Writings about film making by Jason Hawkins

4 Responses to “Salem, MA – The Cemetery”

1. Marc Amos says:

   September 2, 2008 at 6:30 am

   Very cool – I was struck by how you kept your foot steps out of the audio (towards the end) but not those of the person you were following (Meagan?). Nice work, sir!
2. exitzero says:

   September 2, 2008 at 1:23 pm

   This is my favorite work of yours to date. The camera angles are great, the lighting is perfect, and the sound is tremendous. The first shot of the tombstones is awesome — and ending at the creepy house from such a low camera angle — following (or is it stalking?) someone (Meagan, I’m guessing) makes me want to see what happens next. You’ve left enough to our imagination that we’ll keep thinking about it — which is perfect. I just re-watched it with the sound cranked higher and half expected heavy (sinister) breathing near the end as you get closer to Meagan’s feet. Very cool. And creepy. Would make a good October post…
3. Exit Zero says:

   September 2, 2008 at 2:02 pm

   Also: not sure why, but something about this cemetery short reminds me of the opening scene of the original “Night of the Living Dead” (Romero): http://bit.ly/2lMDS0 (minus the bad acting — and your camera work is far superior).

   I was waiting for the zombies to show up

   Wonder what it would look like in B/W?
4. Jason says:

   September 2, 2008 at 5:10 pm

   Thanks, guys. I’m really happy you enjoyed it.

   I just put up a black and white version, based on Mr. Zero’s question. You can download it here, if you’d like.

   Thanks again. I really hope I can keep it together long enough to make some more of these.

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