I hope your camera was on the end of a very loooong boom.

Here's a little abstract edit that is one interpretation of my take on a thought that may cross your mind in the midst of the day. Let me know what you think, feel, like, dislike and so forth. I like all feedback.

http://www.vimeo.com/937483

Enjoy

Ben your work is great! The B/W edits look really clean, transition smoothly and look really professional. Did you crush the blacks when shooting or in post? Anyhow keep posting your work I enjoy it a lot.

Crushed the blacks down in post, Did the final grade using the 3way color corrector in FCP, Magic Bullet, and some 8 point garbage mattes where i wanted to do selective color correcting. Added some grain to it also, using the 'add noise' filter in FCP. Cant remember the exact settings i used, but i have them in my favourites if anyone wants to know. The eureka 4.0 plugin "film grain" is another regular plugin i use for adding grain on a final grade. Dunno if anyone twigged it but its the same guy in the boxing piece, just shot him twice, once in a hoddy and once without.

Hey all,

Earlier in the year the 48 Hour Film Project and Panasonic invited us and four other city winners to participate in the Panasonic HD Showdown. They shipped all five teams Panny HPX500 and gave us another 48 hours to make another film start to finish. The requirements we got that weekend were:

Genre: Road Movie
Line: "Remember it's a secret"
Prop: a piece of fruit
Character: Jack Fudd, Subcontractor

My co-creator Kevin Good and I both being songwriters, we had decided ahead of time that whatever we got, we'd also make it a musical.

The resulting film, "Lizzie Strada," is here:

http://www.crisislab.com/index.php?action=view&id=6 (some adult content there, but no nudity or foul language - sorry)

We won, which is awesome. And even more so, we are getting a brand new HVX200a from Panasonic this week as our prize.

Let me know what you think.


(this version is slightly changed from what we turned in... we put on new opening and closing credits, and we tweaked a couple edits and sound issues... but the film part is 97% like what we turned in)

Awesome -- congrats Barry! Thanks for sharing this with us,

Congrats Barry. While I was with Instant Films we talked to Panasonic a few years back about partnering with them to do the same thing, glad they finally got around to making it happen with the 48-hr folks.

Chris - thanks so much.

Charles - thanks also. Whatever happened to the instant films? That seemed so fun... I always wanted to come out that way and give it a try.

Still going on, they are about to have their 25th festival in a few weeks. I left the company two years ago for various reasons.

Hi Eveyone...My short Richmond Lock as inspired by a piece done by Philip Bloom can be found on my website www.londonmarkfilms.co.uk under the films section or follow the link on the home page.

Hi!

I'm a german student and want to show of my work.
My course has produced a shortmovie (16min.) in five weeks, 1 week recording and 1.5 editing. I've done the filming and editing together with a good friend of mine. The actors speak German, but in a few days I'll post the translated text.

Meerblick (Ocean view) - To have a last look at the ocean!


Malte as a young self-confident boy, has high marks at school and withstands every problem.
Really everything?
He is confronted with death at the age of 17:
Malte's mother is going to die.
He cares after his mother in every single minute and anticipates Nele's every wish. Just as her last dream, to have a last look at the ocean.
The love towards his mother lets Malte move heaven and earth...


Filmed on my Sony PMW-EX1 in 1080p25 with 1/50s, without a filmadapter, just the stock-lens. Audio was gathered through a Sennheiser Me66 and a Sennheiser wireless system.
Many shots used a steadycam and sometimes a dolly.
At end of day shooting, the two 8GB SxS cards were downloaded onto my MacBookPro.
Editing and audio mixing happend on Final Cut Pro 6.0.2. The general look was given inside the camera and for final colorgrading I used Apple Color.

Video
FULL HD 1080p:
http://pingu2k.ath.cx/Meerblick%201080p.wmv

small HD 720p:
http://pingu2k.ath.cx/Meerblick%20720p.wmv

regular PAL for slow computers:
http://pingu2k.ath.cx/Meerblick%20pal.wmv

pico for tiny downloadratio:
http://pingu2k.ath.cx/Meerblick%20small.wmv


Making-Of Pictures:
http://pingu2k.ath.cx/gallery2/f/Kurzfilm%20Cross%20Media

I'm interested in comments technically and regarding content.

