Yellow 8

Yellow8 is a short film shot and produced in Columbia, SC. Yellow8 is about Kye, a young man who sees spectrums of color that normal people cannot due to an experimental surgery his father performed on Kye. Kye left home after his father's subsequent arrest and death, feeling betrayed by the family who allowed this to happen to him. He has moved from squatting in a library to his first apartment with his eccentric girlfriend, Mae. Is she the only person who can help Kye confront his past or will her odd behavior prove to be something more sinister?

We have now successfully wrapped on four days of filming. Big thanks to all the contributors, the cast and crew for helping make this possible. It is a big step in many of our careers and with the care and intricacy we've all put into this project, it's sure to be a wild movie.

Check out some of the real science behind the script here at this podcast. Did you know some people can already see millions more colors than others? http://www.radiolab.org/story/211119-colors/

SPECIAL THANKS! to our contributors from the Kickstarter campaign:

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Karen Dailey
Jess MacCallum
Lisa Boynton
Betsey Glazier
Clayton Tilley

Also to:

Austin Hafer
Erin Dailey
Evan Crane
Caroline Czajkowski
Shelby Switzer

Stills from on set of Yellow8. The first gallery of stills is from the first two weeks of shooting, we've wrapped the hard stuff.

Kieth's closeup in the first shot on set.

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Everyone had to pile into the bathroom for this scene. As uncomfortable and hot as it was, Eddie said it wasn't the first time he'd been packed into a bathroom on an occasion like this.

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Looking good under lights provided by Coalpowered Filmworks.

Kate fooling around.

Kate Goofing around pt2

Kieth prepping the script for the long scene ahead.

This is what this scene looks like silly. We're prepping for special lighting behind Kate.

And this is what the scene looks like serious.

With the lighting the scars blend into his skin but here's a shot where we can see Cherelle's good work.

Taylor poses for the camera between shots as lighting gets set.

Taylor reviews the shot list while on break.

Andrew sets for a difficult dolly shot in a tiny hallway.

Andrew and Taylor debate positioning for a difficult shot.

Dae stands in to boom by some nice lighting.

LAV mic for a difficult shot where we couldn't reach a boom pole.

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Cherelle literally putting makeup on a pig for some opening shots.

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Of course we couldn't put real syringes so close to someone's eyeballs! So we got this pig head to stand in and had a fun time making it up to look like Kieth's head.

That girl, she's plotting something.

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Preliminary shots for the bathroom scene long before we ever shot. This is what the scene looks like without lighting.

It's been two months and we're back in the good SC weather for the last few shoots. We shot at the Horse Shoe on the USC campus. The scene was specifically written into the script.

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Sunday, the 4th, we filmed in the Horse Shoe, it was a beautiful day out.

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Kieth looking fabulous for his close up

Kieth and Kate bask in the light waiting for their cue.

Sarah adjusts audio while Kate checks her phone.

Taylor waits as a pack of students wonders through set.

Kieth skates towards the camera in a risky shot. He landed the spot every time like a pro.

Ian McCormick of EXBSVS Studios working on DA MACHINE, as we're calling it. The brutal machinery that gives Kye his powers.

The head of the machine in its rawest, soon syringes, lights, and other fun, nasty looking devices will chill ya.

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Thanks to Ian the machine is completely practical. It swivels in every direction and stands on it own, with wheels to move it easily on and off set.