Yellow (Giallo)

Watch the Hi-Resolution version here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJccVU6SZQ
Dedicated to filmmaker Mario Bava, "Yellow" is an homage to Italian giallo films; a genre of Italian horror/crime films from the 1960's. Completed as a student project at the Seattle Film Institute, "Yellow" is a technical and artistic exercise in employing traditional elements of the giallo film using a broad range of the color palette and the dynamic camera work. To this foundation, writer/director Semih Tareen brings in his unique vision for the taste of the macabre. Shot on 16mm Kodak film with ARRI cameras.
Website:
http://www.semihtareen.com/yellow.html

OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Seattle International Film Festival (USA).
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil).
Terror Film Festival (USA).
FirstGlance Film Festival (USA).

AWARDs & NOMINATIONs:
Best Thriller Short Film (Nominee, Terror Film Festival).
Best Cinematography (Nominee, Terror Film Festival).
Best Music (Nominee, Terror Film Festival).
Best Actress (Nominee, Terror Film Festival).

REVIEWS
"An eerie giallo-inspired short."
Jennifer Morrow, Fangoria Magazine.

"Does a remarkable job of capturing the look and feel of those old shockers."
Todd Brown, TwitchFilm.net.

"A wonderful short film... a great seven minute homage to those wonderful giallo films of old."
Horror Brain News.

"It's got the colors, the music, and even throws in a Bergmanesque allusion that I'm sure Argento would appreciate."
Keith Brown, GialloFever.

"Very well made."
Sylvain L. Paris, Killing in Style.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• giallo
• trailer
• short
• film
• horror
• thriller
• korku
• gerilim
• mario
• bava
• lucio
• fulci
• dario
• argento
• italian
• cinema

[ProductoraNeverMore]

AWESOME!!!!! how did you do the colours???? please reply!

[makifilmtr]

@ProductoraNeverMore, thank you, glad you enjoyed it. I used color gels in front of tungsten lights. Slight color correction was done in post, but not much.

[jigsawsl8n8]

so cool!!! serieusly! I'm thinking about making a giallo shortfilm as well but how did you get the light like that ? what did you use ? filters or lights in that specific colour ? or something else ?

[makifilmtr]

Thank you. We used color gels on our kinoflo lights. Shot with 16mm Kodak tungsten film.

[TheForgottenFlesh]

Also was it hard to get the lighting like that?

[makifilmtr]

yes, it was. the opening panning shot took 3 hours to set up, and consisted of 13 seperate lights. Wish we had more but this was a student project and that's all the lights the school provided.

[SlasherTV2]

that was excellent!!! I love the lighting, it reminded me of Argento's Suspiria!!

[SavageHenry78]

Good to see students still using film over video.

[INCBlackbird]

my last account was Jigsawsl8n8, I sent you a reaction a while back. and I actually did make that giallo shortfilm now so I'll sent it in a videoreaction ;)

[1TBEST]

Have never about dream .. T



[labotamysausagedog]

That's pretty awesome looking. For more giallo inspired goodness check out the music video for Primal Scream's 'Can't Go Back'.

[labotamysausagedog]

ddddd

[Threetails]

The visual style was a perfect homage to Argento and Bava, though the sound track felt a bit off until the end when it broke into that progressive rock groove.

[Threetails]

The visual style was a perfect homage to Argento, though the sound track felt a bit off until the very end when it broke into that progressive rock groove.

[Threetails]

You've nailed the visual style of the old Giallo films. The colored lights, the long shadows, the use of shape and ambient noise, it's all very well done. Not sure about the soundtrack, I'd have gone with a black ambient band in the spirit of Goblin myself.

[halloweenfriday]

Turn this to a full length movie please!!! It's so great it needs to be a movie and how did you make the colors?