The Production Lounge

Henry Williams · January 7th, 2011, 05:15 PM

And the shoot is done. Off now for a well deserved beer then into the edit suite tomorrow...

How's everyone else getting on?

Dale Guthormsen · January 7th, 2011, 07:50 PM

Good evening,

I hope everyone is getting a wrap on their short films!!! With such a broad based theme as perspective I reckon we will see lots of variety, totally cool!!!

I wont be back till the 19th and I will view everyones work at that time. Got my cameras packed and can't wait to get to the sunny south!!!!!

Look forward to seeing them.

Trond Saetre · January 8th, 2011, 09:02 AM

Trouble never comes alone, it is said.
I was out in the woods to shoot my backup plan today. Snow everywhere and big fat snowflakes falling down from the sky.
Yeah right, in my dreams...

Well, at least this time when I hit the record button, my trusted XM2 was nice enough to say "heads dirty, use cleaning tape". As if I haven't already done that last weekend. (for a total of 4x 10 seconds)
Here we go again...
Hm, maybe this is a sign that I should upgrade to HD soon?

Oh well, have one more day. Can't give up yet.

Meryem Ersoz · January 8th, 2011, 09:13 AM

Wall of Sharks for me. Dang.

Lorinda Norton · January 8th, 2011, 10:07 AM

That's too bad, Meryem! Like Trond (and maybe others) I've got today and tomorrow to come up with something.

By the posts it's looking like we've got 2-3 films done or in the works. Sure hope there are more of you out there!

Andris Krastins · January 8th, 2011, 10:09 AM

I started editing a few hours ago. I think I'll finish in time.

Lorinda Norton · January 8th, 2011, 10:14 AM

I figured you must be pretty confident when you finally signed up, Andris. :) Way to go! Hope all goes well through the finish line.

Henry Williams · January 8th, 2011, 11:11 AM

Yep. All on course here. Just edited the first half together.

Hopefully have a rough edit finished for the composer by end of play today then tomorrow I'll do the grade and pay the price for not using a clapper when I try and replace the in camera audio with the boom audio. Noooo!

Good luck everyone! Can't wait to see the finished films :)

Andris Krastins · January 8th, 2011, 12:08 PM

...... just, during editing, discovered that I have to rewrite some of the script . fun..

Marc Burleigh · January 8th, 2011, 01:11 PM

Script rewrite on the fly... I can sympathise with that. I had an edit that was pretty much wrapped up but I wasn't happy with it, so took the thing apart again and tried to reconfigure. Which required another shoot today for another element. I think it'll work though, just had to find a way to push the narrative forward without having the actors on hand.... I reckon it hits the theme, though, so all good. We'll see what happens....

Good luck to all. I certainly learned a few things on the way....

Dale Guthormsen · January 8th, 2011, 01:36 PM

Good afternoon,

Blowing snow, I am setting at the airport for at least a couple more hours if the darn plane will land at all!!!

Reading the posts I hope there are some out there keeping silent but finishing up their films!!!!

If I had to get everthing together as well as all of you I would never finish, am sure.

Andrea, I really hope you finish yours as the last one I watched I thought was pretty creative!!!

I worked on doing a few new things in this video, things I would never do for my usual filming that I do.
It was truly fun but time consuming to be sure.

I will check back when I get to Denver as I have a couple hour lay over there!!!

have fun finishing up!!!!!

Henry Williams · January 8th, 2011, 03:01 PM

Marc, if Catnip was anything to go by I'm sure the film will turn out great! Thankfully I haven't had to do any rewrites with this one although some of the edit was a bit of a slog.

Trond, I can empathise with the camera woes. Had similar problems with my XH-A1 last year. If it hadn't been for the b camera running sound I'd have been completely stuffed. It ended up being down to a bad batch of tapes rather than the camera - so if you're getting errors this regularly its worth checking out. I know there was a bad batch of sony DV tapes recently on the market that caused a lot of people problems...

Beer O clock now, but back into it tmrw am.

Trond Saetre · January 8th, 2011, 03:19 PM

Henry, this is the first time I got any problems with the camera since I bought it in 2003.
(well, I had the famous tape transport problem so many people had, but got it fixed under the warranty back in 2004.)
Would be great if it is only this single tape causing trouble.
Crossing my fingers I have it solved by tomorrow.

The Canon XF300 is on my wish/dream list, but the price tag of about $12.500 is too high at the moment.
Yep, it is expencive here in Norway.

Cole Seidl · January 8th, 2011, 06:37 PM

HA!
Production is completely done. It was hellacious, and fun. Editing now. Will have it completed without a doubt.

Dale Guthormsen · January 8th, 2011, 06:48 PM

Good evening,

Well, I am quite a few hundred miles south in Denver airport waiting on the last leg!!!

Tronde, I hope your trusty gl2 will get the job done for you!!! they are one of the great SD cameras!!

Cole, congrats on the finish, look forward to seeing your production.

Good luck until tomarrow midnight!!!!!

;best is yet to come!!!

