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Let's see...I shot most of the movie on my Canon XH A1, both with and without a letus adapter. Slowmotion scenes were shot at 60i, and everything else at 24f. We had a secondary cameraman for a few days who used a Panasonic HVX, but I didn't like the way that footage turned out. Definitely not the fault of the cameraman. Alex Maclean is a skilled kid and he's only in high school. I just don't like the picture quality of the HVX with a 35mm on it. Everything looks like it's being shot from a fishbowl. The only shot on that camera that makes it into this trailer is when Cap decapitates a Nazi. I found that the picture quality of the XH A1 has a kind of pixelated graininess that resembles the texture of an actual film, perfect for the kind of grittiness I was trying to get on camera.
I don't think there was anything too special about Cap's costume. Since most superhero costumes these days are just pieces of dirtbiker armor and motorcycle jackets, we did the same. The only problem was learning how to sew again. Getting all those patches on there was tough. My brother and I put together all the costumes. For the stuff we couldn't put together, we visited this excellent army surplus store on San Pablo ave. in Berkeley.
We shot the outdoor scenes at Ocean Beach and Alameda Air Station. Ocean Beach was great because of all these great WWII era concrete structures scattered around Fort Funston, although they're covered with graffiti. The indoor scenes were shot in a sound stage at a near by high school. Luckily for us, the place had an amazing array of lights to choose from.
The project took a few months to finish. This my first time shooting in HD and working with lights, so I spent a lot of time trying to get used to working with a bunch of new equipment. I also helped out with the sound design, although most of the credit goes to Tyler Straub, our professional sound dude. He really knows his shi*. A guy named Emanuel Wazar volunteered his CGI services for the movie, so that was a big plus. I did most of the green screen work in After Effects and edited the final project in FCP. If I wasn't trying to finish up college, I probably could have finished the post production process in a week or so.
We ended up spending about $500 on this project, mostly on food, gas, and costumes. All the actors and other crew members volunteered for this project. Everyone did an amazing job.
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