Show Your Work 2006

John Holland · March 26th, 2006, 01:45 PM

www.aggieblvd.net/Bounce.wmv

Check out the latest music video I directed and edited. It was a three day shoot with my new $3,000 camera (Panasonic DVX100B) and a few lights and fancy tricks.

Enjoy!

Richard Darge · March 26th, 2006, 01:47 PM

Shot this 2 days ago on the HVX using SD - dumbed up the image to give it 'the look' - took about 6 hours to cut

enjoyo

http://hvx200.moctel.com/Users/rgdfilms/truth.mov

http://youtube.com/watch?v=f7Fek_rIIo0

Glenn Davidson · March 26th, 2006, 02:28 PM

This is the first DVi video I viewed on my new Apple Cinema Display. I like your lighting, the bouncing cam, the profile at mic shot and the talking mirror image. That camera (and op) make for a very nice filmy look. Oh and nice job syncing the whole thing. Overall, very good.

Raji Barbir · March 26th, 2006, 02:34 PM

THANK YOU!!!

i've been making jokes on my blogs about this dumbass "truth" crap forever. I'm glad someone finally made a mockery of the commercials i hate so very much. Oh and btw, i'm a non-smoker. I'm just tired of seeing one retarded, pointless and ignorant anti-tobacco commercial after another

Nathan Donnelly · March 26th, 2006, 02:58 PM

Hey everybody, just got done with our studio's second project, a music video from local Seattle-based industrial music act Tau Factor. It was shot over a weekend on various locations, but primarily onboard the USS Turner Joy, an inactive Destroyer docked at Bremerton, WA. The other shots were done inside a small studio with greenscreen capabilities. (I was both the director and the DP) The video was shot with a Canon XL2 and edited on Final Cut Pro with assistance from Motion with some animated effects.

Enjoy:
http://www.resonancedigital.com/motionless.mp4 (35Mb Quicktime)
http://www.resonancedigital.com/motionless-hires.mp4 (153Mb Quicktime)

Richard Darge · March 26th, 2006, 06:09 PM

Thanks Raji

Please feel free to link the video on your blog

p.s. i'm a non-smoker too, i just hate those ads

Ahmed Aboulnaga · March 26th, 2006, 06:16 PM

Hey folks,

I am working on an amateur movie (in Arabic) and have posted a teaser
trailer online.

http://yasserwayousef.com

Although the site's in Arabic, the buttons have English translations
(you should download the trailer that has English subtitles).

Just to give a brief intro... I have never taken any type of film
class in my life, and everything is pretty much self taught. This is
my first time acting, directing, editing, producing, and pretty much
doing everything myself. All filming was done in the Washington DC area.

I used a Canon XL2 and Adobe Premiere.

Let me know what you think.

Thanks!

Jeff Cottrone · March 26th, 2006, 08:17 PM

Hi John, I enjoyed both the video and the song (the last dollar part of the song more). Anyway, I'm wondering how you did two things:
1. Make the scene bounce--is that done with the camera or in post?
2. You do this several times, but at :31 in, there's a stutter in his movement effect that I like. Do you take two separate clips and just cut a few frames of each together? Or is it two separate parts of the same take? His head is very close to aligned as his body stutters.

John Holland · March 26th, 2006, 09:25 PM

To make the scene bounce, I did it with the camera just by shaking the tilt to the beat of the song. I originally thought they did that in post but by a pure stroke of stupidness, I found out I could do it just by shaking the camera lol.

Those stutter parts are actually unedited. Everynow and then the camera shaking and his movement would synchronize in a way that made his movement real stuttery. It was an accident that turned out to work.

Glad you liked it, it was a great learning experience and hopefully I will build off of this.

