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Wes Coughlin December 1st, 2006 06:12 PM

Good acting, and very creative.

Gints Klimanis December 1st, 2006 06:15 PM

Nice. This trailer was much more engaging than your previous short film. Are you in the religious film genre? Cool. And thank you very much for the behind the scenes movies. In particular, I liked watching how you filmed the opening scene of the movie with the fellow running. Very cool scene. Excellent choice of bad guys.

One comment about the trailer, which I also liked. Consider swapping the two scenes of the daughter (brown headscarf) asking about the bibles, as the first answers the question asked in the second.

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie sometime.

Brandon Rice December 1st, 2006 07:07 PM

Thanks for watching! I indeed enjoy the religious aspect of films and a message... I think all films have a message to an audience... Thanks for watching again, and we are hoping to have this film finished by Jan. 2007.

Chris Harris December 2nd, 2006 12:15 AM

When I saw the test subject explode, I exploded with laughter. Great job!

Derrick A.Jones December 2nd, 2006 12:58 PM

This film was funny man. Kind od depressing to see him go through that just cause his freind wouldn't hang out with him. Music was a good selection. dont have much time to comment but it hink the film was pretty good - pz

Wes Coughlin December 2nd, 2006 04:02 PM

Hey, we have the same last names!

Matthew Rogers December 2nd, 2006 09:13 PM

Camera Op/Editor Reel
 
I would like you all to take a look at my reel: http://www.macvilleproductions.com/m...rogersreel.mov

Tell me what's good and bad.

Thanks,

Matthew Rogers

Jeff Cottrone December 2nd, 2006 11:07 PM

Funny right up to the reseach scientist part. I'd cut everything after the he/she person. The rest was great.

G. Scott Roberts December 3rd, 2006 01:06 AM

Excellent video quality, no audio though without soundtrack... might want to cut in a few audio/video clips over soundtrack, text cuts out too quick, too hard to read without rewinding / reading again, cut out last 5 seconds of black video. Looks good, like the animation at beginning but should cut out the repeated animation at the end.

Austin R. Hartman December 4th, 2006 01:50 AM

"friends, And Love", my new short, and I need your help...
 
hi,
this is Austin R. Hartman and I finished my new short. It is a new style and voice for me. But this will be my first submission to sundance next year. I want your thoughts, criticisms, etc...

please watch at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RomIMuu00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RomIMuu00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RomIMuu00

and send your comments to arhartman@gmail.com

tell your friends and family and get their feedback too...

thank you so much...


143,
-Austin R. Hartman

Rob Yannetta December 4th, 2006 03:42 PM

"Bad Cat 5: The Final Meow" NOW AVAILABLE
 
Started in July 2006, this 5 minute, 55 second short took 5 months to complete. Overcoming a near fatal cancerous tumor and ongoing cancer treatment, I managed to finish this final installment in the series with some much deserved laughs. Take that cancer!

Visit http://www.loudorangecat.com/movies/ to download the final installment (I swear) in the Bad Cat series.

Sean McHenry December 4th, 2006 04:42 PM

Track 11 - horror short up
 
My next little horror short is now available for your viewing. It's more a Twilight Zone or Outer Limits type thing really but there is some minor bloodshed. "Track 11"

Some folks are really liking it. I sort of like it too. Naturally I see all it's flaws - so you don't really need to point them out unless you feel extremely compelled to do so.

You are welcome to see all my shorts on my web page at
http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com
or on MySpace at
http://www.MySpace.com/DeepBlueEdit

"Cat Fight at OK and Corral" has been watched or downloaded over 17,000 times in just under 3 months.

I don't get to these forums as much as I used to but feel free to leave comments or catch my e-mail off the web pages.

Alex Ferrari of "Broken" liked it. Mike Flanagan of "Oculus" liked it. You might like it too. Turn off the lights at 2am and turn up the sound.

