My HD101 Short Film Wins Its First Festival at DVinfo.net

PJ Gallagher · June 24th, 2007, 06:33 PM

My short film "Love, War & Auditions", shot at the beginning of the year with my trusty HD101E, just scored its first festival win after having a few finalist placings in other festivals. It took out "Best Capital Region Film" at the Snowyfest Film Festival here in Australia.

The $1000 prize money it adds to the coffers is very welcome ;-)

What makes the win even sweeter is some of the films it was up against. I originally shot LW&A for a big Australian short film comp called Tropfest. In that comp it didn't even rate the shortlist. But in Snowyfest it was up against, and beat, two Tropfest shortlisted films and one Tropfest Top 16 finalist.

Just goes to show how subjective film festival judging can be :-)

If you want to check out the film, here's the link:

http://www.caliburnproductions.com/LWA.html

Cheers
Pat

Carlos Rodriguez · June 24th, 2007, 07:01 PM

congrats! what color settings/special equipment did you use?

PJ Gallagher · June 24th, 2007, 07:31 PM

Thanks Carlos.

The colour settings were Paulo's True Colour v3, with a little extra tweaking in post (Vegas 7)

Not a lot in the way of extra gear. Sound was caught with a Rode NTG-2 on a Rode boompole, straight into the camera.

Lighting. Exterior was just a flexifill to fill in the shadows a bit. In the "scene dock" part of the theatre, a couple of redheads, shooting through diffusion screens, created the overall fill, then a dimmed-down Dedo was used to bring out the faces slightly. Inside the actual theatre, The main lighting was the actual stage lights they had set up as a general wash (I was given use of the theatre free for the day, so didn't have a lot of control over that aspect) A diffused redhead was used to bring out the director's face more.

Dolly shots were done with the Australian-made "Wally Dolly". Not sure what an equivalent US product would be. And that's about it for equipment used :-)

Cheers
Pat

Adam Grunseth · June 24th, 2007, 08:07 PM

Wow! Congradulations! I'm at my day job right now, so I'll check out your film when I get home tonight.

Oren Arieli · June 24th, 2007, 09:17 PM

Great work. Congratulations to you. The story was well told and the camerawork was smooth, clean and professional. I hope to see your work on the big screen someday!

G'day!

Tyson Perkins · June 24th, 2007, 10:38 PM

Yeh - well done mate; very well made short, however i can see why it didn't get into Tropfest (not on the basis of its quality- of which yours is at a very high level) but just on the fact that it doesn't really fit the classic Tropfest mould from which the judges never really move away from...

George David · June 24th, 2007, 11:00 PM

PJ, very funny story, good acting and the DP/Camera/Light work superb. Congratulations.

Paolo Ciccone · June 25th, 2007, 02:05 PM

Hey Pat, congratulations. Very nice story, very funny. I truly enjoyed it.

Jan Van der Heyden · June 25th, 2007, 02:10 PM

PJ, one word : excellent !

nice work and I hope to see more of you ( films I mean ;)

June 24th, 2007, 06:33 PM	#1
PJ Gallagher Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 78	My HD101 Short Film Wins Its First Festival My short film "Love, War & Auditions", shot at the beginning of the year with my trusty HD101E, just scored its first festival win after having a few finalist placings in other festivals. It took out "Best Capital Region Film" at the Snowyfest Film Festival here in Australia. The $1000 prize money it adds to the coffers is very welcome ;-) What makes the win even sweeter is some of the films it was up against. I originally shot LW&A for a big Australian short film comp called Tropfest. In that comp it didn't even rate the shortlist. But in Snowyfest it was up against, and beat, two Tropfest shortlisted films and one Tropfest Top 16 finalist. Just goes to show how subjective film festival judging can be :-) If you want to check out the film, here's the link: http://www.caliburnproductions.com/LWA.html Cheers Pat

June 25th, 2007, 02:05 PM	#8
Paolo Ciccone Trustee Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Santa Cruz, CA Posts: 1,116	Hey Pat, congratulations. Very nice story, very funny. I truly enjoyed it. __________________ Paolo http://www.paolociccone.com Demo Reel

June 24th, 2007, 07:01 PM	#2
Carlos Rodriguez Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Modesto, California Posts: 206	congrats! what color settings/special equipment did you use?

June 24th, 2007, 07:31 PM	#3
PJ Gallagher Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 78	Thanks Carlos. The colour settings were Paulo's True Colour v3, with a little extra tweaking in post (Vegas 7) Not a lot in the way of extra gear. Sound was caught with a Rode NTG-2 on a Rode boompole, straight into the camera. Lighting. Exterior was just a flexifill to fill in the shadows a bit. In the "scene dock" part of the theatre, a couple of redheads, shooting through diffusion screens, created the overall fill, then a dimmed-down Dedo was used to bring out the faces slightly. Inside the actual theatre, The main lighting was the actual stage lights they had set up as a general wash (I was given use of the theatre free for the day, so didn't have a lot of control over that aspect) A diffused redhead was used to bring out the director's face more. Dolly shots were done with the Australian-made "Wally Dolly". Not sure what an equivalent US product would be. And that's about it for equipment used :-) Cheers Pat

June 24th, 2007, 08:07 PM	#4
Adam Grunseth Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 393	Wow! Congradulations! I'm at my day job right now, so I'll check out your film when I get home tonight.

June 24th, 2007, 09:17 PM	#5
Oren Arieli Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 919	Great work. Congratulations to you. The story was well told and the camerawork was smooth, clean and professional. I hope to see your work on the big screen someday! G'day!

June 24th, 2007, 10:38 PM	#6
Tyson Perkins Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: sydney, australia Posts: 221	Yeh - well done mate; very well made short, however i can see why it didn't get into Tropfest (not on the basis of its quality- of which yours is at a very high level) but just on the fact that it doesn't really fit the classic Tropfest mould from which the judges never really move away from...

June 24th, 2007, 11:00 PM	#7
George David Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 150	PJ, very funny story, good acting and the DP/Camera/Light work superb. Congratulations.

June 25th, 2007, 02:10 PM	#9
Jan Van der Heyden New Boot Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boom, Belgium Posts: 16	PJ, one word : excellent ! nice work and I hope to see more of you ( films I mean ;)