Cash or Credit (Short Film) // Shot on BMCC 6k Full Frame
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- When a grocery store cashier decides to mess with an anxious young boy. He does the unthinkable to regain his peace.
Cast
Boy Thomas FitzGerald
Mother Ashley Ringelberg
Cashier Kerryanne Devine
Man in line Zed Koleilat
Lady with Baby Ilsa Schlag
Crew
1st AD Colin Giering
Sound Juan Ortiz
Gaffer Jaymes Hargrove
Key Grip Kyle Apodaca
Swing Cameron Frassetta
Swing Vinnie Colon
HMU Madison Muller
BTS Mohamed Sannoh
PA Mattias Schlag
PA Camryn Miller
Post Production
Edit/Color Carsten Schlag
Sound Mixing Juan Ortiz
Special Thanks to Forestas' Meat Market in Phoenixville
for the location and food!
Oh snap! We're getting a breakdown?!
Yes sir, you better smash that like button !
I don’t know if I’m going to hell, but I burst out laughing when he threw the can at her.
Haha I’m going there too then because I also find it hilarious. Thanks for watching!
Great work. Absolutely love the color grading
Thanks dude! haha the color is my fav part
This turned out amazing!! Thanks for letting me be a part of it.
Thank you for being a part of it, you killed it!
same!
Just came over after watching the breakdown! What an incredible short. Would love to watch a whole feature with this kind of look and style. Great work 🎉
Thanks for watching both man i really appreciate it!
Amazing work. The fact that you spoke about how you did it in the BTS video for 20 minutes should show people how much goes into 2 minutes of film. It really is a great look on the colors, location. Would love to see a whole movie like that.
Thank you so much man! Yeah definitely a lot goes into 2 min lol. Maybe one day there will be a whole movie 🤷♂️ :)
check out white noise!!
I’ll check it out!
Instant subscriber!! Nice work!
Hell yeah! Thanks man. I’m so pumped you liked it! Appreciate you big time!
This is amazing, never stop. Your time is coming🔥
thank you, I really appreciate that! haha we shall see
this is so sick! i don't understand how this dosen't have a couple of million views
I don’t know if it’s that good lol but I appreciate it !
I'll never understand why film guys buy these expensive cameras just to dirty and kill the image with a ton of grain
Haha I’m sure you love the blur and barrel distortion I added as well then. Thanks for watching!
It adds to this story, being a time piece and the grittyness of the story (although I didn't make the creative decisions nor the script so I'm not sure if that was intentional or just because they liked the look). Most of the time color is an intentional piece, ie: a modern fashion commercial that focuses on business clothing would be shot on zeiss and have a super clean high key look compared to shooting a fashion commercial for vintage clothing where you may want to use a canon 8-64 t2.9 16mm and give it 16mm grain& halation so it feels more like that time. and the 6k ain't expensive lol
Love it! This made me think of the movies Eli and Brightburn.
Thanks man! Ive never seen either, so I'll have to check em out lol
I'm a bit late but this is so good there's no words to describe it. You are an amazing filmmaker and thomas is a very very good actor. I'd like to be a movie director one day ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks brotha ! I really appreciate your kind words! Can’t wait to see what you direct one day! Appreciate you!! :)
I love the composition, rhythm, and colors, but there’s a lot of noise in the image, isn’t there? Is this an intentional style, or is it because the Black Magic camera handles low-light situations poorly
Thank you man ! It was intentional, it’s film grain. My experience with black magic and lowlight has actually always been quite good! As long as you are exposing properly and having enough contrast points, it looks great in low light in my opinion. Appreciate you watching!
He’s a chef the way he be cookin🤌🏾
thanks my man!
Can you write about the equipment you've used for your camera ? Please if you don't mind
Sure! I used bmpcc6k full frame with a 24-70 Lecia photo zoom lens and 1/4th black satin! Appreciate you watching!
Great job! This turned out fantastic.
Thank you so much !
Great short ¡¡¡¡ storytelling, photo, grading, etc, thanks for sharing ¡¡ I have laughed a lot 😂😂
Haha thank you man! I really appreciate that!
Absolutely great stuff.
thanks my guy!
