"The Bat" teaser trailer.
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Looks pretty good, from what little there is in the trailer.
What kind of camera are you shooting on? What are you using to edit with?
And out of curiosity, how much has that image been color graded/corrected?
What kind of camera are you shooting on? What are you using to edit with?
And out of curiosity, how much has that image been color graded/corrected?
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The animated series is our strongest influence!
That was shot on a black magic cinema camera and its heavily color corrected, it was shot under those nasty orange lights. I use adobe premiere to edit and some after effects. The eyes actually glow in camera but are pink. There is a pink mesh over the actors eyes, under the mask. Then someone behind camera is shining a UV flashlight which makes the eyes glow. In editing I made the eyes white, and had to change the shape a bit since they were too big and round to look evil. Also blacked out the actors mouth to make it totally dark.
That was shot on a black magic cinema camera and its heavily color corrected, it was shot under those nasty orange lights. I use adobe premiere to edit and some after effects. The eyes actually glow in camera but are pink. There is a pink mesh over the actors eyes, under the mask. Then someone behind camera is shining a UV flashlight which makes the eyes glow. In editing I made the eyes white, and had to change the shape a bit since they were too big and round to look evil. Also blacked out the actors mouth to make it totally dark.
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The cowl is a prototype made of molded plastic placed on a luchador mask so it has total head movement. It's a little rough so a 3D printed version is in the works that will be made of ABS plastic, it will be able to take a beating. Batmans movement and fighting style is very important and head movement was paramount when it came to the cowl. Myself (in this clip) and another actor/former mma fighter will be playing Batman in the final product. Depending on our physical attributes one or the other will be in the shot.
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Cool, thanks for the info. I'm going through a Premiere course right now on Lynda.com and am going to roll into the After Effects course afterward.
When is your film going to be finished? How long are you expecting to be?
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isnt there licensing issues with something like this?
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It will be about 15 min long. Looking to shoot it in about a month. We wanted to shoot in Oct to release it well before BvS but we had problems with finding a right cowl (went through a bunch of latex ones that didn't work) it will be released after BvS but our Batman is so different so it's all good in the long run.
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Not as long as you don't try to sell it. . .
Plenty of fan stuff on YouTube and the studios never go after them.
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ahhh, makes sense.
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its only for promotion and it counts as fan art. There are plenty other Batman/star wars/video game fan films online, most are crap but its just for fun. As long as im not making money from it it's cool.
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The only time I remember there every being any static because of a fan film was when Joseph Khan did his Power/Rangers short a little while back. Saban went after him but that was mostly because a) Khan has actually made some Hollywood films (Torque, Detention) and b) Kahn's film was gritty, R-rated type shit that Saban was worried might damage the brand.
But even then, they worked something out.
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Nice job, TS.
The opening shot reminded me of Finn's introduction in the very first trailer for The Force Awakens.
The opening shot reminded me of Finn's introduction in the very first trailer for The Force Awakens.
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Recently, there was the Star Trek fan made film that got shut down.
Crowdfunded STAR TREK Movie Draws Lawsuit from Paramount and CBS
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Interesting. And weird.
As that article that you posted says, Star Trek has LONG been associated with a great variety of fan films so it seems weird that Paramount would act like this. There seems to be no intention on the part of the producers to sell the film, so I wonder what the problem is. Is it because this one will actually be pro quality? If so, what sort of message does that send? It's okay to make fan stuff with our property as long as it's not that good?
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I'd be curious to see how you pull off the FX.
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I think you nailed it with the last sentence. Add in to the factor that if the owners are currently doing something with the brand, they're going to get very defensive about it. In the case of Star Trek, it's Star Trek Beyond and the new CBS' Star Trek TV series. Similar situation with the Kahn's Power Rangers short film due to the official feature film they're currently making.
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I have a bunch of friends that had been looking forward to this for ages.
