what is your "thing" director, editor , DP, producer, production company ? etc .. each would have a slightly different type reel ...
in General !! keep it all the BEST ... when i view reels ( hiring ) i figure the worst section/spot/clip is the BEST i'm going to get from you/company and most of the time OK is not good enough ... don't make it too long .. a 10 min reel with knock out material is great .. a 10 min reel with OK material is tooooooo long ... remember if they want to see more they'll ask for more ... |
Some interesting exceptions:
A- If you've only done student work, don't send in your demo reel. An editor I know who was looking for assistant editors (for a job of only a few days) would've hired some of the applicants until he saw their reels. B- One camerman I know doesn't even have a demo reel and gets all his jobs from word of mouth. Demo reels for camera may not be that great (for the person hiring), since it doesn't show the takes the cameraperson blew. 2- Anyways, I would figure out who your audience is, and what they are looking for. 3- If people ask for demo reels, they might get a huge stack to go through. Typically they will just skim through the reel... put the very best stuff at the first 15 seconds. If it's for a small job, they may not even go through your entire reel. |
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Movie Kicks Off
Finally got finished and looking forward to kicking it off in March. If anyone is interested here is the trailer.
http://www.phigmentphilms.com Thanks. |
Need your feedback! :)
Hello,
I'm a new DP just about out of film school. I have some of my work available here: http://www.jpcine.com/portfolio/portfolio.html I know there are some very experienced and knowledgeable DP's that frequent this site. I'd really appreciate any opinions/comments regarding my work. I'm very happy to hear criticism but please keep it constructive. Thanks, JP |
Call for Entries! 2006 Estes Park Film Festival
The first annual Estes Park Film Festival still has many openings for your film submissions! We are looking for the best independent feature films, documentaries, and short films in all genres. Films accepted into the festival will be eligible to compete for cash prizes up to $1,000, and a chance to attend one of the most exciting events in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. To enter your film please visit www.sdientertainment.com If you have any questions please e-mail us at info@sdientertainment.com. We hope to see you at the festival!
The Estes Park Film Festival will take place at The Historic Park Theatre September 15th through the 17th, 2006 with an awards ceremony on the final night! The Festival will showcase an amazing blend of independent feature length films, short films, and documentaries. Estes Park, Colorado, Gateway to the Rocky Mountain National Park, is the perfect back-drop for a film festival. Millions of people visit each year to enjoy the shops, golf courses, beautiful mountain scenery, horseback riding, and numerous hiking trails. In addition to the films the Estes Park Film Festival will also serve as a fundraising event to help renovate and restore The Historic Park Theatre to its original cinematic elegance. Regular Submission Deadline: January 2nd, 2006 – May 1st, 2006: $30 Features / $20 Shorts / $15 Students Late Submission Deadline: May 2nd, 2006 – June 1st, 2006: $35 Features / $25 Shorts / $20 Students Entries postmarked after the late deadline will not be accepted. All student film entries must include a photocopy of a valid student I.D. |
Hi John
I'm not really a DP so I can't speak too technically about your work, suffice to say if I was looking for a DP your name would be on the list! Theres a real energy and style about your work, although I must say you seem happier on DV than on 16mm (which is not a bad thing) |
Invasion Teaser Trailer Release
Hey guys. We wanted to do a film about alien invasion for fun, so here is the teaser trailer for it. Let us know what you think...
(RIGHT-CLICK SAVE AS...) http://www.danielbroadway.michaelfri...ion_teaser.mov http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...han-in-CAR.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...UFO_Firing.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...IT_CROWBAR.jpg |
Moved thread to our showcase forum
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Looks like fun. How long is your running time?
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It will be around 6-7 minutes long once finished.
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What did you use to build the aliens?
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A friend of mine at Frantic Films built the alien in 3ds max.
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New short comedy
Quickly put together, mostly improvised. Shot with the DVX on 24p...
http://www.mattramphal.com/room.htm |
"I may be a pervert" that was my favorite.
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Out To Lunch Trailer (Comedy)
I posted some grabs and such a month or so ago but I just finished the trailer for my film Out To Lunch. It's really my first film outside of small 5 minute pieces I have done by myself. A couple of my friend's and I (all around 18) wrote the script and cast out of the drama dept. of my school. This is also my first major project with the DVX. It goes without saying that it's rough around the edges but it is such a blast doing it. We are finishing filming next week and premiering toward the end of March. This trailer will be shown at a huge school-wide assembly (that's another story) and we will hopefully get a lot of people to come and see it. So here it is:
WMV: Large (18 Meg) Small (9 Meg) Any/all feedback wanted! Thanks for looking! |
some advice - networks
I don't know how many members here have experience dealing with national networks like Discovery or Scripps etc, but I'm in the process of selling a travel/food show and would like to know what other options there are in terms of potential clients. So far we have targeted National Geo, Discovery, Scripps, PBS and Oxygen...
