The Making of the Film






Production Diary

Pre-Production

Production

Post-Production

Premiere and Beyond

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Background

Biographies and Information on the cast and crew, and ideas behind the film




Photos

Stills from the movie - Page One A selection of stills from the movie

Stills from the movie - Page Two More stills from the movie - various scenes through out the whole film

Stills from the movie - Page Three Various scenes - including the reshoot of the first scene

Stills from the movie - Page Four The last shots - including pick up shots taken in North Queensland and some of Roger Evan's great aeroplane SFX shots

Behind the Scenes - Page One These are photos from the first five or so weekends of shooting, and cover mainly the first scene by the lagoon, David's cottage and the court room scene

Behind the Scenes - Page Two This is from our first location shoot in the mountains near Natural Arch, South East Queensland

Behind the Scenes - Page Three This is photos from the Patrol Office set, as well as David and Stu by the beach, and Jainantu's hut

Behind the Scenes - Page Four These photos are yet to be captioned but include shots from the dinner scene, the meeting of the big men - and a few other shots

Wrap Party A few photos from the wrap party

miniDV vs Telecined Super 8 Comparison shots Shots taken side by side with both formats on our first day of shooting - have a look and compare the results





Equipment and Technical

Film Stock

Camera

Clapper

Crystal Synch Unit





Miscellaneous Links and Resources


Is Super 8 Dead This is an article Scot McPhie wrote for the QPIX newsletter in February 2000. It contains an overview of many of the issues facing Super 8 film makers, a list of useful links, and a description of the shooting stocks available

Super 8 Sound synchronisation methods Martin Baumgarten sent an email in July 2000 discussing how this can be done

Steve O'Sullivan's thoughts This is an email Steve O'Sullivan sent in January 2001 on the issue of acting and directing

Matt Pacini's advice This is three emails Matt Pacini wrote in March 2001 giving advice he had gleaned from his experience of making a feature film on Super 8

Jet Benny Scot McPhie asked Roger Evans, the maker of the cult hit Jet Benny for some information on the making of it - this is what Roger had to say, along with some follow up information (October 2001)

Lighting notes from In My Image David Rusanow, the DOP of In My Image has written this description of his approach to lighting the film. Some additional notes are supplied by Scot McPhie (October 2001).

Comparing Super 8 and 16mm Something Scot McPhie wrote on the Shooting 8mm forum comparing the practicalites of shooting on Super 8 and 16mm (reproduced below)

Papua New Guinea A selection of links on Papua New Guinea

Other Super 8 Feature films Just that!

Frame size comparison Thoughts on the best format for low budget film makers

The Heroes Journey Comments on this kind of writing by Scot McPhie










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