One of our assignments is to make a short film in the old "Universal" style. However, I don't think we can recreate entireley. For one were filming with video tape where's they used Film, and all the locations wear mostly sets as you probably know, and neither me or the the college have the time or resources to get build any classic sets :). Still, I hope to do something along the lines of a "Classic" horror film this coming year
BTW, have you seen the Fred March version of Jekyll and Hyde, its awesome and really quite disturbing in places.
I liked your idea about filming something to go with my little poem. Something I may consider down the line.
> Wow. That's really good. Maybe you should make a short
> silent film to go with it and someone who sounds like
> Vincent Price could read the poem as a spooky voice over.
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> BTW, Wolf, I just saw your reply to one of my posts in the
> page before this one. You had posted about the 1931
> version of "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
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> I replied: "Some of the old black and white horror films
> are so cool. Like Bela Lugosi in "Dracula" that you
> brought up before."
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> You replied: "Indeed they are, black and white suits
> horror like a glove, it really intensifies the mood and
> dread of the story, although it needs to be a good story
> otherwise visuals dont cunt for shit. A prime example of
> this is the film "Pandorum" great atmospheric visuals,
> dreadful plot and acting."
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> I am wondering if there is any way you could capture the
> visual feel of those old black and white films using
> modern video equipment. Is it all to do with lighting or
> is it also the cameras and type of film that they used in
> those days?
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