How I made a short film in one night | Making of ROAD KILL starring Guy Henry
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With making your own films I'm a firm believer in “do a lot with a little” so don't wait for that idea
that's going to cost thousands and thousands. Do something that you can do now with what you have available to you! I wrote Road Kill during a COVID 19 lockdown when I couldn't go anywhere and I thought, what's a very simple story that I can tell with just a house and a car, and a tiny crew and a couple of actors, and this was the result.
Road Kill is a short thriller. I would pitch it as: "an overworked but arrogant lawyer describes the terrifying incident that has just happened to him on the way home from work - but his night may not be over yet!" The finished film will be released on RUclips in the coming months, once it has finished its festival run.
Our cast is led by the brilliantly talented Guy Henry, who's known from Holby City, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Rome and Extras. I wrote the role of Richard for Guy, and luckily he enjoyed the script and agreed to do it. For the role of Tom we had the very talented Nicholas Osmond, he's done everything from open-air Shakespeare to London's West End, so we were very lucky to have him too. And then completing our cast was Christian Cascone, and he played the role of the mysterious homeless man. I think half of directing really is casting because if you get it right, then the actors will bring so much to your roles.
For this film we had a really small crew, partly because we were filming towards the end of COVID restrictions, but also it just meant we could work really fast. I definitely wore more multiple hats than usual. I was producing, so I was organising all the logistics, I was directing, so I was worrying
about the performers, and I was also doing the camera and the lighting, all of the technical stuff to do with that. And I was basically editing in my head as well! So quite nerve-wracking. But the plus side was that it saved a lot of time explaining what I wanted.
We had gone and shot the POV driving shots the week before, but other than that, everything in the film was shot on a single night in January from about 5pm to 11 pm. When the actors arrived, the first thing we did while we were waiting for it to get dark was to just have a discussion about the story and then do a proper read through. And we read it through at least twice and talked about how we would want to play it.
For the exterior scenes by the side of the road, we actually got a really good result by using a red gel over one of our LED panel lights. And we set that up pointing upward into Guy's face
and it just gave this really eerie glow as he comes around the side of the car.
It is quite scary making a film at that breakneck pace, because if you discover later that something totally didn't work, you’re not really going to be able to get everyone back together to do it again very easily. I think the biggest challenge when making an independent film is that you're up against time. You don't have long to get everything you need, and so you need to just have planned absolutely everything you can! 
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Look out the for the full movie on here in the coming months!
@SteveRamsdenRUclips is there any way that we could have an upcoming tutorial on how to make a shot look like we’re running into someone? 😅
Nice
I haven't seen this short film. I just found your channel and started watching. But at 3:53... seeing that car hit the pedestrian made my heart skip a beat because it wasn't what I was expecting to see. I was expecting it to cutaway like most car accidents do in films. XD
this only making of already got me on the edge of my seat lol, can’t wait to see this film!
Many thanks, it will eventually be released on here once it finishes its festival run
Very effective featurette, I can't wait to see the actual short film!
Well done! Let us know when it's ready. I can really relate to this, as I also wrote, directed, filmed and now editing my first short. Good luck!
Your content is really helpful but I wouldd love if there is any way I can take your after effect course I'm from Africa/Ethiopia
Sounds good, well done Steve
very inspiring, especially since I’m working on filming a series myself
Glad to hear, best of luck
wow انه شيئ جميل ومحفذ بشكل كبير إصدار فيلم في ليلة واحدة .. كل النجاح لك اخي ستيف
Which software do i use to make like yours
Can you do a mashup of Rambo 3 and The Living Daylights? I imagine Massoud as the big Mujahideen boss while Kamran is his ally.
Can I get heart from you?
Hi Steve. Any plans to update the rotoscoping section of the after affects course?
Thank for sharing
When you made the video of a ghost walking through a door it brought to mind the scene of Vision walking through a wall in the MCU. He doesn't have any blur. How can you do that?
I am curious to watch this Short film 🎥 give the link to me so I'll watch in free plz plz ❤❤❤
Can I shoot a film with iphone 14 or samsung s23 like this
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Would love to see a breakdown of that car incident scene!
Lovely work as always Steve and team.
Man this looks fun! Great video, very inspiring.
Many thanks!
Congrats!
Many thanks
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Was the car scene filmed at a lot slower speed the sped up in editing?
no, but a good guess!
Awesome video! I'm very curious about your color grade on the 2 minute monologue scene. is there much color grade to get your teal and orange look?
Thanks, it was a combination of a bit of manual colour grading and two LUTs added in Lumetri colour I think, but noting too complicated
You are so under rated
Thanks, where can your short film be watched?
It's currently in film festivals but will be coming to RUclips after that 👍
How come you named the short the same name as the 2020 series that Guy also acted in? Are they related?
No, it was a actually a coincidence. We spelt our title with a space though!
Bro how will i see this Masterpiece in free😢😢😢❤❤❤
It will be on youtube after it finishes its festival run 👍
Well done Steve, I am doing the same, Director, cameraman(no other camera operators) editor, VFX sound design, mixing 3D special fx. But the script is over 100 pages, so a full feature ARRGGHHHH!!
The crash, did you film the action backwards so actor is in contact with car then car reverses away from the actor!
Best of luck with your project. A good guess, but no!
@@SteveRamsdenRUclips ah well, hopefully you will let us into your little secret 😉
i can see u have fun in your eyes doing that short film,that is cool
That was great Steve. Looking forward to seeing the film when uploaded.
Many thanks