I'm on the wall of shame. Wish I wasn't.

Just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed the contest and many thanks for Lorinda and Dylan for organising. I can think of a few other budding directors from my neck of the woods I'll point in the direction of the next one :)

Me too. I've enjoyed watching past DVCs as a spectator. Now I have a lot more respect for all you guys who have already put up films here. I can see now just how hard it is -- but also how rewarding. It makes for a fast learning curve!

Lorinda, Dylan, don't read too much into the low number of finished entries this time around. I saw the past DVC about making a trailer had 14 entries, so obviously when the stars align there are a lot of people on this board keen to try out their skills and equipment.

In any case, your enthusiasm and direction are invaluable to making this thing work -- and Guy Cochran's generosity at the DVeStore is a big incentive to make it happen here. All that and the informed criticism that fellow camera-users on dvinfo have to offer makes this a challenge too good to pass up.

Henry and Marc, your comments are much appreciated. I won't deny that it's discouraging, mainly because Dylan and I know how much Guy gives to the DVC, and how much he loves seeing as many folks as possible stretch and grow as filmmakers.

That said, we also know the times are "interesting" and are so happy about the seven of you who fought through challenges of your own to get films submitted! You won already! :)

Okay, if anyone submitted a film and didn't receive a confirmation "Got it!" from us, better speak up now. We'll post films tomorrow so gentlemen, get your feedback threads ready to roll and we'll have us some fun! Open invitation to all, not just finishers, to give comments. It's the best part of the challenge and we value everyone's helpful input.

Got no one else but me to blame
I'm on that wall of shame

Couldn't get off the starting block on this one. Looking forward to seeing the films.

Looking forward to seeing the films. No could do this time, with move from house to apartment.
No wall for me as I never officially threw my hat in on this one... But sad to see Joseph Tran up on the wall cause I was really looking forward to his magical touch. Congrats to all that got a film made.

I've been waiting hours for YouTube to process my video. Does it get backed up sometimes or do I need to try uploading again? I'm used to free Vimeo letting me wait a long time but not YouTube.

Once the file's finished uploading it normally allows you to view the video at low res. within an hour or two at most but sometimes it can take four or five hours to display at a decent quality with all the res options lit up. I'd suggest re-uploading just to be on the safe side. I have encountered the odd glitch recently when working with 1gig plus files- sometimes the upload will get to 100% and then It'll fail to process, sometimes I'll get an error message and it will process successfully regardless.

EDIT: I'd suggest leaving the one you've already uploaded in place whilst you re-upload just in case it comes through.

I just checked and it's still not processed so I'll upload again. Good idea, leaving the one, Henry. Thanks.

My pleasure. Really looking forward to watching the film!

The last few times I tried to upload to youtube it was a real mess. Something kept "failing" each time.

So I purchased a "plus" membership at vimeo and things really go well. They have a desktop uploader that I've been using and it goes real slick each time without even having to log onto vimeo.

I think theres a similar service in beta on youtube, but you need to have java to use it.