Loved this short. Good job Kerryann
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was a fun one! Thanks for having me on
You killed it man, couldn’t have done it without you !
Took a while for me to see a good short film shot on this. U what all equipment was used?
Thanks man, so glad you think it’s good lol ! If you wanna see a pretty full list of all the equipment that was used, check out the bts vid of that short film I put out! But pretty much it was the pocket 6k ff. Lens was Lecia 24-70 f2.8 photo lens with 1/4th black satin. Lighting wise all tube lights and light mats and a ton of negative fill!! Appreciate you watching man!
couple classic musicbed jams
Yess sir! Best place for good tunes
HOLY! This was fantastic!! Keep it upppp!!
Thanks man, I really appreciate it !
Thanks for having me on this one!
Thanks for absolutely killing it !
What's the name of the country song played with the credits?
Burnin’ down by Ken Lowery. Thanks for watching man!
That was amazing, I could feel the child anxiety as the items were passing through the line 😢
Thank you! I’m glad it made you feel that way, that was my intention! Appreciate you watching!!
This was great!!!! Ha! I was that kid once! I didn't take action like he did though, Oh the anxiety! Very well done!!!!
Thanks man!! Haha I was that kid too.
awesome job! looking forward to more. no doubt the 4k will pay off nicely :)
Thank you! Appreciate you taking the time to watch! Lol I hope it will pay off
This was absolutely phenomenal! Great work! Cant wait to see what you do next!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate it
Absolutely loved the editing of this!
Thank you, i really appreciate that!!
Congractulations. Its a amazing short, very well crafted.
Thanks nick! I really appreciate that
Great work!! I look forward to seeing more!
Thank you! I really appreciate that!
Amazing work! Fun idea and visually stunning.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that
That kid needs an oscar
he killed it
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I DONT THINK I DID THAT GREAT BUT IT DID COME OUT VERY WELL
This was so simply genius! great work, thank you for the inspo
Thanks Zenen! I appreciate you, thanks for watching!
This was awesome. Loved the music at the end. I'll be subscribing to see more!
Thanks man! The music is one of my favorite parts
D A M N. Bro this was amazing. Keep up the good work!
Thank you my dude ! I’ll try my best to keep making cool stuff lol
Great grade and lighting. Really sets the tone.
Thank you! I really appreciate that
Nice work !
Thanks brotha ! Appreciate you !!
great short. ! looks very cinematic - incredible image
Thanks dude!
👏🏻.👏🏻.👏🏻. My compliments to the writer/director/(all involved) great stuff
Thank you so much!
@@carstenschlag you got my excitement level (being a hack creator stuck with 12gb RAM) waaaay into thinking of practical effect and cohesiveness. I am NO where near your input level yet but... wow.
Thank YOU. 🙏
@@lambo_drivesI’m excited to see what you create! I’m sure it will be great
Seriously the eye thing actually exemplifies his disconnection from his actions.... wish we could see what you thought was off, but his gaze not aligning potentially may just work.... but a glance her way may have worked best... alas, nice fix, if there needed to me one 😊
best short film ive ever seen
Haha idk if it’s that good, but thanks dude! I appreciate that
So good! Now to watch the breakdown 😮
Thanks man! Haha hope it’s helpful. If you have any questions, give me a shout!
That’s so good I really like and as beginning it feels like feature. Keep it up 👍
Thank you so much!
Aweaome
Thank you man! I really appreciate you watching!
Damn! That's so good man. Looking forward to more.
Thanks my dude!! There will be more!!
@@carstenschlag What lens did you use on the black magic 6k FF for this?
@@nickoloui I used the Leica 24-70 f2.8 photo lens
@@carstenschlag Thank you! Looking to upgrade soon to the bmcc6k ff and was looking at lens options.
The baby has good music taste :D
Haha indeed. Appreciate you watching!
Oh, man! This is absolutely great!!!!! Love the color grading!
Thank you so much man! Appreciate it !
relatable
It’s a stressful experience lol
I freaking loved it
Thank you so much! glad you liked it
idk why youtube showed me this but im glad it did
I’m glad you liked it !
Wow! This is amazing.
Thank you so much!