Olivier Bonenfant · March 26th, 2006, 10:11 PM

You can download it at http://www.theactionfilm.com/

It's my first post but I'm a longtime reader of this forum and dvxuser (the usual)

Random information about the movie:
- Shot with a Panasonic DVX100B and a Sony Digital 8 TRV250 (for reasons obvious in the film)
- 22 actors
- shot in two days
- over 25 special effect shots
- the film is french with english subtitles
- amateur short film made for a contest in Quebec by the National Film Board of Canada; got ranked in the 10 best out of 335 films submitted
- also very amateur in terms of costs to produce it: less than 300$ (beer, props and renting the camera)
- 4 days of 3d renders
- over 80 hours of post prod in Adobe Premiere, Adobe After-Effects and 3D Studio Max.

Don't hesitate to leave comments on the film as I'll probably do some more changes if I try to push the film into more film fests this summer (see if my short film is worth it)
Thanks.

Andrew Todd · March 27th, 2006, 12:02 AM

anyone watch the show entourage?

Glenn Davidson · March 27th, 2006, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andrew Todd

anyone watch the show entourage?

......."LHIOB"

Andrew Todd · March 27th, 2006, 07:45 AM

lol.....
.

Jeremy Hughes · March 27th, 2006, 09:04 AM

nice work! Just plain wrong but nice work -ha!

Jeremy Hughes · March 27th, 2006, 09:54 AM

Is there a reason you rendered the 3D so flat and cartoonish? If you are going for realism - maybe try grabbing location HDR photos and rerendering while splitting up your renders into passes so you can really blend in your effects. Also, when the chopper is shooting at you and the rockets are bursting, throw some camera shake into the scene and some heavier dust? Fun concept - I liked it but IMO I think with the quality of the footage you really need to push for photoreal renders that blend well - kinda like what Tetra Vaal did... or the Toyota truck meets meteor commercial

March 26th, 2006, 01:45 PM	#211
John Holland Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 59	Music Video www.aggieblvd.net/Bounce.wmv Check out the latest music video I directed and edited. It was a three day shoot with my new $3,000 camera (Panasonic DVX100B) and a few lights and fancy tricks. Enjoy! __________________ Green Bench Productions

March 26th, 2006, 01:47 PM	#212
Richard Darge New Boot Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA Posts: 7	T-R-U-T-H a lesson in advertising Shot this 2 days ago on the HVX using SD - dumbed up the image to give it 'the look' - took about 6 hours to cut enjoyo http://hvx200.moctel.com/Users/rgdfilms/truth.mov http://youtube.com/watch?v=f7Fek_rIIo0

March 26th, 2006, 02:58 PM	#215
Nathan Donnelly New Boot Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 8	2nd Resonance project - Motionless Hey everybody, just got done with our studio's second project, a music video from local Seattle-based industrial music act Tau Factor. It was shot over a weekend on various locations, but primarily onboard the USS Turner Joy, an inactive Destroyer docked at Bremerton, WA. The other shots were done inside a small studio with greenscreen capabilities. (I was both the director and the DP) The video was shot with a Canon XL2 and edited on Final Cut Pro with assistance from Motion with some animated effects. Enjoy: http://www.resonancedigital.com/motionless.mp4 (35Mb Quicktime) http://www.resonancedigital.com/motionless-hires.mp4 (153Mb Quicktime)

March 26th, 2006, 06:16 PM	#217
Ahmed Aboulnaga Tourist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1	'Yasser wa Yousef' teaser trailer online Hey folks, I am working on an amateur movie (in Arabic) and have posted a teaser trailer online. http://yasserwayousef.com Although the site's in Arabic, the buttons have English translations (you should download the trailer that has English subtitles). Just to give a brief intro... I have never taken any type of film class in my life, and everything is pretty much self taught. This is my first time acting, directing, editing, producing, and pretty much doing everything myself. All filming was done in the Washington DC area. I used a Canon XL2 and Adobe Premiere. Let me know what you think. Thanks!

