IKR when I was watching the short film I thought he used some easy practical effects to do these shots but now I respect his work more because of the amount of effort he puts in these shorts
I believe he could've gone that easy practical effects route but he wanted something to look pretty real and realistic. then the effort was needed. Still amazing work and I am kinda scared of failing if want to do even something remotely easy.
Ponysmasher: So this simple shot here ... Me: He 3D mapped it didn't he. Ponysmasher: I took multiple shots and reshot it multiple times.. Me: ... Ponysmasher: ..and then in Blender Me: I KNEW IT.
"Back to basic 3-minute horror with just the 2 of us" ... is what we love most about your channel, David. You're the only filmmaker in Hollywood who is able to make your own movies (very quality & fabulous too) while being in isolation at home. So very much admire YOU and Lotta. You're true blue filmmakers! Loving the short films and these BTS movies /masterclasses in filmmaking you're sharing with us too. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your channel and you - as a movie lover and a filmmaker - David!
@@thekramer1097 I'm... not sure if you were being ironic, but he's constantly replying stuff on Vero or whatever that app was called. Mostly about THE SNYDER CUT.
@@xwilbr Not ironic. As you said he does reply about the snyder cut, but not much else. He isn't the type to share his knowledge or tips for aspiring filmakers like David
"Good enough" is something all filmmakers need to learn, including myself. It's so easy to see every challenge on a project as something that needs to be completely conquered. Instead there's always another way, a simpler way to do it. Love your channel!
Agreed, I have lost hours of work trying for perfect. And by that I mean I had to toss out the whole idea. Now I still spend days working on an effect but it was as much teaching myself and I saw progress with each attempt.
Words I live by. Friends of mine spend months and months making stuff and never get it done. Me on the other hand, have forwarded my career at a much faster pace living by that motto.
It's nice to know that a professional director also wants to bash his head against the wall when things go horribly wrong. Guess that never changes just need to problem solve like you said. 👌
To think, massive directors like David still make short films on the same camera I own. This really helps independent film makers, to know that even if they don't own something like an Alexa Mini, they can still make really good looking films.
I would just like to say thank you for going out of your way to show us the process behind not only your shorts but also your features, as an aspiring filmmaker these videos are really effective and bring an informative view point on what you do. Your guidance doesn't go unnoticed and I appreciate you giving us these amazing insights for all of these years.
I'm a freelance graphic designer and that often leads to breakdowns about my projects not turning out the way I want them to. Let me just say that your BTS videos have calmed me down more than once before. Mistakes are so easy to edit out and never talk about, but you choose to show all the troubleshooting you go through, and that teaches me more about the creative industry than any class could ever do. Glad Påsk, David!
Thank you for being honest about your struggles. The fact that you, a professional director that so many of us look up to, still has self doubt from time to time, makes me feel that I'm not alone. Keep being awesome. Mad respect to you.
Oh dang! That seems like EXACTLY what the UV project modifier should be good for?? I'd super bet it's a dependency issue caused by targeting the empty (my guess: it expects the camera itself to have the animation data when it's calculating the texture coordinates). Also- thanks for putting so much work into these, man! Most inspiring thing I've seen in ages.
Showing that well made movies also aren’t perfectly made is a good way to remind people that film making, like most creation, is a matter of sacrifices. Don’t let perfection ruin your attempts to make something and have fun doing it. Thanks.
What I love about these videos, is that he shows us that even a big time Hollywood Director has problems that independent filmmakers have. I know I’ve gotten frustrated when making stuff, and this just shows that we’re not alone. And the mindset of ‘Good Enough’ is something we all share.
Holy hell, you managed to make the making of to a horror movie into an actual horror movie as well. The stuff with the empty hard drive had me pause the video in shock. More effective than any monster I could think of. By the way, great film. Keep on with it. It's always worth it in the end.
"Man, there's been so many issues and problems on this movie, just feels like everything is trying to be as difficult as possible" Spoken like a true filmmaker!
Oh god, the harddrive! My heart sank when you couldn't find the files! 21 years ago, six months of CG modelling and animating, renders that took 3 hours a frame, 18 hour days, I got the 1999 Australian World Con opening finished a couple of days out. Had it on a removeable drive, the file was massive. We had nothing big enough to back it up. Sent it around to friend to get it dumped to VHS - drive was completely blank when it got there. The engine in our van was under the front seats, and the electromagnetic field from the engine had completely blanked the drive. Rebuilt what I could of the opening from the little bits of footage I still had on the other smaller drive, and re-rendered from the assets I still had that hadn't been deleted. Wasn't a patch on the original, but no one watching was any the wiser, and what they saw looked like a finished concept. Perfection is the enemy of good, and sometimes good is the enemy of finished.