Happy viewing
Gregor

here's a weird one guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFWP1hGORis

shot on HVX in 480p. Audio is double system on the 702T at 24bit/48khz.

Edited and mixed in vegas.

I shot this music video for a swedish rapper with a Canon XM2 and edited with Premiere Pro CS3 and color grading done with Color Finesse 2. Hope to hear your thoughts, thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDsnlx-I52U&ftm=18

Just finished my 2008 VideoReel. Sort of a combination of everything over the last year or so before I start work on a full-time project called Vermillion. Finalised some new colours, got the grain I am after. I also had a hand at Twixtor, and used it for a shot at 0:42. Seemed to turn out quite well, with a few noticable pieces of people or bike missing if you look closely:)

http://www.savatarclan.net/ollie_smith/screen_videoreel2008.jpg
2008 VideoReel, 64.9MB 1:00, 800x450 H.264 (http://www.savatarclan.net/ollie_smith/videoreel2008_800.mov)

Hope you enjoy!:)

Hi All -
Long story short after years of dealing with an inept distributor - an award winning feature I made several years ago is - at long last - available on DVD.

read the story - I'm sure many of you can relate!

Check out the site. If you want to pick up a copy - thanks - if not feel free to pass the url on to friends, enemies, lovers, haters and various message boards.

http://www.ratbastardmovie.com



thanks
Mike

The camera seems to be working fine now, although it does jitter when panning after I capture the footage to my computer, but when I burn a DVD it looks smooth on the TV now. I am thinking that is due to my computer even though I have a Hyper Threading Pentium 4 / 3.4GHz with 3.25GB of RAM and 70% of my application hard drive space available as I keep all my data on external drives.

Here are the service details from Canon:
"It was found that the internal component was dusty. The playback image was distorted from time to time. The internal component was replaced. Other electrical adjustments, inspections, and cleaning, mechanical adjustments and parts replacements were carried out."

The cost was: $271.53. (all labor even though they said they replaced a part) Who knows...

Here is the original thread:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=118999

Oh ya, Canon was very quick getting this done.

Also, I have only done 1 test with the camera so if anything changes I will update you all. Thanks again for your help.

Whooah! That was cool. Love the story, editing, pacing, etc. Great job.

Hey Oliver,

I like the overall look and feeling of your reel. You have some great shots. I also like the film flare effects. What camera did you shoot this with?

Also, the logo at the end was done really well! I kind of wanted the background to fade out as the logo stayed on screen, but that's just my 2 cents.

Check out my Demo Reel, thanks.

John

Congrats Barry!

The 48-hour judging can be fickle. Glad to see they picked a deserving winner!

From the shorts I watched yours was in a league of its own.
Great film

WATCH IT HERE

http://www.psynema.com/phillycrew/clipshare/view_video.php?viewkey=d7d9bf74191e006d8e24


Canon XH A1 + Glidecam for PHiladelphia 48 Hour April 25-27


Winner
Best Directing $500.00
Audience Choice Award

Two of the people I worked with run ProjectTwenty1 http://www.projecttwenty1.com which runs over 21 days this summer, so if you want more leeway, check it out!


Team Psynema:

Gary Hanna: Dir/Camera/Editor (Me)

Derek Dressler: Writer

Stephanie Yuhas: Writer/Producer/Extra/Title Animation

Matt Conant: Gaffer/DP/Extra("pretty sure that voids the warranty")/Producer

Rosalie Kenny: Extra(Cell Phone girl)/Editor

Natalie Sandone: Lead Actress

Dale John Jacobs: Lead Actor

Jordan Oplinger: Camera/Editor/End Title FX/Photographer

Lee Rosenfeldt: Photographer/Title Animation

Keith Lyons: Actor

Dave Beroff: Extra/PA

Mike Samula: Actor (Repairman)

Tamer Tewfik: Music

Justin Freeland Sokol: Music

WATCH IT HERE

http://www.psynema.com/phillycrew/cl...74191e006d8e24


Canon XH A1 + Glidecam for PHiladelphia 48 Hour April 25-27


Winner
Best Directing $500.00
Audience Choice Award



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The requested URL /phillycrew/cl...74191e006d8e24 was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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Sorry Try it now.

