Show Your Work 2004

Seth Peterson · February 25th, 2004, 11:48 PM

Thanks for the feedback. I can understand where it might get a little confusing with the edit and such. In the real world I might market this as a teaser trailer of sorts. Playing off its ambiguity and short length. As for Half-Life; I would have to say that game has changed my life in ways I can't describe...LOL. Many a hour were/are spent playing that game and its incredible mods.

Ken Tanaka · February 26th, 2004, 10:07 PM

I will be shooting two short (theatrical) pieces this weekend that will be broadcast by a local PBS affiliate. I plan to shoot it with my DVX100A and, of course, have three possible modes available with that camera. Shooting 24p does not appropriate for this venue. My instincts tell me that 60i will probably be the best-fit choice for this venue. But would 30p present a problem for broadcast?

Rob Lohman · February 27th, 2004, 03:38 AM

It shouldn't be a problem technically, since it is still interlaced but
the time difference has been removed. So it might look "weird"
or "different". But I guess you already knew that! <g>

Alain Aguilar · February 28th, 2004, 12:12 AM

I just finished this improved flash intro for my site and I thought you guys might like it. It's not a big deal, but I just got a little exited.

www.nothingmanproductions.com

Thanks!

Marty Martin · February 28th, 2004, 12:22 AM

Without this sounding to harsh...

Is this a joke?

Alain Aguilar · February 28th, 2004, 12:44 AM

There is a trailer in the site that can explain that.

http://www.nothingmanproductions.com...lonpreview.wmv

Bryan McCullough · February 28th, 2004, 01:55 AM

I assume you're paying Larry some royality money for the yodeling?

:)

Alain Aguilar · February 28th, 2004, 07:12 PM

For now I'm trying to get some feedback and reactions. If it works I'll come up with my own yodeling. Cheers!

Donald Gregory · February 29th, 2004, 06:52 PM

visually it looks great. I think you might be overusing the photographic effect a bit though :)

Bryan Mitchell · February 29th, 2004, 07:12 PM

Yes. At this point, I've yet to shoot anything scripted, so I have no story. Right now I'm writing, so next time I should have actual story, so I don't need to rely on fx.

Kristopher Mallory · February 29th, 2004, 07:42 PM

hey guys, wanted to let you know that because of this site and all the good people and advice i've gotten here, i am in pre-production on my first project.

i sugested an area where people can keep a log of the projects they are working for people to read. consider this my log :)

here's some details: I searched high and low on how i can start making movies. i was sick of doing the improv things, the one's where it's you and a friend or two just messing around start filming each other with a vhs or super cheap miniDV camcorder. don't get me wrong, i loved doing that..but im an adult now and it's time to take my dream serious.

i found this site and through it i found someone selling an XL1s camera for a price i could aford. then i read everything i could (without going insane) on how to begin. I asked questions and had them answered quickly. I happend to read a post by someone who lived nearby in MD and was interested in meeting people in the DC/Baltimore Area. i contact him and we had a few meetings and talked about things we could do.

one script he had written stood out. then titled: Thorizine. it was clever and had a shocking twist that i didn't see coming and an ending that would leave people talking about the film for a long time after. it only needed one location and a small cast of five. bingo, we had our project. we also had 0 funds, but you have to work with what you got. smiling as i left i remember thinking "this is going to be easy!". oh, how wrong i was.

it took 2 weeks running around like chickens without heads before we both realized we needed a plan! so we took a week and talked and talked and talked. ok, enough talk. time to do something!

first thing was to secure a location: that's now done

second was to gather items needed, small props we could make and/or find: kind of hard but that two is done.

third, start saving for the needed equipment. i began the project thinking i would be the AD but slowly my role became clear, i was turning into a producer. i didn't exspect that, yet it's very interesting and i think this may be my calling. we'll see.

