"SOLOMON KANE - THE RETURN OF SIR RICHARD GRENVILLE" Release Thread

Here is my latest film based on the Robert E Howard Character, Solomon Kane. "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville" is an almost word for word interpretation of the REH poem by the same name. And unlike the other movie versions of Howard's characters, (Conan, Red Sonja, and Kull), I did not re make any aspect of the character, going for the purest R.E. Howard vision that I could make into a short film.

A High five to all the forum members who helped me out on this too!!!

Solomon Kane at Kanefilms.com - http://www.kanefilms.com/SolomonKane



Shot with a Panasonic DVC-30p in 1 day.
Shot in the open, bluescreened all characters.
Every shot is made up of at least 3-6 layers for compositing.
Total cost was just under $900 for props, costumes, and set.

Lessons Learned:
1) Never shoot outside without more shade. Florida sun sure did reflect off the bluescreen giving the blue 'spill' on the actors.
2) Get more 'extra' shots of footsteps, closeups, and misc action for editing.
3) I need a better microphone.
4) I learned to refinish a sword after getting all scratched up....
5) Get creative with compositing to make 2 actors look like 15. (I had more actors, but only 2 showed up on the day of shooting)

I hope you like it.

 

very nice Mike, I liked the fast paced fight sequence and how it followed the poem and the music went along with the action. I loved the night shots in the forest, incredible what can be done in someones backyard.

 

Nice! I can't wait to see what you do next.

 

That, sir, was brilliant.

Glad I could help.

 

Thanks.

The next project is gonna be fun. Gonna do a little Mortal Kombat fight sequence. Subzero vs Scorpion with the Cuban_Manace.

After that, I have a docu-drama about the state of injured Veterans.

 

Oh this deserves a *bump*

Makes me want to go out and hunt down a copy of the book. And a rapier. Need a rapier. Now.

 

Hey! Pretty nifty.

I didn't watch it with much sound, but you certainly had a visual style down quite well. I'll try to watch it later at home.

-Spiff

 

It's worth it for the narration, like soething out of an old pulp-era radio play.

 

Well, RE Howard was a Pulp writer for Wierd Tales and others. Kinda makes sense right.

 

Blatant BUMP

 

I definetly like the strange eerieness to it. Some of the effects were pretty sketch though (rough keying, uneven color grading). If you had more time I'm sure it would've come out alittle more polished. The narration was the best part, your voice actor nailed the tone. Cool stuff.