Thanks,

Sean

Sonny Costin December 4th, 2006 10:34 PM

Wedding Montage Shot on Z1
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVvpaeQrRm4

my first wedding i shot and edited, any opinions would be great thanks.

Jeff Cottrone December 5th, 2006 04:21 PM

Austin,

I enjoyed it. Took me a minute to get into it. Kind of...too artsy at first, but I came around and found it very sublime. Nice.

Colin Sato December 6th, 2006 03:48 AM

Hi Rob,

I watched all the videos in the series, and enjoyed them a lot. My only comments are some inconsistant sound with some areas too soft and some too loud. I loved the story line but think the "farting" did run a bit long (as you mentioned on your page).

I've got a couple of cat videos you might get a smile from. Just me messin' around with my new kittens.

As you know, cats are always waking you up in the morning before you're ready. This little video explains why: http://www.satoauto.com/video/24_cats_512.wmv

Jack decided to make a withdrawl from our coin sorter. I grabbed the camera and a short clip spiraled out of control. Before you knew it, I needed to act, my wife needed to act and all for this fun clip. http://www.satoauto.com/video/Framed.wmv

Alex Sprinkle December 6th, 2006 10:32 AM

Time to kill?
 
As you'll see from the footage, I have no training in anything I've ever made, but if you have time to kill to follow the 3rd part of a series I've created about a superhero (as a joke), check out these three links (I had to split it in 3 because Youtube has limits on size):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=20Eg77Qw12U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8uduWpEKo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT5gd2zPWAI

PS~~> The budget for this film was $6.

Hugh DiMauro December 6th, 2006 01:30 PM

I am waiting for the movie to buffer. So far, the first 15 seconds leads me to believe that Sonicfire Pro Quicktracks is definitely the way to go! LOL!

Alex Sprinkle December 6th, 2006 02:02 PM

Live Recording
 
I filmed this band (Approaching August) in OKC, OK. Since it was a live concert, there were no redo's. What do you think? What could be better? Also, how do I compress the file so it looks as clean online as it does on my computer (I had to save it in FCP as a broadband file to reduce the size):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=erYMTm1z2_g

Brett Bevelacqua December 6th, 2006 07:02 PM

My First Doc as a director
 
I just finished a documentary about motorcycles, the title, "Spare Parts"
It was shot with Sony's crappy FX-1 and cut with Apple's stellar FCP 5.
If you would like check out the trailer go here

http://www.hmpfilms.com/media.htm

or

http://www.myspace.com/sparepartsmovie

Sonny Costin December 6th, 2006 11:26 PM

am i doing something wrong, cause no one seems to be commenting on my post. not being rude or anything but some opinions would be great thanks guys.

Ian Stark December 7th, 2006 05:52 AM

Quick update on www.ndividz.com, if I may:

After just over a week we now have around 30 members (with over 100 friends at MySpace.com/ndividz), over 100 articles in around 40 topics, including something like 14 original and very cool music videos for you to view and offer comment on.

Now that we have a small community of music video directors going I hope that it will start to gain momentum.

If you have any interest in music videos - and especially if you have a video of your own that you'd like to post a link to in the Showcase forum - please do take a minute to register, completely free, at www.ndividz.com/forum.

Hope to see you there.

All the best!

Ian . . .

Allen McLaughlin December 7th, 2006 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ian Stark
Quick update on www.ndividz.com, if I may:

After just over a week we now have around 30 members (with over 100 friends at MySpace.com/ndividz), over 100 articles in around 40 topics, including something like 14 original and very cool music videos for you to view and offer comment on.

Now that we have a small community of music video directors going I hope that it will start to gain momentum.

If you have any interest in music videos - and especially if you have a video of your own that you'd like to post a link to in the Showcase forum - please do take a minute to register, completely free, at www.ndividz.com/forum.

Hope to see you there.

All the best!

Ian . . .

I'm heading in Ian, cheers...

Ian Stark December 7th, 2006 07:02 AM

Cool, thanks Allen (or should I call you The Eejit??). I will post up some comments tomorrow. I'm afraid I have to climb into a dark room now as I have a migraine on its way! Sigh . . .

