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Alfred Okocha June 8th, 2006 05:51 PM

Just downloading it now.. But.. the first 15 second.. and it hasn't started yet?? Surely that's a bit too long?

Chad Keck June 8th, 2006 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfred Okocha
Just downloading it now.. But.. the first 15 second.. and it hasn't started yet?? Surely that's a bit too long?

Might try downloading it again...it starts right away....hmmm...

Anyone else having this trouble?

Guest June 10th, 2006 04:01 PM

odd. anyways here is the link:

http://www.marcoaslan.com/A%20Cautionary%20Tale.html

once again, just intro to film, but plz post what you want.

Henrik Solberg June 11th, 2006 02:30 PM

Commercial shoot with Canon XL2
 
The Norwegian chocolate "M" is known to be a "movie chocolate". A chocolat you eat when you watch films, or when you visit the cinema. The film is shot with the Canon XL2 and with the iStopMotion software for Mac Os X.

We recieved an A for this project at school, and won a bronze medal in a Norwegian student competition this weekend...

The film, in quicktime h.264:
http://frigg.hiof.no/dmpro_grp_v063/...efilm_stor.mov

Any comments on this?

James OClaire June 11th, 2006 05:12 PM

haha, dang, heck of cool, is that actually a commercial though? Like one that you are going to show on TV?

Only thing was that some of the different allusions to movies ran into each other, but I think it was just hard to get at first because the candy can't change much.

Henrik Solberg June 11th, 2006 05:38 PM

Thanks :)

No, it is not aired on tv, but we have sent the commercial in to the company who produces the chocolate, but we don't know anything about how they will react to it...

Ash Greyson June 11th, 2006 05:54 PM

Looks good for a student project. It would need a lot of work for broadcast, the voice over would need to be better and they would have to redo all the music as the rights to the songs you chose would run over $1MILL I would think... I am a HUGE fan of the oldschool pixilation style animation, nice job.



ash =o)

Daniel Abbey June 13th, 2006 05:26 AM

"The Waiting" - my first short
 
hi all,

i'd just like to share a short film i made using a nikon digital camera and windows movie maker. its in mp4 format, hope you can play it:)

http://www.chameabbey.com/daniel/The%20Waiting.mp4

dan

Cole McDonald June 13th, 2006 08:15 AM

48 Hour Film Entry
 
Here is the end product from the Minneapolis 48 hour film project. I was the DP. We shot 2 Canon XL1s's for 6 hours at our location (an old early 1920's vaudeville theater which has been lovingly restored.

We drew the Genre Horror out of a hat and the shared required elements:
Character: Frank Mooney, DJ
Prop: Wallet
Line: "Thanks for your help, thanks alot"

We turned in the completed project an hour early!

Without any further ado:
Curtain Call

Antonio Albagli June 13th, 2006 10:31 AM

deinterlace filter download for mac
 
Hey, I found your thread, funny.
If anyone can help, I've been having trouble opening a filter pack.
The download has the EXE extension and I'm not familiar with executables. I know that one cannot "open" them (this is what I've found out so far) whatever that means. Apparently macs need a Windows emulator to execute these files. Any thoughts, links, advice?
thanx.

Ken Lamug June 13th, 2006 11:00 AM

Defragged "the short short"
 
hey guys check out DEFRAGGED short we just finished. Was created for the FX competition. You can find info @ http://defragged.wilddogarts.com , click on iFilm or YouTube and watch it there. Dont forget to vote yay or nay. Hope you enjoy this. Dont forget to post in our guestbook also.

George Ellis June 13th, 2006 11:29 AM

DSE, on that page, the white on medium gray background is almost impossible to read (highlighting was my friend.) Now reading on...

Cole McDonald June 13th, 2006 04:29 PM

The BTS Photos have been uploaded to the yafiunderground site (link below).

