Film Festival XL2 Footage at DVinfo.net

David Eggerichs · May 16th, 2005, 07:24 AM

My friend Cassidy and I entered a 24 hour film festival. Everything used in the video had to be completely original. Music, footage, etc. and you had 24 hour to write, produce, shoot, and edit the entire piece. It had to be under 5 minutes.

They gave 4 requirements that they drew from a hat to maintain your work had not been done prior.

Object: Spork
Location: Bridge
A line: "You ate sand? That's right"
Theme: If I knew then what I know now

We were the only team to produce a music video. We wrote the entire song from approximately 9:30 P.M. to 3 A.M. And began shooting at 3 A.M. until 1 P.M. and then edited from 1 P.M. until 9:30 P.M. when it was due.

http://www.brighterpeople.com/cass/if_I_only.html

Michael Struthers · May 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM

Killer. Isn't it great how limitations produce good work?

Brent Ray · May 16th, 2005, 11:31 AM

Very nice. The ending totally caught me off guard. I loved that. That's a great piece. I never would have guessed that was only made in 24 hours. Well done.

Adam Rench · May 16th, 2005, 12:58 PM

man, I like your stuff. Even that one you guys put out a few months ago where you guys were eating pizza was neat.

great job in 24 hours.. I could only dream of coming up with something that creative.

who did the music? and which program did you use to do it in? Curious.

thanks

Cassidy Bisher · May 17th, 2005, 07:16 AM

Adam, thanks...

I use reason 2.5 for all the instrumentation.... it's really an amazing app.. here is the link.

http://www.propellerheads.se/

and michael, your absolutely right, nothing is purer than quick improvisation...

Cassidy Bisher
www.motivitypictures.com

Adam Rench · May 17th, 2005, 07:54 AM

Cassidy,

Very cool program. Looks quite a bit like Pro Tools does. Do you write your own musis, play it on a keyboard and then record it with Reason?

Cassidy Bisher · May 17th, 2005, 08:03 AM

adam,

You can hook up a midi controller and play it (i don't have that lavishness).. but i write in all the notes, i play them on my guitar to find the melody...

the cool thing about reason is that it has real sampled instruments.. you can have a 40 piece orchestra to score your stuff... really amazing.

It's not the real thing but what's a guy supposed to do in bluffton indiana?

Use reason, thats what!

Adam Rench · May 17th, 2005, 08:05 AM

haha. That's awesome! Did you use that program for the music in that one piece that you did a few months ago when you were eating pizza? hehe. I loved the music for that one.

Cassidy Bisher · May 17th, 2005, 08:10 AM

no that was from the alias soundtrack... i love it too... buy the disk, the whole thing is amazing...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

Adam Rench · May 17th, 2005, 08:16 AM

hehe.. just ordered it. thanks for the link. yeah, that music was incredible. I have pro tools and Acid Pro 5. That's why I was so interested in your music. You guys really did a good job in such a short time period. Bummer you're not closer to Chicago. I would love for you guys to work on my new movie. :) I have the XL2 as well.

Cassidy Bisher · May 17th, 2005, 08:17 AM

well, that's the cool thing about digital music, you can score it anywhere you live!

cass

Adam Rench · May 17th, 2005, 08:50 AM

yes.. that's true. Hey, if you are interested, email me. I can send you the script to see if you would like to help out. currently, it's me.. and .. let's see.. me, and I think I got me to help out, and there's Joe too, hehe.

Right now, I'm doing the following.

Financing
Writing
Casting
Directing
Editing
Special Effects/titling
Scoring
Recording a few classical pieces that my friends can play on their violin (using pro tools)

I did find a DoP but I most likely wont trust him to do the lighting so I might be doing that too, haha.

ahh.. I need to learn how to delagate. heh

Cassidy Bisher · May 17th, 2005, 10:08 AM

One thing i did in After Effects with this video was composite 2 of my own bodies in with the same shot... if you look closely, you can see my environment being affected by daylight differently than the background shot that was filmed 2 minutes before that. Daylight is terrible when trying to composite, i tried my best with color correction hopefully the human mind misses that...

Lal Chakraborty · May 20th, 2005, 06:40 AM

Hey Adam, email me (lalchak@hotmail.com) if you need an inexperienced hand for holding mikes etc. Would love to get some real experience.

I am in Madison and thinking of shooting a film myself this year. I am working on the script right now. Probably will end up doing everything like you.

Adam Rench · May 20th, 2005, 07:17 AM

Cass, did you do the composite in the video by the car scene? If so, I couldn't tell you did it there. If not, where did you do it?

