Hey everyone. First two days of production on my first feature was this past week and the footage came out wonderful. I thought I would make a thread here to share screenshots and possibly rough cuts as we go along. Comments are welcome.

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Those grabs look great... Nice color grading too... I would love to see a trailer or a block of shots....

A good film-look; what kind of preset have you used? 25p or 60i? gain? shutter? ecc.
what will you think about the duration time of your movie?
thanks!

I especially like those outdoor shots, those look very good.

Did you use any lighting for the interior shots? What kind?

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Thanks everyone :) I'm using the Panalook preset on the A1. What lights used depends on the shot but were using a combination of Lowel lights (Rifa, Pro, Omni, Tota), some Arri 650's, a Mole 2k, and two Mole 1k's and other accessories.

Glad you like the stuff, thats encouraging.

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Glad you like the stuff, thats encouraging.

Weeeelllllll..... Good screen grabs but is it a good story...??? : ) Just kidding... Good pacing will help compliment those awesome grabs... : ) Would love to see a scene or trailer...

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Some new stuff...

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excellent grabs. love to see a trailer or a scene.

They'll be a trailer sometime in the future, still haven't finished shooting and if I'm going to do a trailer, I'm going to do it right :)

Something from today:
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Hi Kyle! Looks good-- we shot an XH-A1/ Brevis feature in March, very different look, which is always interesting/ fun :) You can catch our early teaser trailer here-- www.thedeadoutside.co.uk. full length/ serious trailer coming soon.

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You look like a master of the Letus.

Which lenses are you using, and have you any tricks for focusing so well?

Thanks for the comment :) Honestly I just look at the monitor and focus till it looks best. I have a Redrock FollowFocus for shots where the focus needs to be adjusted during a shot but other than that its all about having a keen eye I suppose. Make sure you have a good monitor to focus with too, I own a 7in Marshall monitor.

For lenses I'm using Nikon Primes. I have a 50 F1.4, 28 F2.8, and 85 F2.0. They work just fine :)

Teaser Trailer now Available!

Youtube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=1a-fLF1VKe4&fmt=18

Quicktime HD versions available soon...

Teaser Trailer now Available!

Youtube - http://youtube.com/watch?v=1a-fLF1VKe4&fmt=18

Quicktime HD versions available soon...

Fantastic looking video... I really loved it when he slammed his fist down and it made the camera shake... Very clean audio... Good pace... Can't wait to see the finished product...

Looks great Kyle! What setting did you use for YouTube?

New Blog Entries

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New Blog Entry:
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Hey, great trailer! The film you are making looks awesome - the test footage I've seen so far of the Letus is great but it's nice to see the Letus in action on a feature film such as this one. It's shots like these which are making me seriously consider getting the Letus Extreme. Good luck with the completion of your film - I know it will turn out great!

Hey guys, we need some prayer for this weeks shoot. The weather doesn't look like its going to be cooperative and we need this week to be successful. Above all pray for Saturday where we have planned extras and cars for props and all sorts of things that we've already tried once and got rained out. Pray the rain holds off and that we get what we need shot because it will be very difficult to set this up for a third try.

Thanks a lot everyone, your support is appreciated, as always. :)

I'll definitely throw in some prayer, Kyle. Don't let the bad weather deter you, especially if this is something you feel led to do by God. My first film, The Broken Quiet, faced a similar situation once. We were reshooting the beginning, and it was threatening to rain the entire time we were out there. Fortunately, it didn't start until after we moved to the indoor shoot, and then, it wasn't visible -- in fact, it kept the sun dim enough that you could see clearly outside without need of much light inside -- which upped the scene's quality in look substantially.

Looking back at the outdoor scene, it was absolutely beautiful. The sun was perfect, the clouds were gorgeous, the colors muted and depressing, which was absolutely spot on perfect for that scene.

So, never fear -- it might just be the Divine doing a little art direction. :)

NEW BLOG ENTRY: http://standingfirmmovie.blogspot.com/2008/08/pray-prepare-week-9-begins.html

Here are some new screengrabs:
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Here's the rig:
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The rig looks as great as the screenshots - I believe that's a Letus (or perhaps not?), but what else am I looking at?

