Rain, a short film
Shot with an XL2.
It was shot in about 40 minutes on my front step; it is a view of a rainy day from a localized perspective. Rain was inspired by another post on this board, I hope you enjoy it. Even if you do not please comment on it. :-) Med-Res 8.5 Mb 2mins 12 secs. http://cinebydesign.net/rain2.wmv Bill |
soothing.....i was only able to watch half of it.....for some reason most WMV files dont stream well on my mac
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Thank you, I tried rendering a MOV with no success in Adobe PP 1.5 I could get the correct aspect ratio but to get a descent looking clip the file size was huge. In Quick Time Pro I could get a good looking clip at a reasonable size, however it squashed the 16:9 format into 4:3 even though I had selected Maintain Aspect Ratio and selected Letterbox if necessary.
Maybe some day I will get this rendering thing down. Bill |
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I need a towel!
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It worked fine for me with the Flip4mac plugin. Windows media files work much better through that plugin than they ever did natively.
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Colors really popped and overall it looked really nice. Even the transitions were done pretty well.
That being said, I did not care for the choice of music at all. Nothing wrong with the music itsself, it just didn't seem to fit "rain" for me. Also, I would probably bring the ambient noise back just a bit and let the music stay more up front. Last critique ... the change in focus from the grass to the leaf to the vine: I think it should have been a little faster between the items with a longer pause in focus between the sets (I hope that made sense???). Would I watch it again? I am right now ;) Would I watch another short by Hammel? You gotta post more. I like this type of short. BTW, I usually just right click and "Save File As" when someone posts a direct link to a file here - no worries about streaming problems that way. |
Marcus, Cannon and Chris,
I am sorry to reply so late, I just found the replies. I usually come into DVI through the New Post Search link and missed your replies. Sorry! Marcus, A little late but it is on the way. :-) Cannon, Thanks for the plug-in tip. Chris, Thank you for your frank critique, I appreciate the honesty. Yes, you were clear and I wish it had done that transition a little faster. One for the learning column. Hmm another short… I have had requests for one for sunsets and for waves (seascapes) guess I gotta get busy!! Thanks to all again, Bill |
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