Alex Brooks Films

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Big Take (2024) - 16mm Short Film

Video Overview & Insights

While on the run, two criminals accidentally pick the same hiding spot and eavesdrop on their pursuers.

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Howdy! Check out these behind the scenes videos to see how this was made!
Director’s Commentary: https://youtu.be/vknWCBcZOKA?si=1A_PXkqr-n5IYn1W
Editing Breakdown: https://youtu.be/OF7q1GguX3A?si=Iu_j5Eo3eh-hlDQZ

— @AlexBrooksFilms

Writer/Director/Editor: Alex Brooks

Starring: John-Scott Horton & Noah Bridgestock

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show don't tell at its best!

— @JSHKKA

DP/Color: Fio Karpenko

Sound Design: Alex Bologna

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nice

— @FinansijskiObrazovan

Score: Dan Light

Drummer: Jake Reed

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😮 Wow!!!!

— @PiotrSobczyńskiXaos

Camera: Arri SR3

Lenses: Optar Illumina, Canon 8-64mm S16 zoom

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Great and inspiring

— @pygmy6668

Film Stock: Kodak 500T & 200T 16mm

Color graded on DaVinci Resolve

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No important dialogue at all, just pure characters and story, i love this

— @sojdrawe

Fonts:

Elephant Gun

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The cinematography is great. The SKIN TONES are rich and textured. But your sound design is the secret sauce here. Keeping those alley voice just loud enough to hear, but behind all the diegetic sound from the laundry room.... incredible work.

— @AlphonseChime

MADE Soulmaze

Jungle Fever

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Wish I had a camera

— @The_3AM_Cinema

Royal Acid

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the music is taken from ethiopa...100%%%%%%%

— @the_good_news-h2j

More User Perspectives

yaoi (/j it's so damn good)

@fairytonic

short films nice

@movie.clips120

1:22 Just one guy? Tame impala reference?

@reidsmeltzer134-d6k

I love the ethio-jazz music in the background🫡🫡😍😍😍

@mulie-cinephile

Well done 🎥.

@Mary-u7c1q

Wow! As a new content creator I can really appreciate all the angles put together perfectly with a 16mm to get all the shots. Awesome!

@andrewchayles

This feels so Darren Aronofsky nice work man!

@GooseTrailerss

Smoking is so cool

@haylookatthis

Top drawer really nice

@plumbgray

@zazesty

it's gay to smoke

@sam681991able

I really liked this movie; you should definitely watch this short action movie too. https://youtu.be/L5rIs4mX610?si=igZZBt6Kh_a54QN5

@davadizisi6236

This is so original, the chemistry between them like wow

@wondersall6916

how'd you get the film grain?

@LV_Mans

Wow! The 16mm look is perfect for this, and the cinematography is chef's kiss. God bless you for telling such an awesome story.

@fourstarr22295

This is so on point, dude. I love the story, the look, the grain, the halation, the sound design, the music, everything just feels perfect. Really well done, mate!

@Lua_visuals

How does one reach this kind of color grade?

@DavidePadillo

well made short film.

@sametucar9544

❤️🌹

@静鸣-w7r

Lighter are valuable?

@yakhereyouranimekouhai

Hailu Mergia's song Sintayehu brought me here.

@yosephabdulkerim7894

thief getting theft by a thief

@pincenzio

wait, why is this soooo goood? 🫪

@CesarMartinezOficial

So what was the story?

@lbrtvlldr

Откуда у него русские 100 рублей?

@SunFoRus

👏👏

@RafaelKuhnOlivares

Dude the guy that got chased by cops looks like jake gyllenhaal

@futuremakesedits

where did you find 100 Russian rubles

@seaman3245

Я не ожидал увидеть под конец метра русскую купюру😅

@zarazaArab

1:21 Negan from TWD, where have you been?

@joaom365

16mm does its magic

@AndresRabbithole

2:40
Russian Money?!

100 Rubles 😱😱😱

(It's ~$1)

@VECTOR_WILDE

Smart.

@glennmartin-z5n

harusnya judulnya "CURANREK"

@FerryOktaman

2:36 бро что тебе сделали 100 рублей 🥀🥀

@MAKRA_OFF

за что сотку выкинул

@equeuveuv

is this an ad for marlboro

@isabelkeener4382

100 рублей хахааххха

@gogogooooooa

Insane how you can tell how the characters interact with each other without any dialogue. A great example of show don't tell

@NutmegHorse

sound is really crisp

@blackswandoomed

The highlight rolloff coming up from film stocks is gorgeous

@waqasqazi8779