Webb Pickersgill June 14th, 2006 01:06 AM

Star Wars Fan Film - Fool's Errand
 
Hello everyone. Proud to announce the release of Fool's Errand, the second film of a Star Wars fan film trilogy produced by members of the Phoenix Fan Force in Phoenix, AZ. The film has been almost 2 years in the making, shot mostly on an XL1s with some pickup shots on an XL2. The film is a 34 minute long 76MB Quicktime 7 file which can be download from the film's website at http://www.spiritsoftheforce.com We had a lot of fun making it, I hope you enjoy watching it.

Matt Egelhoff June 14th, 2006 08:37 AM

Well the link to giuseppes video i dead and i realize that this thread was started a long time ago but thought id post anyway.

Colins link is still good and MAN! Thats some nice work! i love the lighting and the overall style of the video... i didnt quite get the "story" though. but the music was great, the work in post looked good, great vid! what software are you using?

good suff man! post more work!

Alexandre Lucena June 14th, 2006 11:14 AM

Cream
 
Dear People.

I would like to watch short fictions that won prizes like Cannes, Oscar, Berlin and so on.

Is there any web site that screens them ?

Alexandre Lucena

Ian Stark June 15th, 2006 06:34 AM

Training material distributed with Microsoft Producer
 
Hi all,

http://www.film-it.net/absit3/absit_files/Default.htm

This is my first attempt at creating training materials to be distributed with Microsoft Producer. Producer is a companion product to PowerPoint which allows you to combine video, audio, PowerPoint slides and html into a single stream viewed via a browser. It's by no means a great product but it served a purpose for this particular client. I believe Producer may be discontinued in the near future which is a shame. Anyone know of any similar products (that don't require a special server)?

This piece is intended to be viewed in a classroom situation with the trainer explaining what's going on in the screenshots. The video is really only eye candy designed to set the scene. Takes a while the first time you run it, sorry! Also, I believe you need to have PowerPoint installed to correctly view it - I'm afraid I haven't tested to see what happens if you don't have PowerPoint installed as my client doesn't have this problem.

Technical(ish) notes:
- Shot on a Canon XM2 (GL2) with a wide angle lens and a Formatte matte box (Just about to upgrade to an XL2 - can't wait!).
- Lighting was a single 3 x 250w switchable and dimmable halogen unit with soft box.
- We recorded straight into DV-Rack.
- Title sequences created in After Effects.
- Editing done in Vegas.
- Slides created in PowerPoint 2003.
- Assembled in Producer.

All feedback warmly welcomed - I'm especially interested to hear if people had any problems actually seeing the thing! Like I said, first time with Producer and there is a real lack of resources available for learning the ins and outs.

Cheers!

Ian . . .

Ian Stark June 15th, 2006 06:48 AM

Case Study Video
 
I was commissioned to create a series of video case studies for a software company. The subjects are pretty dry (warehouse management, retail management etc) but I have been contracted to create two of these a month for the rest of the year so my mortgage will be paid!

Here is an example of one and I'd welcome any feedback.

www.film-it.net/mnetics/courtesy.wmv (approx 5mb)

Technical notes:
- Shot on a Canon XM2 (GL2) with a w/a adapter
- Audio recorded (in a horribly noisy environment) on an AT835b shotgun straight to camera
- Lights used: 3 x Ianiro Lilliputs plus a 3x250w bulb switchable/dimmable unit with soft box
- Title sequences, flow chart and other 3d PinP effects created in After Effects (Flow chart itself created in Visio)
- Edited and assembled in Sony Vegas
- Logo sequence created by a third party (I'm not keen on it)
- Distribution is via the customers website, on CD, as a giveaway at trade shows on a 1Gb USB data thingy and on large plasma screens at trade shows.

Cheers!

Ian . . .

Sheldon Blais June 15th, 2006 08:32 AM

Great work!!

I just bought Vegas 6 and can't wait to learn how to do effects like those....

Ian Stark June 15th, 2006 09:08 AM

You're very kind!

Vegas is a great piece of software and I've used it since version 3. It's a case of Vegas being the first video editing software I used and I just stayed with it.

I have to say that in some respects I wish I had come across Premier first, because of the tight integration with other Adobe products (specifically After Effects and Photoshop) but I've invested too much time in Vegas to change horses now.

