Colore Non Vedenti Is Now Finished and Online!!!

It’s way overdue, but our short film project ‘Colore Non Vedenti’ is now officially complete and online! What started off as a ten minute Film Junk short for Halloween of ‘08 slowly grew into something a little bigger than expected, resulting in a months long process that was definitely a fun learning experience. A big thanks to all of those who helped get this thing finished — be sure to read the end credits! — and a big thanks to the Film Junkies who waited patiently for this to finally come to fruition! I hope you guys enjoy it. You can check out the final film at www.colorenonvedenti.com, where you’ll also find multiple commentary tracks — featuring Jay, Sean, Reed (Gerry), Tom Baychuck, Roman and star David Tompa — and some behind the scenes video diaries! This whole thing was basically an exercise in no-budget filmmaking that gave us an opportunity to be creative and experiment, and I love the idea of throwing these things up online for everyone to see. I hope you enjoy!

Alternate Scene - Tied Up

Throughout the production of Colore Non Vedenti, there were a couple of scenes that we decided to reshoot for a number of reasons. One of those scenes was the confrontation between Jack and a tied up and possessed Don and Roseanne. Initially the scene played pretty serious -- as serious as a film like this can be I guess -- and tonally just seemed to stand out from everything else. Also, I attempted the black eye make up on Kristin and totally botched it. It was just too heavy. The shitty thing is I actually prefer the lighting in this version of the scene and I think the performances are really strong. I just didn't think it fit in as well. Check it out:

Music!

So I'm starting to finalize some of the music for the film. We're planning on using some 'borrowed' songs, but I also have to come up with some 'original' music as well. This piece will end up in the final film and anyone with an ear for soundtracks will probably notice that it's pretty heavily ripped off from one of my favourite films. Any guesses? I'm still pretty happy with for what it is.

Back at Work - Jay Cheel

Colour Correction Comparisons

Now that we're in the final stages of post-production on Colore Non Vedenti, I figured I'd put together some images detailing some of the colour correction work I've been doing over the last couple of months. There's still more work to be done, but I think things are looking better already! Have a look:

Colore Non Vedenti Full Trailer

I'm not a big fan of cutting together trailers, but I did my best here. This is the full trailer for Colore Non Vedenti. It doesn't have any real purpose other than having something to post here and on Film Junk. Still, it's probably good to have for those interested. Enjoy!

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More Photos

It's been a while since I've posted some photos. These were taken during our night club shoot and one of our office scenes. As usual, all photos by Dario Ayala. Enjoy!

Nearing the End

So it's been a little while since I've posted here. Luckily, I can say we've been busy finishing up shooting the film, so it's not COMPLETELY due to laziness. This weekend we'll be doing our final two shoots (minus whatever pick ups we need in the future) and I'm pretty excited at the idea of having all of the footage in front of me to begin cutting away at. I've already got a pretty good rough cut going, and the film is currently sitting at about 25 minutes. I'm confident we'll come in under the 30 minute mark. The past two weekends have included a few re-shoots and I hope to post some pictures later on today. Stay tuned. Otherwise, we're approaching the final stretch. Watch out for a full trailer!

Back in Business

So after a month long hiatus, we're back at it. We're sitting at about 3/4 shot at this point, and this past Sunday we managed to get a good chunk of footage in the virtual can. Thanks to Roman, we were lucky enough to shoot in a kick ass location. An office space that seems trapped in the 1970's. Check out the pics below!















ALL PHOTOS BY DARIO AYALA

Colore Non Vedenti Teaser Trailer (Sort of)

After taking a couple of weekends off from shooting, we've started to get back into the swing of things thanks to some confirmations on some locations required for the climax of 'Colore Non Vedenti'. Roman was lucky enough to secure a night club and some access tunnels (underneath our local shopping mall) for the finale and it should be a lot of fun to shoot. Until then, I've decided that seeing as Halloween is upon us this week, it might be cool to put together a 'teaser' trailer of sorts, which is basically just a collage of some of the stuff we've shot so far. We're still missing about 1/3 of the film, including any footage of one of the main characters. So take this as it is, simply a look at some of the stuff we've been doing. So...enjoy!

Colore Non Vedenti/Goblin Man in The Brock Press

We just had an article written about us in the Brock Press. For those out of towners, it's the local university newspaper. The best part of the article is the continuing confusion over who actually directed The Goblin Man of Norway. "Though Cheel may not have directed the film, he certainly left his mark as cinematographer, editor and music editor. He and director Howard Byrackk gained access to exclusive interviews with the key figures behind the discovery in northern Norway, and gives viewers an inside look at the controversy surrounding the Goblin Man." (Prince of Darkness fans should recognize Howard Birack as portrayed by the awesome Victor Wong) You can read the full article here. Thanks to Dario Ayala and Matt Hadley for the hook up!

Colore Non Vedenti: Video Diary #4 - Truck Stop

Colore Non Vedenti Video Diary 3 - "Dinner's Up"

Weekend Shoot = Total Success

So the weekend is over and I have a few hours of great footage on my hands. All of the scenes seem to be editing together quite well, and Sean managed to get a pretty hefty amount of behind the scenes footage which I'll be editing together once I'm through assembling the actual film footage. Until then, here's some pics from Saturday and Sunday.

EXT. DRIVE IN - DUSK







INT. DINER - NIGHT







EXT. DINER - NIGHT







INT. DON'S HOUSE - NIGHT







Photos by Dario Ayala

Big Weekend

It's Saturday, and today is the start of a pretty big weekend shoot. Come Monday, we will be about 70% finished shooting Colore Non Vedenti. All that will be left is our last minute ending, which at this point, has become quite the challenge in terms of getting good locations. I'm sure it will work out though.

Tonight we'll be going to a local diner called 'The Lancer' to shoot a scene in which Jack, our 'hero', shows up to answer a call about issues with their cable. (He's a cable guy) The challenge with this scene is the restaurant closes at 7:30 and they want us out by 10. That's two and a half hours to shoot a four page scene. Luckily, they're usually dead on Saturday nights, so we will take some time during their open hours to set up and get some cutaways. It will be tight, but we should be able to pull it off. After this, we'll drive about 30 minutes to a truck stop diner along the QEW highway. Here we'll be doing the exterior of the diner, which consists of the van fight scene that we'd shot some van interiors for last week. That will be three locations representing one. We'll see how well it all matches!

Sunday we'll be doing two scenes as well. The first is the final scene of the film. We'll be shooting it at the Thorold Can View Drive In. I'm pretty excited for this because as some of you Film Junk podcast followers know, we're huge fans of the local drive in theatre. We try to catch as many films there throughout the drive in season as we can. They also have awesome poutine and pickles at their snack bar. Anyways, now that the weather is getting cooler, they have shut down one of their screens, so we'll be using that empty lot for our scene. Hopefully we'll get some nice 'magic hour' lighting as well. The scene isn't very complex, other then some simple bruise make up. Should be good.


Finally, we're finishing up our 'dinner party' scene. We'd previously shot the opening and ending to this scene, so this shoot will only be the dialogue heavy middle. It's definitley not a light scene, but luckily there's only one location and not much happening other than dialogue. The main challenge is keeping all the eyelines in order at a six person table.

So that's it for this weekend. If we get everything done that we need to get done, we'll be in a very good position. Sean will be shooting some behind the scenes footage, so hopefully I'll have something for you guys to look at this week! Stay tuned!

INT. VAN - NIGHT (Fight Scene)

Photos by Dario Ayala