Show Your Work 2004

Rob Lohman · August 31st, 2004, 06:24 AM

Looked nice! Did you crop the video before export or not? It looked
liked you wasted some bandwidth by leaving the black bars there.

Rob Lohman · August 31st, 2004, 06:28 AM

Definitely not my cup of tea. Also the audio was highly distorted,
so you might want to look into optimizing that in the future.

Rafal Krolik · August 31st, 2004, 06:44 AM

Hi Rob. You know, I didn't even think about it. I will play around with your suggestion and see what happenes size wise. Thanks again for pointing it out
On second thought, I don't think I can do it because on three ocassions in the video, I have things that spill onto the black bars

Donald Gregory · September 2nd, 2004, 05:02 PM

well done

Donald Gregory · September 2nd, 2004, 05:04 PM

It's on DVD now, so go to the site www.pizzathemovie.com, check out the trailer, if you got a few bucks, buy the movie.

Here's one review:
http://www.roguecinema.com/article84.html

It was shot on a Canon XL1s. Edited with Final Cut Pro.

Mitch Buss · September 3rd, 2004, 12:20 PM

I have posted this film before but I recieved 3 responses to it. Now I am thinking of submitting it to a film festival and would like some input from you guys as to what you all think. Any criticism would be great. Thanks again.

http://www.rafalkrolik.com/grapesofwrath.wmv

Mitch

Keith Loh · September 3rd, 2004, 01:45 PM

Lovely imagery in the opening scenes.

Terence Malick fan?

I started to think .. .maybe not .. when we see the scene of the young man throwing away the shotgun. The video audio recording is jarring. I would rather that the music just played all the way through without the on location sound.

But then you return to the imagery.

I prefer it for all of the disconnected shots. I think it has artistic composition. Quite nice.

I really do like it. Submit away.

Glen Chua · September 3rd, 2004, 04:29 PM

What type of camera did you use?

Jeff Rosenberg · September 3rd, 2004, 08:46 PM

Mitch,

Are you targeting specific festivals here or asking in general? If I remember correctly (this could be way off base, so sorry if I offend) this was done as a high school project. And assuming you are still in high school, I would definetly say to seek out contests specifically designed for your age group. I could see you being very successul in that. If you're talking about entering larger scale festivals (sundance etc.) best of luck to you but unless you have tons of cash I would try to be very specific and pick certain ones you might appeal to. I know when we showed Detonate (a short us par-t-comers made with a DVX) at an international festival, while extremely cool to even be accepted, competing against stuff shot on 35mm is just overwhelming and we had no real shot at winning anything in my opinion.

I'm gonna be submitting a feature I shot last summer over the next month, and just looked at websites for a bunch of fests and picked the two I thought I had a legitamate shot at getting into (slamdance and cleveland film festival, if wondering). Anyway, this is a long response for something that might not even be helpful but that would just be my two cents.

On the other hand, if you have lots of money to "burn" I say go for it, the worse that can happen is you getting denied.

Also, do you have the rights to Grapes of Wrath? Do you need it for an inspired by project? Never done an adaptation as my focus is writing, but you should make sure to check these out before submitting, 'cause that would suck to get accepted and dq'd.

Thomas Smith Jr · September 4th, 2004, 12:48 PM

Stuff looks pretty funny. Kind of like a Jack Black comedy. Was it actually rated by the MPAA?!

Peter John Ross · September 4th, 2004, 10:38 PM

yup. Donald got a real rating!

I got my DVD a few weeks ago. It's pretty cool.

Mark Grgurev · September 4th, 2004, 10:55 PM

looked like film!!!

Nathan Brendan Masters · September 4th, 2004, 11:56 PM

To those who purchased 4BMOA thank you so much for your support. I hope you guys like it.

-Nate

Mitch Buss · September 7th, 2004, 06:25 AM

In response to your question Glen, my camera that I used was a Sony TRV87. It is a single CCD camera, but has gone a long ways for myself. Now in response to Jeff, you are correct this was made as a high school class that project. As for festivals, I was planning on some smaller scale ones with cheaper entrance fees. No Sundance in my immediate future. I just want to start out small and hopefully work to a larger project. Right now I am in the process of submitting one to a smaller festival in Boston. So we will see how that goes. Thanks again for the replies.

Mitch

Derrick Begin · September 7th, 2004, 07:28 AM

Greetings fellow filmmakers,

The short HD (transferred to 35mm) "Bert Prentice, CEO", writer/dir by K. Nibley, prod by K. Barry, Platform Productions, will screen this week at the Boston Film Festival.

This provocative piece follows a "day in the life of a corporate brown-noser..."

"Derrick Begin is the nameless, low-rank employee whose job is to literally..." Come to the screening to find out.

BOSTON FILM FESTIVAL
9/10/2004 - Short Pkg 1 7:15,9:00
9/11/2004 - Short Pkg 1 3:00,5:00

http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org

See you there...

A.P.B - - Coney Island Film Festival invites "Bert Prentice CEO" for screening. More to come...