Don Bloom December 7th, 2006 07:55 AM

Sonny,
One reason I almost never comment on other peoples work is simply because it is only my opinion and you know what they say about opinions. Like noses, everybody has one.
Having said that here are a couple of things I saw that jumped out at me right away.
First and foremost you had a lot of camera movement, a lot of movement much of which appeared t obe from trying to zoom in tight and hold the shot.
Very difficult -close to impossible to do for long periods of time so my suggestion is 1) use some sort of camera support always (or at least as much as possible) either a tripod OR a monopod and 2) if you want the tight full frame shot of their faces move in on them-get closer-get closer-they know you're there-they won't object-hell, they might even play for the camera. Leave the lens at a wide zoom and get in close-have fun with them- I had a couple that said to me if you get any closer we should switch places-for fun-I handed the groom the camera and sat with the bride-for about a minute and we all laughed and had a good time-it also made the rest of the day go easier.
On to shot content-I thought the part of them on the beach with the backlit shots (shooting their backs) at about :45 (I think) went on far far too long and had lost the "feel" after about 7 or 8 seconds. Although you had a couple pieces of nice footage in there that could have been shortened and put together in a very effective manner to bring out the beauty of the backlit beach - it was lost in the length an camera movement. I'm not quite sure about the shot of the 2 girls with the umbrellas with the photographer-There were a couple of other shots that I think over all ran too long for my own tastes but again thats subjective.
The song you used is a beautiful and wedding meaningful piece that I have used a number of times (requested by B&Gs over the last few years) and with the right footage can really tell a story as a wedding day highlight.
Perhaps you could go back thru your footage of the day and find some footage that might fit into the song lyrics a bit better and make it a highlight instead of just a walk on the beach.
Don

Daniel Wee December 7th, 2006 08:23 AM

Documentary on the Deaf
 
This is a documentary I shot - very brief work - about some aspects of the hearing impaired. Should have been more in-depth and longer. Parts of the voice-over was over-driven, hopefully not too noticeably. This was shot with the DVX and involved the GO35Pro adapter for most of the interview shots. Comments welcome.

http://blog.tsebi.com/index.php?opti...id=17&Itemid=9

Daniel

Allen McLaughlin December 7th, 2006 09:57 AM

Ooh I'm getting a migraine myself trying to read your My Space page... (lol)

Jamon Lewis December 7th, 2006 10:10 PM

The footage looks great, the piece is really interesting, I stopped analyzing how the footage looks and was really taken in by the content and concept of the documentary... I'm in the market for an adapter for my JVC HD100. I also own a Pany DXV100a, this footage is sure make'n me wanna pick my DVX back up! Good work though...I was almost sold on the Letus but this is making me reconsider, granted they have support for that Jvc..

Blessing for this and the rest of ur projects...

Sonny Costin December 8th, 2006 12:06 AM

thanks for the great advice don. I'm just starting to do weddings, so any type of advie from people who have done this before is welcomed.

Rob Katz December 8th, 2006 10:02 AM

sonny-

congrats on putting together some nice images. the gals with the parasols parading on the beach was lovely. and so were dom and terri.

some quick thoughts:

the long end of the zoom lens will produce a flat image with less depth of field. personally, i like that look but it is very hard to hold steady. when the bounce is noticable in a long shot, then its time to cut away.

obviously on the beach there is a strong light, unfortunately a lot of the images in the piece were silhouettes. now i like the silhouettes, up till a point. are there other shots of dom and terri's face? perhaps u can cut some additional footage and use the silhouette shots as the transitions, not as an entire scene on their own. could make a nice way to move time forward as the silhouette light changes towards dusk.

and this maybe my real criticism, i didn't feel very close to dom and terri. i wanted to see more of their faces, more of their smiles. i couldn't even tell u the color of the brides eyes. if i see faces, then i am close to the couple, then i'm involved.

