Dude, I love your stuff. I still sing, "I ain't got much of a smile" all the time throughout the day.

Been a while since I added any new videos to my site.

I just finsihed this one on a very mundane topic - Rice.

It is at the bottom of the list on the following page:

http://www.gaijin-eyes.com/03gallery/0301afh.htm


Hope it interests some of you....

Regards,
Douglas

Thanks for the comments. We're shooting with the JVC HD100 with the Brevis 35mm adapter.

The car crash was a lot easier than we thought. We got both for free, because the director's brother works with cars and has contacts. One car was just going to be scrapped, so we could destroy it (we couldn't touch the other one). The car guys brought their tow trucks, and used it to tip the one car over.

Our crew was minimal. We had a director, DP, gaffer, and about 3 grips. One guy did sound, and then we had someone doing stills.
Thanks for looking!

Brian:

I watched the film when you first posted too. Sorry didn't get a chance to comment. You used your contacts well...accident scenes was very convincing. And actress was great !

So when you are shooting with Brevis, it appears from most of shots that you have the prime lens stopped down pretty good. Seems to be around F5.6 to F8. Are you having to fight vignetting issues at all ?

My school has a new school-wide prayer. We wanted to promote it through entertainment media before we taught it to other students. As a senior, I'm in a leadership group that promotes ministry in music and other arts. I directed and edited the promo.

HVX200 w/ redrock
Homedepot lights

Any questions or comments welcome. Thanks guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHV5zsTU1co

Better Quality:
http://www.siprep.org/examen/examen.mp4

Thanks for the kind comments. iFC compressed the heck out of it.. but we have a higher quality 720p HD version online here: HD Portfolio (http://facetmedia.com/portfolio/)

Bro ... Not much to say, except "I freakin' loved it." I think you did a great job on this!

Hi Everyone.

My first post here, so i thought i would post one of my wedding samples for review.

http://www.derienzo-videoproductions.co.uk/lisajakedemo.wmv

Any comments welcome.

Thank You.
John De Rienzo

Well, there is some nice footage there, but I think the music is mis-matched.

It wasn't 'romantic' wedding type music, way too disco/dance for the type of shots you have there, to me, it wasn't a good fit.

Another suggestion would be to actually create a 'still' in B&W or sepia when the photographer takes the photo and we hear the motordrive sound. Make the frame still instead of keeping it with the video, it's more effective that way.

Take them for what they are worth.

Jim

Heres a new one few days ago.
http://weddingmtv.multiply.com/video.../Alec_Michelle
(song is selected by client)

I wanted to share some Honda history with the "younger/newer" S2000 owners and also give something back to the owner community that I've been a part of since 1999.

We conducted some interviews within our group and after a month of off and on editing, I have the finished product ready for downloading. The file is 110 Mb and the video is about 16 minutes long

You can download a copy of the video here: http://satoauto.com/video/S2000_Life.wmv and I'd love to hear any feedback.

Great video man!! I love the images....How did u tackle the issue of light loss, did u use the letu flip??

THanks Tunde,
Yes i use the flip version. infact i dun find the light loss very serious. the light loss actually helps during daylight so i could use lower f-stop on my camera.

i used a dvx102b and am surprised that even at +9db gain the image is still rather clean. anyway those that you see on the clip during the make up is most 0 to +6gain. and its pretty good.
unfortunately its no no for wedding dinner not enough lux.

Hi James,

Thank you for taking the time to give me feedback.

Yes I agree the music is unusual! but as its a showreel as opposed to actual wedding footage i wanted to try something different.

I have had comments from people who say they love it to people who hate it, so i think you will fall very quickly into one of these categories.

My own personal style leans towards a very romantic wedding video, I prefer the more romantic style, but many also hate it!!!!

In the main video I used the still option as you said, but in another part of the film, not this part. I guess it was just an editing decision at the time, but yes i agree,having a still has a nice impact.

Thank you again for your comments.

John De Rienzo

and also give something back to the owner community that I've been a part of since 1999.