Some of those effects were created in After Effects, not Vegas - specifically the title sequences and the "fact file" segments. I find After Effects more intuitive for 3d (OK 2.5d) work such as the virtual camera roaming around the flow chart.

Glad you liked it and thanks again.

Ian . . .

Frank Hool June 15th, 2006 11:06 AM

kind of convicing success story :) . Couple of nice visual ideas. I very liked vary framing of interviewees.

Riley Harmon June 15th, 2006 09:22 PM

Opening
 
I work with media services under information technology here at OU. I do a lot of media stuff for ton of different depts and sometimes private clients, but this is the first promo video we are doing for our actual dept. This is first 30 seconds of the estimated 3-5min web video to show new students what IT is all about. Enjoy. - RH

http://www.rileyharmon.com/temp/opening.mov

Peter Wiley June 18th, 2006 03:12 PM

Star Trek Fan Films make New York Times
 
This is really other people's work, but still interesting treatment of Star Trek fan film sites in the New York Times today

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/ar...rtner=homepage

production values here: http://www.starshipexeter.com are impressive, and there is a whole behind the scenes site: http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/exeterstudio/

Michael Elsegood June 19th, 2006 05:48 AM

HAHA! James Blunt parody sooo funny

well done

Bryan Harley June 19th, 2006 03:12 PM

AMF's latest: "MOSES"
 
Greetings folks! Here's my latest directorial effort: "MOSES." It's a crime drama, about a wandering homeless man who's mysterious past is about to come to light.

I've been working with my independent study class in electronic media production at CSU Fresno to complete this film since the end of January. It's the result of hard work from over 30 college students, that's including talent and crew. It was an awesome experience. Hope you enjoy, lemme know what you think.

Here's the link. It's quite hefty. Sorry 56Kers. If there's a demand I could provide a smaller file. ENJOY!

http://www.amfproductions.com/moses/moses_big.mov
(QT 6 or higher needed, 27 minutes, 166.06 mb, Size - 480x320)
Right click or option click and 'save target as' to download to your comp

Here's some screenshots:

http://www.amfproductions.com/moses/moses_images.jpg

Kris Galuska June 19th, 2006 08:27 PM

Don't Speak (Film Noir)
 
Check out my Film Noir short on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RsN0CTTpVo

The audio is a little distorted, but so is YouTube.

It was shot on HD so it is kind of disappointing to see it this small, but it is still one of the most visually appealing videos on YouTube (of course that is not saying very much)


-Kris

Luke Springer June 19th, 2006 08:47 PM

Very good! I liked it, other than the quiet interrogation room scene. What camera did you use? Nice work.

Thanks,
Luke

Gregory S. Ouellette June 20th, 2006 12:33 AM

not bad
 
couldnt view, my reply was for colin. sorry for the misspost

Jaadgy Akanni June 20th, 2006 03:36 AM

I wasn't able to access Giuseppe's link, che sfortuna! But i got to see Colin's work. That's some good Shtuff! Colin you're definitely there with your work. The edits have excellent rythm, great exposure, lighting...sweet.

Tim Johnson June 20th, 2006 10:46 AM

i dunno theres some pretty high end videos on there.

Kris Galuska June 20th, 2006 12:25 PM

I was just joking. I love YouTube.

It's just that the professional videos are few and far between. If you have any links to any I'd love to see them so I can support them.

YouTube could be a great place for the independent community, but right now it is overrun by cheesy web cam footage.

Oh, and did you watch my video. I’d love your opinion.

Thanks,

Kris

David Delaney June 20th, 2006 04:22 PM

New v5tv.com shows - wrestling arghh!
 
We have put together a new show on Wrestling. Any input is appreciated.
We are also looking for video music directors that want to get there stuff noticed. If you have rights to a music video that you have directed and want to get shown on a psp, ipod and cell phone - contact us at bionicbuddha.com

Feedback always welcome!

Bob Zimmerman June 21st, 2006 08:04 AM

pretty good. What camera did you use? I like some of your shots like when the guy was running down the hallway.

Kris Galuska June 22nd, 2006 12:56 PM

Thanks, we used a Sony FX1. YouTube doesn't really show it off though.

