indeed, good cam work, nice footage, (house looked too blown out in the start to me, might tone down the highlighting in that shot). Otherwise it all looked and sounded very well, (story wasn't my thing, but it was still entertaining). I'd say you've got something that you should be pleased to have spent the time and effort on.

Dave

From that point of view it doesn't work for me either, however I kind of got the impression she was reading from the paper(voice was different) then, as she sat it down she was reflecting on the story and her life in contrast. I may be wrong, but that's how my mind put it together in order to make more sense of the story. Then she meets a man in exactly the same way later on in the film.

I agree about the cinematography being excellent, other than the mismatch between the opening time lapse and the house, it seems like all of a sudden an hour or two pass by in that cut as far as lighting goes. So this throws off my interpretation of the story beginning with her reading from the paper.

The rest of the film was great in my opinion. Audio mixing/timing was near perfect, and your edits seemed very smooth.

Thank you for all of your wonderful comments!

Indeed, she is supposed to be reading the paper in the beginning of the story. I totally agree on the house being over-exposed! I brought it into my NLE and immediately played around with the idea of re-shooting it. I plan on throwing the title up over it and adjusting the levels, if it still looks bad I'll just re-shoot it.

Thank you for taking the time to give it a look and posting your thoughts. I am actually going to enter it into a local cinematography festival, that's why I wanted all the critique I could get.

Ryan

Sax player's sound is a bit distant, does he really drench it in reverb, or did you capture it from the PA and not a direct feed? Everything else sounded pretty clear.

about half way thru the zoom out from the drummer, cut to the front zoom out, cut back to the side shot and zoom in... that ain't workin.

there are some shots in there that I wouldn't have used. With an inexperienced 2nd cam op, I would have chosen to lock one camera down on a wide shot of the entire band, and then use the second for closeups and roam the band with that one. That would save you from cutting fomr camera movement to camera movement, or having to use a shaky shot because you had to choose from the "less of two evils."

and when the sax player walks the dancefloor like that, get up in his face, he's out there to entertain the crowd (yeah I know spoken like a true sax player!) We saw shots of the bandstand without him and then the camera searching for something to shoot. If your were locked into a position he should have come to you, unless he was a bit timid about getting out there in the first place. I've done my fair share of barwalkin, and you gotta get out there with the people. (sorry for the little diversion)

3 Min. Zombie short - Beneath Rotted Flesh
 

Hey guys,

Here's my first short film, "Beneath Rotted Flesh". It was shot in 2 days and it is for George Romero's Diary of the Dead contest. If you like it and have a MySpace account, vote BOOYAH! on it. If not, click NO WAY!, either way, vote if you can.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...oid=2095030396

Hope you guys enjoy it.

EDIT: I forgot to mention it has a lot of cursing so if you're at work, I suggest you wear headphones or if you just don't like films with violence and cursing, don't watch it at all.

My apologies for the late warning.

Warning: Not safe for work
 

Wear headphones on this one people:

PROJECT RUNWAY VS. WEREWOLF
http://www.eldersofthedarktower.com

That was just too funny! Great job!

Thanks a lot, Jim. Pass it on to people you think might like it.
Steve

My wife is a big Project Runway fan, so I had her check it out. She thought it was funny.

Werewolf got a bit unfunny during his tirade but overall it had the look and pace of the show, and the Tim Gunn character was spot on! Very well done.

Thanks guys, I appreciate all the comments!

PLEASE VOTE FOR US!!! - Diary of the Dead DVD contest entry!
 

We have completed our entry into the Diary of the Dead DVD contest and WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Please go to the following link, watch our movie, and VOTE! You vote by clicking on the BOOYAH! THUMBS UP icon located directly below the video.

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=29312335





Please, spread the word to everyone you know and make sure they vote. We need all the votes we can get! And make sure to tell them to CLICK ON THE BOOYAH! THUMBS UP ICON below the video to rate it!

We are EXTREMELY confident in our entry and we're sure you'll love it too!

Thanks so much for the support! If you have any questions at all, please feel free to message me but please SPREAD THE WORD and VOTE! This could be HUGE for everyone!

