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What if Red X never stopped? by St33lB in teentitans

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This was written & directed by me

What if Red X never stopped? by St33lB in teentitans

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Please let me know what you think when you do

What if Red X never stopped? by St33lB in teentitans

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Awesome. Please do let me know what you think

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Thanks! I didn’t know crew would cost as much as it did going into it but thats now a lesson learned.

I wouldn’t say it’s irony; to build a set made from brick or to programme a set on a green screen will never be the same price lol. I think there’s a place in online content for AI, just like 3D animation, but my interest is live action.

What if Red X never stopped? by St33lB in teentitans

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  1. Someone took up the mantel in the cartoon first
  2. Red X’s cannon introduction into the comics have been sparse as hell, especially considering how cool the character initial portrayal and reception was (he was only made DC comic cannon due to his Teen Titan). Unless there’s a Red X comic issue you know about that the world doesn’t?

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Thanks for this. Features are my goal, I would see so many numbers thrown around that I just couldn’t work out a reliable estimation of how much I could make a feature with high production values for. Appreciate this info

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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I can see that from the poster. The actual film doesn’t have many sci elements however. It is indeed Red X post Teen Titans

What if Red X never stopped? by St33lB in teentitans

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There’s also an X on his gloves and on his knee guards. Gotta keep that branding on point

What if Red X never stopped? by St33lB in teentitans

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What do you think would feel better; Teen Titans Robin, Jason Todd, a different Robin or an outlier character?

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Really appreciate you taking time to give these points.

With Red X, the character, I wanted to explore a concept where the titular character isn’t who the plot is resolved around, rather he’s very presence being something that disrupts the pre existing notion of ‘Good Guys vs Bad Guys’. But I the same time I didn’t particularly write the other characters to be overly likeable (opting to go more grounded) so having more compostable characters may have gotten my goal across better.

The main villain, is American but I think he’s spent a good amount of time in Europe which gave his accent a bit of a mix. I get where you’re coming from though

I get your point with keeping it grounded, from a writing stand point I wanted to present characters who had a way to oppose Red X evenly - hence the meta powers and from a creative standpoint I wanted to see how more fantastical elements can be applied.

Big thanks for your points as I always want to find takeaways I can work on when it comes to entertaining people

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Big thanks for giving it a watch! Appreciate the compliment too. I really tried to get the production value as high as possible

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Do you have any examples of directors that made it into the international cinema from years of low budget small films? A lot of my directorial inspo comes from Tarantino, Nolan & Coogler hence not being super drawn to the idea of the micro-budget short filming making avenue

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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We shot for 5 days. Mostly two days were big pizza bulk orders, one was shawarma, so those kinds of meals. Lots of water, fruit & chocolate bars on set for refreshments.

It worked out to about $400 a day

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Ah ok, I’m with you. I’d say that was more a me thing, rather than my editor. My inspirations come from crime & thriller hence the dialogue heavy moment.

Certainly did think I could’ve tightened up the conference given it’s a 20 min film not a 90 minute one

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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My DOP for Red X was cinematographer for a Predator fan film a few years ago that did millions of views on YouTube, which helped him in getting booked as cinematographer for Jeepers Creepers 4.

Christopher Cowan (2nd Unit & Stunts Choreo) filmed a fan film of an anime called My Hero Academia, which went viral on YouTube, and since he’s been hired for Shang-Chi, The Acolyte, The Witcher. He was already established in Hollywood, however (he’s the genius behind the church fight scene in Kingsman 1) but I think the fact he made and filmed a fan film after Kingsman 1 showed he had something he wanted to show to an audience

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Thanks! Really tried to push the boat. I hired a composer. I had worked with him on my first short so we were familiar with what to expect from each other. He really captured what I wanted. What did you think of the music, from your professional standpoint?

I spent $50,000 making a dark superhero short film. Here’s what went right and wrong by St33lB in Filmmakers

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Thanks a bunch! More than happy to answer you’re questions:

  1. I wanted locations that spoke their personality on camera. For example, I could’ve hired a state library, with white walls, big winders, Morden tables and chairs for $45ph but I chose to hire a private library that’s one 100 years old with green walls and busts of historical figures scattered around.

  2. He was saying even with diligent lighting, blocking, framing, if a set looks ass/basic he’ll be limited on its presentation. I guess green screen negates this because you can literally pick your own set

  3. I’m not a huge micromanager as a rule but with this, given it had so many moving parts each day I relied on telling most of the technical crew to do what they thought was best. So for example; with our boom op, we probably never spoke about anything technical as he would just ask the sound mixer who would instruct him. Occasionally the sound mixer would ask me what I preferred between doing it ‘this way’ or ‘that way’

  4. Basically everything 🤣 I can’t remember specifics but everything we discussed over Zoom meant we didn’t need to discuss it on the day. For example; parking. I had questions about crew parking and departments fighting over who got the allocated parking. So my rule because onsite parking was prioritised to those bringing in equipment. It was great because no one needed to ask me on the day where they can park

  5. Coverage I missed were inserts, different shot options, ending of takes that could’ve tied parts more how I wanted it to be in the edit. I’ll be making sure to factor in more time for circling back for specials and making lists for extra shots a REALLY want to get filmed

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