"and then my tooth fell off" hahahahah I really LOVE how you share ALL the problems you have while making a short and HOW you got through it. We as an audience of creators can identify with you even though you have already "made it" (shooting real Hollywood films). That mini breakdown near the end makes as know that the famous impostor syndrome does not go away that easily. I also like the theme of the video about some things being "good enough", some people can take it as a mediocre attitude but as the saying goes, "done is better than perfect". A lot of us get stuck in the "it's not perfect" and don't finish anything, and sometimes don't even start it!!
Damn this gave me so much anxiety at the end. I’ve had very similar things happen and it’s good to know that I’m not alone in my struggles. I hope your tooth is ok for now. Stay safe you two! Thank you for all of your hard work on this, it’s an invaluable insight into the struggles and fun of filmmaking. 🤙
I love your too-accurate description of how much self-doubt these projects can make us feel. And the way you portrayed the sheer panic of a hard drive failure was also spot on lol!
I don't know if you're told often enough, but I really appreciate these types of videos from you. You really go in-depth on how you make it. Also, you're hilarious. So thank you!
The fact that so many things went wrong makes me so relieved. Not that I wish for things to go wrong for your projects, but when I make short films I feel like these bad things only happens to my project. But knowing that this happens to other people too (and to this extend), gives me great comfort. And I love that you share these things with us - especially the things that go wrong.
The fear of the unknown is a kind of fear every human being possess. I read that somewhere, from a book, I think. What I've always liked about your short films is that you understand what we're all afraid, and you use that to your advantage. You don't try to dumb down the character in your story for the sake of horror. Like how your wife in this short quickly knew what was going on, and threw the blanket over the shadow as a way to make it disappear. It's a small, but brilliant action! The problem with horror movies these days is that they set the movie at night, in the dark, without using the dark to its advantage. There's usually nothing more than just jump scares that happen. With you, it's different. You don't put in all these darkness "just because", there's a purpose behind it. I don't know if you recognise me, but I used to go by the name Roberto Davidson. I'm so glad and happy for your success. This may sound cliche, but I've always known you've got a bright future ahead of you. Oh, and say hi to your wife for me :) her acting is wonderful, as always. ... Sorry if that last part sounds creepy.
I love the enthusiam you put in all your shorts but my best part is to see you and your wife in the making of them, you both have the same love and passion on your projects, Oscar to the best moticational couple!, thanks David.
As a vfx artist it’s almost like you do all these different methods in your head before you get to the final choice. Good on David for always getting there and showing the process.
David: Breaks his back making a short film during quarantine Also David: Goes through the effort of making a behind the scenes video longer than the film *Keep being you, you beautiful man*
Your humility and willingness to address your frustrations/failures and how you problem solved is SO refreshing and encouraging. It is severely lacking these days in a world where everyone wants to come off so authoritative on everything they post, and everything they talk about. Thanks for being so willing to just be you and share your thoughts in a sincere way!!
You’re the best man. This really helped me during the editing of my current short, because damn. It’s cursed as well. Several months shooting this damn thing and I’ve wanted to quit so many times. Things just go wrong. It’s awesome to know that us smaller filmmakers face the same problems pros like you do. Awesome video as always, Mr. Sandberg. You’re a treasure. Also, Lotta is fantastic as always! Always great to see her! Big fan!
I really enjoy watching David's shortfilm even though i dont like watching horrors it scareds me a lot but watching davids horror helps me grow as a filmmaker and learn more
This must be the most inspiring "Making Of" video ever. If a well-known director goes through this existential crisis mid-project, then It's OK for me to go through them as well, It's only a matter of realising when something is "Good Enough". Excellent video!
I'd like to defer commenting on the short itself and laud the storytelling of this Making Of documentary instead. It's riveting and a master class in storytelling in itself.
I, for one, appreciate everything you go through to make these short films. They are significantly better than "good enough" to those, like myself, who watch them.
I loved both of them, the BTS and the short itself. I really appreciate that you keep making these amazing short films despite your success in Hollywood. Surely many other filmmakers would have stopped doing them. Thank you very much to Lotta and to you for what you do
"Have everything else (good) I've created were just a fluke ?" Is pretty much the one thought all the people in all kinds of creative media think when they have anxiety attack. xD
I'm a film teacher doing Zoom at the moment, and I'm definitely showing this to my class tomorrow. Love your stuff, keep up the great work both in and out of Hollywood! Also, with your computer: 1) GPU. Invest in a good GPU. I just got an RTX 2080 Super and it's working wonders. If you CAN, get at least a 1660 Ti, or RTX 2060 Super for your rig. this will pay instant dividends, trust me. Actually, I don't know how old your computer is, but if you got an extra $600 bucks, you could probably upgrade the entire thing (a Ryzen 7 3700x, AM4 Motherboard, at least 16GB of ddr4 3000mhz ram, a cheap case, and a $250 dollar graphics card). I'd like to think you can afford more, BUT, TBH, for little video edits and a decent blender render, that's about the price point you're looking at. ;)
So many times, good enough turns out to be good enough for everyone. Including yourself. After some time, you realize it didn't need to be perfect. Thanks!
