Tag: horror

The Tear Sizzle – Final Footage Is In!

On the 10th of October, I finally had enough time and money to film the remaining fifteen seconds of the sizzle which had eluded me for months. After my daughter was born and the pandemic swept over the Earth, things…

I NEED A VINTAGE ZOOM!

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Image by Camtec. The Tear is going to be shot using my vintage – sort of – set of prime lenses that have been redesigned and house by Richard Gale. They’re called the Clavius lenses. At their base are the Helios…

The Tear is Born on Steem

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eration, I’ve decided to break off most of my Tear posts to this Steem account and away from my @distantsignal account. I’m also using this opportunity to reveal the final poster for The Tear. Aaaaaand… VOILA! I’m really happy with it. After…

The Tear #23 – A Little Bit of Everything

phil points at a screen while editing the tear crowdfund sizzle

Good afternoon, There has been a lot going on over here for the development of The Tear. They’re small, but important on the journey to our crowdfunding efforts. First, we have secured the domain www.thetearsees.com and set up a very rudimentary landing…

The Tear – My Lenses Have Returned!

A thumbnail of Clavius cinema Lenses by Richard Gale.

Seven months ago I sent my set of Richard Gale cinema lenses off to England for a servicing. Only second generation designs, under the older brand Apogee, had some flaws that caused the focus gears on all the lenses to drift in…

The Tear Look Book Samples

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Been putting together some mood boards for The Tear. It will consist of well over a dozen pages by the time I’m done but I wanted to share with you a few samples of what has been completed so far.…

The Tear – Logline and Short Synopsis

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FOR POSTERITY Here is V1 of The Tear’s logline and short synopsis from the pitch packet. More details from the packet will be coming shortly. I’m working on the Director’s Statement along with extra characters and more details about the…