May 16th, 2005, 07:24 AM	#1
David Eggerichs Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MI Posts: 51	Film Festival XL2 Footage My friend Cassidy and I entered a 24 hour film festival. Everything used in the video had to be completely original. Music, footage, etc. and you had 24 hour to write, produce, shoot, and edit the entire piece. It had to be under 5 minutes. They gave 4 requirements that they drew from a hat to maintain your work had not been done prior. Object: Spork Location: Bridge A line: "You ate sand? That's right" Theme: If I knew then what I know now We were the only team to produce a music video. We wrote the entire song from approximately 9:30 P.M. to 3 A.M. And began shooting at 3 A.M. until 1 P.M. and then edited from 1 P.M. until 9:30 P.M. when it was due. http://www.brighterpeople.com/cass/if_I_only.html __________________ www.motivitypictures.com Last edited by David Eggerichs; May 16th, 2005 at 11:56 AM. Reason: spelling

May 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM	#2
Michael Struthers Major Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SF, Ca Posts: 421	Killer. Isn't it great how limitations produce good work? __________________ Michael Struthers www.buzzdigital.com

May 17th, 2005, 07:16 AM	#5
Cassidy Bisher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 198	music Adam, thanks... I use reason 2.5 for all the instrumentation.... it's really an amazing app.. here is the link. http://www.propellerheads.se/ and michael, your absolutely right, nothing is purer than quick improvisation... Cassidy Bisher www.motivitypictures.com

May 17th, 2005, 08:03 AM	#7
Cassidy Bisher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 198	Reason 2.5 adam, You can hook up a midi controller and play it (i don't have that lavishness).. but i write in all the notes, i play them on my guitar to find the melody... the cool thing about reason is that it has real sampled instruments.. you can have a 40 piece orchestra to score your stuff... really amazing. It's not the real thing but what's a guy supposed to do in bluffton indiana? Use reason, thats what!

May 17th, 2005, 08:10 AM	#9
Cassidy Bisher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 198	ah that music... no that was from the alias soundtrack... i love it too... buy the disk, the whole thing is amazing... http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...music&n=507846

May 16th, 2005, 11:31 AM	#3
Brent Ray Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Westford, MA Posts: 145	Very nice. The ending totally caught me off guard. I loved that. That's a great piece. I never would have guessed that was only made in 24 hours. Well done.

May 16th, 2005, 12:58 PM	#4
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	man, I like your stuff. Even that one you guys put out a few months ago where you guys were eating pizza was neat. great job in 24 hours.. I could only dream of coming up with something that creative. who did the music? and which program did you use to do it in? Curious. thanks

May 17th, 2005, 07:54 AM	#6
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	Cassidy, Very cool program. Looks quite a bit like Pro Tools does. Do you write your own musis, play it on a keyboard and then record it with Reason?

May 17th, 2005, 08:05 AM	#8
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	haha. That's awesome! Did you use that program for the music in that one piece that you did a few months ago when you were eating pizza? hehe. I loved the music for that one.

May 17th, 2005, 08:16 AM	#10
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	hehe.. just ordered it. thanks for the link. yeah, that music was incredible. I have pro tools and Acid Pro 5. That's why I was so interested in your music. You guys really did a good job in such a short time period. Bummer you're not closer to Chicago. I would love for you guys to work on my new movie. :) I have the XL2 as well.

May 17th, 2005, 08:17 AM	#11
Cassidy Bisher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 198	Adam well, that's the cool thing about digital music, you can score it anywhere you live! cass

May 17th, 2005, 08:50 AM	#12
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	yes.. that's true. Hey, if you are interested, email me. I can send you the script to see if you would like to help out. currently, it's me.. and .. let's see.. me, and I think I got me to help out, and there's Joe too, hehe. Right now, I'm doing the following. Financing Writing Casting Directing Editing Special Effects/titling Scoring Recording a few classical pieces that my friends can play on their violin (using pro tools) I did find a DoP but I most likely wont trust him to do the lighting so I might be doing that too, haha. ahh.. I need to learn how to delagate. heh

May 17th, 2005, 10:08 AM	#13
Cassidy Bisher Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Grand Rapids MI Posts: 198	Compositing One thing i did in After Effects with this video was composite 2 of my own bodies in with the same shot... if you look closely, you can see my environment being affected by daylight differently than the background shot that was filmed 2 minutes before that. Daylight is terrible when trying to composite, i tried my best with color correction hopefully the human mind misses that...

May 20th, 2005, 06:40 AM	#14
Lal Chakraborty New Boot Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stoughton, WI Posts: 8	Hey Adam, email me (lalchak@hotmail.com) if you need an inexperienced hand for holding mikes etc. Would love to get some real experience. I am in Madison and thinking of shooting a film myself this year. I am working on the script right now. Probably will end up doing everything like you.

May 20th, 2005, 07:17 AM	#15
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	Cass, did you do the composite in the video by the car scene? If so, I couldn't tell you did it there. If not, where did you do it?