I appreciate your stuff about the meltdown so much. Its helpful to know that imposter syndrome is something accomplished directors still struggle with at times.
Hah I love how you completely change to swedish accent when pronouncing Lotta's name and then go back to your american one...or is it american? I dunno, but I admire your ability to speak English to the point that you can give directions to large crew of people, expressing what you want in detail, etc. I wonder, did you practice, had any problems with it when came to US or were you speaking such well before going to US?
The coolest part of the movie is when your shadow approaches to Lotta - really scary, and the coolest part of that video when you start thinking about your mistakes and all the stuff, thank for that part. It it very important:)
Resolve, Reason, Reaper, Blender, Camera operating, sound recording/mixing and directing. You really are a one man army, this is super impressive. And I forgot the most important: super creative problem solver.
This movie looks like it has a bunch of easy effects, watching this they turned out to be super complicated. I think that’s the best compliment David could get, though; the fact that his effects look so real and classic despite their impossibility is really impressive.
Holy shit, 1.7K likes 0 dislikes. Completely deserved. And thanks for explaining how using different ISOs affects the dynamic range of an image. It's a very important thing to know but not inmediately obvious for beginners, and often you see it explained in a much more complex way than it really should.
I NEVER comment videos, but I have to tell you I love yours. You're incredibly honnest and showing how everything ALWAYS goes down: not as planned! Thank you for the experience you keep sharing and for the fun mood along the way.
It's amazing how simple and easy something looks when you watch a film like this. Then you see the behind the scenes and realize just how difficult it really was to make everything look so easy, and the genius required to pull it off. I really enjoyed this one David, and I thought you pulled it off really well - not to mention i think the concept is unique - we need more of that in horror
David, you're the man, dude. It's great to see that you're down-to-earth and you want to share your directing experiences on UA-cam with bunch of us, nobodies.
I just appreciate this short so much more now that you have shared the BTS and all the ways you tried to tackle problems along with your failures and everything that you learned eventually played well into the final short. This is exactly the type of content we need for indie filmers out there who want to know how and what type of problems actually arise during trying to even film a simple scene to a complex horror scene.
Aww man David... I just want to give you a hug after hearing all of that. I've always enjoyed your shorts and your behind the scenes content is great. I want to honestly thank your for sharing your breakdown with us too. I'm starting week 4 stuck at home, I have almost all the same equipment you used for this film here with me, and I have not been able to get myself to create... anything. Just feeling stuck creatively right now. Cue imposter syndrome, "the world is ending anyway, who cares", "I suck", etc. Hearing about you hitting all those obstacles, pushing through everything, and (perhaps most importantly) knowing when to say, "good enough" is inspiring. I've been doing shorts for almost 20 years (no major successes but a couple of awards here and there) and I think the two things I've learned the most are 1) how to properly estimate how long things are going to take and 2) When something is good enough. Otherwise you'll just keep tweaking it forever. Anyway, sorry for the long-winded comment. TLDR: Thank you for sharing this whole process, thank you for producing incredibly imaginative & effective shorts, I know those feels, and you kick ass!
I think i speak for all of us here that are learning, when i say THANK YOU so very much for giving us a chance to see your process in making these shorts with videos such as this one. Very inspiring stuff. This was easily the best horror short of the year.
You are honestly one of my favorite directors now. It's amazing that your BTS videos are just as good as the actual shorts themselves! You are an incredibly talented director and I have so much respect for you, especially in regards to how you take the time to put something like this together to share your own learning experiences even though you're a Hollywood director now. And I've also had my moments where I've freaked out while putting a film together. And you're right in that you just gotta take a deep breath, calm down, and keep going, because we usually critique ourselves much more than necessary and the end film usually always turns out to be better than we initially might think. Never lose hope in those tough moments, David, and to any other aspiring film makers out there! Keep pushing on! It's your passion for this that enables you to succeed!
I loved this video! Thank you for making this despite the many setbacks you experienced while making the film itself. Also, all my existential crises basically look like that. What a great filmic representation...
This is why you are great David, quality shorts with quality behind the scenes and no bullshit. It's great seeing that despite the amazing Hollywood films you have made, you are always learning how to solve new problems. Keep posting!