Dale

January 7th, 2011, 07:50 PM	#47
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Good evening, I hope everyone is getting a wrap on their short films!!! With such a broad based theme as perspective I reckon we will see lots of variety, totally cool!!! I wont be back till the 19th and I will view everyones work at that time. Got my cameras packed and can't wait to get to the sunny south!!!!! Look forward to seeing them. __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

January 8th, 2011, 10:07 AM	#50
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	That's too bad, Meryem! Like Trond (and maybe others) I've got today and tomorrow to come up with something. By the posts it's looking like we've got 2-3 films done or in the works. Sure hope there are more of you out there! __________________ Lorinda

January 8th, 2011, 10:09 AM	#51
Andris Krastins Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Lielvārde, Latvia Posts: 326	I started editing a few hours ago. I think I'll finish in time. __________________ Our Fire Films - a free film project.

January 8th, 2011, 10:14 AM	#52
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	I figured you must be pretty confident when you finally signed up, Andris. :) Way to go! Hope all goes well through the finish line. __________________ Lorinda

January 8th, 2011, 12:08 PM	#54
Andris Krastins Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Lielvārde, Latvia Posts: 326	...... just, during editing, discovered that I have to rewrite some of the script . fun.. __________________ Our Fire Films - a free film project.

January 7th, 2011, 05:15 PM	#46
Henry Williams Major Player Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisham, London, United Kingdom Posts: 408	And the shoot is done. Off now for a well deserved beer then into the edit suite tomorrow... How's everyone else getting on?

January 8th, 2011, 09:02 AM	#48
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,375	Trouble never comes alone, it is said. I was out in the woods to shoot my backup plan today. Snow everywhere and big fat snowflakes falling down from the sky. Yeah right, in my dreams... Well, at least this time when I hit the record button, my trusted XM2 was nice enough to say "heads dirty, use cleaning tape". As if I haven't already done that last weekend. (for a total of 4x 10 seconds) Here we go again... Hm, maybe this is a sign that I should upgrade to HD soon? Oh well, have one more day. Can't give up yet.

January 8th, 2011, 09:13 AM	#49
Meryem Ersoz Wrangler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 3,015	Wall of Sharks for me. Dang.

January 8th, 2011, 11:11 AM	#53
Henry Williams Major Player Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisham, London, United Kingdom Posts: 408	Yep. All on course here. Just edited the first half together. Hopefully have a rough edit finished for the composer by end of play today then tomorrow I'll do the grade and pay the price for not using a clapper when I try and replace the in camera audio with the boom audio. Noooo! Good luck everyone! Can't wait to see the finished films :)

January 8th, 2011, 01:11 PM	#55
Marc Burleigh Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 143	Script rewrite on the fly... I can sympathise with that. I had an edit that was pretty much wrapped up but I wasn't happy with it, so took the thing apart again and tried to reconfigure. Which required another shoot today for another element. I think it'll work though, just had to find a way to push the narrative forward without having the actors on hand.... I reckon it hits the theme, though, so all good. We'll see what happens.... Good luck to all. I certainly learned a few things on the way....

January 8th, 2011, 01:36 PM	#56
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Good afternoon, Blowing snow, I am setting at the airport for at least a couple more hours if the darn plane will land at all!!! Reading the posts I hope there are some out there keeping silent but finishing up their films!!!! If I had to get everthing together as well as all of you I would never finish, am sure. Andrea, I really hope you finish yours as the last one I watched I thought was pretty creative!!! I worked on doing a few new things in this video, things I would never do for my usual filming that I do. It was truly fun but time consuming to be sure. I will check back when I get to Denver as I have a couple hour lay over there!!! have fun finishing up!!!!! __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen

January 8th, 2011, 03:01 PM	#57
Henry Williams Major Player Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisham, London, United Kingdom Posts: 408	Marc, if Catnip was anything to go by I'm sure the film will turn out great! Thankfully I haven't had to do any rewrites with this one although some of the edit was a bit of a slog. Trond, I can empathise with the camera woes. Had similar problems with my XH-A1 last year. If it hadn't been for the b camera running sound I'd have been completely stuffed. It ended up being down to a bad batch of tapes rather than the camera - so if you're getting errors this regularly its worth checking out. I know there was a bad batch of sony DV tapes recently on the market that caused a lot of people problems... Beer O clock now, but back into it tmrw am.

January 8th, 2011, 03:19 PM	#58
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,375	Henry, this is the first time I got any problems with the camera since I bought it in 2003. (well, I had the famous tape transport problem so many people had, but got it fixed under the warranty back in 2004.) Would be great if it is only this single tape causing trouble. Crossing my fingers I have it solved by tomorrow. The Canon XF300 is on my wish/dream list, but the price tag of about $12.500 is too high at the moment. Yep, it is expencive here in Norway.

January 8th, 2011, 06:37 PM	#59
Cole Seidl Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 126	HA! Production is completely done. It was hellacious, and fun. Editing now. Will have it completed without a doubt.

January 8th, 2011, 06:48 PM	#60
Dale Guthormsen Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 3,048	Good evening, Well, I am quite a few hundred miles south in Denver airport waiting on the last leg!!! Tronde, I hope your trusty gl2 will get the job done for you!!! they are one of the great SD cameras!! Cole, congrats on the finish, look forward to seeing your production. Good luck until tomarrow midnight!!!!! ;best is yet to come!!! Dale __________________ DATS ALL FOLKS Dale W. Guthormsen