Show Your Work 2008

Adam Smith · May 5th, 2008, 10:06 AM

Nice work!!

That boxing piece was great, I watched it a few times in a row.

What is the music? It fits really well...

Lorinda Norton · May 6th, 2008, 12:16 AM

You did a great job with this, Jerrod. I almost didn’t watch it because I was afraid it would include sad info and bring back old memories. Thanks for keeping it happy.

Judy is an amazing woman. I co-founded a group where we did this same thing (we also tried to place dogs before they ended up in the shelters), yet I burned out after six years from all the shelter sadness and dealing with deadbeat people. Of course, I also ended up keeping four dogs, so the human occupants in my home sort of helped make the decision that rescue was not the ideal job for me.

Anyway, I appreciate you getting her mission on YouTube. I’ll start passing it around, and you’re right—she needs all the help she can get.

George Tasick · May 7th, 2008, 10:28 AM

Hello,

Please take a look at my intervew footage ...

http://exposureroom.com/members/Tasi...f3ea1eba2b3bb/

I used quicktime h264 to compress the footage but unforutnaly it always washes out the video? So the lighitng on the tape is actually much higher contrast than what you see here. I'll try to use another codec to compress the video and upload that as well.

But give me just a general critique on the video that you see here. I know it's not perfect but at my skill level i dont know what to do to improve what i have here.

Mostly i want input on my lighting but if you have background sugjestions, framing or audio sugjestions ... let em rip!

Thanks!

Allen Plowman · May 7th, 2008, 10:34 AM

I am still a newbie to video, as a casual watcher, here is what I noticed. the subject was on the right side of the screen, looking to his right. The title opens in the area the subject was facing. when the title disappeared, I felt my eyes drawn to the wrinkles in the backdrop of the left side of the screen.

Josh Chesarek · May 7th, 2008, 11:33 AM

I personally prefer the look where the background is much dimmer which draws less attention to it. My preference are the interviews where it is just blackness behind them. Overall though I thought they were composed and well lit on the subjects.

George Tasick · May 7th, 2008, 12:38 PM

I know what you mean about the darker backgrounds ... i have a light with a really dark filter on it but it dosent seem to be enough? I guess i'll have to buy a dimmer for it and see how that works.

I would also love to have more depth of field and a blurry background but i'm stuck using a Z1U at this point.

Here is the video compressed with MPEG4 instead of H264 ... this version has much better saturation and contrast.

http://exposureroom.com/members/Tasi...030e4f190c9ee/

Winfried Dobbe · May 7th, 2008, 02:36 PM

Dear Gregor,

The making of pictures link gives a "not found" error.

Thomas Richter · May 7th, 2008, 05:04 PM

Outstanding. Very emotional. Worked beautifully for me.

Side note: EX1 proves a worthy film-making tool even without 35mm adaptor. Portraits were cleverly chosen against fairly uniform backgrounds which reduced the necessity of shallow DOF. In these circumstances the out of focus areas are blurred enough not to distract. "Desaturated realism" look with classic filmlike 25p motion cadence (Germany is PAL country, every film on telly is sped up to 25p).

Good luck with the festivals, I see prices waiting for you.

Thomas

PS: Very well encoded - good quality, noticed no disturbing artifacts.

Matthew Augustyn · May 7th, 2008, 10:55 PM

Hello everyone,
Please take a look at my short (6.5 min) video I made for my wife's niece - Zaneta. I used one camera ( Sony HC1), then edit in Premier Pro CS3 with Aspect HD. I tried to get a "two camera feel". Let me know what you think.
http://www.vimeo.com/974193

Ben Coughlan · May 8th, 2008, 03:08 PM

Sorry for the late reply,

The music is Four Tet "no more moschitoes" I cut a major part of the track out, used the Intro and Outro of the track basically.