This might sound wierd, but I like that you take a Nintendo approach to these cool concepts. Nintendo is famous for introducing a mechanic, like throwing a hat and starting simple; throw it at a coin to collect it, and then escalating ideas and functions until you have a fully formed and versatile mechanic you can build an entire game around. You do this with these shorts and it's why they feel so good! You introduce something, like a closet or shadow, give us an example of how it works; by picking up a shadow, or seeing hangars duplicate. You then escalate a bit with test of it's abilities or limits by copying a doll or throwing a blanket, and then by the end it's a fully formed versatile and awesome idea that could easily carry an interesting story. Amazing work! People love Nintendo games for a reason... you should be proud that you instinctively work and think like a billion dollar beloved company!
You're the man, David! Thank you for keeping this going. Also, thanks for taking the time to chat outside of Sushi a couple weeks back. It was great to finally meet you and Lotta!
Is wired to say, but got so inspired from this video, more than those videos of people who say that filmmaking is all sunshine and rainbows. All the trouble you went through, all the stress and effort pays off that moment when you click that button share. In that precise moment people can finally enjoy your art and spend few minutes watching something great. Filmmaking isn’t only taking few shots and put it together on the timeline, is more like composing beautiful music that arrives to people heart. You take enough shots (notes) to compose this beautiful short movie. Thanks for your passion! And thanks for sharing it with us (free!)
Hey men, I’m a aspiring filmmaker from Colombia currently in pre production for its first short. Your videos about filmmaking are as honest and pure as they can be. I’ve learned so much from! If you read this, thanks a lot!
Making short films for a while and I’ve got to say the techniques you use are incredible. Thank you for showing how much work and sometimes frustrating times it takes to create these. Keep it up.
"So I take a look at the hard drive in Windows and it shows up as completely empty."
When director tells a scary story at a campfire.
Perfect response.
😂😂😂
My heart sank when he said all the media went offline and the hard drive was empty. I know that feeling!!!!
i actually thought that that story was scarier than the movie
@@JeseeWalker Ditto. And it was real. : ((
I think I enjoy these Making Of's as much as the actual shorts.
I agree, interesting to see.
I only watch the shorts so I know what he's talking about in the making-of's!
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I watch these because I am too scared too watch the actual short (also it’s 1 am when I’m righting this
Making Oofs.
me: see's chair effect, oh that looks like it could be easy-
SO I 3D SCANNED THE CHAIR AND TOOK 10 SHOTS
IKR when I was watching the short film I thought he used some easy practical effects to do these shots
but now I respect his work more because of the amount of effort he puts in these shorts
@@justinl7025 100% agree
Filmmaking in a nutshell. Most of the hard shots go unnoticed
I believe he could've gone that easy practical effects route but he wanted something to look pretty real and realistic. then the effort was needed. Still amazing work and I am kinda scared of failing if want to do even something remotely easy.
@@Leprutz They seriously go above and beyond when it turns to quality! Putting a lot of work into it :-) definitely kudos to them.
Beautiful. Getting that last 1% to "perfect" is often unnoticed by the audience anyway. Post it and move on! Well said.
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Ponysmasher: So this simple shot here ...
Me: He 3D mapped it didn't he.
Ponysmasher: I took multiple shots and reshot it multiple times..
Me: ...
Ponysmasher: ..and then in Blender
Me: I KNEW IT.
I was waiting for it too hahaha
"i decided to step away and say, this movie"
"is cursed"
"Back to basic 3-minute horror with just the 2 of us" ... is what we love most about your channel, David. You're the only filmmaker in Hollywood who is able to make your own movies (very quality & fabulous too) while being in isolation at home. So very much admire YOU and Lotta. You're true blue filmmakers! Loving the short films and these BTS movies /masterclasses in filmmaking you're sharing with us too. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your channel and you - as a movie lover and a filmmaker - David!
Well... to be fair Zack Snyder does that too but he has never been the type that conects with the fans through social media
@@thekramer1097 I'm... not sure if you were being ironic, but he's constantly replying stuff on Vero or whatever that app was called. Mostly about THE SNYDER CUT.
@@xwilbr Not ironic. As you said he does reply about the snyder cut, but not much else. He isn't the type to share his knowledge or tips for aspiring filmakers like David
ok calm down there Sarah. plenty of people have been making films by themselves. dont over do it.
@@thekramer1097 Ah, that's true, that's true.
you are the most human director I've ever come across
the democratisation of knowledge approach is so amazing, thank you!
In my opinion he directed the best dc movie
This BTS caused me more fear than any horror film ever could.
That hard drive part... Man, I was sweating cold too. I've had to remake entire projects due to stupid stuff and corrupted files.
