30 Seconds Is Shorter Than It Used To Be

Devil Trailer Parody in 30 seconds from Samuel Hall on Vimeo.

My winning entry for canonfilmmakers.com 30 second film festival. A parody of the trailer for the film Devil. Great people over there at canonfilmmakers.

I'd been really hungry to do another narrative project and this was a great way to get back into it. We shot the film after hours in the elevator in Matt Johnston's office in about 2 hours time. This was some of the most fun I've ever had making a movie. Everyone mobilized and we kicked the shit out of this thing.

It's funny to think about how my early movies were not much longer than 30 seconds and that felt like an accomplishment. These days I'm finding it quite challenging to cut something down to 30 secs while keeping it interesting and making any sense.

I'm loving the fact that owning a DSLR has really enabled me to make a lot more (hopefully better) movies. I haven't really stopped shooting since buying my 7D last August. Projects like this and Philip Bloom's weekend challenges are a great kick in the pants for procrastinators like me.