

@RedSquarrel666 Yes I realise there are a number of problems with the sound. I think it was because I was mixing different tracks that were different volumes and so it at times it distorts... really badly! Thanks though. ;)

[TheSaisman1]

pretty good dude

[Halfire120]

2:30 Survivors?



[rstudiosfilms]

@Halfire120 Yes, of course! ;)

[DWBFilms]

I really think whoever edited & directed this has talent. For your age (as you look young), really well made. A bit of overacting, but that goes away with practice. Really nicely colorized piece of film.

[rstudiosfilms]

@DWBFilms Thankyou very much!

[DWBFilms]

@rstudiosfilms

From 22seconds until 30 seconds, that was some pro level panning. Very subtle, but made the quick shot 100times better than it would have been sitting there on a tripod.

I just noticed it.

Very cool man

[lamasarecool101]

:O awesome how did u get the sick color for the recording im trying to do it with sony vegas but cant figure it out D:

[rstudiosfilms]

@lamasarecool101 The colour grading was done with a plugin called "Magic Bullet Mojo" from Red Giant Software. ;)

[powerfulclown]

@rstudiosfilms how much and where???



[Chrisfreak24]

I liked the camera work and the color more than anything else

[MoreLikeButtFilms]

Thats What happens when you wear a Scarf

[bakan21]

at 2:27 theres a car passing by

[rstudiosfilms]

@bakan21 Yeah. That's another group of survivors escaping in a car. ;)

[cool99high]

Did u rly hit ur friend with that crowbar?

[rstudiosfilms]

@cool99high Haha no we didn't, because of the angle of the camera it's difficult to tell the perspective, so he's actually about 4ft away when the guy swings it. Then in editing I just added in a nice clanging sound effect. ;)

[alaric1247]

@cool99high yeah I was the cameraman for this, and he did. It was an accident, but we liked the shot so well that we used it for the final cut.

[microdasher]

wat kind of software did u use to edit this cause it was really good. and the film. and how does the boom mic work cause when i get my camera ....eventually... i wanna know how it works

[rstudiosfilms]

@microdasher It's edited in Final Cut Express. The boom mic is just an external microphone plugged into the cameras microphone socket, most cameras have one. And that's it, the camera records with the external rather than the built in microphone.

[Parkey69au]

5 stars man

[dimension2793]

Everything was quite good. High contrast look was great actually.

Something about the shutter speed and the shaky camera in the garage chase scene really made it look like shit, no offense though. The audio could have been better as well inside the phone booth.

Nonetheless, I still Really liked the phone booth scene, very nice! When the zombie appeared behind the one guy in the booth, it caused a nice little scare. Good job overall!

[rstudiosfilms]

@dimension2793 Thanks. Yes, I agree I over did the low shutter speed look - it seems overly jerky. And on the day I forgot my boom mike, hence we had to use the camera's microphone leading to the crappy sound.

Thanks again though, I'm glad it scared you, even if a little. :)

[DaBigEgg]

really good, you had some nice shots in there, one comment though; i understand u were using that kind of green color grade to make the movie look cool but maybe you should take off a bit of that saturation next time, tghe shadow areas are completly black

[rstudiosfilms]

@DaBigEgg Yeah thanks. I was going for a very high contrast look but I understand it's a little too dark in places. ;)

[DaBigEgg]

@rstudiosfilms yeh but dont get me wrong, the contrast was a good move i think, it really adds effect to the film, just maybe a tiny bit to much :) but this is a lot better than most of the zombie shorts on youtube :) Im looking forward to some more films from you.

[bullseye211]

If you dont mind me asking, What camera are you using?

[rstudiosfilms]

@bullseye211 Canon HV30. ;)

[joe31454]

dude this is so weak. what cam you using?

[VikTheBrik]

Quite awesome little zombie short. Too bad they looked like the joker, other than that Nice !

[finbomartini]

I will leave a message on my friend Nathan's phone, and request his aid, that will surely benefit me more than calling for an ambulance. Yes.

Apart from that pretty good. What was the grade?

[rstudiosfilms]

@finbomartini I guess I imagined the emergency services would cease to exists after a zombie outbreak. And it got full marks. ;)

[captaindray34]

i personally do films and are making a zombie hour and a half awesome film... and i say this was awesome...you kids rele have good camera angles! and i liked the shaky camera... take advice from real film makers... this was good

[HannarhLou]

the quality of the camera was really good and the lighting helped create a sinister mood :) overall, i thought it was really good

[TheDonutFox]

new subber XD 5 stars

[theclink11]

pretty good mate...have to say the camera was a bit too shaky for me but it was alright still...the mood was there.

also the color seemed a bit too intensely changed, but once again, set the mood for it being a 3 minute short. I don't know if it would work for a full film but it looked really good still.

Props man...consider continuing it somehow.

[NuggetBlubber]

wat type of camera u used it looks profesional with the greenish dark color. Something from like the movie death sentence

[ShayneMaglay]

its not the camera, the color is all done in post production.

[NuggetBlubber]

what is post production

[ShayneMaglay]

the phase in which all the shots are edited together or doctored.

[imoveatparaderest]

I love your cinemetography.

[theknow]

thats funny how theres ppl in the background

[takemasu45]

ok... i didn like the very last shot though. it looked supremely unprofessional :P

[McMikos]

supeer !!! 5/5 :D nice work ;]

[HeyRockBrandon]

yo that actually creeped me out lol awesome... and this video should have LIKE 100 000 000 views lol

[littlebigman45]

SWEET!!!!

[SuperJohnsonator]

how do you not have more views than this?

[angusmacinni]

that was awsome!!!!!!! very good film.

[lhproductions00]

wow awesome vid, it was really scary!

[Olsonstudios]

Very cool. The color corrrection seemed a bit over top to me at first, but then I started watching the short and I totally dug what you did. That was sweet.

[thebaloob123]

the camera was too shaky at points,

The make up could have been darker, and less white.

And the audio was hard to understand,

BUT

It still blew me away.

I look forward to your next film.

[rstudiosfilms]

thanks! :D the shaky camera was me trying to copy the style of 28 days Later. I agree about the makeup and on the day I forgot my boom mic - hence the inaudible dialogue! ;)

[SuperLuigirules1]

The shaky camera gives it a real gritty feel and is used in hollywood alot of zombie flicks which have along with Vampire films and shows become the rage at the moment. Good job!

[gwizzzy]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scary