Hmm, kinda feel odd giving my opinion I don't have any movie-making experience, but as a viewer...

I liked part 1 more. Both are intriguing and a little suspenseful, and the main character's (note writing guy) acting is decent. I'm thinking maybe he'll "bloom" in some later scenes/parts.

I really didn't like the ladie's dialogue with him in the restaurant in part 2 though - it sounded like it was read off and a little forced. Maybe you were trying to convey something with that tone though?

I am interested in the rest though!

Justin,

Don't feel odd, I post on here to get opinions, I really appreciate it when people take the time to watch and tell me what they think.

You may be on to something with her tone though.

Thanks again for watching and look for Part 3 next Friday.

Alec

New- feature
 

Hi!

I am beginning my first feature film called STRANGETOWN, in mid-october and in that occasion I have a question:

I am operating the camera and directing myself. I have beautiful locations
, most of them outside, but how can I effectively light the inside-ones?
I mean in a REALLY simple way. It is a time- issue.

Hope you have some ideas.

Eh....open the windows? :-) I've got a set of 500w tungstens that were used to light the indoor scenes of my last project. They were only about $200 from B&H and worked great.

Last Chance to see "The New Day" at ifilm -filmed with 35mm Adapter
 

Well crew,

Im pretty sure my subscription at ifilm is just about over.
So to get full value, and some feedback, I thought id give you all a final chance to check out this short i made late last year with my home made 35mm adapter. "The New Day"



http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2669574

I have been a bit lazy this year in making stuff which is strange becuase last year i was stacking shelves in a department store and trying my ass off to get a "real" job and also make a decent shorts.This year, however im i have finally got thaty job, Im producing commercials but, ive only made a wedding video and some "run and gun" of my new kitten!. "Go Figure" as my North American friends say.


Cheers,
Ben Gurvich

The film is done well, also it is real good to see another aussie short online.

A few things though:

The sound could be a lot cleaner, is bad compression or what?.
Couldve had another seen building up to a climax. Just my opinion though.

B.Sundry

This was very hard to follow for me. Maybe it was the audio and the accents.

I kinda like the lense depth and slight vignetting though.

Thanks for Watching Justin. Appreciate the comments too.

The story for me was really an exercise in making a dramtic piece on Minidv
Not much really happens, as you can see, its more about the main character internalizing everything that happens around him. The blandness is sort of a stylistic choice.

As far as the accent, it can be hard at times. I recently spoke to my Canadian mother inlaw on the phone and with the delay and all the different vernacular it made it a bit hard for her.

I used the Box to give a film look, and make it not look so video and cliche.
All the sound was dubbed with a Rode omnidriectional mic. Unfortunately i didnt use it in a studio just a quiet room, butit picked up the humming of the PC.

Yeah i used a 50mm nikkor 1.8 and my home made dof box adds some nice grain.

:)

I think the audio issue wasnt a matter of production, just web compression with the accent and perhaps the underlying music.

"LONG BROWN COAT" mini35 short playing at the SD Film Fest
 

"Long Brown Coat" is a short film written / directed / produced by Dean Bull (little ole me).

Check out the trailer at the website: www.Longbrowncoat.com

The short was shot using the mini35 (rented from fellow dvinfo'er Eric at indie rentals) attached to the dvx100 and the entire film was designed and all the sets were constructed from the ground up. Entire budget was 2000 bucks so I think we stretched the dollar pretty far.

For anyone is San Diego, "Long Brown Coat" will be playing at the San Diego Film Festival. The film also got accepted into the Nevada City Film Festival, and The International Festival of Independent Horror in Illinois. Just waiting to hear back from the other 35 Festivals I submitted too...

The site also has some behind the scenes photos of the sets, make-up etc.

If you got any questions, just throw em out and I will answer them as best I can.

Dean - Film Fabricator

The Warning CONCLUSION
 

Hey everyone,

Part 3 of THE WARNING is up! Go check out the conclusion of this short film and let me know what you thought. If you need to refresh your memory on the other parts, just download all three using the links provided on the page to right click on, and watch them back to back.

Thanks for watching, enjoy!

Alec

I was anticipating this. ;)

Overall I thought it was a decent short from execution of story to cinematography. One particular thing though - in the 3rd part I noticed alot of audio clipping in one particular tense scene with Richard (don't wanna spoil it).

I also wasn't sure who the shot guy at the end was... maybe he was from a 1st or 2nd part, which I did see both - but forgot about.

I thought the character of Richard was generally good and interesting. Again in the thread for the 2nd part I had a tough time believing the woman's dialogue with Richard in the diner. I don't think it was so much the dialogue but the forced execution. The sunglassed-guy... would've been interesting to see a little bit of his life or background like we did with Richard so that we know how he plays into this whole equation. Acting was OK but seemed cliched at times.