I'd literally just watched the film, but when he got to that part in the BTS my heart broke as if he'd never get to finish it.
"Good enough" is something all filmmakers need to learn, including myself. It's so easy to see every challenge on a project as something that needs to be completely conquered. Instead there's always another way, a simpler way to do it. Love your channel!
It's something that _any_ content creator should learn, IMO.
Darth Biomech and one times like this it’s perfect
Agreed, I have lost hours of work trying for perfect. And by that I mean I had to toss out the whole idea. Now I still spend days working on an effect but it was as much teaching myself and I saw progress with each attempt.
Completed is always better than perfect.
Words I live by. Friends of mine spend months and months making stuff and never get it done. Me on the other hand, have forwarded my career at a much faster pace living by that motto.
It's nice to know that a professional director also wants to bash his head against the wall when things go horribly wrong. Guess that never changes just need to problem solve like you said. 👌
I keep getting ads for Masterclass made me wonder, why is this guy not an instructor!!!??! He is good!
To think, massive directors like David still make short films on the same camera I own. This really helps independent film makers, to know that even if they don't own something like an Alexa Mini, they can still make really good looking films.
Just binged the Annabelle making of's so this is perfect timing
SergTheThird aye same lol
I would just like to say thank you for going out of your way to show us the process behind not only your shorts but also your features, as an aspiring filmmaker these videos are really effective and bring an informative view point on what you do. Your guidance doesn't go unnoticed and I appreciate you giving us these amazing insights for all of these years.
"This is just something we're doing for fun. No need for an existential crisis".
I'm a freelance graphic designer and that often leads to breakdowns about my projects not turning out the way I want them to. Let me just say that your BTS videos have calmed me down more than once before. Mistakes are so easy to edit out and never talk about, but you choose to show all the troubleshooting you go through, and that teaches me more about the creative industry than any class could ever do. Glad Påsk, David!
Thank you for being honest about your struggles. The fact that you, a professional director that so many of us look up to, still has self doubt from time to time, makes me feel that I'm not alone. Keep being awesome. Mad respect to you.
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Oh dang! That seems like EXACTLY what the UV project modifier should be good for?? I'd super bet it's a dependency issue caused by targeting the empty (my guess: it expects the camera itself to have the animation data when it's calculating the texture coordinates). Also- thanks for putting so much work into these, man! Most inspiring thing I've seen in ages.
Hey it's Ian Hubert!
Showing that well made movies also aren’t perfectly made is a good way to remind people that film making, like most creation, is a matter of sacrifices. Don’t let perfection ruin your attempts to make something and have fun doing it. Thanks.
Next short: a director making a short, but it's cursed, so his disks being formatted by an evil entity, computer blows up, and his teeth fell out!
and this virus kill us all.
What I love about these videos, is that he shows us that even a big time Hollywood Director has problems that independent filmmakers have. I know I’ve gotten frustrated when making stuff, and this just shows that we’re not alone. And the mindset of ‘Good Enough’ is something we all share.
Holy hell, you managed to make the making of to a horror movie into an actual horror movie as well. The stuff with the empty hard drive had me pause the video in shock. More effective than any monster I could think of.
By the way, great film. Keep on with it. It's always worth it in the end.
"A work of art is never finished merely abandoned" Leonardo Da Vinci. If it's good enough for Leo it's good enough for me.
"Man, there's been so many issues and problems on this movie, just feels like everything is trying to be as difficult as possible"
Spoken like a true filmmaker!
this movie was cursed. but you broke the curse by plowing thru. congrats to you both!
Happy 1 year anniversary for SHAZAM!!! ❤️
Oh god, the harddrive! My heart sank when you couldn't find the files!
21 years ago, six months of CG modelling and animating, renders that took 3 hours a frame, 18 hour days, I got the 1999 Australian World Con opening finished a couple of days out. Had it on a removeable drive, the file was massive. We had nothing big enough to back it up. Sent it around to friend to get it dumped to VHS - drive was completely blank when it got there.
The engine in our van was under the front seats, and the electromagnetic field from the engine had completely blanked the drive.
Rebuilt what I could of the opening from the little bits of footage I still had on the other smaller drive, and re-rendered from the assets I still had that hadn't been deleted. Wasn't a patch on the original, but no one watching was any the wiser, and what they saw looked like a finished concept.
Perfection is the enemy of good, and sometimes good is the enemy of finished.
"and then my tooth fell off" hahahahah I really LOVE how you share ALL the problems you have while making a short and HOW you got through it. We as an audience of creators can identify with you even though you have already "made it" (shooting real Hollywood films).
That mini breakdown near the end makes as know that the famous impostor syndrome does not go away that easily.
