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The Masque of the Red Death
Published: 2008-04-01 11:21:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 25560; Favourites: 654; Downloads: 0
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Based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Masque of the Red Death', this short film was created for my University assessment at the end of 2006 for the University of Technology, Sydney.(Update, 2021): The view the film remastered in 4K, visit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Nq-vā¦
Since its original submission for my course assessment the film has evolved significantly into something which I hope can be considered no longer just a student film, but something that is festival ready.
Pre production took 5 months, shooting was over 3 days, and post production took 18 months.
Most of the cast and crew donated their time to the project and have done an amazing job.
I am happy to answer any question in regards to the production, but in the meantime, please enjoy the film!
Camera Used: Panasonic P2 HVX-200 @ 720P
Editing Suite: Final Cut Pro (colour grading in Premiere Pro CS3)
Animated credits sequences: Adobe After Effects
Audio Mixing: Cubase SX3
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ah yes, the music reminds me a bit of that spooky harry potter music
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hmm, never thought of it that way! =o)
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I agree it reminds me of sweeney todd but the music reminds me of something else I can't quite put my finger on. Who did the music for you?
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The music was composed by Matt Heider, who also did the music for the popular 90's PC games 'The Pandora Directive' and 'Tex Murphy: Overseer'. His latest film credits include 'Wide Awake Dreaming', 'Blood Soon' and 'Divine Unrest'.
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he did a fantastic job. I enjoyed the film very much. Very seamless and I think you'll make a great addition to the festivals. A friend of mine is a local independent film maker. He made a joke trailer for a contest for grindhouse and actually ended up winning. He's been making crazy movie's ever since now! Been trying to convince him to come on DA 
here's the video he's most well known for: [link] The Hobo is a guy I know named Dave who always hangs out at the local comic book store! lol
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Wonderful film! I've actually never heard the story before, but I liked it very much. I thought the whole film was very well executed, but I have to say my favorite part was the music. Huge props to Matt Heider!
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Thank you! Yes Matt did an amazing job... was extremely fortunate to have him.
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Well done, perfectly well done. Achieving its mission of making us tremble in fear. The demise and sad fate of the currency well expressed in each one of their expressions. Scary, yet, beautifully made, indeed.
Two Thumbs up, if qualification required.
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Thank you very much! =o)
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Grrr, one thing that really irked me is that the colored rooms wherent mentioned until the end. it said that the prince had an odd taste, but it left out the room that prooved that. I luv the How the air around the Red Death seemed hazy, but i didnt really visualize the Red Death to be lik the Grimm Reaper, it seemed alil cliche with the black around the eyes, i viualized, gaunt white, with red tears and/or red from the mouth. The actors where amazing, and i really liked some of the shots of the tumbril and the deaed nobles, really brought alot of emotion. I luved how the clock aspect was played out too^^ how everyone seemed to jsut stand awkwardly, not over done i thought that was perfect^^
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yeah, i found that a little depresssing that the rooms weren't mentioned till the end...but it was really good ^^
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^_^ its one of my favourite poems, and i would have liked to see how he decorated them in the prince's taste, it was just kinda thrown in at the end
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Thanks for the detailed feedback! Glad you enjoyed the film!
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^^ i thought i was gettin a lil wordy, but it is one of my favourite poems so thank YOU for taking all that time to make it
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I'm falling more and more in love with this as I watch.
I'm very much a lover of Poe, and to see his work played out is quite exhilarating.
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Thank you so much! Glad you like it... I too fell in love with this story many years ago, and only at Uni was I able to finally pay homage to it. =o)
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It's a wonderful piece of work
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This is beautiful.
The opening reminds me of Sweeney Todd.
Awesome work.
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The effect of the clock was positively wonderful, I love how you handled that. The narration I think went very smoothly and understandable. 
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Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!
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Wonderfully done. I wish I could add more details to my comment of amazement.
For a second I thought the narrator sounded like Malcolm McDowell -lol-
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This was wonderful! I really enjoy "The Masque of the Red Death", and you certainly did a rendition worthy of a "Bravo!"
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Wow that was amazing! I am so going to try to make a movie now... (and probably fail) >.<
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Thank you! =o) ...there's no 'failed' movies, its all practise.
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That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen! It seriously scared me shitless! This can't be just a student film!
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Amazing. Loved the costuming. Haha. I have to say though that one of the party guests look just like one of my friends.
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hehe thanks, they might get creeped out though.
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Nope, he's not. He agrees. Now he wants fancy make up too. 
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the costume and sets were fantastic! 
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Thank you! Glad you liked it!
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I loved it all, the music, the costumes, of course the story! and the acting is perfect!
the fact that its based on one of edgar allan poe's works just makes it even more enjoyable for me
Mr poe would definitely be proud of you!
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i adore that story!!! i was so excited when i saw you had made it into a movie!
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Thank you! I too adored the story for a long time and just HAD to attempt it. Glad you liked it!
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Love how he drains the color in his wake, great stuff!
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Very macabre and enjoyable portrayal. Nice job!
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I like this face of death before the end. I felt like I was about to die for a second lolz
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