Video for my church.
 

Hey,

Here is a video I filmed for my church, I didn't write it, I just composed the shots, directed, and edited it. Let me know what you think, and feel free to tear it apart. http://www.petemurph.com/upperroompromo1.htm

Thanks,

Peter

At the UK site PANARTIST.COM, 12 Sonnyboo movies have been rated in the top 20 ! Including the #1 spot for PULP DICTION

MDIFILM's Johnny WU also got 2 movies in the top 20!

WOO HOO!

and don't forget, all of the aforementioned sites, including PANARTIST.COM accept submissions, so if you want to partake in the fun of getting movies seen - visit the sites & submit your own damn movie! Nothing stops you from succeeding more than inaction...

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COOL NEWS - AIN'T IT COOL NEWS has a mention of the SONNYBOO WEEK at Undergroundfilm.org

see the " GUNN SHOTS" from Elston Gunn's weekly report at the bottom. It's ain't much, but it's another mention on a great site for the Sonnyboo movies and all of Columbus people involved.

A Joker's Card official trailer now online
 

Well, here it is, the oficial trailer before the short film, this is shot with 2-3 XL1s, PD150, and 16mm reversal footage (in a few fight sequences), cut with Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 and uses some effects with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Discreet 3dsMax (not maya as previously stated). Music composed by Aryavarta Kumar, additional info about this short film can be found at http://www.mdifilm.com/joker

Quicktime and Windows versions are up, please keep in mind that depending how your monitor is calibrated, you might see a darker quality compared to the ones we will be passing out in DVD.

http://www.mdifilm.com/joker/media.html

Enjoy!

Johnny Wu

Good Job!

I enjoyed this alot - the directing was very good. What was it shot with?

Good job setting up the shots. They were well strung together.

Music sounded to tinny - might just be the quicktime encoding though.

Wasn't much for the Harvard Univ. shot. Didn't think it helped with the story much. (Plus I have two friends there and going there doesn't make them any more morally or intellectually different than any of us)

I especially liked the end logo.

I think you did an excellent job with this video. Hope your church enjoyed it as well!

Good work.
The camera positioning was especially well done.

The whole thing looks very good.
Something has to be done about the narration though. It kinda destroys the whole thing. It is definately not matching the pro look the rest of it has.

Hope to see the rest!

Hey thanks, I shot it on a dvx100 with the widescreen conversion lense at 24p.

And as a side note I don't think the point was to say that your evil or different if you go to harvard, it was just to show that you can be accomplished and still not be satisfied. Which is obvious so maybe I'll get rid of it.

Thanks for checking it out,

Peter

Amen!

Good job, but with a DVX100 you could have done it in colour?

It was okay for what it is: a fun piece for you guys who where
there. I did think you showed a lot of what everybody shows in
movies like this. Try to find some creative angles (no, not that
kind, heh) etc. (I know you didn't really put any thought into it
when shooting).

I thought it was okay. Some stuff looked excellent, but some
sections definitely had a video-ish feel. I didn't however get
very excited to see the full piece or get a feeling of danger /
bad guys.

Really liked the opening of teaser 2 and a section in the trailer
where the same guy is circling around the guy with the goggles.

Thanks Rob, to tell you the truth, this was never intended to make it look film, and so the video-ish look is fine, as long as the color of the scene is appropriate for the style/look I am going for. This is a fan film, and it is a comedy/anime short film that will be poking fun of a lot of things, so it won't be on feeling of 'danger' anywhere. :) Much appreciate your comments.

Johnny

Less cars, more naked.

Hahahaha.... my favorite part is when those two woman are groping each other. There's the obvious reason why, but the more subtle and potentially greater reason is the look on that 7-year-old kid standing there watching while playing with his junk. That is absolutely hysterical! Good work.

I had to go back and look at what Brent was talking about, too narrow mindedly distracted to notice anything else.
What's not to like, you got cars and chicks.

Nice video. Had a dtmpower feel to it.

Were you the one that filmed those girls making out in front of that little kid?!!?

That video was all over muchosucko not too long back. Its pretty popular on the net. Be pretty cool if I knew the guy that shot it. ;)

might not be the exact same footage you've seen though as there was another guy filming over my shoulder and I've since seen his footage. It actually took me a while to notice the kid as well when I was editing it.

9 min short
 

I made this 9 min short for my interview that will be in feburary for a summer film camp that I went to last year and hope to go to again this year. It was based off of a poem I wrote. I fell in love with the soundtrack to "Garden State" so I used alot of the music from that in it. It's currently only in quicktime, sorry :-/

Written and storyboarded in a day, shot in a week, edited in a day. Shot with a PV-DV953 frame mode (hoping to upgrade :-/ ) Premiere Pro 1.5, After Effects. Yada yada yada...