Well, I think they'll love it. Really well done. Great editing; use of stills, nice transitions, pacing was really good, good VO, it really all came together. The only thing that I would change would be the "A" camera framing on the interviews. It was just a little too wide for my taste, but that was it. I really enjoyed watching your film, nice work.

Thanks for taking the time to watch it. I agree on the A camera. I actually made two versions of this video, one 22 minutes for the people who participated in the video and the 16 minute version you saw. Since the 22 minute version would only be seen on TVs as a DVD I intentionally framed it wide.

For the short version (which would be seen on computers) I moved the framing a bit tighter. Naturally there was a limit on how tight I could make it with standard def. In retrospect, I could have moved it "just a smidge" tighter without losing too much resolution.

A film I did some work on,, shooting was done in three weeks total, heres the trailer and site

hope you like

http://www.trenchesonline.com/index.html

You guys do just fantastic stuff. To be honest, it doesn't often happen that I find filmmaking reels online that really feel intimidating to me but this is just awesome. You guys really have that beautiful digital not-film-but-damn-cinematic Superman Returns-ish look down. Only point of critique I can give is that it seems to go a bit overboard with commercial-style lighting sometimes, making it a little bit too unreal, but I guess that was a stylistical choice.

Looked pretty exciting. Can't wait to see more. Some scenes in the trailer reminded me of Starship Troopers.

Regards

What was it shot on? Film or HD? What camera? Looks a bit like another Alien film.

As part of the Portsmouth Screen '07: Film and New Media festival, SHORTS::CUT is looking for short films. For the past two years we have showcased the work of local production talent as part of the Portsmouth Screen: Film and New Media Festival. For 2007, We are looking for entertaining, engaging and thought provoking films in any genre, from drama to comedy, documentary to animation.

The deadline for submissions is 1 October 2007. Films should not be longer than 15 minutes, including credits.

We are now opening two sections: The first is for the filmmakers in the local area. At least one of the principle cast, or the writer, director or producer should reside or study in Hampshire, West Sussex or the Isle of Wight, or the film should have been produced in this area. click here for more infomation.

New for this year, a second section is open to projects from anywhere in the UK or around the World, though we do request that all films be in English or feature English subtitles. Click here for more information.

Alternatively contact port_shorts@yahoo.com.

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Portsmouth Screen 07: Film and New Media Festival (http://www.portsmouthscreen.co.uk)

Shorts::Cut (http://www.portsmouthscreen.co.uk/shorts/)

I put this together last year for a class. Its a little meditative (slow) but I had fun making it and despite a couple of mistakes, it turned out pretty well
Forbidden Fruit: The Absinthe Drinker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZa5ezt2ojI

thanks heres a link to the hd camera BTS pic

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa78/pmander/small1.jpg

http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa78/pmander/?start=40

Very, very good! Looked like a big budget Hollywood movie to me.

Hey all,

We have the trailer up for Codeword Secret (www.codewordsecret.com). It is half hour TV pilot that was accepted by the New York Television Festival (www.nytvf.com). We are showing this weekend, Sept 7 and Sept 8. The screenings are free if you RSVP on the web site.

We shot it with the Canon XH-A1. I believe that they are going to put the full pilot on line this week, but I don't know for sure.

Check it out and let me know what you think.

Andrea,

Just finished watching the hd version and to recap what I said earlier "flat out fantastic"!!!! I hope you guys win....please keep us updated as to what happens.

I see the 24 infulence in the cinematography which is a great show. I'll be shooting something similar in a few months and the cinematography is going to be 24/borne ultimatum.... Once again man excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joe,
I ran across your film on the Spirit of Baraka website. Wanting to comment on the film, I"m glad you posted on this forum about the film.

I want to tell you I was completely enthralled by the film. The imagery is fascinating and the editing and pacing is spot on. The sequence with the trains had my skin shivering, I've watched it over and over again.

I would absolutely love to buy a full resolution DVD or Quicktime clip of this film from you!
Excellent work

Hi,
Hope you enjoy our movie: Kid Scorpion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVjXzUI788g

Grab your popcorn :)

Oh thank God, it missed the Isle of man and my home town of peel by about 40 miles!
Nice work!

