Our Fire Films

Just started editing the short  ”4th” (working title) . Here are a few stills.

A dear friend of mine Laura Skangale agreed to design a logo for Our Fire Films. So here it is. I will create some banners later.

Filming the short film “4th” on the 22th of August. An artistic look on a few of the many perceptions of the world. 4 people, one rat and one room.

p.s. Got MicroBeam 128 LED light from the UK and it’s fantastic for the things I need!

Hi there! We were laying low during the extreme hot of the summer, but now are gearing up to continue our filmmaking.

We have 4 new scripts of which:
1) one is a music video entitled “Nekad vairs Saule” (Never again the Sun) for the band Ēnu kaleidoskops;
2) one an experiment in animation film entitled “Dušainis” (The Shower Man);
3) a very artistic (arthouse) short film entitled “4th”;
4) and another one entitled “Freed by the Seagulls”, which is in its early development.

Also having some other problems besides of heat: 1) have to design and build a dolly for some critical shots; 2) having problems ordering a LED light from the UK, including the fact that I’m in the middle of moving without knowing exactly where.

A sci-fi set in a post-apocalypse future Latvia. After the nuclear war things are starting to get better, but an evil cult still makes people believe that the world is contaminated and thus keeping control over the population.

But there are still free people and cannibals left free in the wastelands. And two of these are the unlikely ones to set the people controlled by the cult free.

Pēc bumbām krita sienas or “After the bombs fell the walls” is a film made in film studies.

Shot mostly in two days in May 2009 with more than two dozen people it was fun and maddening.
In the process we learned a lot about creating films, especially the organisation part.

The itself film is quite terrible though! :)

Exorcist: “Ja filmā nebūtu absurdie, nepraktiskie un citādi nekādā laikā un apstākļos velkamie apģērbi (jā, pat post-apo neradītu apstākļus, ka drēbju vietā praktiskāks un krutāks ir maiss), kā arī ja nebūtu vājprāta murgu dialogi un tēli, kas rīkojas ārpus jebkādas loģikas, un ja dialogus vietām būtu reāli dzirdēt (vējš mikrafonā; tā māsiņa ar brutālo reverb – ok Horror elements, bet nekam nederīgs risinājums kā tēla permanentā balss, jo ņihuja tur kruta nav un pat saprast lāgā nevar) – varbūt caur facepalm es kaut ko no filmas arī redzētu :)

Un šeit izsakās cilvēks, kam ir tuvs Horror, postapo un doomsday scenāriji, pamesti objekti un PSRS laiku CA. Un ja kāda kvalitāte iz šīm parādījās filmā, tad tā tiek norakta zem sūdu kalna.”

Deathperado: “Iekš imdb ir vēl vājprātīgāki gabali, šitas ir normāls mazbudžeta trve underground experimental postapocaliptyc sci-fi horror movie, nevis Avatar 2 :D”

Henesy: “Es tajā filmā piedalījos un ziniet, ko teikšu — man baigi patika tas filmēšanas process. Neviens no aktieriem nebija iz profesionāļiem, taču visiem bija jautri. Iespējams, ka šī filma ir kā eksperimnets, jo nav tajā nekā diža — nedz baigie specefekti, nedz ūber krutais grims… Taču galvenais paliek tas fakts, ka tomēr bija forši un patīkami ņemt dalību. Pie reizes rodas arī pieredze (ja es gribēšu stāties kādā kultūras mācību iestādē, tad iesniegumā varēšu rakstīt, ka esmu jau filmējusies).”

iva: “vietaam radaas iespaids ka tieuk atdarinaats bez maz vai mad max .. bet nu prieksh postapokalipses viss bija paaraak tiirs . prasaas stipri netiiraakas sejas un drebes ..”

Bangls: “Filma, sižets utt.? Man arī ir vigiki kur es ķēmojos ar draugiem, bet es tos nesauktu tādos lielos vārdos.”

In the upcoming week will also publish the making-of and some other additional film material.

Type: short film (colour:  various)
Status: released 12th April, 2010
@ ExposureRoom (watch)
@ Archive.org (download)

Length: 40 minutes
Genre: sci-fi
Music: see below
Licence: Creative Commons BY-SA (Approved for Free Cultural Works)
Team:

Ieva Hlevinska as Madara
Reinis Rinka as Jānis

With:
Arnis Kalniņš
Dāvis Drazdovskis
Elīza Apriķe
Henriete Krastiņa
Ieva Tihovska
Irēna Saatčiane
Jevgenija Kuzņecova
Kārlis Zvejnieks
Kristīne Žukovska
Laima Jansone
Laura Skangale
Linda Leimane
Maksis
Mārtiņš Links
Ričards Puķīte
Roberts Vanags
Sergejs Budjonnijs
Uģis Bolmanis
Zanda Mankopa
Zane Ozola
Zane Pērkone
Zinta Ozoliņa

and others…

Music:
Antarktīda
Ballet Rachitis
Bauru Rīts
Dāvis Drazdovskis
Kroffork
Laima Jansone
NASA
Nefolk
Paranoia Inducta
Twrch Trwyth
Vārna
VSKB

Thanks to:
carrey
Jānim Žukovskim
Katrīnai Kaktiņai
Agnesei Kalniņai

and the rest!

Script, DP, OP, Director, Editor – Andris Krastiņš