Mark Dawson · May 11th, 2008, 11:46 AM

You can change – Shot on the South Bank - London. This was unplanned short and my thanks go to Philip Bloom one for his cameo appearances but also allowing me to tag along this day. We had a few permission problems with security but they were resolved which then allowed limited access to shoot so both he and I took advantage. Set to the music of ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ by The Verve. Thank you also to everyone for their support on my last short If I lay here – Enjoy this one the next is in pre-production.

can be found under the films section at www.londonmarkfilms.co.uk

Steve Ellington · May 12th, 2008, 06:56 AM

A fun little video I made about a week ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0FlWrxLf5o

Shot on a Z1

Enjoy

Sami Hakkinen · May 12th, 2008, 11:12 AM

Okay, the film is finished and it's available to download from the movies website: http://silentpaprika.kapsi.fi/evil

It would be fun to hear some comments and critique

John De Rienzo · May 12th, 2008, 01:32 PM

Whilst on Holiday my Wife got over excited with taking stills on her new nokia, so I captured most of it ,added extra footage, and made this!

Any thoughts, comments, on filming and editing appreciated.

Thank you.

http://www.derienzo-videoproductions.co.uk/nokia.wmv

Jack Zhang · May 13th, 2008, 01:25 AM

http://www.vimeo.com/1007932

Shot July 30th, 2007.

This place is close to the epicenter of the recent 7.9 earthquake, where 900 students died when a school collapsed. This footage might serve as a archive if the structures are no longer there anymore.

Shot in 60i on a HC7, post-processed via interpolate de-interlacing to 60p then slowing it down to 48p and discarding one frame to end up at 24p.

May 6th, 2008, 12:16 AM	#542
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	You did a great job with this, Jerrod. I almost didn’t watch it because I was afraid it would include sad info and bring back old memories. Thanks for keeping it happy. Judy is an amazing woman. I co-founded a group where we did this same thing (we also tried to place dogs before they ended up in the shelters), yet I burned out after six years from all the shelter sadness and dealing with deadbeat people. Of course, I also ended up keeping four dogs, so the human occupants in my home sort of helped make the decision that rescue was not the ideal job for me. Anyway, I appreciate you getting her mission on YouTube. I’ll start passing it around, and you’re right—she needs all the help she can get. __________________ Lorinda

May 7th, 2008, 10:28 AM	#543
George Tasick Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 86	Critique My Interviews! Hello, Please take a look at my intervew footage ... http://exposureroom.com/members/Tasi...f3ea1eba2b3bb/ I used quicktime h264 to compress the footage but unforutnaly it always washes out the video? So the lighitng on the tape is actually much higher contrast than what you see here. I'll try to use another codec to compress the video and upload that as well. But give me just a general critique on the video that you see here. I know it's not perfect but at my skill level i dont know what to do to improve what i have here. Mostly i want input on my lighting but if you have background sugjestions, framing or audio sugjestions ... let em rip! Thanks!

May 7th, 2008, 10:34 AM	#544
Allen Plowman Major Player Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paradise, california Posts: 353	I am still a newbie to video, as a casual watcher, here is what I noticed. the subject was on the right side of the screen, looking to his right. The title opens in the area the subject was facing. when the title disappeared, I felt my eyes drawn to the wrinkles in the backdrop of the left side of the screen. __________________ "What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter."

May 7th, 2008, 11:33 AM	#545
Josh Chesarek Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 978	I personally prefer the look where the background is much dimmer which draws less attention to it. My preference are the interviews where it is just blackness behind them. Overall though I thought they were composed and well lit on the subjects. __________________ Simple Thought Productions - Life @ 30,000 Words per second

May 7th, 2008, 10:55 PM	#549
Matthew Augustyn Tourist Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago, Il Posts: 3	Dance show Hello everyone, Please take a look at my short (6.5 min) video I made for my wife's niece - Zaneta. I used one camera ( Sony HC1), then edit in Premier Pro CS3 with Aspect HD. I tried to get a "two camera feel". Let me know what you think. http://www.vimeo.com/974193

May 5th, 2008, 10:06 AM	#541
Adam Smith New Boot Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 13	Nice work!! That boxing piece was great, I watched it a few times in a row. What is the music? It fits really well...