I also like the theme of the video about some things being "good enough", some people can take it as a mediocre attitude but as the saying goes, "done is better than perfect". A lot of us get stuck in the "it's not perfect" and don't finish anything, and sometimes don't even start it!!
Thanks for accurately portraying the existential crisis associated with every creative work ever!
Oh man, you captured the whole DIY filmmaking hustle with this one phrase.
"Good enough"
Again, thank you for keeping it up!
“But with less setups”
Stannis: FEWER!
Damn this gave me so much anxiety at the end. I’ve had very similar things happen and it’s good to know that I’m not alone in my struggles. I hope your tooth is ok for now. Stay safe you two! Thank you for all of your hard work on this, it’s an invaluable insight into the struggles and fun of filmmaking. 🤙
I love your too-accurate description of how much self-doubt these projects can make us feel. And the way you portrayed the sheer panic of a hard drive failure was also spot on lol!
I don't know if you're told often enough, but I really appreciate these types of videos from you. You really go in-depth on how you make it. Also, you're hilarious. So thank you!
The fact that so many things went wrong makes me so relieved. Not that I wish for things to go wrong for your projects, but when I make short films I feel like these bad things only happens to my project. But knowing that this happens to other people too (and to this extend), gives me great comfort. And I love that you share these things with us - especially the things that go wrong.
The fact that you're still making videos like these after your successes is amazing. Thank you for being you, man. This video was great.
am forever grateful to these two film makers :)
All these master classes in film that you end up paying £££ for. Meanwhile David is here giving away better information for free.
I would very much like to interpret this post as saying master classes are being offered for three pounds a piece, if you don't mind.
calvinjluther 👍
How many accomplished Hollywood directors take the time to make videos like this? This is amazing. Thank you, David, your work is always inspiring.
I really liked the short film and sometimes you really gotta step back and just say "It's good enough". I feel your pain!
Wow! This guy really knows how to tell a story!
Thanks for sharing Mr Sandberg
David can do things while being locked down that I'll never be able to do in my whole life!
The fear of the unknown is a kind of fear every human being possess. I read that somewhere, from a book, I think. What I've always liked about your short films is that you understand what we're all afraid, and you use that to your advantage.
You don't try to dumb down the character in your story for the sake of horror. Like how your wife in this short quickly knew what was going on, and threw the blanket over the shadow as a way to make it disappear. It's a small, but brilliant action!
The problem with horror movies these days is that they set the movie at night, in the dark, without using the dark to its advantage. There's usually nothing more than just jump scares that happen. With you, it's different. You don't put in all these darkness "just because", there's a purpose behind it.
I don't know if you recognise me, but I used to go by the name Roberto Davidson. I'm so glad and happy for your success. This may sound cliche, but I've always known you've got a bright future ahead of you.
Oh, and say hi to your wife for me :) her acting is wonderful, as always.
... Sorry if that last part sounds creepy.
The existential crisis part was hilarious and unfortunatly relatable. You're my favourite director, no... favourite creative person! Keep it up!
The vase scene was absolutely brilliant. My favorite part of the whole short. Amazing job!
Most thrilling, honest documentary short I've seen in a while! Super big well done, holy moly.
This is probably the most useful video on DIY filmmaking I've ever seen.
Thanks so much for taking the time to edit and upload this! Great content like this makes living in quarantine not as bad!
I actually felt my heart quicken when you said about resolve showing up an error. That was scarier than your horror.
Lights out: Don’t go into the dark
Shadowed: Don’t go into the light
This whole video has the entire storyline from beginning, middle and end. amazing!
You got the best advice for filmmaking, always good to watch these gems.
I love the enthusiam you put in all your shorts but my best part is to see you and your wife in the making of them, you both have the same love and passion on your projects, Oscar to the best moticational couple!, thanks David.
There's nothing more devastating than when the file of a project you've been working on for weeks/months suddenly gets corrupted.
So backups, backups, backups. If you have less than 2 backups in different places you aren't backing up enough.
@@DarthBiomech Yup!
I always save my work files in Cloud.
As a vfx artist it’s almost like you do all these different methods in your head before you get to the final choice. Good on David for always getting there and showing the process.
On a side note having a tooth fall out has always been a fear of mine. Didn’t know about the glue, so that fear is gone now.
David:
Breaks his back making a short film during quarantine
Also David:
Goes through the effort of making a behind the scenes video longer than the film
*Keep being you, you beautiful man*
Your humility and willingness to address your frustrations/failures and how you problem solved is SO refreshing and encouraging. It is severely lacking these days in a world where everyone wants to come off so authoritative on everything they post, and everything they talk about. Thanks for being so willing to just be you and share your thoughts in a sincere way!!