But overall a nice short that builds up suspense although for me a confusing ending.

Just for the records, skatemovies are all far from the same!

Take for example Adio's movie, they hired two of the best graphic designers available (cant remember their names, ofcourse) to spice it all up. The results were an amazing movie, with a lot of really nice effects to it.
Apart from that, a lot of the time the cameraman rides behind the skateboarder on a custom dolly - yup, its a skateboard!

Hey Justin,

Thanks for watching and offering your comments. I can't believe you didn't recognize the guy at the end. I'm sure if you look again you will realize who he is. You can PM me if you still don't know who he is.

Alec

Bad Cat 4
 

Friends,

The next horribly bad chapter in the Bad Cat series is now available!

In this chapter, we find our foxy feline Garfield finally taking out his owner permanently in a rather gruesome way: Using his 4-year-old daughter as bait.

Bad Cat 4 was filmed with a Sony DSR-PD170 camera in native DVCAM, true 1.78:1 widescreen.

Bad Cat 4 is now available for download in MPEG1 (352x240 @ 1000k), MPEG2 (720x480 @ 6000k), Quicktime H.264 and MPEG4 256k and 64k streaming media files.

Download Bad Cat 4 here: http://loudorangecat.com

New music video -- Backstreet Law - Till December
 

Greetings...I recently finished this video for a local band.

I shot on a Canon XL2 and a K3 S16. Editing was done in PPro 1.5 with Canopus DVstorm2 and AE 6.5.

WMV file, 30 mb.

http://www.extremesoundonline.com/vi...lldecember.wmv


Please leave comments! Thanks!

friggin' awsome man.

How did you do the snow at the end with the band?

Thanks!

It was done with a chauvet snow machine....it sort of like a soapy foam actually. The snow during the graveyard scene was added in AE with Trapcode Particular.

Under The Bridge - internet TV show
 

Hey everybody,

Over the past couple months, I've been doing an "internet TV show" about my city's local music scene. It's a half-hour video file that can be downloaded at any time, with new episodes coming out every Tuesday. It features interviews, news and live shows, and has received some pretty good feedback so far.

All seven episodes are available online for the public to check out (no registration or anything like that is necessary). Most of them are about 125MB in WMV format (not the greatest, I know) but they shouldn't take too long to download from my server (a few minutes for most people).

Most of the show has been shot with my friend's Canon ZR50, a small consumer DV camera. Most of the live audio is taken from a special custom mix from the sound board recorded to a minidisc recorder and then sent to me through my server by my friend who does audio for the show. What could be considered the worst mic in existence has been used in most episodes for interviews and you'll find out pretty quickly why I don't use it anymore.

There haven't been any new episodes since early August because I was waiting to get my new camera (Canon XL2) before I kept going, although there will be a new episode sometime this week because I was able to use a camera from work (local TV station).

If you've got some time to kill, check out an episode or two. The one I'm most happy with so far is episode 7, although it's an hour long and I don't know if you'll have the time. But if anyone does check it out and would like to provide a bit of feedback, it would be much appreciated!

Everything has been a learning process. I've been making little improvements and adding new elements to every episode and I'd like to think that each one is better than the last.

Okay, enough blabbing!

http://underthebridge.mumps.ca/

Click 'Watch Latest Episode' and select an episode.

Hope you like! Constructive criticism is great!


-mark

They won't work for some reason. I'm getting an error message once I try and access the episodes through the site. Maybe it's because I'm on a Mac?

Hmm, the videos will work on Windows Media Player and Winamp. I've heard some people say they've had trouble downloading the episodes on their Macs so that very well could be the reason. When I have more time, I'll be making Quicktime versions of all the episodes.

Sorry!

[music video] Shot with XL1s
 

Here's a music video (not my kind of music, but work is work...), shot with Canon XL1s. Forget the music and focus on the girls. :)

www.mytempdir.com/177679

No steady-like tools. All handwork.

Edit with Premiere. Post in After Effects.

2 Anti-Dish Spots
 

These commercials were shot on a Sony DSR-PD170 and edited in Final Cut Pro HD and Motion. Shooting from the inside of a building out sucks.

SPOT 1 - Totally unbelievable scenario
SPOT 2 - Makes a great snack container

Nicely done, John...even the left-handed handshake. ;-)

update on S.E.E.D
 

hello all
I posted a while ago on my first film alien autopsy but with a predator on the table instead filmed in my garage at home. a film we needed for a bigger film to be shown in during the main movie.