now, don't get me wrong. u did have lovely images. and your edit theme worked...to a point. and your choice of music was a winner.

but perhaps, as an experiement, u could re-cut the piece entirely and see if there is aother movie to be made with the same/similiar images.

just one person's thoughts.

again, congrats on getting the gig and for completing a successful posting. good things lay ahead.

be well

rob

Rob Katz December 8th, 2006 10:34 AM

daniel-

congratulations for a nice piece on an interesting subject.

your footage looks lovely.

perhaps share with us how u lit the subjects. seemed from the credits u were a one-man-band which is always hard. that said, it was not a liability in the frame. and in the end, its always whats in the frame that counts.

so, tell some war stories: lighting issues? sound issues?

once again, congrats.

be well

rob

Daniel Wee December 8th, 2006 11:27 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the kind remarks. I was using the GO35Pro 35mm adapter for many of the shots and they give a very DoF at the expense of considerable light-loss. In most of the shots I had additional lighting from a diffused daylight 100W battery powered light which I put quite near the subjects. It would have been much better if I had a 1K or more but as Rob correctly noted, this is a one-man-band. That really makes things a lot hard but I'm trying.

Doing things on your own has it's pros and cons. On the positive side, you gain a lot of mobility and flexibility. You can get in and out of situations where a big group of guys with equipment would be frowned upon. Furthermore, you spend less time getting to the shot (less equipment to set up). This helps with run-n-gun types of documentaries like I'm doing here (see http://blog.tsebi.com for some others).

Then there's the downside - you're doing it all yourself. This means I'm dependent very much on the lavalier microphone since I don't have a boom operator. I have a second gun mic going as a backup, an NTG-2. You really have to get used to multi-tasking because you'll be keeping an eye on the running of the equipment, the framing, while interviewing the subject, and so on. It helps if the subject feels comfortable with you so things look natural and relaxed. I usually set the camera up and explain to the interviewee what I intend to do, including camera movements while they're talking, where to keep their eye focused, etc. This way when I do get up and start moving things around for a different angle, for example, they just keep going naturally.

You will notice that a lot of the shots were not locked down - which I would have preferred. The reason is that I was shooting guerilla style and some of the places, though public, were not welcoming of cameras. I was chased away a few times while trying to get a shot. The key is to be prepared, and once you start, to get the best shot the first time round - before security comes after you. This relates more to the B-roll stuff. As for sound, in this particular documentary - I did not realize that when the deaf sign, the sign for "me" or "my" involves a movement of the hand to the chest - which resulted in the tapping on the clip-mic or the wire, producing some noise and distortion.

Lighting is key to beautiful footage - we all know that. This is even more important when using a 35mm adapter, of any kind. My portable battery powered 100W light gives me about 40 minutes of run-time so I try to keep things short. I also try to shoot near windows on a nice sunny day. Unfortunately this video was shot mostly during the monsoon and the skies were dark and grey everyday for the most part. I try to avoid night-time interviews if I can help it.

On 35mm adapters, it gives you an inverted image so that took some getting used to and working around. The thing is that I don't want to be lugging around any more equipment than absolutely necessary (such as an external monitor, cables, and power). The stuff can add up in weight real easily. In the end you think to yourself, sure the setup could be better and the pictures and sound could have been better. But with this kind of documentary, often it's the content that drives the story most - though good footage definitely helps. So if I had to choose, I'd go with good content with okay footage, that great footage and missing the content altogether. Of course, when you can have both, go for it.

Working with people, can be a hassle, in more ways than one. A lot of stuff people say - they say naturally. You don't really want to script what they say so you have to work the interview and plan beforehand what you want to cover. There's a lot of scenario planning that must happen before the interview. This includes thinking about what kind of shots you want, camera angles, and then the sort of direction you want the interview to go. You want to think about what the vision of the final documentary will look like, while staying open to changes and adaptations. Lots of stuff cannot be planned but having a skeletal plan will help a lot. You really don't want to just go in and wing it although in a pinch that might work. When things happen, that you don't expect, always be ready to grab the shot - some of these may be a one time opportunity. And, try to have a Plan B because Plan A has a tendency of not working out.