August 31st, 2004, 06:24 AM	#571
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Looked nice! Did you crop the video before export or not? It looked liked you wasted some bandwidth by leaving the black bars there. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

August 31st, 2004, 06:28 AM	#572
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Definitely not my cup of tea. Also the audio was highly distorted, so you might want to look into optimizing that in the future. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

September 2nd, 2004, 05:02 PM	#574
Donald Gregory New Boot Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Elyria, OH Posts: 16	well done __________________ Please check out the trailer for PIZZA: The Movie at www.pizzathemovie.com

September 2nd, 2004, 05:04 PM	#575
Donald Gregory New Boot Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Elyria, OH Posts: 16	pizza the movie It's on DVD now, so go to the site www.pizzathemovie.com, check out the trailer, if you got a few bucks, buy the movie. Here's one review: http://www.roguecinema.com/article84.html It was shot on a Canon XL1s. Edited with Final Cut Pro. __________________ Please check out the trailer for PIZZA: The Movie at www.pizzathemovie.com

September 3rd, 2004, 12:20 PM	#576
Mitch Buss Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 184	Thinking of submitting for a festival. Could use some input. I have posted this film before but I recieved 3 responses to it. Now I am thinking of submitting it to a film festival and would like some input from you guys as to what you all think. Any criticism would be great. Thanks again. http://www.rafalkrolik.com/grapesofwrath.wmv Mitch

August 31st, 2004, 06:44 AM	#573
Rafal Krolik Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Milwaukee, Wi Posts: 160	Hi Rob. You know, I didn't even think about it. I will play around with your suggestion and see what happenes size wise. Thanks again for pointing it out On second thought, I don't think I can do it because on three ocassions in the video, I have things that spill onto the black bars

September 3rd, 2004, 01:45 PM	#577
Keith Loh Air China Pilot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 2,389	Lovely imagery in the opening scenes. Terence Malick fan? I started to think .. .maybe not .. when we see the scene of the young man throwing away the shotgun. The video audio recording is jarring. I would rather that the music just played all the way through without the on location sound. But then you return to the imagery. I prefer it for all of the disconnected shots. I think it has artistic composition. Quite nice. I really do like it. Submit away. __________________ -- Visit http://www.KeithLoh.com \| stuff about living in Vancouver \| My Flickr photo gallery

September 3rd, 2004, 04:29 PM	#578
Glen Chua Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 98	What type of camera did you use?

September 3rd, 2004, 08:46 PM	#579
Jeff Rosenberg New Boot Join Date: May 2004 Location: Athens, OH Posts: 14	Mitch, Are you targeting specific festivals here or asking in general? If I remember correctly (this could be way off base, so sorry if I offend) this was done as a high school project. And assuming you are still in high school, I would definetly say to seek out contests specifically designed for your age group. I could see you being very successul in that. If you're talking about entering larger scale festivals (sundance etc.) best of luck to you but unless you have tons of cash I would try to be very specific and pick certain ones you might appeal to. I know when we showed Detonate (a short us par-t-comers made with a DVX) at an international festival, while extremely cool to even be accepted, competing against stuff shot on 35mm is just overwhelming and we had no real shot at winning anything in my opinion. I'm gonna be submitting a feature I shot last summer over the next month, and just looked at websites for a bunch of fests and picked the two I thought I had a legitamate shot at getting into (slamdance and cleveland film festival, if wondering). Anyway, this is a long response for something that might not even be helpful but that would just be my two cents. On the other hand, if you have lots of money to "burn" I say go for it, the worse that can happen is you getting denied. Also, do you have the rights to Grapes of Wrath? Do you need it for an inspired by project? Never done an adaptation as my focus is writing, but you should make sure to check these out before submitting, 'cause that would suck to get accepted and dq'd.

September 4th, 2004, 12:48 PM	#580
Thomas Smith Jr Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 26	Stuff looks pretty funny. Kind of like a Jack Black comedy. Was it actually rated by the MPAA?!

September 4th, 2004, 10:38 PM	#581
Peter John Ross Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hollywood, OHIO Posts: 149	yup. Donald got a real rating! I got my DVD a few weeks ago. It's pretty cool.

September 4th, 2004, 10:55 PM	#582
Mark Grgurev Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fairview,nj Posts: 137	looked like film!!!

September 4th, 2004, 11:56 PM	#583
Nathan Brendan Masters Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, Il. Posts: 85	To those who purchased 4BMOA thank you so much for your support. I hope you guys like it. -Nate

September 7th, 2004, 06:25 AM	#584
Mitch Buss Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 184	In response to your question Glen, my camera that I used was a Sony TRV87. It is a single CCD camera, but has gone a long ways for myself. Now in response to Jeff, you are correct this was made as a high school class that project. As for festivals, I was planning on some smaller scale ones with cheaper entrance fees. No Sundance in my immediate future. I just want to start out small and hopefully work to a larger project. Right now I am in the process of submitting one to a smaller festival in Boston. So we will see how that goes. Thanks again for the replies. Mitch

September 7th, 2004, 07:28 AM	#585
Derrick Begin Major Player Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: New York Posts: 329	*** * BOSTON FILM FESTIVAL / CONEY ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL * *** Greetings fellow filmmakers, The short HD (transferred to 35mm) "Bert Prentice, CEO", writer/dir by K. Nibley, prod by K. Barry, Platform Productions, will screen this week at the Boston Film Festival. This provocative piece follows a "day in the life of a corporate brown-noser..." "Derrick Begin is the nameless, low-rank employee whose job is to literally..." Come to the screening to find out. BOSTON FILM FESTIVAL 9/10/2004 - Short Pkg 1 7:15,9:00 9/11/2004 - Short Pkg 1 3:00,5:00 http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org See you there... A.P.B - - Coney Island Film Festival invites "Bert Prentice CEO" for screening. More to come...