Equipment: we'll i got my Xl1s and i saved for a nice tripod. had to think creatively and came up with the funds to get some lighting. well, there goes the budget. im now in the hole. ohwell.

still short on equipment, we figure it's time to look for some help and why where at it get us some actors.

i took some advice found here and posted an ad at mandy.com looking for anyone interested in helping. all i can say is WOW. i was upfront with people, the ad said this is a shoesting budget and there is 0 pay, only a DVD copy of the final product. we've gotten around 100 responses and after reviewing them we selected a few people who seemed to really want to be a part of this. that incudes, a student at a local univeristy who owns an Xl1 and support equipment. we found someone willing to take care of the sound aspect, who has his own equipment. I was contacted by Mark D'errico who kindly offered to score the intire project for FREE! he does some great work, check his site at www.markderrico.com. we've gotten numerous requests from people who want to do make up, effects, lighting..ect. all in all we have a full crew of dedicated people who wish to gain experiance working on a film.

as for cast. kennith emeson the writer/director/producer and what ever else he wants to do, placed an ad at actornews.com (another suggestion from a member of DVinfo!) he has been swamped with calls and we are currently holding auditions to fill the roles.

we now have a shooting scedule and everything is going verry well. what was supposed to be a colaberation to make a short has turned into something we think has a verygood shot at being played at a few film fests.

other things we've been doing is kenny's done script rewrites and making up some story boards, while i spend countless hours learning how to use VEGAS 4.0 effectivly. (i tried priemere and didn't really care for it) the book "VEGAS 4:EDITING WORKSHOP" by douglas spotted eagle has been a huge help.

once i figured out i had turned into a producer i thought it might be a good idea if i new exactly what a producer was and what he's supposed to do! it's not like i didn't have an idea of what a producer is, but i wanted to be sure i was doing it right and doing all i could to make sure this project gets finished. the book: "INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION" by gregory goodel has been helping me so much! anyone interested in that field should read it.

well, we are at a point where it's time to let people know what we are doing and how to get information on the project. so a friend loaned me some webspace and I put my lacking Web Page design skills to use. once we find someone who is a much beter artist and come up with a final name for the film most likely i'll register a domain name but untill then if anyone would like to take a look and follow our progress further check out.

http://www.malicereborn.org/film

i feel i wouldn't have came this far with out the help from you guys, so feel free to let me know what you really think of our progress so far in all aspects of the pre-production process.

Thanks for reading this long and drawn out post!

Kris Mallory.

one quick thing. my spelling is horible, That i already know. Im working on it......

Marty Martin · February 29th, 2004, 07:45 PM

Kris,

Good luck on everything. You had emailed me about doing your website. If you are still interested please email me again.

marty.martin@imagenfilms.com

Marty Martin · February 29th, 2004, 07:48 PM

By the way... THE best book I have read to date on making it into the film industry from an indie/low-budget angle is:

From Reel to Deal

It is AWESOME! I wouldn't just recommend, i would say it is a MUST READ. It covers every angle of making your first film. From pre-production to distribution. From doing it on your own, to choosing to go with a big studio. It is the most comprehensive book I have read [and I've read many].

I would encourage against using Vegas as an editing program. It's not horrible, but I don't think it'll get you the professional results you'd need

Kristopher Mallory · February 29th, 2004, 08:04 PM

liked it. what font is that?

Bryan Mitchell · February 29th, 2004, 08:50 PM

It is Evanescence. Its under the top 100 list on www.dafont.com (change the site to english at the top first)

Great font site.

February 25th, 2004, 11:48 PM	#181
Seth Peterson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 57	Thanks for the feedback. I can understand where it might get a little confusing with the edit and such. In the real world I might market this as a teaser trailer of sorts. Playing off its ambiguity and short length. As for Half-Life; I would have to say that game has changed my life in ways I can't describe...LOL. Many a hour were/are spent playing that game and its incredible mods. __________________ Seth Peterson www.sundevilpictures.com