Know your equipment well. Fiddling with the camera or the sound to get things right while the interviewee s waiting is a dampener on the spontaneity of the interview. Get in, set it up right and set it up quick. Also, know the people you're interviewing. I try to get to know my subjects and get to a point where the interviewee is not so conscious of being on video as he/she is of talking to you. Explaining to them the procedure and showing them how the video works sometimes helps them feel a bit better and more settled. Also, start with some trivial stuff for the interview so that they can get relaxed and you get into the "groove" of things before hitting the meatier parts. I also try to get the camera rolling a few minutes before I tell them I'm starting. This way I get some candid shots which can be used for cut-aways. The worst thing that can happen is forgetting to check the audio during a shoot and coming away with unusable audio, or no audio at all. This can easily happen when in a rush or when you're not familiar with the camera and the multitude of switches for audio and line assignments. Get into the habit of checking the sound levels before you start shooting.

Other important aspects are the selection of music, the VO scripting, keeping the flow, yada yada ... lol. There's tons more stuff but I'm sure all this is common knowledge and I really don't want to bore anyone. Furthermore, I'm sure there are many more competent documentary producers than myself who can give even better advice. I'd be willing to share anything I can, especially if you have some specific questions.

Daniel

Ian Mora December 8th, 2006 04:43 PM

Sweet
 
Not really into extreme sports, motocross, etc,....but the trailer for your doc looks really interesting,........and well done. Even someone like me would be interested to watch. Well done!!

Sonny Costin December 8th, 2006 05:55 PM

hey thanks rob, i will try and re cut it and post it up soon. i get how some scene just drag on a bit to long now that i look at it more closely. oh lol and by the way i'm only 16.

Don Bloom December 8th, 2006 06:53 PM

16??? Man when I was 16 (about a hundred years ago) all I could think of was girls and how to make my car go faster. Did I mention girls? ;-)
You've got the talent, now you need to hone it and craft it and by the time you're 21 you could be all world.
I guess I should start my 8 year old grandson on the camera now!

Don

Sonny Costin December 8th, 2006 08:06 PM

lol, girls girls and more girls and a bit of cars. lol yeh i do think about them. I was wondering if you guys could show me any books or videos about color correcting? oh and if u could have a look at this other experimental video i'v been putting together just to test my camera out a bit. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=1134357519

Hugues Wisniewski December 8th, 2006 08:59 PM

Headshot (Short Film)
 
Hi all,

I'm new on this forum, not as a reader but as a poster
Here's a short film we shot a few months ago

http://www.vizpictures.com/headshot/

Let me know what you think
Thanks

Brett Bevelacqua December 8th, 2006 11:20 PM

Thanks, that was my one and only goal, to get people outside the subculture to maybe give it a look. You made my day, one down 6 billion to go.

Rob Yannetta December 9th, 2006 09:10 AM

Admittedly, sound is my weakest point.

I need to order some books on sound editing... :)

Anyone have any suggestions?

Randy Hopkins December 9th, 2006 09:53 AM

Two animated short films (feedback is appreciated)
 
Hey everyone, here are two of my short films I've decided to put on youtube. Once I get my site up and running I'll be able to put more of my work online.

Any feedback is good feedback.

Killer Date:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XwXjypwa3_A

The Waltons:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ehNPkBFgreg

Thanks!

Ian Stark December 9th, 2006 10:45 AM

Hi Allen,

Oh, is it not working well? It looks absolutely fine on the three pc's I've checked it on but someone else has also said they've got a problem viewing it. Don't suppose there's any chance you could fire off a screenshot if you get a moment?

Just catching up on activity at www.ndividz.com so I'll be putting a comment up there about your excellent Hallowed Ground video!

Hope you're having a good w/end.

Cheers.

Ian . . .


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