Trailer for Finished Documentary at DVinfo.net

Christian Bovine · March 16th, 2004, 08:16 AM

Here is the website for the movie made by my sister and me. We have always been interested in film so we collaborated to make a documentary. We finished it and submitted it to a number of festivals. We have no idea if we have any chance of getting in but we didn't know if we would be able to even make a movie when we started. So we'll see.

http://www.whiffmovie.com/main.asp

Let us know

Thanks

Matthew Groff · March 16th, 2004, 09:14 AM

Very nice looking site. The trailer looks OK. I'm just curious if there is an overall narrative story to the piece or if it is just a collection of quotes and stories from various people. I think, for example, if you had followed one team or something, then you may have a more consistent narrative thread, which might be something to focus on. As I see it now, it seems like you have some good individual bits, but I'm not sure exactly how well those bits piece together. If you have more of a narrative thread, I'd work to bring that out a little. Other than that, it looks good. I think the overall tone set by the music and the initial shots works for it. Good luck, and hopefully some festivals will appreciate your work.

mg

Bryan Roberts · March 16th, 2004, 09:19 AM

Nice trailer - I really have a strong dislike for your font you chose while introducing the different characters - it feels like I just typed it up on Word or something - I think you should experiment with that and try to get something that ads some depth to the characters (characters in the font that is). Otherwise it was done fairly well though there are parts that need some color correction work to get away from the extreme video look. Best thing I saw was your website: it's very nice!

Christian Bovine · March 16th, 2004, 09:31 AM

Well we follow 4 teams from their specfic region to Austin TX, for the National Championship of Wiffleball. The Trailer was more of a quick look all the little things that go on in the film.

We open with the inventors then have a Physist from Yale explain why it curves and then go into the competitive tournaments. This is where you get into the characters and people.

I agree the font is sorta thrown in there, but we didn't try and get too fancy with this trailer.

I do appreciate the comments, thanks.

Rebecca Condon · March 16th, 2004, 12:13 PM

Nice website and trailer. Music choice was great and the edits were right on time. I do agree that if the story is the National Championship then the trailer should give us a better flavor of the competition.

You definately got my interest.

Rob Lohman · March 17th, 2004, 09:07 AM

I thought it was a nice little trailer. Sweet! It got my interest and
that doesn't happen often with sports stuff. The only "complaint"
was that the audio (especially on the interviews) wasn't that
great.

Sherwin Noorian · March 17th, 2004, 12:28 PM

First thing that stuck out to me was that you gave some of your interview subjects too much "head room" when framing the shot

Christian Hede Madsen · March 17th, 2004, 12:48 PM

I liked it very very much.

The trailer was funny and made you interested in the subject...I would like to see the final film. Let me know where I can get it.

Good job.

Christian Bovine · March 17th, 2004, 12:53 PM

Well since most of the shooting was done at wiffleball tournaments, outside with people playing and yelling and the normal outside noise we did have alot of audio problems.

Also shooting with just one camera on a HORRIBLE tri-pod outside on wiffleball fields was challenging. Lucky for us we were able to use alot of B-roll of each of the teams playing wiffleball when something would go wrong.

There were alot of things that could have gone better but over-all for what equipment we had (GL2, one lav mic, one shotgun with an Studio 1 Adapter) and such little/no experience we are happy with the outcome.

March 16th, 2004, 08:16 AM	#1
Christian Bovine New Boot Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Posts: 19	Trailer for Finished Documentary Here is the website for the movie made by my sister and me. We have always been interested in film so we collaborated to make a documentary. We finished it and submitted it to a number of festivals. We have no idea if we have any chance of getting in but we didn't know if we would be able to even make a movie when we started. So we'll see. http://www.whiffmovie.com/main.asp Let us know Thanks __________________ Cb - philly

March 16th, 2004, 09:31 AM	#4
Christian Bovine New Boot Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Posts: 19	The Narrative Well we follow 4 teams from their specfic region to Austin TX, for the National Championship of Wiffleball. The Trailer was more of a quick look all the little things that go on in the film. We open with the inventors then have a Physist from Yale explain why it curves and then go into the competitive tournaments. This is where you get into the characters and people. I agree the font is sorta thrown in there, but we didn't try and get too fancy with this trailer. I do appreciate the comments, thanks. __________________ Cb - philly

March 17th, 2004, 09:07 AM	#6
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I thought it was a nice little trailer. Sweet! It got my interest and that doesn't happen often with sports stuff. The only "complaint" was that the audio (especially on the interviews) wasn't that great. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

March 17th, 2004, 12:53 PM	#9
Christian Bovine New Boot Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Posts: 19	It was all a learning experience Well since most of the shooting was done at wiffleball tournaments, outside with people playing and yelling and the normal outside noise we did have alot of audio problems. Also shooting with just one camera on a HORRIBLE tri-pod outside on wiffleball fields was challenging. Lucky for us we were able to use alot of B-roll of each of the teams playing wiffleball when something would go wrong. There were alot of things that could have gone better but over-all for what equipment we had (GL2, one lav mic, one shotgun with an Studio 1 Adapter) and such little/no experience we are happy with the outcome. __________________ Cb - philly

March 16th, 2004, 09:14 AM	#2
Matthew Groff Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 132	Very nice looking site. The trailer looks OK. I'm just curious if there is an overall narrative story to the piece or if it is just a collection of quotes and stories from various people. I think, for example, if you had followed one team or something, then you may have a more consistent narrative thread, which might be something to focus on. As I see it now, it seems like you have some good individual bits, but I'm not sure exactly how well those bits piece together. If you have more of a narrative thread, I'd work to bring that out a little. Other than that, it looks good. I think the overall tone set by the music and the initial shots works for it. Good luck, and hopefully some festivals will appreciate your work. mg

March 16th, 2004, 09:19 AM	#3
Bryan Roberts Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 436	Nice trailer - I really have a strong dislike for your font you chose while introducing the different characters - it feels like I just typed it up on Word or something - I think you should experiment with that and try to get something that ads some depth to the characters (characters in the font that is). Otherwise it was done fairly well though there are parts that need some color correction work to get away from the extreme video look. Best thing I saw was your website: it's very nice!

March 16th, 2004, 12:13 PM	#5
Rebecca Condon New Boot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 9	Nice website and trailer. Music choice was great and the edits were right on time. I do agree that if the story is the National Championship then the trailer should give us a better flavor of the competition. You definately got my interest.

March 17th, 2004, 12:28 PM	#7
Sherwin Noorian New Boot Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 13	First thing that stuck out to me was that you gave some of your interview subjects too much "head room" when framing the shot

March 17th, 2004, 12:48 PM	#8
Christian Hede Madsen Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gudhjem Denmark Posts: 93	I liked it very very much. The trailer was funny and made you interested in the subject...I would like to see the final film. Let me know where I can get it. Good job.