Didnt get much response maby because it is a fan film?or cause we used alreday fimilar creatures?and music?

anyway heres a quick teaser raw clips from 3 out of 12 tapes shot on 3 canon Xl1s

The costumes are all custom made by us and the story is our oun aside from the well known creatures and music..there is alot of editing to do...so technicaly this is my first film, first time with a camera and actors..it was fun but a hell of alot of work one I would most love to do again soon. heres a link hope you like it..or the idea of it anyway.

please let me know what you think so far.

http://www.zippyvideos.com/582116836...w_clips_small/

this is our first outakes vid one of a few Im shure to come

http://www.zippyvideos.com/191409764...akes_part_one/

Pete

Wow, awesome job on the costumes. I look forward to seeing the final product.

Awesome.

BUT... I feel everything too slow. Most of the shots looks like slow motion, and that isn't good for action sequences. The same in less time, maybe result as I prefer.

About the costumes... ¿self made?

As I said, impressive job.

Trailer for my motocross "documentary"
 

Hello all. I have not posted in a while, but wanted to share my trailer for comments and criticism.

We spent about 6 months following a promising young motocross rider through several major amateur national races. The link is to a trailer for the final project.

I would love to hear what y'all think.


http://www.zoohoot.com/mx/haulinass/trailer_512.wmv

The file is not on a streaming server, so please save then watch for best results. It is about 22 megs.

Out of the Fire - XL2 WIP
 

Gday all,

A friend and I are getting close to shooting our first short - here's a rough edit of some test footage we took to get a sense of how the XL2 would handle low light, and how the scene might play out. I quite like what the camera has been able to achieve, but I get a sense we can do better. I've got 73 questions, but if ya'll could help me out with a couple it'd be much appreciated.

Any thoughts on what does and doesn't work with respect to “the look”, and what can be done better? And how might I capture the audio of running footsteps effectively, keeping in mind I’ll get some car mount shots next time?

Used no extra lighting, shot wide open, gain+6 and 1/25 shutter.

http://rapidshare.de/files/5736609/OOTF_Test.wmv.html

select "free" at bottom of page to get link.


btw, pls ignore the minor continuity issues (I'll ask the train driver to park his rig next time) and not-so-steadicam...

Thanks,

Steve

It hardly ever works when i try downloading from this site.

Sleight of Hand: A Short Film
 

http://media.putfile.com/kaigmatjuly

A movie shot right off the cuff during a party......

It worked ok for me - took about 8 mins.

the best thing for footsteps IMO is doing some foley work after you're done shooting if you have the time.

latest music video
 

lyrics are in french but who cares. peace

http://www.call911records.com/VIDEO/...911%202005.avi

MUSIC VIDEO DOWNLOAD: Fist Full of Fives
 

Hi everyone,

Here's the link for my first music video I made for my friends' band.

http://rapidshare.de/files/5739732/F...peful.avi.html

It was shot in April and completed in June but we've never really found good hosting - so we've put it on this Rapidshare.de site. If there are any probs with the link for the download don't hesitate to tell me, I'll try to fix it/find somewhere else.

http://m.1asphost.com/effofilms/ffof_oth/oth.htm

Info on the production side of things are on this site. The song was recorded in one of the band members' living room and isn't really professional so the singer's voice sounds pretty distant.

However, I'm getting together with the band and we're making a second video on a different song which they did record in a studio. We're planning to shoot it during the end of year break (here in NZ anyway Uni students have their 3 month break at the end of the year).

Anyways, enjoy!

Dennis

P.S. Here's the link for the band's website if you're interested.

http://www.ffof.tk

Thanks cody, that was my thought too. I'm just not sure how to capture running footsteps without picking up the sound of the transport I'm on (I'll be following). Perhaps I capture 1 or 2 steps (as he runs by) and duplicate?

ZeD TV
 

If you're looking for ad-free, cost-free webspace, look no further than zed.cbc.ca! They give you ~200MB (they're flexible) and your stuff can be aired on ZeD TV. There's a lot of great Canadian and worldwide content on there so even if you don't make an account, go check out some of the stuff on there!

There's video, flash, audio, digital and non-digital photography, writing and more.

http://zed.cbc.ca

Last Glimpses
 

music video (w/right compression this time)
 

here's the new link:

http://www.call911records.com/VIDEO/

for those who can't play avi select the 24.6 MB for the others the 31.8MB. compression ain't perfect for the 1st one though...

peace

Music Video - Ridin Deep
 

Hey DV folks, hows it going? This video was shot in the St. Louis and the group name is Vyce Versa. I used a Canon XL2 and edited with Vegas Video 4.0.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks.....

http://steakmotionpictures.com/ridin_deep.wmv