You’re the best man. This really helped me during the editing of my current short, because damn. It’s cursed as well. Several months shooting this damn thing and I’ve wanted to quit so many times. Things just go wrong. It’s awesome to know that us smaller filmmakers face the same problems pros like you do. Awesome video as always, Mr. Sandberg. You’re a treasure. Also, Lotta is fantastic as always! Always great to see her! Big fan!
Jesus Christ, the amount of work that went into this is crazy!
I really enjoy watching David's shortfilm even though i dont like watching horrors it scareds me a lot but watching davids horror helps me grow as a filmmaker and learn more
This must be the most inspiring "Making Of" video ever. If a well-known director goes through this existential crisis mid-project, then It's OK for me to go through them as well, It's only a matter of realising when something is "Good Enough". Excellent video!
I'd like to defer commenting on the short itself and laud the storytelling of this Making Of documentary instead. It's riveting and a master class in storytelling in itself.
I, for one, appreciate everything you go through to make these short films. They are significantly better than "good enough" to those, like myself, who watch them.
Side note: "DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS" is not only a great movie, it's a good "quarantine" movie. That is all.
Rogue Planets ikr! It should get more cred than it does❣️
The 1962 or 2009 version?
I loved both of them, the BTS and the short itself. I really appreciate that you keep making these amazing short films despite your success in Hollywood. Surely many other filmmakers would have stopped doing them. Thank you very much to Lotta and to you for what you do
"Have everything else (good) I've created were just a fluke ?" Is pretty much the one thought all the people in all kinds of creative media think when they have anxiety attack. xD
So very helpful to see such a director of your caliber still face these issues. Gives me more I sight. Thank you.
I'm a film teacher doing Zoom at the moment, and I'm definitely showing this to my class tomorrow. Love your stuff, keep up the great work both in and out of Hollywood!
Also, with your computer: 1) GPU. Invest in a good GPU. I just got an RTX 2080 Super and it's working wonders. If you CAN, get at least a 1660 Ti, or RTX 2060 Super for your rig. this will pay instant dividends, trust me. Actually, I don't know how old your computer is, but if you got an extra $600 bucks, you could probably upgrade the entire thing (a Ryzen 7 3700x, AM4 Motherboard, at least 16GB of ddr4 3000mhz ram, a cheap case, and a $250 dollar graphics card). I'd like to think you can afford more, BUT, TBH, for little video edits and a decent blender render, that's about the price point you're looking at. ;)
"If you have an extra 600 dollars"
Man u do realize the dude's a millionaire, don't you?
@@francisjirons lol exactly
So many times, good enough turns out to be good enough for everyone. Including yourself. After some time, you realize it didn't need to be perfect. Thanks!
"The shooting of this was quite pleasant"
*Closet attacks David - 0:31
I appreciate your stuff about the meltdown so much. Its helpful to know that imposter syndrome is something accomplished directors still struggle with at times.
Please make a horror short with DBZ action figures.
We all know the difference between your professional work and your fun home work dude, don't worry.
They're both amazing in their own way.
Hah I love how you completely change to swedish accent when pronouncing Lotta's name and then go back to your american one...or is it american? I dunno, but I admire your ability to speak English to the point that you can give directions to large crew of people, expressing what you want in detail, etc.
I wonder, did you practice, had any problems with it when came to US or were you speaking such well before going to US?
The coolest part of the movie is when your shadow approaches to Lotta - really scary, and the coolest part of that video when you start thinking about your mistakes and all the stuff, thank for that part. It it very important:)
Resolve, Reason, Reaper, Blender, Camera operating, sound recording/mixing and directing. You really are a one man army, this is super impressive. And I forgot the most important: super creative problem solver.
This movie looks like it has a bunch of easy effects, watching this they turned out to be super complicated. I think that’s the best compliment David could get, though; the fact that his effects look so real and classic despite their impossibility is really impressive.
Holy shit, 1.7K likes 0 dislikes. Completely deserved.
And thanks for explaining how using different ISOs affects the dynamic range of an image. It's a very important thing to know but not inmediately obvious for beginners, and often you see it explained in a much more complex way than it really should.
I NEVER comment videos, but I have to tell you I love yours. You're incredibly honnest and showing how everything ALWAYS goes down: not as planned!
Thank you for the experience you keep sharing and for the fun mood along the way.
This is one of the greatest Making Of's of all time
It's amazing how simple and easy something looks when you watch a film like this. Then you see the behind the scenes and realize just how difficult it really was to make everything look so easy, and the genius required to pull it off. I really enjoyed this one David, and I thought you pulled it off really well - not to mention i think the concept is unique - we need more of that in horror
David, you're the man, dude. It's great to see that you're down-to-earth and you want to share your directing experiences on UA-cam with bunch of us, nobodies.