*and yes...i cast myself as the lead...its hard to work around other kid's schedules, especially when on a limited time frame, so please mind the craptastic acting (maybe im just saying that cuz I hate watching myself)*

http://www.rch-e.com/rche/knowthyself.htm
Heres a direct link to the Quicktime File:
http://www.rch-e.com/mosaic/Finished.mov
Nosce Te Ipsum (know thyself in Latin)

please critique my latest shortmovie
 

don't spare me!:

http://euromedcafe.org/winner.asp?la...documentID=219

peace

damn just found out there ain't english subtitles, it's in french...

sorry

Hi Yohann,

very good stuff indeed.
Colours look pretty good, and actors did a great job.
And the writing is very good. It just sounds real.

I wish your film was longer ;)

Good job.


P.S. Why don't you show it on french-speaking forums, such as "Repaire" for instance ?

UNDERGROUNDFILM.ORG's ALL SONNYBOO WEEK started today! One of my favorite movies, SHERMAN & GEORGE: OXYMORONS kicks off the week. Everyday a new Sonnyboo or Friend of Sonnyboo short film will premiere on UNDERGROUNDFILM.ORG!

See SHERMAN & GEORGE: OXYMORONS Directed by George Caleodis with Out of Our Heads, Columbus Improv Comedy Troupe

Bikini clad aliens at my place last weekend
 

I'm guessing many people up north are getting a touch of cabin fever so I'll post 2 poolside clips from a production I was shooting at my home last weekend.

These particular scenes were bikini clad aliens who seduce and kill unsuspecting crew members after transforming into aliens. You may recognize the big guy if you have been to the Indiana Jones show at MGM Studios (aircraft mechanic who fights). He was also the terminator at Universal and in a few tv series.

http://www.magoomedia.com/grub.php

The second day we had a makeup crew from Orlando come in to transform the girls to look like klingon like aliens. The makeup crew worked on the girls for 3 hours. Rick Gonzales is a great makeup artist who has done makeup for numerous hollywood movies. Here's a link to the makeup clips if anyone's interested:

http://www.magoomedia.com/media/makeup.wmv

Two days from 7 AM to 5PM turned out to be a lot of fun with a great cast and crew.

Critique my Spec Commercials
 

Greetings all! I just finished shooting and editing two spec commercials. One is for Starbucks coffee called “Morning”. The other is for Frosted Flakes called “Opera”. I’d love to hear everyone’s feed back.

http://www.jacobhensberry.com/work.htm

They are located in the Projects section. Thanks for your support!

Excellent job Yohann! I really enjoyed it. The subtle way you play with focus, the creative composition of simple two shots, intresting colors, moody atmospheric music, ect. Great all around. I don't even speak french and I think I understood it perfectly because the actors comunicated so well.

You might want to conisder subtitles just so more english speaking people will want to watch it. The films deserves it.

Only question: What'd you shoot it on?

Good work.

Jake Hensberry

Hey Michael. Nice work. I'm not sure what the "meaning" of this peice is but then again I don't think it matters as it's clearly more about tone then a literal interpertaion. Some of those shots are georgous, and the flicker effect is a nice abstract touch.

My only criticism is the war memorial. It all seemed very quiet and personal and intresting until that part, which seemed a little too forced in terms making us feel a certain way with an image that will always draw people’s sympathys. The other images were more intresting to me.

All is all, this peice seems like sections from a film that has yet to be plotted. I was waiting for someone to start talking and a scene to begin, which is cool. Maybe that's what you'll make of it.

Good job.

I liked the Starbucks very much. It has a nice rithm and the idea is works well.

Good job.

Thanks Dave! That's what it was all about so good to know it's coming across.

This music is becoming quite a bit of a cliche in modern shorts or demo reels. I think it's the 4th or 5th time I hear it in one...
It just doesn't have the same impact anymore.

Thomas, the music is untitled but it's track #3 of the Sigur Ros album called ( )

Jake, the frosted flakes one cracked me up. I loved it when the guy started crying after that one measly flake fell out...

BTW: What camera did you film those on and where did you get the music for the commercials (and your other stuff too)

Aaron

Thanks a lot Aaron! We used the DVX 100. The music for Starbucks was David Bowie, "Queen Bitch" and the Flakes spot was Pavorati. I don't have permission for either one, (Yikes!) but since they're spec I'm hoping the powers that be won't mind.

Thanks Again.

