YouTube - Kraft Cooking Entry - Molten Cakes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiGe_a-AOtU)

Got a call on friday to shoot this on sunday! For such a short prep, I think it came together pretty well. First shoot using my new lighting kit (basic Smith and Victor 3 piece open face photofloods) - what a treat compared to my clamp lights and worklights.

Critique away, beat it up if you like... I have an unnaturally thick skin.

Talent had never been in front of a camera, she did pretty well overall... I tried to make the set relaxing for her :)

Sound was Audio/Technica wireless lav, camera was my trusty XL1s. Twice through the recipe once for the master shots (and to see what I'd be shooting over all) and second time through to get cutaways and closeups. 3 night edit, a little work in Shake for title compositing. and away we are with the competition.

Next time you think golf is a difficult game, or if your game drives you crazy, watch If Everyone Cared... on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/2404993)

Wow, I am humbled. Never again will I play golf without thinking about this video. Thank you for showing human spirit at its bests. Bob Safay

Thanks
Few clearups-

"I had the feeling you sometimes use autofocus? Try to manually focus everything you shoot."
Everything was manual, but a few times i just spun the focus ring that wrong way, or just wanted it to be out of focus for a bit of the shot. I thought it gave a "someone is watching you" feel


"The tilt from the ashtray was not that fluid. Make sure to use a good tripod, if you haven't got one, try the tilt handheld."
90% of the movie was filmed by hand with a CB-105 shoulder mount.


"When the guy starts his run, he runs into a wooded area with autumn leaves on the ground, then you cut back to a quick clip of him running over open ground..."
I thought this displayed a run that "lasted a long time"...



"I thought at first that the moving/defocusing camera was deliberate..."
Deliberate. Wanted an action-y feel.


Thanks for all your help guy!
I'll try to fix those issues before I submit it to my local film fest.

Thanks again,
Kevin

Thanks
"When the guy starts his run, he runs into a wooded area with autumn leaves on the ground, then you cut back to a quick clip of him running over open ground..."
I thought this displayed a run that "lasted a long time"...


I see your point - but having looked at it again I still get the feeling that the cut back to the open ground shot is out of place, sorry :-)

Still like the film, though!

Hey, this is a school project i worked on, i thought maybe you guys might want to see it.

they gave us one roll of film to work with(app. 2mins50sec), and out of that we had to shoot three 27 second takes, one of which had to be used in our final cut. the rest of the roll we could shoot whatever we wanted, but in the end it all had to come together and tell a story so this is what we came up with!

oh, and we shoot with Bolex's so we don't have sync sound, all the sound and foley was added in post!

interested to hear some criticism, thanks!

YouTube - Welcome to Nowhere (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nqBugUhCTo)

or, if you hate youtube try this one:
Welcome to Nowhere (on virb.com) (http://www.virb.com/bryanwilkat/videos/56857)

I'm not sure about the music - it is peppy enough, but seems a bit too canned. Also, the ending shot does not seem in place with the rest of the reel.

Otherwise, I like it! It moves right along, and your work is quite good to my eye.

Thanks for the input. Any more comments on the content? Shot selection, pacing, length, quality, etc? I'd really like to cut this down to the best stuff.

That was pretty good. I really liked the voice of the....I dunno main guy in purgatory(not the actor) it sounded like the voice from the ship in "Flight of the Navigator). Your exposure looked good. I liked the comedy that was used when he smoked a cigarette. I'm very impressed with how you got around the sound issue....very creative.
If I had to criticize this at all it seemed like you stayed on the purgatory scene a little to long.
I know that you mentioned "student film" part for a comedy purpose, which is totally fine for when you show this at school, but I would probably have cut this for when you show a bunch of random people the film.
You did good though, I doubt I could have told the story any better.

For what it’s worth….Here’s the complete online version of my first feature film, a comedy called Rap Quest. It’s 10 parts, with each part being roughly 9 minutes. A few things to note here: Obviously, the quality of the image is severely degraded, having been transcoded for internet use. The other thing is that there is a strange motion blur effect when there is motion in the fame...I guess this is The motion was fine in my final DVD (which can be bought on Amazon.) As for the movie itself…what can I say…looking at it nearly 5 years later it seems pretty embarrassing. There’s a lot of stale humor in it, bad acting and the plot and character development are as thin as a hair. Nonetheless, it’s impossible not to find at least three or more scenes in this little no-budget straight to DVD movie that wont make you out right laugh. I promise you that. I’ll be uploading my entire 90 minute horror movie tomorrow. Enjoy!