I just appreciate this short so much more now that you have shared the BTS and all the ways you tried to tackle problems along with your failures and everything that you learned eventually played well into the final short.
This is exactly the type of content we need for indie filmers out there who want to know how and what type of problems actually arise during trying to even film a simple scene to a complex horror scene.
Aww man David... I just want to give you a hug after hearing all of that. I've always enjoyed your shorts and your behind the scenes content is great. I want to honestly thank your for sharing your breakdown with us too. I'm starting week 4 stuck at home, I have almost all the same equipment you used for this film here with me, and I have not been able to get myself to create... anything. Just feeling stuck creatively right now. Cue imposter syndrome, "the world is ending anyway, who cares", "I suck", etc. Hearing about you hitting all those obstacles, pushing through everything, and (perhaps most importantly) knowing when to say, "good enough" is inspiring. I've been doing shorts for almost 20 years (no major successes but a couple of awards here and there) and I think the two things I've learned the most are 1) how to properly estimate how long things are going to take and 2) When something is good enough. Otherwise you'll just keep tweaking it forever.
Anyway, sorry for the long-winded comment. TLDR: Thank you for sharing this whole process, thank you for producing incredibly imaginative & effective shorts, I know those feels, and you kick ass!
I think i speak for all of us here that are learning, when i say THANK YOU so very much for
giving us a chance to see your process in making these shorts with videos such as this one.
Very inspiring stuff. This was easily the best horror short of the year.
You are honestly one of my favorite directors now. It's amazing that your BTS videos are just as good as the actual shorts themselves! You are an incredibly talented director and I have so much respect for you, especially in regards to how you take the time to put something like this together to share your own learning experiences even though you're a Hollywood director now. And I've also had my moments where I've freaked out while putting a film together. And you're right in that you just gotta take a deep breath, calm down, and keep going, because we usually critique ourselves much more than necessary and the end film usually always turns out to be better than we initially might think. Never lose hope in those tough moments, David, and to any other aspiring film makers out there! Keep pushing on! It's your passion for this that enables you to succeed!
I loved this video! Thank you for making this despite the many setbacks you experienced while making the film itself. Also, all my existential crises basically look like that. What a great filmic representation...
Some of the best making-of-movies on UA-cam are from a professional Hollywood director. How amazing is that! Thank you for all this awesome knowledge!
This is why you are great David, quality shorts with quality behind the scenes and no bullshit. It's great seeing that despite the amazing Hollywood films you have made, you are always learning how to solve new problems. Keep posting!
This might sound wierd, but I like that you take a Nintendo approach to these cool concepts.
Nintendo is famous for introducing a mechanic, like throwing a hat and starting simple; throw it at a coin to collect it, and then escalating ideas and functions until you have a fully formed and versatile mechanic you can build an entire game around.
You do this with these shorts and it's why they feel so good!
You introduce something, like a closet or shadow, give us an example of how it works; by picking up a shadow, or seeing hangars duplicate. You then escalate a bit with test of it's abilities or limits by copying a doll or throwing a blanket, and then by the end it's a fully formed versatile and awesome idea that could easily carry an interesting story.
Amazing work! People love Nintendo games for a reason... you should be proud that you instinctively work and think like a billion dollar beloved company!
You're the man, David! Thank you for keeping this going. Also, thanks for taking the time to chat outside of Sushi a couple weeks back. It was great to finally meet you and Lotta!
Is wired to say, but got so inspired from this video, more than those videos of people who say that filmmaking is all sunshine and rainbows. All the trouble you went through, all the stress and effort pays off that moment when you click that button share. In that precise moment people can finally enjoy your art and spend few minutes watching something great. Filmmaking isn’t only taking few shots and put it together on the timeline, is more like composing beautiful music that arrives to people heart. You take enough shots (notes) to compose this beautiful short movie. Thanks for your passion! And thanks for sharing it with us (free!)
Honestly David, you are the best. Thank you for putting these out.
This video is a short horror film of itself damn.
I absolutely love all your shorts and they keep getting better and better.
Hey men, I’m a aspiring filmmaker from Colombia currently in pre production for its first short. Your videos about filmmaking are as honest and pure as they can be. I’ve learned so much from! If you read this, thanks a lot!
I like the subtle Fear Agent cameo, so glad you’re on the project!
Always nice to see a director sharing its secrets. Thanks.
Making short films for a while and I’ve got to say the techniques you use are incredible. Thank you for showing how much work and sometimes frustrating times it takes to create these. Keep it up.
this video itself it's a piece of contemporary art that shows us our times