Short Film Festival
 

Thought some of you might be interested in this. It's a short film festival being held at my school in the beginning of May. We're accepting entries until March 15. Click on the link and scroll down to download an application:

http://www.wcsu.edu/cta/

2min Promo Intro
 

The local Youth Coalition hired me to make a short promo intro video for their Youth Speak Out Forum. It's a day where kids speak their minds on community issuses and they wanted to play a video before the students speak to kind of rally them.

http://www.rch-e.com/temp/yso.htm
Direct Link: http://www.rch-e.com/temp/YSO.mov

Yes, I know sigur ros is being used alot lately, but if the shoe fits, wear it, right?

PS...I just turned 18, in case you were wondering how old the creator was.

Thanks for looking!

It seems a little slow to "Rally" the kids. If you were pulling at heart strings and asking for donations, cool, but "rally" or "pump up", I didn't get that feeling. To preempt a speaker you usually want something that grabs attention quickly and leaves the audience wanting more.
It's nice though. I've looked at some of your other stuff before and I want to tell you, you do nice work. Quite nice.

-I liked the guy in the trash can too!

Thanks, Yeah...i guess rally wasnt the word i meant, i dont know what i meant :-P

Two Thumbs Down
 

That was the most boring clip I've ever seen posted on here. Please, for the sake of everyone else, cut it down to 30 seconds. I watched it all the way through hoping I'd see some hot booty, but the payoff wasn't worth it.

I hope you cut your movie a lot better than that.


The person sitting beside me as I watched asked me if it was a set of a porno movie.


I like your pool though.

that sounds great kevin! i dont think i will have anything ready for submission in time though! everything else i have is way older than 18 months the rules state. (would love to send 2 music videos in that i did many years ago if they have a non competition catagory that can showcase stuff like this.) check out one of the videos on my website and pass the info along to whoever is in charge if you think they would be interested. i live in new fairfield CT now and look forward to attending the festival when it comes. (is it going to be held on the danbury campus like the animation festival was?)
anyway, check my stuff out at www.zenimage.com

thanks for the info!
marc

ps. kevin we should keep in touch for local productions...

good job! a few comments... try weaving the opera music into the background from the very beginning so it foreshadows its use and builds the mood to the climax. make the commercial a complete mini opera. you should be able to tell the whole story with parts of an opera. happiness, sadness, loneliness, madness, etc. you've got a lot to work with here. the opera part seems too separate from the beginning of the commercial.

also, the starbucks commercial was ok but i think it sold me more on the orange juice than the coffee. review the story you told and you will see that the OJ seems to be what perks this guy up and makes his morning great. most people wouldnt be that happy and energetic in the morning WITHOUT the starbucks coffee and that is what you need to sell/tell the audience isnt it?
one small tech thing...rack focus to the cup much much sooner. that is your hero shot and it needs as much screen time as possible (especially if this was a PAYING client who is spending a bunch of money to see their product!) revisit this story line and see if you can rework it into a better story. here is a thought...maybe you can have him wake up sleepy until he gets his coffee and when he smells the aroma you can do a fast cut quick time montage of a great morning (like you have already started) wake up sequence like he is remembering all of the best mornings of his life in one flashback. now he is awake and happy. he sets the cup down (your original shot but with a quicker rack focus) and tag line. just a thought!

slightly off topic but i checked out some of the other stuff and wondered what technique did you use for your timelapse stuff on the burnside music video? i havent found the best way to get it using the current dv cameras. i dont like their interval recording (.5 sec every 30 sec is the least you can do and it looks choppy.) i have heard some people using digital still cameras and recording to a laptop but havent tried that yet. ( ihave a digital rebel) some others (myself included) have filmed in real time and them sped up footage which is ok but chews up a lot of tape and hard drive space. adobe premiere used to have interval recording but left it out of Prpo! DvRack might be an option but dont want to spend 500bucks to find out right now! what about you?

good luck on your next projects! hope my comments help!

marc
www.zenimage.com

thank you for the feedback jake
we used a dsr-570 for that movie. it really renders great colors i wonder if it would do a nice job if blown up. that's when i REALLY realised how much this category of cam can't even compare with dvx and such.
i will definitely edit a subtitled version pretty soon...

peace

I guess it would be boring if you weren't part of the cast or crew. This was a 3 minute recap of the Saturday's events that we played Sunday morning before that days shoot. I only had 1 hour to filter through all the days footage to put this together (including making a DVD) which is why the quality of the cuts is poor. The makeup clip was created for the makeup artist to add to his portfolio.

I thought it could be of interest here but I apologize for posting it. Lessons learned. Thanks for your honesty Dylan.

Jim- Don't mind Dylan, he's just pining for Kim Catrell ;)
However, I too was hoping for a wardrobe malfunction... or 3.