This is my latest film in it's first cut! There is still some things to fix so if you let me know about anything you feel should be changed I will very much so consider it!

You need Divx to watch the video I believe, go to divx.com to download the Divx player if you don't have it already.

http://stage6.divx.com/user/Dronex/video/1602408/Icin-Furgor

Thanks so much,
Justin

Quick comment before watching. Too long. If you want to have any chance festival play you should try to do shorts between 2-10 minutes, max. I suffer from ADD already, so trying to keep up with ANY movie is tough. Short films are worse cause they should be "short." I.e. get to the point quickly, more like an exercise in your potential. That is really why people make shorts. To gain notoriety and possible finance for a feature, since there is no market for shorts, other than the net and festivals, and no money to be made.

Once you get into 15/20/25 minutes you are getting close to feature films, and if you don't have the proper ingredients then you will lose the viewer.

I'm being tough because you are facing probably one of the toughest businesses out there. Try to get everything you want in the movie in less than 10 minutes. I am 100% that it can be done.

22 minutes? I watched the whole thing. It could have been 8.

Thoughts as I'm watching:
You might want to get people other than friends to play adults. There are lots of them around.

Why was everyone about to laugh in each scene?

Why is this so long?

Does that guy only loan his phone to foreigners?

Why does the German pronounce "w"'s like "w"'s and not "v"'s?

Why did he climb the gate at the airport? He had a ticket.

I don't get understand a lot.

Did he just jump?

He's swimming ... with giant fish ... wow.

The end.

What did I just watch? You owe me 22 minutes of my life back.

I thought I would lend my 2 cents. Is it too long? Yes. I actually saw scenes that show the camera wobbling as if it was being paused. You should definitely cut scenes like that down. The character was off screen and the scene could have easily been made shorter.

The entire thing could have been cut down drastically.

With that said, I still enjoyed quite a bit of it and really enjoyed your sense of humour. You also have a good eye behind the camera.

Keep it up! Just learn from your previous work and keep moving forward.

I would even suggest trying to edit this down to 10 minutes and posting it again.

Mike

Quick comment before watching. Too long. If you want to have any chance festival play you should try to do shorts between 2-10 minutes, max.
22 minutes? I watched the whole thing. It could have been 8.

I would even suggest trying to edit this down to 10 minutes and posting it again.
Well, it looks like I'm cutting it down! I was afraid that it might be too long to keep the viewer's attention. Though I am also sad to have to cut it from how I like it. I feel that chopping it will rush the short film, but coming from three viewers who all agree it's too long, it's too long.

I'll cut it down as much as possible, now that you guys gave me a shot of reality, I am thinking of scenes that may not be needed or shots the can be cut significantly.

You might want to get people other than friends to play adults. There are lots of them around.
This would be a good idea, except finding an adult to play the roles in my films would be quite difficult at the time. I am in Highschool still myself and hiring adults to play parts is not something I can do at the moment. I could use my parents and neighbours... but that would just be really lame.

Why did he climb the gate at the airport? He had a ticket.
That's a good point, I think I will cut the scene where the French guy gives him the ticket and instead have the German guy just exit the car right away.

He's swimming ... with giant fish ... wow.
Well it is a comedy. Maybe it's not you're type of humour. I'm going more for ridiculous/peculiar type film, like something similar of Monty Python. Also, the fish are not huge, it's just because they are closer to the camera. I blurred the fish a bit too to make it look like it has depth of field. Maybe it still doesn't look right?

Thanks everyone for the opinions and honesty. I really appreciate it that you took time to watch this (or parts of it) to give me feedback on how to improve it.

Justin

I think we were all conservative about the time. Try to make it 5 minutes or less. Sometimes you gotta kill your babies, and this is one case of the same. ask yourself what is the point of the movie and then just start showing the se scenes that support that. Most people can't get past the first minute or two in any short film. I had a film that was 17 pages of script and ended up being less than 5 minutes. It can be done, and it will be better.