May 7th, 2008, 12:38 PM	#546
George Tasick Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Zelienople, PA Posts: 86	I know what you mean about the darker backgrounds ... i have a light with a really dark filter on it but it dosent seem to be enough? I guess i'll have to buy a dimmer for it and see how that works. I would also love to have more depth of field and a blurry background but i'm stuck using a Z1U at this point. Here is the video compressed with MPEG4 instead of H264 ... this version has much better saturation and contrast. http://exposureroom.com/members/Tasi...030e4f190c9ee/

May 7th, 2008, 02:36 PM	#547
Winfried Dobbe Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands Posts: 85	Dear Gregor, The making of pictures link gives a "not found" error.

May 7th, 2008, 05:04 PM	#548
Thomas Richter Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 181	Outstanding. Very emotional. Worked beautifully for me. Side note: EX1 proves a worthy film-making tool even without 35mm adaptor. Portraits were cleverly chosen against fairly uniform backgrounds which reduced the necessity of shallow DOF. In these circumstances the out of focus areas are blurred enough not to distract. "Desaturated realism" look with classic filmlike 25p motion cadence (Germany is PAL country, every film on telly is sped up to 25p). Good luck with the festivals, I see prices waiting for you. Thomas PS: Very well encoded - good quality, noticed no disturbing artifacts.

May 8th, 2008, 03:08 PM	#550
Ben Coughlan New Boot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: liphook, United Kingdom Posts: 11	Sorry for the late reply, The music is Four Tet "no more moschitoes" I cut a major part of the track out, used the Intro and Outro of the track basically.

May 11th, 2008, 11:46 AM	#551
Mark Dawson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London (United Kingdom) Posts: 52	You can change You can change – Shot on the South Bank - London. This was unplanned short and my thanks go to Philip Bloom one for his cameo appearances but also allowing me to tag along this day. We had a few permission problems with security but they were resolved which then allowed limited access to shoot so both he and I took advantage. Set to the music of ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ by The Verve. Thank you also to everyone for their support on my last short If I lay here – Enjoy this one the next is in pre-production. can be found under the films section at www.londonmarkfilms.co.uk __________________ Mark Dawson - Director www.londonmarkfilms.com www.twitter.com/Londonmarkfilms Last edited by Mark Dawson; May 11th, 2008 at 11:51 AM. Reason: update

May 12th, 2008, 06:56 AM	#552
Steve Ellington New Boot Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Zurich, Switzerland Posts: 12	Subterranean iPhone Blues A fun little video I made about a week ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0FlWrxLf5o Shot on a Z1 Enjoy __________________ Steve Ellington www.theautomaticfilmmaker.com

May 12th, 2008, 11:12 AM	#553
Sami Hakkinen New Boot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 7	Okay, the film is finished and it's available to download from the movies website: http://silentpaprika.kapsi.fi/evil It would be fun to hear some comments and critique __________________ "The Enemy Was In Us"

May 12th, 2008, 01:32 PM	#554
John De Rienzo Major Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 313	Nokia Whilst on Holiday my Wife got over excited with taking stills on her new nokia, so I captured most of it ,added extra footage, and made this! Any thoughts, comments, on filming and editing appreciated. Thank you. http://www.derienzo-videoproductions.co.uk/nokia.wmv

May 13th, 2008, 01:25 AM	#555
Jack Zhang Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 3,053	Du Jiang Yan Irrigation System (HD) http://www.vimeo.com/1007932 Shot July 30th, 2007. This place is close to the epicenter of the recent 7.9 earthquake, where 900 students died when a school collapsed. This footage might serve as a archive if the structures are no longer there anymore. Shot in 60i on a HC7, post-processed via interpolate de-interlacing to 60p then slowing it down to 48p and discarding one frame to end up at 24p.