I know of a few networks that are just starting out and are desperate for good content. Anyone have any more to add? Has to be sort of outdoorsy, think travel channel, host is a female...Hope that info helps.. Muchly appreciated |
"Rough Road to Glory" 48hr film w/ XL2 + DIY mini35
Hello all! This weekend our production group (par-t-com) participated in a 48 hour film competition here at Ohio University. There were around 28 teams involved in the competition and nearly all of them finished on time. Here were the items we were given:
genre: mockumentary prop: paper airplane line: "he's just not that into you" The result can be viewed here http://par-t-com.net/rough_road.mov. I DP'd the project along with color correction and audio mixing. I got the chance to implement my own DIY mini35 adapter for the first time and I was quite impressed with the results. I can't wait to get out there and shoot more footage with it. At any rate, we took first and were extremely thankful that our work was that well received. It could't have been done without everyone on our crew! At any rate, feedback is welcomed! Thanks for viewing the short. |
That was awesome! I was into it the whole time. Nothing dragged too long or felt out of place. I think it would have been funny if the guy had been weary those goofy chemistry goggles when he was 'air testing' his paper plane, but it was funny that his eyes were drying out too.
My only complaint would be that it could have use a little bit of color correction maybe and a little better lighting. Very minimal complaint, though. Great work! |
The concept was great! Loved the acting - you guys should turn that into a longer piece. Everything about it was fun. The other airplane guy reminded me of Dwight from the office for some reason - funny stuff. The outside shots looked great with that adapter. The inside ones looked like they could have been amped up a bit more. Did you guys shoot around Athens?
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Thanks guys! The interiors could have used stronger lighting, but we were going for a very minimal look to match the genre. That would also explain the color correction, I sapped the color out and upped the contrast (not really apparent on the web compressed version) to give it an older, vintage feel.
We did shoot around Athens, and we're def. going to stretch the piece out. We shot 2 and a half hours of material and had to unfortunately had to cut a lot of it to make the 5 minute cut for the 48 hour competition. There will be a longer cut in the works soon enough. Thanks for watching! |
"Livelihood" Review and Festival News!
Hi All,
I posted the trailer for our zombie comedy "Livelihood" about a year ago (maybe longer!). You can still check it out at www.livelihoodmovie.com. Well, the film is finally done, and we've been sending it out to festivals and websites for review. We just had a great review posted at www.microfilmmaker.com. We received the "Editor's Choice" for the month, and also received some nice praise as well as some useful constructive criticism. Here's a short quote from the review: "With lots of off-the-wall creativity, satirical commentary on our society, and great requotability, this is the sort of film that has the ability to become a cult classic in the vein of Rocky Horror Picture Show, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, and Napoleon Dynamite." Obviously I'm a little biased because they gave us a rave review, but in all honestly their site seems like a great place to submit your film for review; they're very thorough, they make great suggestions, and they really seem to understand the hard work that goes into making a low-budget digital film. In other news, we also just found out that we've been accepted to our first film festival: The Backseat Film Festival in Philadelphia! They're the self-described "Drinking Man's Film Festival", so I have no doubt the screening will be tons of fun. Sincerely, Ryan Graham Director, "Livelihood" www.37point5.com www.livelihoodmovie.com www.indiepostproduction.com |
MTB videos (thevishfiles)
G`day everyone.. i'm fresh off the boat here and still wet behind the ear's in the world of video shooting/editing.. i can't believe how much everyone on these forums helps each other out.. it's like one big happy family, *thumbs up*
my name is vish.. i moved from Australia to Oahu hawaii in April last year, got married and now work for the family business blah blah blah. as you'll see from some of my videos.. i'm in love with mountain biking.. and shooting/editing it. i don't spend alot of time editing and shoot.. i just slap thing's together and fine tune if i have time, as i'm working for another production company. i noticed people here are loving "the Collective" and just launched "Roam", i 2 wish i had that talent/time/budget/manpower/etc to use to make kick ass 16mm's like that. you guy's should see "new world disorder 6" it has very very good cable cam shots, with a more MTV style editing to it, and a killer 80's soundtrack haha. watch these in your own time, or not.. some are long some are short.. some bits boring etc etc.. since the site was launched in May last year.. it's had 14,505 individuals come through. ok so.. my first helmet camera attempt was this www.thevishfiles.com/helmet2.wmv then before i left Australia, i complied a video of myself and my stacks. www.thevishfiles.com/thevishfiles.wmv this is boring, dont watch it. www.thevishfiles.com/thevishfiles2.wmv then i settled in, looking for places to ride/surf etc etc www.thevishfiles.com/thevishfiles3.wmv then i met some real riders www.thevishfiles.com/thevishfiles4.wmv then i organised a proper shoot www.thevishfiles.com/thevishfiles5.wmv this one is all helmet cam stuff, kinda boring. with a bit of bodyboarding. www.thevishfiles.com/TVF6.wmv ok so i get my new bike and all the fun starts here. www.thevishfiles.com/TVF7.wmv ok so there's a skit i shot for this, but it's not here.. so you'll be watching the 2nd Half of the complete video, plenty of stacks, knocks outs on 60ft tow in's.. etc etc www.thevishfiles.com/TVF8P2.wmv all footage shot on a Sony DCR-HC32 with a cheap .5 wide angle made in china. i just bought a HVR-A1U a couple days ago.. inspired buy that laurence kingston guy, (he is a legend) thanks for watching. vish |
Holy insane.. never thought i'd see another poster named Vish on here lol... don't mean to hijack your thread but welcome!