David, thanks for responding. I've noticed that many (most) interviews have the camera angled 30 to 45 degrees. What is the theory behind that?

Yes, you're right. I have a mic just out of view but I could still zoom in some more.

Also, if I could talk you into it, I would really like to see a still or even a short clip of how someone like yourself (who knows what they're doing) sets up an interview. I think I understand what your saying but if I saw it, I'd know exactly. If you don't have the time. No worries. Regardless, I appreciate the comment.

That was really good man. I liked it. The camera work was superb man. Very pro feel to it. I gave it a booyah for it deserves it!

Check out our entry man:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...deoID=29229861

If you like it, give it a vote man, if not then do what you think seems fair! haha, anyway, good stuff on your end man and damn good compression. What program did you use?

We had to take it down and re-enter b/c of technical reasons but here is the new link! Please click the "BOOYAH! THUMBS UP" button and vote!

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=29312335

Thanks everyone!

The inexperienced operator alone could have been manageable, but there were several other problems with the second camera. It would not focus properly for most of the time, so the operator had to hold it on one person for a long time to get it to focus (couldn't use manual because it was to dark to easily focus it). But the big one is that the battery did not work at all, so it was tied down to a gigantic extension cord, so whenever the operator moved the camera, they had to to drag the cord out, which made the motion of the camera quite jerky. All of these problems should be fixed with he HV30 though.

Jamie Scott: Dichotomy
 

This is a short film I made about a man with multiple personality disorder. I tried to do a David Fincher sort of suspense thing. Looking for feedback! Shot on an XL2, obviously. I'm considering entering it in a film festival here in San Francisco called Epidemic.

You can download it here: http://media.beta.samuraifilms.org/movie_files/two.mov

or watch it here: http://samuraifilms.org/#Jamie%20Scott%3A%20Dichotomy

Sam

Hi Sam,

The video is okay and the audio/music is nice. Your weak area seems to be the story. The story starts off quite slowly, plot points and character development seems lacking. But if your target audience is restricted to friends and the art houses, some will enjoy the diversion.

Good luck, Michael

The rotating camera thing is the coolest contraption I've ever seen, hands down. I'd have never come up with that. F'ing incredible.

I only watched the cinematography reel. My thoughts:

You didn't show a non-timelapse shot until 1:00 in, and I thought that was too long.

The whole thing could use some color correcting, but I don't know if that's a product of the encoding.

Finally, your best shots were all in the last :30. Show me what you've got up front, so I keep watching! End on one of those sunset timelapses.

Great reel!

Spot from our T.V. show
 

Here is a :30 spot from our T.V. show. It is for The Deer & Turkey Show in Ohio!
Let me know what you think! Thanks in advance for the feed back.

http://thewildlifeonline.com/events.php

Haha, I should market my short as "something to watch while rendering." Thanks for taking a look Carl!


ALSO: I realized there was something weird with my audio mix after the QT compression, so I fixed it. At least in the downloadable file, can't really fix YouTube.

http://www.amfproductions.com/films/why-no-arms/

It looked good to me.

I had to laugh when guest speakers were mentioned right when it shows the three turkeys in the background.

Looked good.

Short PSA for Church
 

I just finished this last night and am looking for some feedback. It's just a fun thing I did for an upcoming event at my church.

It's shot 100% on a Fig Rig, with a Canon XH-A1.

http://www.centerstreetproductions.c...s-ministry.mov

Thanks for checking it out!

Latency - short film
 

Hello all! I submitted a short film to this thread a few months and was very happy with the response I got from all the experienced folk here at dvinfo.net! The last film I submitted was called "chasing Ghosts" for those interested.

My new film is called "Latency". The images below are raw grabs from my Canon XL2 footage. My plans are to submit this short film to a Film Festival in Dallas, TX mid-May. I'd like to get a little feed back on these stills, please. I'll check the festival rules and ask if I can upload the film before the festival in May. If not, I'll def upload it after the festival.


http://uploader.ws/upload/200803/al1.jpg

http://uploader.ws/upload/200803/al2.jpg

http://uploader.ws/upload/200803/al3.jpg

http://uploader.ws/upload/200803/ed1.jpg
(this one has a reflection from my light kit... any ideas how i might go about removing it in post?)

http://uploader.ws/upload/200803/ed2.jpg

New Music Video! The Road Known too Well
 

Hi! So we shot this music video in one day, one very long day. I edited it in two days. But I still think it turned out quite well. I would like to know some of your opinions! Many of the opinions on the first music video I posted up here were helpful.

