Via Optima has finished up post-production for their latest short: The Shepherd. The teaser trailer is available in HD here. You can see the whole film here.
Here is the entire film:
And here is the trailer:
The film follows the story of a confused and unfortunate journalist named Adam Cloudly who slowly falls into a world of ever increasing madness. It is a tale filled with twists, danger, and an ever deceitful government. Or is it a tale of a man who loses his mind? I don't remember and I'm sure it's not imporant.
The Shepherd is a short film (19:30) written, directed, produced, etc. by two eighteen year-olds: John Merizalde and David Torcivia. Fresh out of high school around Atlanta, Georgia, we are preparing to study film and broadcast at college. This is our first serious attempt at a truly professional (in an indie way) film.
The film (a psychological thriller) is shot on a Canon HV30 at 24p 1/48 with no external lens or adapters. Color correction, special effects, and editing was performed in Sony Vegas and Adobe After Effects. Friends and family are used as actors in the film (the trailer has a cast of 3). The film is shot on location throughout the Atlanta area. This is a no budget project meaning we spent less than $80 on the entire film which is nearly complete and should be released within a month.
We are looking for exposure, comments, criticisms and the likes. Feel free to download and distribute the trailer and film once it is up. All we ask is a mention and link back to our Vimeo page. One last note, if you live in the Atlanta area and would be interested in collaborating, helping, or just chatting, feel free to contact us.