March 26th, 2006, 08:17 PM	#218
Jeff Cottrone Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 100	cool Hi John, I enjoyed both the video and the song (the last dollar part of the song more). Anyway, I'm wondering how you did two things: 1. Make the scene bounce--is that done with the camera or in post? 2. You do this several times, but at :31 in, there's a stutter in his movement effect that I like. Do you take two separate clips and just cut a few frames of each together? Or is it two separate parts of the same take? His head is very close to aligned as his body stutters.

March 26th, 2006, 02:28 PM	#213
Glenn Davidson Major Player Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Nevada City, California Posts: 499	This is the first DVi video I viewed on my new Apple Cinema Display. I like your lighting, the bouncing cam, the profile at mic shot and the talking mirror image. That camera (and op) make for a very nice filmy look. Oh and nice job syncing the whole thing. Overall, very good.

March 26th, 2006, 02:34 PM	#214
Raji Barbir Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 97	THANK YOU!!! i've been making jokes on my blogs about this dumbass "truth" crap forever. I'm glad someone finally made a mockery of the commercials i hate so very much. Oh and btw, i'm a non-smoker. I'm just tired of seeing one retarded, pointless and ignorant anti-tobacco commercial after another

March 26th, 2006, 06:09 PM	#216
Richard Darge New Boot Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA Posts: 7	Thanks Raji Please feel free to link the video on your blog p.s. i'm a non-smoker too, i just hate those ads

March 26th, 2006, 09:25 PM	#219
John Holland Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Greensboro, North Carolina Posts: 59	To make the scene bounce, I did it with the camera just by shaking the tilt to the beat of the song. I originally thought they did that in post but by a pure stroke of stupidness, I found out I could do it just by shaking the camera lol. Those stutter parts are actually unedited. Everynow and then the camera shaking and his movement would synchronize in a way that made his movement real stuttery. It was an accident that turned out to work. Glad you liked it, it was a great learning experience and hopefully I will build off of this. __________________ Green Bench Productions

March 26th, 2006, 10:11 PM	#220
Olivier Bonenfant Tourist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 2	The action film - w. DVX100B You can download it at http://www.theactionfilm.com/ It's my first post but I'm a longtime reader of this forum and dvxuser (the usual) Random information about the movie: - Shot with a Panasonic DVX100B and a Sony Digital 8 TRV250 (for reasons obvious in the film) - 22 actors - shot in two days - over 25 special effect shots - the film is french with english subtitles - amateur short film made for a contest in Quebec by the National Film Board of Canada; got ranked in the 10 best out of 335 films submitted - also very amateur in terms of costs to produce it: less than 300$ (beer, props and renting the camera) - 4 days of 3d renders - over 80 hours of post prod in Adobe Premiere, Adobe After-Effects and 3D Studio Max. Don't hesitate to leave comments on the film as I'll probably do some more changes if I try to push the film into more film fests this summer (see if my short film is worth it) Thanks.

March 27th, 2006, 12:02 AM	#221
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	anyone watch the show entourage? __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

March 27th, 2006, 07:45 AM	#223
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	lol..... . __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

March 27th, 2006, 09:04 AM	#224
Jeremy Hughes Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 276 Images: 2	nice work! Just plain wrong but nice work -ha! __________________ www.elevate-m.com filmvideostuff.blogspot.com

March 27th, 2006, 09:54 AM	#225
Jeremy Hughes Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 276 Images: 2	Is there a reason you rendered the 3D so flat and cartoonish? If you are going for realism - maybe try grabbing location HDR photos and rerendering while splitting up your renders into passes so you can really blend in your effects. Also, when the chopper is shooting at you and the rockets are bursting, throw some camera shake into the scene and some heavier dust? Fun concept - I liked it but IMO I think with the quality of the footage you really need to push for photoreal renders that blend well - kinda like what Tetra Vaal did... or the Toyota truck meets meteor commercial __________________ www.elevate-m.com filmvideostuff.blogspot.com