you guys are not cool, you are funny as hell!
ive jsut disccovered that!!!!!!
especially the one below, totally killed my machine and several others. what film makers dowhen there not filming ai ! if Credit Suisse goes under tommorow or the whole of the futures market crashes then i know nothing .
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you guys are not cool, you are funny as hell!
Glad to entertain!
See, thats why we need to turn our hand to filmmaking.
Note for Miker:
The irony is that none of my films have even the remotest connection to computers in any shape size or form. And I steer clear of CGI effects, preferring to do everything in-camera.
I have several ideas in the works (from Horror to Romantic Comedy). But the first I plan to do is a Suspense-Fantasy kind of thing with its roots in HP Lovecraft.
As for what I have shot, nothing except tests. I am still working on my kit. For another couple of hundred pounds, I will have a Super 16 film camera with Video assist. A Glidecam and Vest. Heavy duty tripod, Camcrane 200 Jib, Lenses, Light meters, Matte Box and Filters, DAT Recorder. I will be a one stop bona-fide production station.
See, I would much rather talk about this stuff
Ciao
Stephen
If theres techy stuff up here then that gives me an excuse to be at this board at work
Chance,
sounds like you're in the same boat as me ... lots of kit, but in need of time and a few dependable crew.
HP Lovecraft rocks, although I find it very difficult to read - I like the films in a B-movie kind of way, but the ideas of sharing the same spaces with other beings is excellent. Wasn't he also supposed to have predicted the date of his own death?
Anyhoo ... to the Mountains of Madness ...
I was surprised to discover that Avid works on Windows NT. I thought it would have run on its own OS. I know NT is more stable than the microsoft rubbish I'm forced to use but still, it's depressing...
Few writers and directors have given HP Lovecraft the treatment he deserves. For what is fairly cerebral material, they always seem to make some kind of splatter-horror out of it.
Ie. HP Lovecrafts the Necronomicon, Lurking Fear, Re-Animator.
John Carpenters "In the Mouth of Madness" is pretty good though, but not based on an actual Lovecraft tale.
Later
Stephen
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Stephen Chown
Old Ones Productions
I think his stuff needs to be treated very darkly, somehow I always equate the style to how I used to envisage Call of the Cthulu or whatever that RPG was called ... scary monsters, paranormal investigators ... and conspiracy theories for the most 'innocent' of deaths.
That, to me, is Horror. No blood, just promoting a Fear.
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Rhythm, Revelation, Resolution.
I cant resist a thread that enters lovecraft territory!
I agree with Stephen that his storys are rarely given the treatment they deserve, the films always seem to end up as gore fests or with naked women running around, but a few seem to be OK. (BTW a film of The King in Yellow is to be released soon, which could be amazing) the storys are extremely atmospheric, but also utterly mind crushingly awful. He is a terrible hack writer who depends totally on building up atmosphere and NOT describing the ultimate monster. He is brilliant at foreplay, but NEVR delivers - except for the story Call Of Cthulhu, which is probably his best I think.
Thats why he never managed to write a full novel, all his longer storys become really boring after about 20 pages. His shorts are great - because they are tastes, and do actually leave a lot to your imagination.
There are a few sites on the web about Lovecraftian films, and a Lovecraft film festival every year in the states.
Its a real genre movie and real fans really appreciate a thoughtful treatment of his storys. Good luck with it, Its something Ive thought about doing someday, because you automatically have an audience and loads of great material to work with and a rich background.
Like miker says, they are about real fear, the stuff of your imagination rather than elsewhere, I think thats why he has survived for so long.
I love H.P. Lovecraft stories!
Luck
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://oldones.co.ukErr Miker, what website were you refering to, couldn't see shit under stephen's profile.
and it is in his profile.
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