-Glenn

Rap Quest - Part 1 (http://blip.tv/file/1546068)

OK, I live in terror of showing my work to other people, but then again, if I don't how to progress as an artist?

I have it up on OurFilmSpace.com - Serving the Film and Television Industry in New England (http://www.ourfilmspace.com), a site for Film folks in the New England region of the US o' A.

This link should take you directly to the video page:

Dennis Stevens's Videos - OurFilmSpace.com (http://www.ourfilmspace.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=2q3t0s3yfetu0)

If that's not working you may try:

Dennis Stevens's Page - OurFilmSpace.com (http://www.ourfilmspace.com/profile/DennisStevens)

and clicking on the 'Videos' section.

Note it is chopped into 3 parts.

Nice images in there. I agree about the music - not sure what's wrong with it but it doesn't seem to be 'serious' enough.

If you're looking to trim it a little, I would be inclined to lose the scenes going under the garage door (not that exciting); hate to say it but the impact of the missile/comet on the building isn't totally convincing - the incoming portion is fine, so I'd think about cutting right at the point of impact (maybe adds a little tension, not actually seeing the explosion?); other than that I thought all the clips were interesting and kept my attention.

Also agree with Daniel about the ending. If it was my reel I would use the 'No More Free Shows' clip at the end - kinda fits in with what you're trying to do as well (assuming you're looking for work).

Nice reel. What did you use in making it?

Sup! Been a while since Ive been back here, but I just wanted to post a link to my uni major project. Its a trailer for a short I would like to someday complete. Shot entirely on green screen, using the great HVX202.

would love to hear all feedback

(please play with the high quality setting if u can)

YouTube - The Mirror of Mute Mervin - Trailer - Green screen short film (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fY7Yua9ePqA)

cheers
-josef

very nicely done! It's like Edward Scissor hands meets Sin City in feel. I could see Johnny Dep in the lead role. :)

check it out..

This Guy Sings Christmas (http://www.thisguysingschristmas.maltesemedia.com/)

Too funny!

Inside the Indie TRAILER on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/1540019)

The documentary is done also by the way.

Trash The Dress from Bobruisk on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/2339524)
This is our first collaborative project. It was the first time when we were working with 2 cameras sony 2100 as well as with glidecam 2000.
Please, don’t try to find in our video some deep, or I would even say any kind of sense, we didn’t have any intentions to develop a story here.
Try to approach our video as an experimental project which was done by two guys from Bobruisk (Belarus). Simply after wedding we have offered to our newlyweds
to try to do something unusual, they welcomed our idea and as a result we came up with our own version of Trash the Dress.

Sasha Terentyev and Alexey Logajsky from Bobruisk (Belarus)

That was pretty cool. Nice consistent color palette. I'd like to have seen more shots linger on their faces (particularily hers, there were more of him, but only 2 brief ones of her face).

What Lori said, but it's fairly obvious you can produce great visuals from the reel - well done!

Always difficult to know how to pitch a doc - this is a second version, still needs color grading and much more work... Return to Lake Havasu: the story of "Day of the Wolves" (http://www.returntolakehavasu.com)

i sold my sony hc5 and got the hv30 with some accesories and i am lovin it!!

This is a Music Video for a Video Production class in my University for the song "Outside" i hope u like the video,

feedback is greatly appreciated!!

Video: Music Video ( Outside ) on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/2380666)

nice!!!!

the only things that cuaght my eye were:

the dolly-you could see the jitter
the choppiness of some scenes


I just purchsed today from bh an hv30(get it tom). quality is great, song is nice too!

good job

Hey guys just wanted to share our latest film teaser. I will be releasing all the films right after our big premiere. They are all done tho. Anyways enjoy!

Oh and this is the film i showed the screenshots from.

YouTube - Light Of Eden - Exclusive Teaser HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYHcfMNZ1cE)

&

Light Of Eden < Exclusive Teaser HD on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/2497790) HD!

This was compiled together from our holiday footage and really was just done on a whim, and for fun!.

