Coyote Falls Trailer - A Cody Powers Short Western Film

See entire film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyNkmCyxof0

The trailer for "Coyote Falls" a western short written and directed by Cody Powers.

"Coyote Falls" is a story of freedom. Raymond and Jacob, two runaway slaves, head towards Coyote Falls, a small town, that, to them represents freedom.

Cast:

Jacob: Erinie McCray
Raymond: Mark Christopher Lawrence
Davis: Reed Willard
Richard: Sam Basky
Jedidiah: Joe Powers
Young Man: Natty Zwail.

Filmed and edited by Cody Powers.
Complete length: 10 minutes.

Contact: codypowers@mac.com

Shot on a Canon Vixia HF s100. All editing and grading done in Final Cut Express

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• western
• coyote
• falls
• ernie
• mccray
• mark
• christopher
• lawrence
• reed
• willard
• sam
• basky
• donal
• pugh
• joe
• powers
• cody
• natty
• zwail
• gunfight
• creek
• gun
• revolver
• cowboy
• shootout
• horses
• short
• film
• films
• canon
• vixia
• hf
• s100
• final
• cut
• express
• felicita
• park
• lake
• hodges
• escondido
• rancho
• bernardo
• chuck
• big
• mike
• nbc
• robbery
• justice
• freedom
• slavery
• civil
• war
• code
• of
• the
• west
• look
• color
• correction
• grading

[AngrySlop]

This looks great! Could you give me a general idea about what you did with the color/saturation/contrast? Did you use color wheels? Thanks.

[Theelephantsays]

@AngrySlop Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I generally brought the whites down, the blacks up and reduced the saturation. However, on a few of the clips I acutally reduced saturation. I did push the color balance a bit towards orange to give a warm tone to the image in the dustier scenes. In the darker forest scenes I adjusted the hue toward cool colors.

I also shot in cinema mode, which seems to give a flatter image more suited to grading and keeps the gain low, reducing noise.

[sebipayne]

I very liked the grading! Looks professional.

What color correction did u use in Final Cut? Did u light the scenes, or u used only natural lights?

[Theelephantsays]

@sebipayne Thanks. I used the color corrector filter. Final Cut Express only has the one-way version. All natural light. I believe I used a car sunshade to bounce sunlight into the actor's face at 0:32.

[danaralstonmusic]

I was at the screening and I loved the film! Great job Cody!!!

[AfistfullOfFilm]

realy good my only problem was with the gunshots not that i'm a top class filmaker or anything close to it but I guess it just bothered me (I'm picky) other than that the shots were very well done.

[KomicGenius]

Wow this looks good and I have the same camera

[LegendaryCouple]

Congratulations on the great job you are doing. So exciting!

All good wishes,

The Suttons

[thanyou]

Looking good Cody, I can't wait for the full movie!

[Roramirez21]

This looks amazing!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see the final product!!! When you showing it???