The Mother - Filmstro & Film Riot One Minute Short Film Competition 

Outstanding job on one of the best 1 minute shorts I've seen in a long time. My favorite part is the patience and timing of the shots. I heard this was made on the A7iii. I have the same camera. Would you be able to share which frame rate and shutter speed you decided to use? Pleasure to watch, thanks!

@@SunsetRC Thank you! This was shot at 25p and the shutter at 1/50. Picture Profile HLG 3 and graded in DaVinci Resolve🙂

Dude, absolutely love this short. Fantastic job on this!

Thanks Matthew, I'm glad you liked it.

Matthew Law I totally agree, and this is coming from the biggest apple geek in the world 😆

Agreed

Thanks!

BOFs Thank you!

Thanks man! You're an OG supporter from the beginning. I love it! haha

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Thanks man! Only 89 more minutes to go for a feature - easy peasy, haha.

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it :)

Thanks! Hopefully a lot of new stuff coming in 2019!

@@atlithoreinarsson I can't wait to see it!

Thank you Max! :)

Thank you! We'll see what happens :)

Thank you!

Thank you Nicky!

Thank you so much man!

Thanks man!

Thanks!

Thanks! I'll hopefully have many more videos in 2019 on the channel. But unlikely a sequel to this short, sorry!

Thank you!

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Thanks man!

Thank you Seth!

Kristian Felix Thanks man!

Thanks!

Thank you Nicholas!

Thanks Brandon! I've watched a ton of submissions myself and have seen some really impressive work. It's an honour to be considered a favorite.

@@atlithoreinarsson Congratulations on winning Best Cinematography!!! You deserve it for sure!

Thanks Daniel! Stay tuned for The Mother 2: Electric Boogaloo!

LOL I can’t wait!

An honour, thanks man! :)

Thank you!

I’d love to do a remake, it’s just brilliant man !!

That's really kind of you, thanks!

I probably won’t be able to do the remake right away, but I’ll keep you posted. Don’t worry I’m going full implied LOVECRAFT !!!

@@MrSeanMDickinson Awesome dude, good luck!

Thanks Adrian! I would've loved to do an extended version of the story, but then again, the one-minute format is simply so much fun to play around with. And by the way, Portrait Of My Dead Mother was fantastic! Keep up the good work :)

​@@atlithoreinarsson Thanks! It's really great what you achieved, I really liked the landscape and little details that make the universe the story takes place in so much more believable. I agree, the one minute format is really challenging and fun :) We had to rush our latest one as well a bit, "Footsteps". And thanks for your nice words regarding "Portrait Of My Dead Mother" :)

Incomplete? It's a one minute short. Its great as is.

@@GunnerCantu You're absolutely right. It's amazing as it is. I just wished to see a longer version of this which might actually happen after what Ryan said. That would be fantastic!

@@atlithoreinarsson Are you open to making a directors cut with more footage?

Thanks man!

Thanks Jayne!

I'm glad to hear! Thank you.

Thanks Dylan! Exposition can be tricky in a one minute film with no dialogue so I'm happy it all got through.

Thanks Egon! I'm really glad you like it :)

Thank you!

Thanks man!

Thanks! Yeah we basically used 5% of the original audio. Everything else was foley stuff. I'm no expert in sound editing and mixing but I'm glad it worked!

Thanks Corey!

Thanks!

Thank you! A full length version would certainly be something :)

Thank you!

Thanks! I'll see what I can do, haha.

Thank you. One can only hope! :)

Thanks!

Thanks man!🙏

Thanks!

Haha shh! Don't tell Chris Hemsworth. And thanks!

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Thanks man!

Thanks! We used HLG3 Picture Profile and used two LED panels for the whole short. First scene with one light 10 meters in the background to light the trees and the other on her side maybe 3 meters away. I think we shot the scene at around 3200 or 6400 ISO.

@@atlithoreinarsson thanks so much! i have one last question. how do you expose hlg3 at night ?do you use spotmettering ?for example the shot at 00:35 and 00:31. do you pull the blacks down in post ? and did you customize the picture profile ? btw 2020 or rec 709 ? you would help me a lot :D

@@BlacksheepPictures The camera was set to BT.2020 HLG3 Picture Profile and no customisations. I use the in-camera histogram and always try to balance towards highlights. If your highlights are blown - everything becomes more "video-y". We applied a pretty basic color grade - contrast, bumping saturation and a very faint LUT (Majoris by LutifyMe).