That rig includes:

- Canon XHA1
- Letus Extreme (the picture includes a Nikon Mount and a 200mm Nikkor lense)
- Marshall 7in Monitor
- Redrock Micro Shoulder Mount with 28mm rails
- Redrock Micro Follow Focus
- a Cavision Rail system is inbetween the Redrock and the Camera (basically a glorified lift for the camera so the Letus doesn't touch my rails

Glad you enjoyed the screengrabs :)

Kyle,

Thanks for sharing your faith.

If I missed it, my apologies, any chance to see the A1+LetusEX footage as film?

Tx

The Teaser Trailer for the film is available on our website at StandingFirmMovie.com (http://www.standingfirmmovie.com)

Great "look and feel` of the movie!
Have you shot whole film with an adapter, or some scenes done without?

I think all I shot without the adapter is a few plate shots of exteriors and a few things. Other than thats its always been the adapter and whole setup together. Even if I wanted to shoot something without the adapter on set its a pain to take it all apart and put it back together again. Time is money.

Kyle,

All I have to say is wow! Everything I've seen looks great! Your movie looks very compelling. Loved the trailer! And thats one serious rig.

What tripod and head are you using for that?
Did you use any type of steadicams or just the Redrock shouldermount for any moving shots?

Bogan 519 head with a different set of legs...I'm not positive of the name right this second.

Kyle, have you had a chance to watch Religulous? If so, I'd be interested in hearing your evaluation of it.

Unfortunately I would like to see it to see if its what I think it is...but that means supporting it by giving my money...which I wont do.

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Great screen grabs and trailer, Kyle. It really shows the range the A1 has. I'm assuming you're shooting 24F?

Also, did you have a budget for this feature? Looks like a decent one.

Thanks for the kind words. Yes 24F. (it would be foolish not to take advantage)

The A1 is truely an incredible camera for its price. The only downside I really see in using it so far is the lack of audio options and having to deal with tape. Its image is nice and sharp, and the range of the HDV codec is much better than most know. Canon really used the codec to its best implimentation in their HD cams, no other HDV cam can match this thing!

The budget for the film (if you want to call it a budget) is right now around $35,000.

New Blog Entry: Standing Firm Blog: Web, Video, & Publicity Updates! (http://standingfirmmovie.blogspot.com/2008/10/web-video-publicity-updates.html)

New Grab:
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New Blog Entry: Standing Firm Blog: The Funeral #2 (W20:D1) (http://standingfirmmovie.blogspot.com/2008/11/funeral-2-w20d1.html)

How much of a hassle is it to move that rig around for different shots and stuff?

Also, you said the budget so far was $35,000. I'd very interested in knowing what kind of things led to that price...just general ball park numbers.

New Grabs:
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It's a hassle to move the thing around but honestly if you want to go for the kind of quality the setup gives you, you'll get used to it. If you go higher into dollars for quality cams anyways they always get bigger and heavier and more complicated. It can be annoying b/c it is heavy and monsterous...but it gives me what I want and I can't really get what I"m getting with any other setup without spending loads more.

The budget was somewhat broken down like this: (as best I can gestimate)

Food - $5000
2 Letus Extremes - $2400
MacBook Pro - $3250
MacPro - $3500
15in. SD Production Monitor - $500
Canon A1 - $3250
Redrock Shoulder Support - $300
Nikon Lenses - $500
Bogen 519 w/Cartoni Legs - $900
Web Space - $300
Graid2 - $300
Backup Internal Drives - $250
Canon HV20 - $900
Tapes - $150

That was the meat of the technical equipment and the rest of the budget was from things in the sound department and lighting department, a dolly, then all the smaller things that come up.

There is more money to spend for Post Sound so I can mix the film. Nothing special, just a decent set of prod speakers with an audio interface but even those things will be 1500 or so. Just buying what is needed to make the film of quality and at a minimal level still costs a fortune. Thank goodness everything besides the tapes and food is invested :)

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New Screenshots.

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Looks Awesome Kyle

What format are you shooting in?

Rob

Re: Previous Post - We are shooting 1080 24F with a 1/48th shutter almost exclusively. I've done a few shots in 60i with a higher shutter to process for slow motion. We are also using the Panalook preset which gives us some excellent colors and filmic footage without Color Correction. Most of the correct that will be done to finish the film (none has been done yet in these grabs) will match shots more than alter or correct them.

I have some more grabs from shooting the past few months. It's been a long road folks but we are doing pretty good:

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