Good evening, this post will cover Disc 2 from the Mediabook.
When Deathcember was toured in festival, the producers sometimes had to split the film into 2 volumes to ensure intermission. Disc 2 contains 14 of the shorts and I will list them in the order they ran along with the bonus features attached to them along with the notes I took during most of the interviews (which mostly give behind the scenes information and do a good job documenting the production.
1. Getting away from it all: interview: how long as actress, when she thought about directing, meaning of the title, is it the first Christmas horror she directed, how she chose the actor, how long the shoot took, any last words. Radio Pollyanna (radio outtakes). Still gallery. (Outtakes were hiliarious!!
2. Pig: introduction by director, BTS clip of dancing, still gallery
3. Villancicos: making of clips. Still gallery
4. All sales fatal: interview, how he got Tiffany shepis, how he got Jeffrey Reddick, how long he shot, is he happy with the finished short, ancedotes he shared about the shoot. Still gallery
5. Christmas miracle: Introduction (director shows clips from her shorts), Vivienne and her team (shoot diary), still gallery
6. Crappy Christmas: storyboard of the opening and ending, test animation, still gallery,
7. Hunchback: interview with Bob pipe, why he decided to direct a classic monster film, why he decided to make it a silent film and in black and white, did he shoot it in a castle, films that influenced hunback: what is production time, funny stories from shoot, relatioms between the movie MONSTER and this short, is the message that there is no salvation, upcoming projects he plans to do, should bob be on Santa's naughty list and why,last words.
Interview with Richard glover, Stephen Evans, and Louie bayliss: how they got to know bob, is this the first anthology, opinion on classic monster films, is the monster the lead actor played similar to the one he played before, imagine being a judge, what were the gifts given to the monster, how long did it take to apply the makeup, how was the role quite expressive, was the horse friendly, anything memorable about the shoot, whats next, the ende. Still gallery.
8. Kill Santa: introduction [black hollow cage clip and greeting], gallery
9. Family Feast: Gallery
10. Cassetta: interview: how did it come to pass, how many days did it take to shoot, was it difficult to find actors, any funny stories on set, best thing about anthologies, director's opinion about Christmas, how does he spend christmas, Is Christmas a time for happy or suicidal moments, what does he think of horror today, his thoughts about deathcember. Still gallery
11. Milk and Cookies: introduction (lists influences, mentions his films santaland and quiet room), still gallery
12. Xmas on fire: introduction (Florian introduction to his short films), director's cut, (longer planning of heist scene relating to racism and Judaism, extended scenes and end credits scene along with a quote from shakespeare. different intro graphic, still gallery
13. Christmas corp.se: introduction (beautifully shot), interview: german language, still gallery
14. Ring my bell: interview: how he got idea for film, she's a vampire, how did he choose the actors, how old the kid actors are, did they understand sex toys, production time, film influences, did he shoot a christmas film before, his opinion about Christmas, funny stories from shoot, is the vampire a real life professional dancer, whats next for him, last words, gallery, audio commentary
The introductions do a good job in introducing the directors including what previous work they have done and some get creative with the camera while introducing themselves. Each short contains a gallery of behind the scenes photos. I do like the photos although I wish they were run as an interactive gallery than a clip with photos changing every few seconds. I also enjoyed the directors cut of Xmas on fire as it gave more context as to the relationships between the members of the heist. Some shorts get more bonus features than others but in general, they do a great job as to covering the behind the scenes stuff for the shorts. Finally, the audio commentary for ring my bell is excellent and the notes are below.
Light my fire: kids were meant to run in the first scene but was changed to a whole family reveal shot. They added the cuckoo clock shot because the directors parents had one. Kids were shot separately from the parents.
My next post will cover the final 2 discs of the mediabook.
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