:-)

Next time, next time.

So, I was testing the Sony Z1 yesterday evening at the beach, shot some random stuff got home and edited...it's sorta medium quality as high was like 192mb.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2412/timct7.jpg

Filmed in DV.

Anyway this is what came out:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/gucgr0

http://www.waroftheservers.com/TimsBeach_RobertStoneman.wmv <-- right click, save as.



Oh yeah and i did this too:

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/1384/seventhedogoncamyh2.jpg

VIDEO:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/guraay

Here's a music video i shot for Joe Henry, "Time Is A Lion" is the track, off his upcoming "Civilians" record.

shot with
1 SDX900 and
1 DVX100A w/letus 35

interesting to see the 2 formats intercut...

http://www.anti.com/download.php?id=558

Aye bit random but like it :)

Hello,

Please be nice as I haven't done much in the way of film school but I would like your comments on a video is did in Nov/Dec 2006.

Uploaded to Youtube.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C2nQHz8TRDM&v2


Many Thanks

David

Hope you all enjoy it :)


http://www.myspace.com/thereelpunk

http://www.myfriendimage.com/myspace/ma%20voie.mp4

I wish i had the Letus or Redrock but well i dont!! hhaha let me know your thoughts! Its a pain uploading videos to Myspace and Youtube.. you lose so much quality! anyone have any tips on that? Seems to throw the sync off a bit too...

I appreciate your comments!

http://www.madguyproductions.com/uploads/clips/shesays.html

Hi Robert,

Very nice for "some random stuff" ;)

Some of the footage was a bit shaky. A tripod can solve that problem.
It could of course be intentional but somehow I feel it just does not fit the footage presented.

Get a tripod.... If you watch your footage you'll realise that, however good you are you'll never film scenic shots handheld....

While you have put a lot of thought into the editing and the quality of your camera is great, I've got the same one... you need to work on getting scenics steady... action NO probs.. just follow and keep well framed.. but scenics.. you need to be 100% steady. Handheld is impossible..

MHO...

Gareth

boss video that mate....well done, won't see much better quality footage from the dvx1oob, heres mine...different genre..

http://www.myspace.com/thereelpunk

all shot with dvx100b..not bad but it's a start, anyway i replied to share this...

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/youtube_compressor_gary.html


thats a great step-by-step to get the most out of uploading that vid to myspace/youtube...best of luck and well done again :)

Hi all,

Coming up to a year ago I put together a showcase forum specifically for independent and low budget music videos. There are now something like 60 videos at the site, from about 50 directors from all over the world.

Sadly, the site was badly swamped with spam (well, I suppose if you want viagra, ringtones or porn you'd probably be happy) but I have now cleaned all that junk out and implemented tighter security precautions to stop the spambots (I hope!).

I'm now trying to rekindle the site with some new material.

If you have made a music video and you'd like to share it with an audience of other music video directors - or if you'd like to look at (and maybe learn from) a collection of widely different style music videos - please visit www.ndividz.com

It's absolutely free, I'm not interested in selling or using your email addresses for anything, I just like looking at indie music videos.

Hope to see you there.

Ian . . .

Did this Sunday while testing out a couple of camera systems to shoot a short series on. This is from a F350.

Right-click please.

WMV (http://sprocketpictures.com/williamrobinette/movies/Short_HD_Spot.wmv) (better quality)

QT (http://sprocketpictures.com/williamrobinette/movies/Short_HD_Spot.mp4)

Here is a blog, as well: http://lanternsmovie.blogspot.com/

Finally got a quick rough cut scene from the feature "Bronx Bottom Feeder" we worked on this summer.
This is the first draft but comments most welcome. The mirror shots throw off the eye direction which is weird. Have to figure out how to fix that.

http://www.puffinfilms.com/BottomFeeder/VITOS%20roughcut_scene.mov

It looked fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dude what camera did you use?? It looked very well done to me lighting, acting, and audio. I notice the rack focusing, so I guess you used on of the adapters....

It looked very very good.....I'd like to see more!!