HVX200 Movie - Ash Wednesday

Writer/director Ricardo Mendoza moves up several notches from shooting his first film, "El Escape De Los Santos" with a DVX100 to the world premier at the 2007 New York International Latino Film Festival with his latest project "Ash Wednesday" which was shot on the HVX200. Shot throughout Texas and from the basis of a 67 page script, the first episode of "Ash Wednesday" is the first of an uncertain amount of chapters to follow.

The shallow depth of field looks great and was achieved with the stock lens, I believe, without the use of any adapters. working with a low-budget skeleton crew, Digital Works Studios shot in 24P 720HD and used 4GB cards which they were able to squeeze out 10 minutes worth of footage per card. With the exception of actress Kristy Gomez, all of the principle characters in the film were non-actors.

And talk about DIY productions - according to DWS, the music featured in the trailer "was made with a metal desk, a can of starbucks double shot espresso, a chair, a wooden door..." now that, my friends, is why I love low-budget flicks. Ash Wednesday Website