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haha, no worries.. nice too meet you.
i did'nt think people here would be too interested in this stuff. it's really the opposite to the semi professional stuff done on here. ahh well.. the little kids like it. :P |
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looks like a great start. Pretty impressive !! Nice job !!
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Good stuff Vish, I wish I was moving out to Hawaii! keep them coming
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Thanks
Thank you for the great piece of work! nice camera work, well done post production, funny, great actors
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Estes Park Film Festival accepting your Short Films!
The first ever Estes Park Film Festival still has many openings in our short film category! www.sdientertainment.com
We are looking for the best indie short films in all genres. Films accepted into the festival will be eligible to compete for cash prizes up to $1,000, and a chance to attend one of the most exciting annual events in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. To enter your film, please visit www.sdientertainment.com. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at info@sdientertainment.com. We hope to see you at the festival! The Estes Park Film Festival will take place at The Historic Park Theatre September 15th through the 17th, 2006 with an awards ceremony on the final night! The Festival will showcase an amazing blend of independent feature length films, short films, and documentaries. Estes Park, Colorado, Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, is the perfect back-drop for a film festival. Millions of people visit each year to enjoy the shops, golf courses, beautiful mountain scenery, horseback riding, and numerous hiking trails. In addition to the films the Estes Park Film Festival will also serve as a fundraising event to help renovate and restore The Historic Park Theatre to its original cinematic elegance. The Estes Park Film Festival is also proud to announce that Lighthouse Writers Workshop will offer a one-day intensive screenwriting workshop called "MYTHICAL STRUCTURE" on Saturday September 16th, 2006 at the Historic Park Theatre. The fee for this six hour workshop is $70 for students, festival filmmakers, and Lighthouse members, and $90 for non-members. Sign up info will be posted soon on our web site as well as the Lighthouse Writers web site www.lighthousewriters.com The Estes Park Film Festival is dedicated to providing a platform for filmmakers from around the world to screen their newest productions in the relaxing and creative atmosphere of Estes Park, Colorado. Our goal is to entertain, inspire, and advance a greater appreciation of independent film. Regular Submission Deadline: January 2nd, 2006 – May 1st, 2006: $30 Features / $20 Shorts / $15 Students Late Submission Deadline: May 2nd, 2006 – June 1st, 2006: $35 Features / $25 Shorts / $20 Students Entries postmarked after the late deadline will not be accepted. All student film entries must include a photocopy of a valid student I.D. www.sdientertainment.com |
Sanyo HD1 footage with post applied
So can the new $800 HD camera by Sanyo be used to make an indie feature or short film? After seeing this I don't see why not and now I'm actually considering it.. what do you think?
www.starcentral.ca/dvinfo/hd1post1.mov right click and save target as - file is 33MB |
Nice shots of the subway, but this is not enough footage to tell about the quality. $800 is a good deal for HD!
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Toronto show
hello everone not shure where I should have posted this but Please move this post if nessesary.
