Thanks to one Dylan Couper I am out of my quagmire and [maybe] off to the races! A little whining to him about not knowing what to do paid off with him giving me a GREAT idea. Now if my pals come through we should be in business.

How about you? :)

Congratulations (and "giggity") on escaping your quagmire. I have a guess as to your idea, but I won't say anything, in case I'm right. Break a leg with it, in any event.

I managed an idea during the preliminary stage of this thing, once it was announced that we'd be doing "video industry" stuff, and although I waited until the theme was presented to decide on it once and for all, the "attention to detail" thing means it should still work. It's a fictional orientation video, of sorts, which is all I'll say for now.

I ended up swapping day and night, as I predicted, just like every other time we have one of these competitions. I'm probably going to be up all night again (strictly speaking, I already have; it's twenty past four AM as I type this), but with any luck I can use this time to bang out a script, and in short order I can get shooting. Luckily that space in the basement is still clear from my disappointing trek through the jungle.

What does "attention to detail" mean? Kind of leaves things wide open. So I've going fictional narrative but including a lot of closeup shots to evoke the mood.

I take it to mean don't be cutting any corners, whether with the script or the technical side of things. Extra points for great audio, great shot selections, great lighting and camera technique, etc. Here's another look at #2 in the theme announcement thread:

2) Production value - here is where you really need to pay attention to detail to win. The judges will this time be looking hard at your camera/editing/sound/music/titles.

I have a guess as to your idea, but I won't say anything, in case I'm right.
Robert, if you guess this one I'm going to think you've hacked into my email. But then again, you know Dylan and my ways pretty well. :)

You and I should shoot a nighttime film together since we're generally up all hours of the night anyway.

What does "attention to detail" mean? Kind of leaves things wide open. So I've going fictional narrative but including a lot of closeup shots to evoke the mood.

As Lorinda says, it means - pay attention to all aspects of your production; light, sound, music, camera work, editing.

Dylan, I am sure you will check the FAQ section as well sometimes before the end of the challenge :P

I still a bit confused on this challenge.

Can I just submit on of my commercials that I will be shooting this month? As long as it pertains to the theme...

By all means, Clint! That would be great!

Designing titles for a fictional feature film would qualify as a valid entry?
Pretty much anything goes this round, Mugurel. The trick with an idea like designing titles is making it compelling. Judge anything you might like to do by the criteria Dylan gave and go from there.

Industrial videos, training, promotional--whether real or fictional, any type of event (like soapbox racing, local celebrations, etc.) --it's wide open!

I'm also a bit confused about the theme and I'm not sure I can pull it together till the end date, but I'll try.
Currently have two projects in early development which I could in theory put to use for this challenge, or maybe I'll decide not to rush them and skip this time.

I'm surprised anyone can be confused by this... there is no theme, it's a challenge to pay attention to detail... add sound effects, music, titles, etc... This is the simplest challenge we've ever done. You can shoot basically anything from the world of video production.

Me? I'm doing a "talking head" type project, it'll be about a 30 minute shoot, tops. Rained out today though.

Good Morning,

I was going to give this a try this round but I have one major stumbling block.

I need to use a couple very short clips for the introduction which were shot at a different time of year as they are totally unavailable at this time, perhaps 15 0r 20 seconds.

Would that be unacceptable?



Thanks,

Dale Guthormsen

Dale,

Doesn't that fall under the "Don't ask, don't tell policy? Or did they repeal that..."

Attention to detail finally got me off the stick enough to design a trailing credit logo. I always liked Lorinda's and was coveting one of my own. It's my favorite part of this one.

Dale, I'll ask Dylan about your predicament. He hates to see someone not submit a film because of things like that. BUT, the rules are quite plain so I don't know. Is there any possible workaround so you don't need that 15-20 seconds of footage?

Hi Dale,

I sent a message to you by gmail on June 1. Did you receive it?

Unfortunately I won't make it due to family issues that have demanded my full attention. Best of luck to everyone else!

Uh oh...
For some reason I thought the deadline was the 23rd.
Just re-read the thread and see it's due this Sunday at 11:59 PM PDT.
I think I can still pull it off. Got some great footage the other day.
Now I need to line up some actors to bookend the piece.

We'll miss your entry, Andris. If you get time stop in and critique the others, okay?

The great idea Dylan gave me didn't pan out; I'm hoping it will work for a different Challenge down the road. But I spent the afternoon shooting footage of an event that I hope will be interesting for everyone. Gotta go back at 6 am tomorrow. UGH.

A new one for my video gear stories: You know those 42 inch round reflectors that take special skill to fold into a tiny circle? Apparently, I still don't possess the skill. Thought I did, but when it exploded in the front seat while I was driving...man, I thought my airbag went off.

Well, me and my partner, Cole, just finished our project up a few hours ago. We once again procrastinated through all of the time given, but I'm very pleased with our final product. Good luck to everyone finishing up and submitting tomorrow!

The sign up thread says post to YouTube or Vimeo. Can we use Exposureroom?

Bill, I would suggest that you upload to two places--either YouTube or Vimeo, and also ExposureRoom. We will post the YouTube or Vimeo link and you can put the Exposure Room link in your feedback thread.

Send all links to thedvchallenge@gmail.com and then if Dylan decides your ER link can be posted in the finalists thread we'll have it.

If you're still working on your video, you'd better hurry! And if you're done but having render or upload problems shoot me an email at thedvchallenge@gmail.com so we can talk. At this stage in the game we don't want to see you fail to get your entry in because of technical problems! :)

just curious...How many submissions did you end up receiving?

I'm curious too!

There will be a whopping six of us showing our videos starting tomorrow. Thanks so much to those of you who got something submitted! We coulda got skunked! And that would have really stunk... ;)

I was up all night editing. Camera has to go to Canon service to get cleaned and hopefully cure the massive number of drop-outs that ruined some important audio. Computer has to go for a refit to see why it is so unhappy. But for now, it's nap time...

Well I'm glad I at least put something together. It wasn't all that I had originally planned. Sunday morning I was going to admit defeat, I had to go on a long drive, and I didn't have time to get the finishing shots that I needed for my off the wall script. Then I thought, the heck with it, I have some good new footage that's going along the direction that I'm headed in filming, so I scrapped together something that I wanted to see.
A little selfish I'll admit, but that is what I read in the sign up thread. "The goal is to get experience doing something you want to be doing." I'm inching closer to making the kind of movie that I want to see, and my little entry is a step on the way.

Looks like THE WALL is the winner of DVC18.