Fine this time.

And I was just about to buy a new one for my home. I'll never be able to look at appliances in the same light again.

Very well done. Didn't notice the technical expertise because I was so involved in the story. That's what is meant to happen in cinema after all.

Moved to the appropriate forum.

Hi everyone,



I've shot recently a fake commercial for hoaxbuster.com

Since I don't own the rights for the music, I've made up a fake brand ("hoaxtracker.com") in order to avoid bugging the rights owners (EMI Virgin or something).

One of the two actors is Greg Bouchelaghem, Cage Warrior 2006 vice-champion of the world.


The short is shot with HVX200 + Redrock HD mini 35 kit + Nikon lenses (50mm for the most of it).

The video is here :

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x595ta_dont-believe-the-hype_fun

that is awesome, loved it..very well done..looks great and the music/video interaction is superb

Aloha
i wrote this screen play, bought a GL2 and shot it.
along the way i learned a lot of thing i should have know before i started.
the trailer is a minute 15 seconds, the feature 83 minutes.
would love to find a larger audience
enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By5A4I9PRTo

tito

If you've ever considered owning an RV or Airstream travel trailer, you might find my blog of interest:

http://www.thelonglonghoneymoon.com/?p=1

My wife and I bought our Airstream last year, and took it over 15,000 miles around North America. I'm in the process of transferring all our films onto the website, but you'll get the idea.

Cool site, My family is about to head off from Los Angeles all the way to Ohio with our 35ft Motohome and 1988 Jeep Cherokee in tow.

I'm planing on stopping at many places on the path and make it a online series.

Did any of the businesses you went into have any problems with you filming?

i like it. i kinda wanna see the feature

Check out our short film on the Doorstop Film Project at the following link: http://www.thedoorpost.com/?film=c8ac781c8903d47da079020529689e2e

It was shot on a Canon HV20 on a budget of $27. It's quick and easy to register and vote, and a 5-star vote for our film would be greatly appreciated.

Rogelio Salinas III

Not bad. I thought the cinematography was solid. Nice high contrast lighting. WOW! There were some editorial decisions that took me out of the story. The various insert shots (close up of hands tied, gun, picture) could have been omitted. The duration could have been shorter and the music cut out of the car flashback was abrupt when it ended.

From a writing stance, I'd avoid cliched dialog like "Please God", "You killed my family", "Don't kill me". On the story side, I did enjoy the ending which I felt was the strongest element. Although, the end Voice Over brought me out of it. With dialog, remember, less is more. Use words to tell the story if you must and make them unconventional because as stated above, we've heard all these in movies before.

Overall, the script was cliched but very well executed considering the budget and setup. I think you're talented, just bring up your writing with your technical knowledge and let them grow together.

Best Regards,
-C

Thanks Brendan !

Here are some wedding shorts I did. Tell me what you think. Shot with a Canon XH-A1 at -3db gain with VIVID RGB preset, 24f. Thanks!!!!

http://www.vimeo.com/861675

http://www.vimeo.com/856896

It was my first one and I did it for free, but since I put it up on my website I have booked a couple weddings. They said they liked my editing!

This is a short trailer for a promotional film I am making for the Montessori St Nicholas Charity. It features Tana Ramsay (wife of Gordon) who is a trained Montessori teacher.

www.film-it.net/client/montessori_trailer_v203-1.wmv

It was shot on an XL2 with a Mini35 adapter and a set of Nikon prime cine lenses.

The trailer was very hastily put together in Sony Vegas using a Cinescore music bed (which won't be used in the final piece). The full piece is to be released on 27th June. This trailer is really for the client to see the style of the piece (thankfully they are happy!) and will be put up on their website as a teaser later this week.

Comments welcomed.

Cheers.

Ian . . .