Here's the link:

http://www.vimeo.com/751734

Thanks! It was fun to make!

Could use some color correction, IMO, but not bad.

wow... still no replies. Don't be shy guys. I wanna know the truth!

DARK SOULS - Trailer
 

The trailer for my upcoming no/low budget feature "Dark Souls" is now online.

Check it out at:

http://www.caliburnproductions.com/DSTrailer.html

Cheers
Pat

Looks good. In particular i like 3 and 4 shot. The only thing are those vertical lines (but maybe is the compression) on the background.

Kevin,

I thought it was really nice - your video was appropriate for the song and it flowed pretty well - wasn't hard to watch.

Some lighting indoors might have helped some, and I probably would have tried to have a wider variety of shots of him playing the guitar - maybe closeup on hands, very long shots -- just mixing it up a bit. Seemed like there were two or three shots of that and that was it.

I really did enjoy it.

Live Band
 

This was my second attempt at doing a live performance. I was by myself so I just set up an HV20 in the back on tripod and I worked with my v1 in the front. If I could do it again I would probably get there earlier and talk to the guy doing the lights because they didn't turn the lights on until the show started so I had to just leave the HV20 on auto in the back (didn't turn out to well). I also would have done a tighter shot with the hv20.

I had a problem with the HV20 shaking like crazy when they were playing loud. Anyone have any tips for that? I guess it is kind of inevitable in a small place with really loud music that its going to shake.

Any critique or tips would be great! (the plan is for the band to put their recorded audio overtop the video so I didn't need a direct feed) Thanks!

http://www.vimeo.com/754497

Thanks! I don't think the vertical lines are a compression issue... they're on the raw footage too! Why are they there? How do I get rid of them? Since it's a horror flick I may be able to get away with it this time. They add to the grittiness of the film. But for future reference I'd like to know what they are and how I can avoid them in the future

thanks Matt, I appreciate you taking the time.

A recording session of a symphony orchestra
 

Few days ago I happened to tape a recording session, it's in a few takes, two cameras, no additional light, the music is from a movie "Moscow doesn't believe in tears", one of a few Russian films that received an Oscar, back in 80th.

http://olegkalyan.ru/_Quicktime/Orkestra.mov

haha, awesome. I like it. Pretty gory. Nicely done, cuts looked very professional.

I'd watch it again

Short Movie "Unususal" goes to cinema...
 

My short movies at the cinema

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There will be a new short movie evening
in the "Metropolis" cinema in Hamburg
at the april, 18th from the filmmakers group
"Filmstube Hamburg"

www.filmstube.de

The screening will start at 21.15.

You will see a lot of very good short movies
including
"Unusual", Director: Steffen Werske, HDV, 14:30 Min., D, 2008
and
"Eine Nacht mit Folgen", Director: Suntje Freier, DV, 7:30 Min., D, 2007

There are only 280 tickets
so don´t wait too long if you want to go to this event.

We all will have a great evening
and you all are invited to come.

Greetings to all of you from Steffen & Suntje from Hamburg, Germany

Messing around with Final Cut & Color
 

Messing around with Final Cut and Color here:

"Parkour Experiment"
http://www.vimeo.com/758431

Man, you make me jealous. That was really good, I now want to see it!!! It doesn't look like a low/no budget film. Great stuff. Looks like you have the most important thing: story.

Beatufiul.

Some interesting shots, Oleg. I watched it through a few times before I noticed the other camera was visible in the wide shots - funny how hard it is to spot.
This kind of film takes a lot of work and it's hard to get such clear shots with all the stands and other junk in a studio setting without using a crane. It's difficult enough on a tiered stage with gallery cameras in front and behind, long lenses and 4 or 5 cameras. Well done.

Which orchestra is it by the way?