Journey to Omega

I've been working on my short film project the past few days, writing the script and designing the screenplay. Furthermore, I managed to finish the title of the short. It's a stop motion clip of about 50 seconds. It took me 2 days to make it.

I won't share the screenplay at this point, but you can have a look at the title clip. This is just the raw cut, so please indulge me. I'm happy with the design, but definitely not with the quality of the pictures. I've made a mistake when setting up the camera, and now the resolution is terribly low and the aspect ratio is not 16:9 as the rest of the movie. Now I have to see if I have enough will power to start again...

Let me know what you think.

Ideas Wanted

All you creative people out there, I need your help with a new project!

I want to make a short movie, a motorcycle related movie to be precise.

I've got a new camera that can shoot in 720HD and I even have a proper action camera with wide angle to fit on the bike (thanks Frank). I have a few shots in my mind that I'm sure will look good....but there's 1 thing missing....

Something that holds the movie together, a red line that can be followed from the beginning to the end, something that can give an emotional response...I NEED A STORY!

Do you have a good idea? Let's brainstorm together! All inputs are much appreciated! :-))))

This is a comment from my friend Boris, who has some very good points:

The hero should be escaping from something - and we viewers shouldn't understand from what until the end of the movie. Where should be some clues and guesses appearing as the story develops (bits of phone conversations, odd man hero behavior, some objects he carries along, places he visits etc), so the viewers will be deducting the reason: leisure fun ride is not catchy. Go for suspense, dude - I'd suggest you'll watch some Hitchcock oldies to get into the right mood of thinking and get the atmosphere right. Create a new genre- noir road movie; maybe make it b/w? Can you give you a hand if you like for credits/flying me over for the filming process ;)

Great SR short film!

A short film by Ricki Bedenbaugh for Lossa Engineering, "Solus". Lossa Engineering built Yamaha SR500, also featured on Cafe Racer TV season 1.


Ok, now I just need to get a nice DSLR camera and a tripod and then I'm sooo ready to get on the road and start filming! :-)))
Thanks for the inspiration Ricki!

Lossa Engineering's short film "Solus" from Jay Lossa on Vimeo.