Thank you for checking out the film Chris. The close ups of the tied hands were intended to show that the captor notices the wedding ring on his captive's left hand. The film was actually longer, but it had to be cut down to 5 minutes or less to be eligible for the contest. We also shot the entire movie over a two day period for a total of 5hrs on the sets, with no time for rehearsals before the shoot. Some of the dialogue was also improvised on the set. There were a few things, of course, that I would have changed, but we were done shooting by the time I noticed them. For example, once I started editing, I did not realize the character said "Please God" as many times as he did. Overall though, I am satisfied with how the film turned out. Thanks once again for the feedback, it is really appreciated.

As has been said before the editing could be tightened up a little, you linger just a beat to long on some shots. Overall it was well done and I wish you luck.

But ... and there is always a but ... you know you gave away the rights to your film. I am almost certain that the festival can even sell your work if they so chooose. Read the terms carefully.

Nice work! I am shooting my first wedding in June, I hope it turns out as well as yours.

Nice work!!

That boxing piece was great, I watched it a few times in a row.

What is the music? It fits really well...

You did a great job with this, Jerrod. I almost didn’t watch it because I was afraid it would include sad info and bring back old memories. Thanks for keeping it happy.

Judy is an amazing woman. I co-founded a group where we did this same thing (we also tried to place dogs before they ended up in the shelters), yet I burned out after six years from all the shelter sadness and dealing with deadbeat people. Of course, I also ended up keeping four dogs, so the human occupants in my home sort of helped make the decision that rescue was not the ideal job for me.

Anyway, I appreciate you getting her mission on YouTube. I’ll start passing it around, and you’re right—she needs all the help she can get.

Hello,

Please take a look at my intervew footage ...

http://exposureroom.com/members/TasickMedia.aspx/assets/c16d403568e34c55a4ef3ea1eba2b3bb/

I used quicktime h264 to compress the footage but unforutnaly it always washes out the video? So the lighitng on the tape is actually much higher contrast than what you see here. I'll try to use another codec to compress the video and upload that as well.

But give me just a general critique on the video that you see here. I know it's not perfect but at my skill level i dont know what to do to improve what i have here.

Mostly i want input on my lighting but if you have background sugjestions, framing or audio sugjestions ... let em rip!

Thanks!

I am still a newbie to video, as a casual watcher, here is what I noticed. the subject was on the right side of the screen, looking to his right. The title opens in the area the subject was facing. when the title disappeared, I felt my eyes drawn to the wrinkles in the backdrop of the left side of the screen.

I personally prefer the look where the background is much dimmer which draws less attention to it. My preference are the interviews where it is just blackness behind them. Overall though I thought they were composed and well lit on the subjects.

I know what you mean about the darker backgrounds ... i have a light with a really dark filter on it but it dosent seem to be enough? I guess i'll have to buy a dimmer for it and see how that works.

I would also love to have more depth of field and a blurry background but i'm stuck using a Z1U at this point.

Here is the video compressed with MPEG4 instead of H264 ... this version has much better saturation and contrast.

http://exposureroom.com/members/TasickMedia.aspx/assets/ba6837899f204c85bb2030e4f190c9ee/

Dear Gregor,

The making of pictures link gives a "not found" error.

Outstanding. Very emotional. Worked beautifully for me.

Side note: EX1 proves a worthy film-making tool even without 35mm adaptor. Portraits were cleverly chosen against fairly uniform backgrounds which reduced the necessity of shallow DOF. In these circumstances the out of focus areas are blurred enough not to distract. "Desaturated realism" look with classic filmlike 25p motion cadence (Germany is PAL country, every film on telly is sped up to 25p).

Good luck with the festivals, I see prices waiting for you.

Thomas

PS: Very well encoded - good quality, noticed no disturbing artifacts.

Hello everyone,
Please take a look at my short (6.5 min) video I made for my wife's niece - Zaneta. I used one camera ( Sony HC1), then edit in Premier Pro CS3 with Aspect HD. I tried to get a "two camera feel". Let me know what you think.
http://www.vimeo.com/974193

Sorry for the late reply,

The music is Four Tet "no more moschitoes" I cut a major part of the track out, used the Intro and Outro of the track basically.