“The Chest”
Chapter 2 for: The Story Beyond The Still

Watch Chapter 1 here:
vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill

Synopsis:
A man transports a chest with hidden supernatural powers.

The Cast
Transporter OCTAVIO BOLOMO
Chest Guardian GUSTAVO PRATO
Security Guard LUCA DONO

Written, Shot, Directed & Edited by Javier Prato
Production Assistant Evelyn Guerino
Casting Assistant Luciana Steinmander
Music composed by Mariano Macri
Stock music by Beatsuite.com

Shot with a Canon 7D handheld with natural lighting while vacationing in Argentina. Edited on Vegas Pro, compositing done in Photoshop and After Effects.

Special Thanks
Prefectura Buenos Aires
Roque Roberto Iturriaga
Dardo Julio Gonzalo

Here’s Larry Lessig’s TEDTalk on laws that choke creativity. Not only is his talk funny and a bit snarky in a good way, but he’s a champion of ‘recreativity’ who believes that artist choice (e.g., Creative Commons) and the acceptance of read-write culture by businesses are the key to reviving our creative culture. His presentation is also perfectly timed, well delivered, and features a great mix of images and videos, including my video Jesus Will Survive – Jesus Christ! The Musical

This is my video submission for 100% Pure New Zealand. Filmmakers around the world sent 3-page screenplays and video pitches to get a shot at the top 5.
http://your-big-break.com
Peter Jackson to select winning film and film will run on US television!

COLOR CORRECTION COMPARISON

Just finished production of “Doritos Cops” a 30-second spot I shot with the Sony EX1 and Canon 7D, edited on Vegas Pro 9. After Effects and Photoshop were also used to create some of the composite effects.

Click Here to watch the finished spot or scroll down to see some behind-the-scenes videos.

Stay tuned for an extended version of the spot coming up soon.

STORYBOARD

POLICE CAR MIRROR COMPOSITE

On this shot I added a police car to the rear view mirror of my car. I used stock footage of a police car with the led lights on and a photograph to create the illusion.

Shot on a Canon 7D.

Software used for this shot:
Sony Vegas Pro 9
Adobe After Effects CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS4

POLICE CAR COMPOSITE #1
Because the police car was on another location plus the engine didn’t start, I had to find a way to put that police car behind the other car. This is an animation of how this shot was achieved. I also changed the background and added the Los Angeles city landscape since the actual landscape was covered with smoke and further away.

POLICE CAR COMPOSITE #2
Another example of how I was able to bring the police car from another location to the shot. The car was non-operable and the led lights didn’t work. I took the led lights from a police car toy and superimposed it over the actual police car. As you can see I had a very small green screen that did not covered the whole actor, hence I had to rotoscope it frame by frame on After Effects.

VIRTUAL DOLLY SHOT
If you see carefully the finalized shot includes a slow dolly camera move towards the right. This movement was done in post-production. I also added a stock footage of a police car and a photograph of a motorcycle, as well as the license plate was changed to read “doritos”.