Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature)

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

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Connected to

Annabelle: Creation: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature) → Annabelle: Creation. Sandberg moved from Lights Out straight to Annabelle: Creation, attached during Lights Out's post.
    “during post on lights out, I'd already been attached to Annabelle Creation”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:41:03 · David F. Sandberg (0.90 sure it was them)

David F. Sandberg: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): David F. Sandberg → Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature). On his no-budget films Sandberg did everything himself, from the music to the visual effects and the editing.
    “I was the one doing everything, you know, from the music to the visual effects and the editing.”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:26:39 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature) → Annabelle: Creation. Sandberg moved from Lights Out straight to Annabelle: Creation, attached during Lights Out's post.
    “during post on lights out, I'd already been attached to Annabelle Creation”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:41:03 · David F. Sandberg (0.90 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): David F. Sandberg → Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature). On his no-budget films Sandberg did everything himself, from the music to the visual effects and the editing.
    “I was the one doing everything, you know, from the music to the visual effects and the editing.”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:26:39 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature): The short went viral: 17,000 views, then 70,000 a minute later.
    “we went to like Vimeo and to check the views and it was like 17,000”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:15:18 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature): Sandberg compares sudden Hollywood access to the warp zone in Super Mario Bros.
    “I keep saying that it's like hitting the warp zone and Super Mario Brothers”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:16:59 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature): He had never been on a professional set before directing, and had to ask his first AD when to say action.
    “I had to take my 1st AD aside and like ask him, like, so when do I say action?”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:19:53 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature): Crew friction on his first feature, resolved by showing he knew cameras.
    “no, I actually know how cameras work”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:20:45 · David F. Sandberg (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature): Trade secret: schedules and budgets are guesswork, and you can ask the studio for an extra day.
    “schedules and budgets in movies are guesswork, you know?”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:22:01 · David F. Sandberg (0.95 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Lights Out (2.5-minute short and feature): Green lights are loose: the crew had the office and the big train before official approval.
    “We had the big train, we had everything before we got our green lights.”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:39:48 · David F. Sandberg (0.90 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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