Any comments appreciated.

Cheers.

http://www.derienzo-videoproductions.co.uk/stratford1.wmv

ha I bet you guys had fun making that! :)

Looks great, nice shoots. Good pace. Excellent mood music. It looks intriguing...I'd like to see it when it comes out.

Did you greenscreen the Pyramid shot?

Hey everybody!

Here's a short video that I put together. We filmed it while we were waiting for classes to start that morning. Nothing in this video is staged, I just followed my friends around with the camera.

Enjoy!

GRCC Book Prank on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/1481168)

SB

Hi Erik,

Yes, not intentional, just turned out that way! must have too much time on my hands....

Cheers.

Awww come on! It's funny!

And it's short, less than three minutes! AND it's HD! And edited in Vegas.

SB

Greetings people! "Clean Up" is our entry for the "YouTube Project: Direct" challenge. We basically rushed last minute to make the deadline. Written, shot, edited over 3 days (around 16 hours total). Check it out and let us know what you think. The story's not that original, for that I apologize. But hopefully you dig the visuals/editing.

Shot on the DVX100A, no adapter.

Clean Up (2008) | AMF Productions (http://www.amfproductions.com/films/clean-up/)
YouTube - "Clean Up" - YouTube Project: Direct entry, Sundance 2008/2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-CsK8H_G2U)

http://www.amfproductions.com/images/cleanup-stills.jpg

I've been trying to finish this project for about a year. I shot it for a competition (shot 2 other pieces along with it) and failed to complete it in time. The script is a bit convoluted and caused me mental anguish trying to wrap my head around the flow for the edit. Started over a few times, tried different approaches, all failed. I finally figured out a way to get through it and pulled together the pieces from the various fora I'm on and have been sharing my progress with.

I'm hoping that this page illustrates not only the post production workflow I use, but the various ways in which you can change your approach to circumvent problems. I'm currently editing all of the parts form each location separately, even though they are intercut in the script and will be in the final edit. This finally got me through the rut and I'm happy with my progress this time around.

Feel free to watch, laugh, join in the fun, rip it apart (no where near done at this point, but still fun). Keep in mind, I haven't touched the audio or color yet, just assembly editing at this point... we also shot it in a day and a half, so I'm pretty happy with the results... we then went on to shoot another (won its category) short the second day and the third the weekend after (outdoors in 20F weather :) ).

I'm actually very excited to share this with you all as I think it's good to illustrate the post side - not just tips and tricks but how to wrap your head around footage that confounds you and how to approach an angry edit that is snarling at you (carry pork chops in your pockets, they can be mean and bitey).

I've even gone so far as to post the full recordings as they appear on tape in lower resolutions for folks who want to dig into those and edit them as well without having to shoot anything. The sound was shot with an ATR-55 shotgun around fluorescents and resulted in a very buzzy recording which we couldn't do anything about at the time (it prompted us to buy an MA-100 to move to a balanced XLR audio system).

Y.A.F.I.:Nuts2Bolts (http://www.yafiunderground.com/index.php?page=bolts&title=Y.A.F.I.:Nuts2Bolts)

Hi,

I finally finished the first of 5 videos covering our round trip through Australia.

This part shows Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the Ku-ring-gai-Chase national park.
In the German comment at the beginning I explain that we have just arrived in time for the 75th anniversary Harbour Bridge festival and that the trip will take as from New South Wales to Queensland, the Northern Territories, Western Australia and on the way back home to Dubai.

Australien Teil 1/5 - New South Wales on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/2593725)

Cheers,

Oliver

This is double dipping, but what the heck-

I put my film up in it's entirety:
Charlie's Game - OurFilmSpace.com (http://www.ourfilmspace.com/video/charlies-game)

Prick is a short film about relationships, specifically the difference between what we think & say.

I still think it needs tightening up but I'd really appreciate any comments and critique

3rd edit of Prick on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/2617292)


I know, I know - who in their right mind posts on Christmas day?

This film would never have been made if this forum wasn't around, the advice and information I've gained here has been huge. Per Johan from UWOL even helped out with footage so it's really a DVInfo community effort in a way.

Candidly, I thought it was "perfect". I liked it very much. The mix levels were good and overall I think it was an excellent production. For me a primer in VO levels and use.