I posted alittle while ago On the fan film SEED Ive been working on with some freinds here in Ontario canada. now with it being done and not really being abule to enter any film contest etc.we have worked hard on this project over the last year and hope with the little experiance we gained from the experiance we can now work on some original movie Ideas and maby get some interest in what we did with no budget and some hard work. So with this in order for us to get alittle exposure for all the cast and crew efforts and hard work, we are showing the movie in toronto and to raise movey for a charity listed below.. this was a personal project for us and all the costumes designs props and story is origainal we just borrowed the ideas from the well known Movies. We are excited to announce the official Premiere of our first movie S.E.E.D screening at: BLOORCINEMA in Toronto Ontario CANADA March 11 2006, doors open at 12.30 pm first screening is at 1:00 and will show again at 2:30 the film run time is 27 minutes. As part of the venue and a personal endeavour for a few of us whom where part of this project, we are raising money for the Sinai Diabetes hospital also in Toronto, so there will be an admission charge at the door.but with this comes some prizes also. with your $5.00 admission there will be a number on each card, after the show we will be giving away 15 DVDs a special edition one time only at this show 2 disk set with many extras and a mini poster signed by 4 from the film enclosed and sealed in the DVD. As part of the fundraiser we are also selling tickets for 2 of the biohelment from the movie .SCANNER and BLADES you can see these on the website listed below. each ticket is $2.00 We hope you are able to make the show as I know it is short notice , we would like for anyone interested to contact Scott Murphy at slider002@rogers.com so we may be able to have an idea on the attendance of the Premiere and for any questions about the show..there is also a map to bloorcinema on our site and at www.bloorcinema.com our site www.seedfilm.com Hope to see your there! |
Congrats Pete. I'll try my best to be there, anything to support our local industry.
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Typisk (GL2 short)
My first serious attempt at film...and I flew by the seat of my pants throughout. Does it show?
I'm aware of a few problems, such as the clock not displaying sufficiently, colour continuity issues in the bathroom scenes, and something I can't put my finger on in the shoe scene. What's really frustrating is the way a key point in the closing shot came out. The turning of the lock should be visible, but it's just dark. You can tell by the shadow something's happened, but it's easy to miss. The music was taken from some free music site...can't recall which. Probably won't be in the final version. Any suggestions? Any Swedes want to make sure I'm grammatically correct? It should read "Typical...A film by...The film ends here" heh. Anyway, here's the link... http://www.zshare.net/video/typiskwmv-wmv.html |
we have a local industry?...LOL
hope to meet you there.. pete |
First of all, I would suggest that anyone wanting to watch this film use the "download" option on the page. The buffering was taking forever for me. Download went much faster.
Now, on to the film itself. I have a little bit of a hard time with the film because it wasn't really entertaining. Granted, you are just showing typical boring things that we do every day, so there's only so much you can do with that, but maybe find a way to make me think that something bigger is coming at the end. Your composition worked well throughout for me. I think the shot with the shoes might have been improved if you had gone with a tighter shot of just the shoes. It's a little strange to watch a clip where the actor's head is cut off, and being a wide shot, my brain feels like I should be able to see the head. I think maybe that is the sense of 'offness' that you're getting from the clip. Overall I would maybe shorten the length of every one of the clips. All you have to do with each one is establish what is being done. The clip with the teabag is a prime example. That shot was so long that I lost interest. Shorten all of the clips and I think the whole piece would work better. I would also suggest shortening them to roughly the same clip length. That might help build some consistency and would help keep me watching because subconciously I would 'know' how long I had to see the next shot. For the last shot, I would reshoot a close-up of the lock, and get some more light on it maybe. You could still show the guy leaving through the door, but then cut to a shot of the lock that was tight. Try and get some more light in your shots in the future as well. Anyways, just some suggestions. d:-) |
Great point Travis. I would agree that speeding up the edit would help a lot. I felt indifferent at the end - neither good or bad. Its short enough and there are enough shots that you could really experiment with the piece as well... what happens if you color grade from say a cool blue to end with a red grade or vise versa. What if you edit all the cuts together same length but leave a couple longer for some reason. What happens to the viewer reactions? Seems like the kinda thing that would work well with that.
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**I've uploaded the file to another host, but can't edit my original post.**
http://files.filefront.com/Typiskwmv.../fileinfo.html Thanks for the feedback, guys! Travis, I agree with you 100% on everything you mentioned, especially about maintaining a consistent length for each clip. It does drag at the tea scene, that's for sure. The shoe shot was tough. I shot and re-shot and re-re-shot and nothing seemed to work. I will definitely strive for a tighter shot, that's for sure. Lighting is definitely something I need to work on. Having a budget that only allows me to make use of what's available is a bit tough, but I'm sure a few simple adjustments on that camera itself could help out quite a bit. Way to state the obvious, Joe. Jeremy, that's a good idea about experimenting with colour. I'll definitely play around with that! Thanks again for the feedback and thanks for watching! |
Tea part still seemed to drag but the concept, maybe bc i know what it was this time, stood out to me more. I'd probably pace it even faster - cut down to around 2:30 or something?
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[video] Indie Film Tip : Storyboards
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INDIE FILM TIP: STORYBOARDS CLICK HERE to see video 3 min - Windows Media another indie film tip video that talks about the importance of previsualization & storyboarding. Storyboards by Mike Bruinsma courtesy of Horrors of War |
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