Thanks!

Haha thanks man!

Thanks John!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks Karl! Love from Iceland.

@@atlithoreinarsson My home away from home. If you're ever in need of experience crew for a future project, hit a brother up.

@@BigKarl519 Awesome man, thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks Jim! I saw your video about "A Glimpse" and really liked it. Keep up the good work!

@@atlithoreinarsson THE MOTHER IS NEXT! Will let you know when we cover it! Seriously - this is masterwork. Thanks for saying hello.

Minnimal I'm honored, looking forward to it!😊

Thanks!

Thanks Andrew! Andrea, the actress, was simply awesome. Sadly we didn't have people or gear to film BTS so we only have a few pictures of us on set and a couple of blurry iPhone videos. But I'll gladly answer any questions regarding the production.

@@atlithoreinarsson I'd love to know the settings you used on your A7iii, and any lighting info you'd like to share? I thought your film looked amazing, especially for such a low budget. Great work!

@@BerlsMcSquirrels Thanks! I've answered in the comments already regarding the settings and lighting. But basically two old LED lights on batteries and the basic HLG Picture Profile on A7III :)

@@atlithoreinarsson Oh sorry, didn't see those comments. Great job again, obviously it's not the gear that won you the prize, you have a lot of talent!

@@BerlsMcSquirrels Thank you! The crew and actress are all hugely talented, couldn't have made it without them! :)

Cinematic masterpiece is quite a description! Thank you!

Loved it I used an a7 myself showed me how far away I am

@@nishaantsingh2510 Just keep on filming and making stuff! :)

atlithoreinarsson will do for sure

Here's my channel ru-vid.com

Thanks! Your film was great btw! Just keep on making stuff, I think that's the key.

@@atlithoreinarsson Thanks :)

Thank you Mark! You're not at all a lame sauce dude for asking. We shot in the basic Hyrbid Log Gamma preset on the A7III with a FE 50mm f/1.8 lens (real cheap but effective). We lit the whole project with two old LED lights - which was very limiting but a fun challenge (especially in rural Iceland with no electricity). Regarding the color correction it was the basic contrast and saturation bump, adding a hint of Lutify Me: Majoris LUT for better skin tones and a secondary grade on skin/background for adjustments. I hope this answers your questions, feel free to ask if something was unclear :)

@@atlithoreinarsson just super! I keep rewatching it. This is the type of filmmaking I aspire to do! I've left my job as an engineer, moved from Toronto to Egypt to make it as a filmmaker in advertsing (and work on creative stuff on the side) and the level of visual quality im seeing in your short is exactly the type of stuff I wanna be punching out. Thanks for the inspiration. I currently rock a sony a6300 with a sigma 30mm f1.4 as my goto, which on a full frame like the a7iii would be the equivilant of a 50, im uprading my camera next month hopefully and I think I'm sold on your combo for sure! Do you have an ND filter on the 50? hows the Autofocus? You should be very proud of your lighting, it was perfectly complimentary to the scenes! Im curious, how'd you do the monster? (I saw you've done some monster stuff before, pretty neat) Thanks for sharing your coloring process, i tend to use LUTs as well to get the skin tones to pop a bit more (i use IWTLB's SEDONA" on SLOG2, play with the intensity and the usual tweaks per clip and its solid). cheers mate. Keep on keepin on!

@@hannam6 Thanks again, you’re too kind. I like the ambition on moving to Egypt to follow your goals! I highly recommend the A7III even though the A7sIII is probably arriving soon with better specs. If you have the budget and time I’d recommend waiting and seeing how that camera will turn out. But it will likely cost around 3k instead of sub-2k like the A7III. I don’t have any ND’s so I just stop down the aperture when needed - but I’m planning on buying. The autofocus is great! It doesn’t exactly read your mind so sometimes you have to do some focus-track point settings or lock focus. But it’s many many lightyears beyond my old Canon T2i “autofocus”, haha. The monster was purely in camera. Consisted of a large black cloth, an old monster mask and gloves, battery powered nightlight for the eyes, a large backpack and a whole lotta gaffer tape. I’ll definitely check the Sedona LUT out, thanks for that. And good luck with the career in Egypt!

Thank you!

Thanks. It's the Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 and HLG :)

Thanks Jesús!

Thanks man! Great showreel btw🔥

Thank you!