Thanks for sharing... even on Christmas. A nice present.

Chris

Just wonderful. An unfortunately familiar......

This is my favorite recent project - "coming soon" page for a web marketing group:

Cool Hand Media :: Communicate Without Failure (http://www.mcarterphoto.com/chm)

It struck me that it has that "intense movie" web site look, similar to sites like the "Zodiac" and "Quarantine" site. Any of you indie guys need something along these lines? Might be fun to get in my portfolio (yes, I know you don't have any budget, but if someone has an actual product together, I'd look into doing some design/flash for ya - and I'm good at integrating the trailer video into the site design, or even merging video into the flash backgrounds, etc).

I'd post this in "Helping Hands" but my guess is this would be more for fun/portfolio than making any cash!

Best wishes for nice footage in 09 - MC

Paul,

Quite an improvement over what I remember the first version was like. VO (expressed thoughts) were much easier to hear and background audio much better managed.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas and I wish you the best of luck in the coming New Year.

Thanks guys,

I didn't think it was that good..

I remembered your comments on audio Bruce and it certainly improves things.

Don, yea.. I got one comment from a mate here who said "is this a short film or just an average night at your place?"

any other comments, critique? - I think there are some dead spots that could be cut to tighten the whole thing up, although I like the slow pace at the start.

I did not want to jinx myself but now it's ok since I only got considered for the top ten.

Somnium Sator is a Project Direct Video Entry that was a "Potential Finalist". That counts for something in my book and I'm going to try and toss this around a few festivals. I think it has the potential. Maybe I'll get some work out of it!

YouTube - Somnium Sator - Project Direct 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H1hxmFUFjg)

okay guys.. 150 odd views and 39 have watched the footage on Vimeo ... and 3 comments?

so maybe everyone agrees with what's been said and there's nothing more to add - very doubtful

or.. maybe people think it's pretty average and don't want to comment - more likely.

I want to get on and tweak the bits I think need improving so I need some critique :-

is the point of the film clear?
is it humorous?
are there technical errors I can improve on or eliminate?

Hi,

it's great, I like it.
Few notices :

- you keyed the red dress, but on some shot you also keyed the red lipstic. This is not consistant along the movie (but it is not a problem to me)
- Youtube video is a crap. Please, post it in better resolution on Vimeo or other real HD repository.
- could you explain (I always like to know) how it was filmed, which camera, which settings, how much light and so on.

You did a great job. Thanks.

Sebastien,

Thank you for the view and feedback!

Equipment: Sony HVR-Z1, one Lowel light, Target.

We bought the furniture, except for the chairs, from Target. I filmed this deliberately the way you find it out to be. Everything that "appears" in the film is supposed to be there.

The red was not really a problem but her lipstick was not reapplied to keep it bright and it fades a bit. It really didn't bother me after in post so I don't really count it as a problem.

Have you tried the HD button for youtube? It's a very large improvement!

Hello Michael,

I liked the site (you're right, it does have a nice intense movie feel). I'd like to speak with you about working on my site for my feature film 'Drawing With Chalk' (you can check out our current website and trailer at Welcome to Drawing Chalk Pictures (http://www.drawingchalkpictures.com)

We are looking for a more professional and polished flash integrated site and would be curious as to your thoughts. Of course we do not have a lot of money but we would pay you.

Have a fantastic new year and looking forward to hearing from you.

Todd

Shawn,

One of the best of this type I have seen. The voice over was perfect, the lighting set the mood and the camera work and editing all came together.

Extremely well done in my opinion.

Good luck with it.

A mysterious sinking, a group of dedicated scientists and technicians and a 200 year old shipwreck have all collided in the Gulf of Mexico. Four thousand feet below the choppy seas the remains of a 19th century shipwreck lie in wait and a month long expedition has been mounted to uncover her secrets. This is the deepest underwater archaeological project ever attempted in the Gulf of Mexico. And it's a race against time to uncover the Mardi Gras shipwreck and solve the mystery.

https://www.createspace.com/259141 or
Nautilus Productions - Mardi Gras Ship Wreck (http://www.nautilusproductions.com/mardigrasshipwreck.html)

Thank you Bruce. I feel I can only go up from here. Now to just get the right person to notice.

That or I need to find myself some places to submit it.