WTF! It escalated quickly! Masterpiece!!
I hope i'll see more and more work from you. (And i guess i will, by your bio "just beginning" :) )
Thank you! Haha there may be some more coming soon 🤷♂️
Good! :P@@carstenschlag
Inspiring work! Everyone's saying it in the comments but the color grading is really really good
Thanks man! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch
Great job, production, color grading, acting! I feel when the kid throws the can, it wasn't exactly clear what happened. Too quick. In your BTS, you showed the kid throwing against a plastic panel which would have been a great POV shot there. Cons: hard to relate to the kid even though we've been there. Didn't feel like the cashier was "messing with him" as much as doing her job out of robotic habit. Maybe if she sneered or rolled her eyes when the mom left, viewers would empathize with the kid more. As it is, it looks like an intro to a serial killer film. Either way, looks great.
Hey Scott! I really genuinely appreciate the honest review. I can totally see why you think the kid throwing the can shot was too quick. I wanted it to feel confusing, because the kid in that moment was so overwhelmed and kinda was disoriented I wanted the audience to feel a bit like that as well. Then once you see him bashing her head in, it’s supposed to click what just happened. The same time he kind of realizes what he has done. I also totally understand your comment about the cashier. The reason I didn’t have her sneer or play it up more that she is messing with him, was because in reality she is not. it’s all in the kids head. His anxiety makes him feel like people are always out to get him or something is always going wrong. So in reality she’s just doing her job but in his mind that’s not the case. Maybe i didn’t do a good enough job getting that across, so i really do appreciate your critique! I’ll take it all into account going into my next film. Thank you so much for watching, I appreciate you!
@@carstenschlagit was pretty clear to me that kid was anxious but i thought it was leading to that ending to be in the kids head too
The kid is Homelander... could be a prequel for boys
Haha i never thought about that, but you are so right. Appreciate you watching!!
that’s the best but also weirdest compliment i’ve ever gotten
That was great!!! Saw the breakdown first.
Thanks dude!! haha that seems to be the way a lot of people are viewing it
Looks good did you intentionally cross the line with the first action shot? I initially thought the clerk stuck him.
When he threw the can? if that's the shot you are talking about yes. Since the boy character is feeling anxious and overwhelmed I wanted the viewer to feel a bit jarred as well. lol maybe it was a bad choice. Really appreciate you taking the time to watch it!
🔥🔥🔥
Thanks man!
Looks good what lenses did you use?
Thanks man! I used the Lecia 24-70 f 2.8 photo lens. Appreciate you watching !!
Oh thank you, did you use any mounts for it. Because, I have BlackMagic 6k
The black magic I was using was L mount so if you have the standard Ef mount you would have to convert it to L mount!
My anxiety went through the roof watching this 😅😅😅
Haha Im glad, that's what I was going for. Thanks for watching!
cool shots but screenplay is very stupid and bad
Appreciate your honesty. Would be interested to hear what specifically made it very stupid and bad to you?
This was very good
Thanks Vernon! Really appreciate you taking the time to watch!!
This is peak! 🙌
Thanks my man! more coming soon
Oh sir, great 👌🏼
Thank you good sir! Appreciate you !
So good man
Aye thanks man ! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch!
Great job buddy!
thanks man!
incredible
Thanks man! Appreciate you !
Great colours, love the twist, very Danny Gevirtz-esque! Was it intentional to break the 180 rule for the shots going back and forth from the cashier to the boy?
Haha thanks man. Danny taught me how to be a dp so def a bit of his style has crept into my work. The 180 degree break was not at all intentional lol. It was just a dumb mistake. I explain it more in the BTS vid but yeah, just was so distracted trying to direct and dp at the same time I missed correcting the eye line. Damn near had a heart attack when I realized in the edit, lol one of those mistakes you make and you'll never make again. Thanks for watching !
@@carstenschlag keep at it man! You have a great eye👀👀👀
Very Nice Colors !
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Broooo this is so relatable 😂
Haha I’m glad you can relate
great work. would love to see the grading process! :)
You got it ! Thanks for watching
great job
Thanks Man! Appreciate you watching!!
This was fire
Thanks man !
wow!