Riley Harmon June 26th, 2006 12:10 AM

docu-drama
 
Just thought I'd share a bit from this docudrama i am working on as 2nd unit camera and vfx http://rileyharmon.com/wordpress/?p=53

Kurirai Adamson June 26th, 2006 02:46 AM

Have I Arrived?...You Tell Me!
 
It's been quite a while since I've posted anything on DVINFO. I bought my Canon XL1s from a fellow member, Joseph Benoit.

After a couple jobs, some new equipment, software and accessories, here's my BEST WORK to date:

http://www.adamsonmedia.com/HoanCarol_web.wmv


Constructive feedback is most appreciated from you fellow DV'ers.

Thanks!

Greg Boston June 26th, 2006 06:33 AM

All in all, pretty good stuff. Here are my thoughts.

The oval mask in some of the opening shots is a bit too aggressive. Pull it back out and soften the edges a bit more.

The motion overlay of the rings during the vows kind of says 'cheesy effect'. I would take it out. The background motion effects at the ending montage are much nicer and they don't distract the viewer at that point.

The 'old film look' is another mis-placed effect. It doesn't work because by looking at the rest of the video, you can see that 'this shot' takes place at the same day and time. This would have been a good effect if you were doing a history of the couple and had some childhood VHS video to cut into the story but not for a brief shot in current day. Since the couple are kissing in this shot, a slo-mo would help enhance the romantic moment they are sharing.

A couple pan and tilts were not at steady pace but that's just practice and a much more expensive tripod head. That's why good ones will cost you more than what you paid for the camera. They are fluid dampened and have counterbalance springs that will make those camera moves silky smooth.

All in all, a good job and certainly one that can be made better with a few changes. The basic camera work with shot selection, angle, and exposure are there so you have some good material to edit with.

That's just my opinion and others may dis-agree so don't take it as gospel. I only pointed out those things that distracted me as a viewer.

regards,

-gb-

Jon Fordham June 26th, 2006 06:37 AM

Four Eyed Monsters Screenings!!!
 
The multi Award Winning feature film Four Eyed Monsters, is screening as part of indiewire's national screening series Undiscovered Gems!

Please check out the following link to see if your city is on the list, attend the screening and vote!!!

http://foureyedmonsters.com/index.php/screenings

Four Eyed Monsters made its world premiere at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival, before screening at the 2005 SXSW Film Festival and ultimately winning the Best New Director Award for Arin Crumley and Susan Buice at the 2005 Brooklyn International Film Festival...

indiewire selected Four Eyed Monsters as one of the top ten undistributed features of 2005.

And don't forget to subscribe to the Four Eyed Monsters Video Podcasts using iTunes!!!

Denis Danatzko June 26th, 2006 07:07 AM

Thoughts from someone still learning...
 
I thought the choice of music was great, though I agree with the film-like sequence maybe being out of place. IMO, it just doesn't fit well.

Good job on capturing the b&g's sense of anticipation.

Other observations: the audio of the vows struck me as ever-so-slightly muffled, though the level of the music behind it was excellent...just right, (though you certainly captured the emotion of the moment).

Bottom line: were the "clients" happy?

Kurirai Adamson June 26th, 2006 07:21 AM

Greg,

Very nice feedback. I can definitely use that advice. And yes, looking back at the b&g vows the overlay was a bit overkill. That was actually two 'lower-thirds' in use. I felt if I put just one on the bottom I'd have to put some kind of caption in it. I tried it on the side but the ring would be in the bride's face. You're right I could've done without it.

The old film effect...I see what you mean. Use that sparingly...check!

A fluid head tripod...savin' up for a nice Bogen....check! Thanks a bunch!

Denis,

There's a story on that muffled vows thing. I used Sound Forge to rescue them in hopes to avoid having the b&g say them over in a mic! You shoulda heard it before...whew! But I hear ya on that one. Better mics....check!

Guys,

Thanks a million! I respect the vast pool of experience I've come upon here and will take advantage of it. Bottom line...my clients were VERY pleased! I may make some of the suggested changes with their blessing though.

Later!


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