eabaker's movies thread

[eabaker]

Whoops! Forgot to post yesterday!

Well, this week I am putting up the final entry in my experimental JX series. Here, the technical juxtaposition is between wide lenses and long lenses, but there us also juxtaposition between faces and expressions/reactions.

This time, I very much prefer the temp music version.

JX1E:

JX1E (with temp music, "Government Center" by The Modern Lovers): Password: Juxtaposition

[eabaker]

Continuing chronologically, I'm now at the point where Jenn and I started work on our thesis. That's still a work in progress, and even if it were finished, I wouldn't be linking to the entire feature here. Instead, I'll share some bits and pieces over the next few weeks.

The project is an anthology horror/comedy called 5 Faces of Hell. It follows five strangers who visit Le Theatre du Grand Goofball, a grotesque and profane puppet show. After the show, they go backstage to complain, and there they are met by evil, sentient puppets, who tell each of the guests their own horrible fates. Those five stories make up the five segments of the anthology. Each segment was also conceived so that it could stand on its own as a short film, separate from the full feature. Part of the reason we took this approach was so that we could take on different jobs on different segments; most often I served as director, but a couple of times I dp'd; sometimes I was involved in the writing and editing, but not always (well, except for giving notes on both, which I always did).

This week, I'll share two trailers we put together for the first segment we shot, "Charlotte on the Rebound." This is a segment that I directed, but in many ways it's more Jenn's baby; she wrote, dp'd and edited.

"CHARLOTTE ON THE REBOUND" trailer 1:

"CHARLOTTE ON THE REBOUND" trailer 2:

[eabaker]

Alright, continuing with the stuff from 5 Faces of Hell, our horror anthology currently in post-production, here are a couple of different trailer's for the second segment we shot, "Conversations with Emily."

This is a segment that Jenn wrote, directed and edited, and I dp'd.

"CONVERSATIONS WITH EMILY" TEASER 1:

"CONVERSATIONS WITH EMILY" TEASER 2:

[eabaker]

I normally only post in this thread once a week, but over the weekend Jenn and I put together another trailer for "Conversations with Emily," so I figured I'd add that here now.

"CONVERSATIONS WITH EMILY" TEASER 3:

[eabaker]

Alright, time for more from 5 Faces of Hell, currently in post-production. This week I'm posting a couple of trailers for the third segment we shot, "Lisa the Vampire."

For this segment (which Jenn and I co-wrote, I directed and am editing, and Jenn dp'd) we really wanted to pay tribute to 70s horror. Jenn did a lot of testing to get the right warm, saturated, high-contrast look, and I made sure to incorporate some zooms and split-screen where they fit the story.

"LISA THE VAMPIRE" TEASER 1:

"LISA THE VAMPIRE" TEASER 2:

[eabaker]

And another peek at our currently-in-post anthology horror comedy, 5 Faces of Hell! This week, it's the trailer for the fourth segment we shot, "Don't Demonize Daniel!"

This time, we brought in our friend Justin Bloch to write and direct. I dp'd, and Jenn was production designer. This is our satanic horror segment.

"DON'T DEMONIZE DANIEL!" TEASER:

[eabaker]

Once again, a look at one of the segments for our still-in-post anthology horror comedy, 5 Faces of Hell. Today, I'm posting a trailer for the fifth segment we shot (although it's the second one in terms of the movie's structure), "Rappaccini's Formula."

I directed this one and co-wrote it with my friend Justin, while Jenn dp'd. This was our stab at the body horror sub-genre.

"RAPPACCINI'S FORMULA" TEASER:

[eabaker]

Alright, it's the sixth and final consecutive week of my posts about our anthology horror comedy feature, 5 Faces of Hell. The last thing we shot was the wrap-around material, which ties the five shorts together into a feature, so here are a couple of trailers for the full movie, which incorporate footage from the segments and the wrap-arounds.

5 FACES OF HELL TEASER:

5 FACES OF HELL TRAILER:

And, just for the fun of it, some raw footage from one of our puppet shots:

[eabaker]

Whoops! Forgot to post yesterday! Maybe I'll switch back to Fridays, anyway.

I'm pretty much caught up with posting my own stuff, so for now I'll throw out some stuff that I helped other people on.

For now, I'll post "Halflight," one of Jenn's early grad school projects, on which I was gaffer and sound editor.

HALFLIGHT:

[eabaker]

This week, another one of Jenn's projects. She was writer/director/dp on this one, and I did b-cam on the locked-down stuff, all the hand-held camera, and I edited.

Oh, also, I act in this one.

SCINTILLATE:

[eabaker]

And yet another of Jenn's projects. She was writer and director, I was dp and editor.

This one is kind of an oddity. Jenn wrote it strictly as a little character study, not really trying to push much of a plot. When we screened the fine cut for our class, a lot of people just couldn't get their heads around what we were doing. So, before we locked it, we decided to add a sarcastic laugh track, and do some pick-up shots and re-cutting to turn the ending into a kind of an avant-garde nightmare (she gave me complete free reign on re-cutting the ending, and I had a blast). We weren't really expecting the class to "get it" at that point; if anything, we were kind of trolling them. However, we ended up really liking the revised version, and a few people have actually said that they can't imagine it without those elements.

WOK OF LIFE:

[eabaker]

Switching gears a little, Jenn just cut a new cinematography reel for me:

EVAN A. BAKER CINEMATOGRAPHY REEL - MARCH 2018:

[klen7]

Because of these forums it seems odd seeing you credited as Evan A. Baker instead of E. A. Baker

[eabaker]

^Hahaha! I actually had the same thought!

[eabaker]

And now another project I dp'd, this one for my friend and fellow grad student Goose, back in 2016.

SEANCE:

[eabaker]

Last week I posted Goose Scott's "Seance," which I dp'd. This week, I'm posting the trailer for Goose's thesis film, "A Clean Sleep," which I also shot for him (the full project isn't available on-line, as he's still submitting to festivals).

A CLEAN SLEEP TEASER:

[eabaker]

If I don't come up with some new content, I'm going to have to stop posting in this thread soon (well, I could also start posting really crappy old stuff, I guess).

Anyway, today I'm posting a little doc piece that Jenn and I made for a Portland Animal Aid event, looking at a few families who rescued animals in need.

PET FETE ANIMAL AID STORIES:

[eabaker]

Not the kinda thing I usually post in here, but here's a thing I did today:

[eabaker]

This last weekend we participated in the LA 48 Hour Film Project.

Since it hasn't screened yet, I can't publicly post the movie. I can, however, post the trailer.

SONIC trailer:

[eabaker]

Alright, the 48 Hour Film screenings are over with, so we can now release "Sonic" to the public!

Enjoy!



EDIT: Ugh. I dunno what's up with the "privacy settings" thing, but if you click to watch on Vimeo is plays fine.