Firework Songs

"It's all about the numbers".

Initially intended to be created as a Halloween tale, a variety of factors meant this film was delayed until now.

My first proper short film, it was scripted and storyboarded in October. We filmed most of the footage on 4th November, 31st December, 24th February and 1st March (see if you can spot the different haircuts!), with various fill-ins and inserts done around that time. It was all shot on a Panasonic GS500, edited with Ulead's VideoEditor program, and FX and graphics work was done in Photoshop and VideoPaint. Editing and FX took about 5 days, all in all, with an animatic created first to ensure the storyboard covered all necessary shots.

Apart from a few specially-recorded sound effects, the firework background is genuine noise recorded on the night of 4th November. It gets very loud around our way! Many of the visual flashes were done in post-production as the intensity of the lights being used for interiors meant that light outside wasn't making much of a difference.

While it has some of the gun-girl elements of my previous work, this is the first where I've consciously tried to get away from that dynamic. First and foremost it is an attempt to tell a story. The gungirl trappings (such as there are) are simply elements of the world in which it is set. For those interested, it's a meditation on moral courage. The choice facing the protagonists is an impossible one, that ends in their doom either way. But they could have chosen to save a life by not answering a phone. After they do, their fate is sealed.

A hi-res, 16:9 DIVx version of this film can be downloaded from: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GZODJ9XD

For more information and images about the making of this video, visit http://www.redbluegreenproductions.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• ghost
• story
• vengeance
• girl
• guns
• silencer
• assassin
• hitwoman
• twist
• masks
• revenge
• henchmen
• fireworks
• bangs