The Gotham Crusade(Batman miniseries)

CatfanBogota · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 385 Location: Massachusetts, USA

I wish you the best with your production!! You are definitely in the same boat as me!

Scott Hamilton · Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 509 Location: Wichita Falls, TX

Raven, what kind of camera is that?

Xfilmgurux · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 52

Its a JVC GR-D870.
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Raven · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject:

6/29/2009

Another few weeks have passed, and no we havent stopped. We have gotten a large handful of scenes finished and wrapped up. Some quick recasting and relocation on the spot we have achieved a very close mark to "half way done".

Although that means nothing until the final day.

Upon one of our tasks was to start the mold for Two Face, using a few methods we are slowly crafting the muscles and fibers. Trying to stay close to the long halloween and our idea of him. With that we have started the journey of putting together the scarecrow.

The picture above was a night spent creating the mold for Two Face, it was an hour and a half process to create. If you ask the guy behind it (Film Guru) he'll tell you of the little dirty tricks we played on him, but damn was that dedication to the film. He wasent allowed to talk or laugh, because his movements could ruin the mold from setting in a certain manner. But that dosent mean we didnt try to make him laugh

Twisted Evil

Teasers are being worked on, posters are being designed. Work is actually getting done.

Each new bit we film I get a little bit more nervous as to how it will all come out.
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PlusOneProductions · Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Posts: 527

Let me know if you need any VFX work, i've done some work for Will's Suberboy series as well as SaveTheEmpire's Batman fan film (some of the bullet hit FX shots). Let me know!

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Raven · Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

Raven · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:39 pm Post subject:

Hey every one. Just wanted to drop by with another small update.

At the moment we are nearing close to our goal, with 65% of filming in the can we will be putting a teaser together today. So expect that in the next week or so.

Along with that, we will be putting up promo shots of our villains and allies. Im really excited to show off our Joker, Black Mask and Killer Croc!
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Rogue647 · Joined: 28 May 2009 Posts: 25 Location: Minnesota

Hey, just to update everyone. We are officially wrapped up with filming and are now in the post-production phase. We should hopefully have a trailer out within the next few days.

Raven · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject:

Like Rogue said we have finished filming, in the course of filming our cinematographer also took several photos for the purpose of character posters.

Here are just a few to offer.

Black Mask

Harley Quinn

Here is her deviant art if you wish to leave her a response and see anything else she has worked on.

http://burnt-candy.deviantart.com/
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Raven · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:29 am Post subject:

Just a small Glimpse of whats to come..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGGhrAVw5ww

More character photo's on there way, next week?
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Omar33 · Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 2:42 am Post subject:

jmoschner · Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 28

Looks interesting. I will have to check it out once you release it.

Scott Hamilton · Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 509 Location: Wichita Falls, TX

The promo pictures look awesome. Harley Quinn looks scary, and the shot in the barn is really cool.

The teaser had its flaws like Omar said. You could definitely benefit from turning down the song, to let us hear the actors a little better. Is that an original song by the way? I liked it. And I know you guys are probably just recording audio through the onboard camera mic (which we all do at some point early on, as we did with "Dark Tomorrow"), but just a recommendation for future projects, get a shotgun mic and boom pole. It will make a world of difference. They say 70% of your film experience is what you hear, and I fully believe that. We've got the Rode VideoMic and Rode Boom Pole ($150 each, so a $300 investment), which is a great way to start out in more professional audio. Anyways, I'm sidetracked!

I also agree that she shot of Batman jumping down at the end is a good idea, but poorly executed. Here's why. You should never show Batman in full frame like that, if the point is that he's hiding from the thugs. You want to keep him mysterious, to make the audience feel more like one of the criminals, who don't know where he is. The key here is quick, dark, and close up shots of him. That way you know he is lurking, but he doesn't just look like an idiot in the background. As Omar said, it comes off as silly, because when you show the whole frame like that, the audience realizes that the thugs can easily see him with the turn of their head. Think about Batman's first appearance in Batman Begins, where he seems to be everywhere. He's rarely shown til the end money shot.

Anyways, I do think this project looks cool, and I can't wait to see more. Keep up the good work!

Scott

Xfilmgurux · Joined: 30 Oct 2008 Posts: 52

Thanks everyone for the comments. We will try to consider everything, especially in future projects. We really are doing this just to see how we all work together(we've never really worked together before on a big project like this) and see if we are capable of working on future projects together. The next projects we would like to use higher end equipment, and work on some original projects we have been working on since production has ended. But we will keep you all posted on the progress of The Gotham Crusade. Thanks.
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