Cold Heart was a blast to shoot, a great first project.  I learned a lot about movie-making, and met some great people while I did it.  I even got a chance to work with my childhood friend, Eric Floyd (Lance), and we had the chance to interject some in-jokes from our high-school days.  It's great that CH was so well-received from the fans, as a huge Jason fan myself, I'm glad I could take a weekend, and make something that would entertain people who enjoy the same franchise as I do.

TIM WHITFIELD
Cast and Crew member of "THE COLD HEART OF CRYSTAL LAKE"....

Seriously, I think for $200, 2 day shoot (in the snow), and first time director (non-school project anyway) this short owns em all.  I've seen a good 10-15 fan films for Jason, and this one is the best/most professional I've seen.  And I'm not trying to be a jerk by saying that, but If someone else made this, and I saw it, I would be quite impressed. 

My biggest beefs are the sound in some places (no crew to hold the boom pole), and I swing my arms too much in one shot as Jason (just call me Ken, Part 8).  And in 2 or 3 shots, the lighting just doesn't hold up, mostly because of the snow and limited crew, it was hard to move the lights around for each set up.  I was also disappointed I could not find my JGTH CD, I really wanted an ALL JGTH score. 

On the plus side, the acting is pretty good, although, still amateur, and the kills are good.  I think I do the kills well as Jason, and when the lighting IS good, it's great.  Most of the music mixing and effects are very good as well, for what I had to use for sound and music.

and Tim Whitfield on the future of "filmmaking"....

We're (Timberwolf Entertainment, his production company) moving toward HD DV next when we move into the 100-500K budget ranges.  We're working in the 10-20K now ("Shadows Fall" was 12k) .

I will never use film again, at least not 16mm.  I hate film - costly and outdated format.  Its time has past.  If someone gave me $10 million today to make a movie, I would use 35mm, but only cause I had to - HD isn't totally excepted yet by investors.  But I would try hard to convince said investors to go HD. 

16mm is ugly, grainy, and a waste of time.  I've used 16, super 16, and 35mm.  Super 16 is okay, but if I was going to spend that kind of money, I'd rather go HD.  By 2010, there will be more HD movies made per year than 'film' movies.  Film has a broken leg.. it's time to shoot it and let it die without suffering.

"STAR WARS: Episode II - Attack of the Clones," "Once Upon a Time in Mexico," and "Collateral" were all shot using high definition digital video cameras.