38sec anti-war video shot with HD100

Daniel Patton · September 14th, 2006, 03:02 PM

Fantastic!

Miltos Pilalitos · September 14th, 2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Paolo Ciccone

Hi Miltos.
Very clever use of post techniques, the short looks terrific, the shake of the clothes + the atached sound makes it really creepy and your example of virtual camera moves is great.

Thanks Paolo!

You have to know that because of TC3 somehow i think of you as a distant member of the crew. Even if it wasn't 100% it, for sure you were a strong influence.

Thanks again!

Robert Castiglione · September 14th, 2006, 05:24 PM

Agreed, an excellent and effective piece! Shows what you can do with very little and a lot of creativity.

Rob

Paolo Ciccone · September 14th, 2006, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miltos Pilalitos

You have to know that because of TC3 somehow i think of you as a distant member of the crew.

Thanks!
As we say in Italy "Una faccia, una razza" (one face, one race), Greeks and Italians :)

Dave Ferdinand · September 15th, 2006, 02:31 AM

Wow, that was very professionaly done. Great job.
The shirt effect is completely unnoticeable.

Who needs a cinealta, eh?

Barry Gribble · September 15th, 2006, 05:41 AM

The look is fabulous, and except for one shot I wasn't at all sure that the clothes were done in post (wasn't looking for it, though).

Keep it up, and keep tellling us about it.

Brian Luce · September 15th, 2006, 06:29 AM

Any of it shot in mid day sunlight? It's just looks so soft and forgivingly filmic--almost like it was shot late afternoon.

Jiri Bakala · September 15th, 2006, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Ferdinand

Who needs a cinealta, eh?

...those who might not want a nasty vertical smear. Other then that it looks very good.

Jon Jaschob · September 15th, 2006, 10:29 AM

Great work Miltos,
Great message as well! Now if we could only get your short on tv.
Jon

Ken Diewert · September 15th, 2006, 11:09 AM

Miltos,

Damn, that's a nice piece of film-making, regardless of budget.

Thanks for sharing it.

Miltos Pilalitos · September 16th, 2006, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Luce

Any of it shot in mid day sunlight? It's just looks so soft and forgivingly filmic--almost like it was shot late afternoon.

We started shooting around 11:00 and we finished around 18:00 because outside that time-window there was a neighbour building casting it's shadow on our roof.

You might say that those are the worst hours for everyone to shoot exteriors but we were carefull with our angles and very carefull with how we used reflected sunlight.

Also, having a storyboard helped a lot to better plan our shooting program and take better advantage of the sun's angle.

Miltos Pilalitos · September 16th, 2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Jon Jaschob

Great work Miltos,
Great message as well! Now if we could only get your short on tv.
Jon

Thanks Jon,

TV would be great but i can't hope for that much. For the moment i am glad people can see it on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mQA5doBC9Y ).

Me, and my friends also sent smaller versions through email around so i guess many people will get to see it and maybe think for a second about it.

I would also like to thank everybody here for the positive feedback. When you don't work for a paycheck this is the best reward you can have and the most valuable.

Thanks,
Miltos

Luis Ventura · September 16th, 2006, 04:18 PM

Congratulations Miltos and your crew, it is really great.

Luís ventura Santos

Drew Curran · September 20th, 2006, 03:29 AM

Miltos

This was a very striking and powerful video. Excellent. Thanks for sharing.

I'm still totally confused about the virtual camera thing you used to create the pan near the end. Can you provide (for a stupid person = me) step by step instructions on setting this up?

Thanks

Andrew

Miltos Pilalitos · September 20th, 2006, 04:33 AM

Thanks Andrew,

I got many emails on the subject and i realized that there is a lot of intererst on this technique. I could write a step by step tutorial on how to setup a simple shot but unless you are using Fusion or other software capable of camera projection the instructions will not be of any use to you.

However, since it's one of the tools that indie filmakers can use to add a little production value to their work i will write this step by step tutorial when i find some free time.

In the meantime there is a lot of info on the net and a simple google search will bring many results.

Have a look here:
http://www.digitalartform.com/archiv...rojecti_1.html

It's the first that came up. It's much more elaborate to do and you have to know Maya or other 3d software (of which i don't have a clue) but it helps to understand the logic behind it.

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Robert Castiglione Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fremantle, Western Australia Posts: 253	Agreed, an excellent and effective piece! Shows what you can do with very little and a lot of creativity. Rob

September 15th, 2006, 06:29 AM	#22
Brian Luce Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,290	Any of it shot in mid day sunlight? It's just looks so soft and forgivingly filmic--almost like it was shot late afternoon.

September 15th, 2006, 10:29 AM	#24
Jon Jaschob Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 232	Great work Miltos, Great message as well! Now if we could only get your short on tv. Jon

September 16th, 2006, 04:18 PM	#28
Luis Ventura New Boot Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Espinho Portugal Posts: 21	Congratulations Miltos and your crew, it is really great. Luís ventura Santos

September 20th, 2006, 03:29 AM	#29
Drew Curran Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: N. Ireland Posts: 370	Miltos This was a very striking and powerful video. Excellent. Thanks for sharing. I'm still totally confused about the virtual camera thing you used to create the pan near the end. Can you provide (for a stupid person = me) step by step instructions on setting this up? Thanks Andrew

September 20th, 2006, 04:33 AM	#30
Miltos Pilalitos Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Piraeus, Greece Posts: 53	Thanks Andrew, I got many emails on the subject and i realized that there is a lot of intererst on this technique. I could write a step by step tutorial on how to setup a simple shot but unless you are using Fusion or other software capable of camera projection the instructions will not be of any use to you. However, since it's one of the tools that indie filmakers can use to add a little production value to their work i will write this step by step tutorial when i find some free time. In the meantime there is a lot of info on the net and a simple google search will bring many results. Have a look here: http://www.digitalartform.com/archiv...rojecti_1.html It's the first that came up. It's much more elaborate to do and you have to know Maya or other 3d software (of which i don't have a clue) but it helps to understand the logic behind it.