Bob Shallit: Folsom’s Silverado Studios digs new ground for 3-D horror film
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center
A Folsom movie studio is casting itself as a film technology trailblazer.
Silverado Studios later this year will start shooting a horror flick using the Point-Of-View style that has actors holding cameras and chronicling the action documentary style, as in “Blair Witch Project” and “Paranormal Activity.”
Silverado’s trailblazing wrinkle? It’s filming in 3-D.
“This is something that’s literally never been done before” in a POV film, says Torrey Loomis, Silverado’s founder.
Loomis and his associates have figured out a way to attach three small cameras on helmets to be worn by actors and, for about $4,000 per rig, create quality 3-D footage that normally requires heavy cameras costing up to a half-million dollars each.
The vehicle for all this is “No Trace,” a screenplay by Sacramento real estate guy (and movie-maker) Chad Cruchley.
“It’s a creature feature,” Cruchley says of the film. A group of researchers investigate an anomaly in a national forest and “come to find out there’s a monster there,” he says.
Cruchley, whose day job is at Gallaway Commercial, recently approached Loomis for some technical help on what he planned as a conventional, low-budget film. Loomis suggested the 3-D approach, which required boosting the budget from the original $50,000 to about $400,000.
Filming begins in December in El Dorado County. The film should be wrapped a few months later.
Its prospects? Loomis says TV networks and film distributors are scrambling to find 3-D content.
“This is the right time to do a lower-budget 3-D project,” he says.
By Bob Shalitt
bshalitt@sacbee.com
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