Thank you !!
This is a amazing
Thank you so much, i really appreciate you taking the time to watch it!
Interesting first try Carsten, you have talent and should keep doing this. And your casting was very good, specially the cashier woman, she was so real.
In terms of how I see it, I think you should try to work more on the editing of face gazes and how they interact. In my opinion, some of the main frames of the kid were just too tight for an adequate appreciation of his interaction with the cashier and some of the other characters. And some scenes were just too short, not allowing viewers to stay more with the mind of the person portrayed.
This is a science and an art that is not easy to master so the more you practice and the more you try different things, the better. And, many times, you don’t need to rely on something out of the ordinary to have a good film or a good ending; your film could have just show the point of view and stress of being that boy without the need for a violent ending. In my opinion, in America, filmmakers have naturalized violence because they watch just too much if it and they have naturalized it, but that is an scape from real life. Real life is violent but not violent like in movies, so those movies don't speak to us, they only entertain us, and that's ok but I would call it art. As some writer that I forgot said once, "the truly extraordinary in life is the four-leg cat, not the five one."
A good suggestion to become a better filmmaker is always keep watching good movies (not necessarily north American ones, they rely too much on the spectacular in my opinion) and try to discover how they do them, why do they work so well sometimes. A recent film that I recommend and that you could find somehow in tune with your first person subjective style is ‘Shiva Baby’ (USA, 2020) by young American director Emma Seligman. She understands how to render the subjective point of view with camera framing and editing and the choreography of dialogue and interaction, with mastery, in my opinion.
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Hey there! First off, thank you so much for not only taking the time to watch but also taking the time to give constructive feedback. I greatly appreciate it! The violence was definitely a crutch to make it more interesting to the average viewer and just felt easier for my first time directing. In the future I plan on trying to tell more stories about the mundane and just try to inject a little magic. I’ll definitely check out that film. I appreciate the recommendation. Thank you again, i really appreciate you!
😂😂😂😂 this is a real fear
Haha i still fear this. Appreciate you watching!
Dope!!
Thank you!!
You and your team have potential to make full movie.... Just you need good thriller script...All the best for your future projects
Thanks man! I appreciate that
Literally epic when u go to Hollywood rember me
Haha thanks my dude
so cool
Thanks man !
Sooooo good😄
Thanks my dude !
@@carstenschlag always great to see everyday life situations filmed in such a dark and funny way😄
I agree! It’s my favorite type of film
Love it 🔥
Which lenses did you use ?
thanks man! we didn't use anything crazy It was just Lecias 24-70 2.8 zoom photo lens
@@carstenschlag
Thanks 🙏🏾
What was the actual point?
The kid got stressed and over reacted in response, killing the cashier.
Great work, the Cinema 6k is a tad too sharp but you still did a great job.
Thanks man!
0:52 ooo 😮 got it
but, pixel 🐥 be 🦫
Yo that’s my friend Thomas!!! Why did you kill her?
yeah chris😂😂😂
Bro its a good filmed video but cmon, use the 180 degree rule
Haha yeah trust me, I was just as mad at myself. Wasn’t done purposefully. Appreciate you watching though regardless!!
@@carstenschlagrules are meant to be broken
I know the kid
Nice, he was a great actor!
@@carstenschlag he is
@@FishySquad90thanks nick
The kid is a great actor, but the plot is awful. "Autistic kid snaps and kills a cashier." Great job, you heard "horror is a conservative genre" and didn't think twice. I've watched this three times now and I can't see how the cashier has "decided to mess with" the kid. Because she swipes the items quickly? I could maybe believe that if the other sounds of the checkout aisle weren't shown to be just as impactful.
Haha it was my first time writing something, apologies if it wasn’t up to your standards. I appreciate the honesty tho ❤️
If it helps, literally everything else was either “good” or “great.” I just mentioned the kid in particular because child actors are usually pretty bad, so he was downright exceptional.
If this was your first time writing something, well, everybody writes horribly in the beginning. That doesn’t make the writing in this film better, but it does make me interested in what you’ll create in the future.
@@callmesalticidaeomg thank you so much i was that kid 😂😂😂
fr me
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Thanks bro !