Hey man what’s your Instagram? I have a film trailer coming out this month and would love to collaborate some time

Label 21 My Instagram is atlithoreinars 🤘

That's very kind of you, thank you! GoFundMe page is a very cool idea.

Thank you Jayden! I''m always up for a good chat with a fellow filmmaker!

@@atlithoreinarsson Legend! Here's my email address jayrichmartin@gmail.com Give us an email and we'll talk soon

Thank you Kevin! The location is in Iceland, where I live. And regarding the BTS, I'll think about it. You can scroll down in the comments and find a few comments about the grading and stuff, hopefully that helps :)

Mischa Decurtins Thank you! We used a single lens. The Sony FE 50mm f/1.8. It's pretty cheap and really does look great for the price.

Haha thanks dude! We shot this here in Iceland, about 20 minutes from Reykjavík.

Thank you! I really thought Fever Dream was going to win after seeing it win editing, amazing work! I hadn't seen it before the announcement (which is strange because I watched like a million films in the competition) and was extremely impressed. Well done!

atlithoreinarsson thank you!! Hmm that’s weird! Wonder why it didn’t show up!

@@Doctopie I guess of all the thousands of entries it was inevitable that a couple a films would probably slip by. But I've subscribed to your channel now so I'll have no excuse next time!👌

atlithoreinarsson thank you!! I did the same. A lot of people said they couldn’t find my video, not sure why!

atlithoreinarsson what gave you the idea for this and how did you pull off the monster in he background?

Do you mean make a feature? Who knows, maybe one day :) Hopefully there will be another short on the channel soon!

We used an FE 50mm f/1.8 E-mount lens. Really cheap but I love it. And thanks!

Haha I think the most important ending is in there. Character wise - not action wise. But I'm more than happy to read your version of a closure :)

@@atlithoreinarsson Well said. Good luck in the bizz, looking forward to see from you. Skol

Then my mission is complete!

Wow that's awesome to hear, I'm glad you liked it. We just used the Sony FE 50mm f/1.8 for everything. At first we tried the shot wide open at f1.8 but my AC noted the monster eyes in the background were too blurry so we closed it up to about f2.8

@@atlithoreinarsson Nice..months later still is still my favorite short!

@@treestarvideoproduction6857 I'm glad to hear!😊

Thank you Aleksi! We used the basic Hyrbid Log Gamma picture profile, I really like it for the dynamic range and low noise (compared to SLOG-2). But IMO - I'd probably say that the main thing about cinematic image is lighting.

@@atlithoreinarsson Thanks a lot! Yeah lighting really is the key, and you nailed that too! :)

@@atlithoreinarsson Can you talk more about the Lighting? This film looks damn Amazing! Would like to know how you lit it and if there's any BTS clip, that'd be great. Love from India! ❤️

@@iNiharPalwe Thanks! We used two LED panels and backlit everything. That's the key. For the main scene we put both lights outside, one shining through the back window, the other from the side window. We also found reflective material at the location and used as a bounce light on the darker side. Sadly no BTS footage.

@@atlithoreinarsson Aha! Thanks for replying,

If I recall correctly it's called Collodium. Works like magic!

Thanks! Sadly there's no BTS footage. But we used a similar sized crew and gear for BTS from our short film "FETCH" if that is any help :)

How do you mean? :)

Thank you! I get you completely regarding the bolt. It was discussed alot in pre-production. I think it boils basically down to a more dramatic beat in the script and upping the tension through character action. It's definitely not the most logical thing but in my opinion it works :)

@@atlithoreinarsson yea, i felt it worked quite well as a beat!

@@atlithoreinarsson Ok, thanks for the answer.

Thanks Brendan!

Magical Moments I think she died! The thing gave her a second chance to life n she blew it lol

Haha thanks. I guess you'll just have to come up with a closure you're happy with. Everyone has their own theory on what comes next.

If only we would've filmed some BTS footage😔 With a skeleton crew we didn't really get to film anything other than frames planned for the film. I've got a handful of BTS photos but thats about it. I'll make sure to film lots of BTS footage on my next short!

I haven't seen the J-Lo film so I can't really comment on the similarities. I'll confess my heart definitely skipped a beat when I saw the title and poster of her in snow with the gun. Kind of an eerie feeling but hopefully just a coincidence. Have you seen it?

​@Claudio _ Ah, gotcha 👌