February 26th, 2004, 10:07 PM	#182
Ken Tanaka Retired DV Info Net Almunus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,943	Broadcast: 60i or 30p? I will be shooting two short (theatrical) pieces this weekend that will be broadcast by a local PBS affiliate. I plan to shoot it with my DVX100A and, of course, have three possible modes available with that camera. Shooting 24p does not appropriate for this venue. My instincts tell me that 60i will probably be the best-fit choice for this venue. But would 30p present a problem for broadcast? __________________ Lady X Films: A lady with a boring wardrobe...and a global mission. Hey, you don't have enough stuff! Buy with confidence from our sponsors. Hand-picked as the best in the business...Really! See some of my work one frame at a time: www.KenTanaka.com

February 27th, 2004, 03:38 AM	#183
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	It shouldn't be a problem technically, since it is still interlaced but the time difference has been removed. So it might look "weird" or "different". But I guess you already knew that! <g> __________________ 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

February 28th, 2004, 12:12 AM	#184
Alain Aguilar Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Bergen Posts: 170	Check out the improved John Melon Flash intro I just finished this improved flash intro for my site and I thought you guys might like it. It's not a big deal, but I just got a little exited. www.nothingmanproductions.com Thanks! __________________ Alain

February 28th, 2004, 12:44 AM	#186
Alain Aguilar Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Bergen Posts: 170	There is a trailer in the site that can explain that. http://www.nothingmanproductions.com...lonpreview.wmv __________________ Alain

February 28th, 2004, 12:22 AM	#185
Marty Martin Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 116	Without this sounding to harsh... Is this a joke?

February 28th, 2004, 01:55 AM	#187
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	I assume you're paying Larry some royality money for the yodeling? :)

February 28th, 2004, 07:12 PM	#188
Alain Aguilar Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Bergen Posts: 170	For now I'm trying to get some feedback and reactions. If it works I'll come up with my own yodeling. Cheers! __________________ Alain

February 29th, 2004, 06:52 PM	#189
Donald Gregory New Boot Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Elyria, OH Posts: 16	visually it looks great. I think you might be overusing the photographic effect a bit though :) __________________ Please check out the trailer for PIZZA: The Movie at www.pizzathemovie.com

February 29th, 2004, 07:12 PM	#190
Bryan Mitchell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 316	Yes. At this point, I've yet to shoot anything scripted, so I have no story. Right now I'm writing, so next time I should have actual story, so I don't need to rely on fx.

February 29th, 2004, 07:42 PM	#191
Kristopher Mallory Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 60	First Project In Baltimore. hey guys, wanted to let you know that because of this site and all the good people and advice i've gotten here, i am in pre-production on my first project. i sugested an area where people can keep a log of the projects they are working for people to read. consider this my log :) here's some details: I searched high and low on how i can start making movies. i was sick of doing the improv things, the one's where it's you and a friend or two just messing around start filming each other with a vhs or super cheap miniDV camcorder. don't get me wrong, i loved doing that..but im an adult now and it's time to take my dream serious. i found this site and through it i found someone selling an XL1s camera for a price i could aford. then i read everything i could (without going insane) on how to begin. I asked questions and had them answered quickly. I happend to read a post by someone who lived nearby in MD and was interested in meeting people in the DC/Baltimore Area. i contact him and we had a few meetings and talked about things we could do. one script he had written stood out. then titled: Thorizine. it was clever and had a shocking twist that i didn't see coming and an ending that would leave people talking about the film for a long time after. it only needed one location and a small cast of five. bingo, we had our project. we also had 0 funds, but you have to work with what you got. smiling as i left i remember thinking "this is going to be easy!". oh, how wrong i was. it took 2 weeks running around like chickens without heads before we both realized we needed a plan! so we took a week and talked and talked and talked. ok, enough talk. time to do something! first thing was to secure a location: that's now done second was to gather items needed, small props we could make and/or find: kind of hard but that two is done. third, start saving for the needed equipment. i began the project thinking i would be the AD but slowly my role became clear, i was turning into a producer. i didn't exspect that, yet it's very interesting and i think this may be my calling. we'll see. Equipment: we'll i got my Xl1s and i saved for a nice tripod. had to think creatively and came up with the funds to get some lighting. well, there goes the budget. im now in the hole. ohwell. still short on equipment, we figure it's time to look for some help and why where at it get us some actors. i took some advice found here and posted an ad at mandy.com looking for anyone interested in helping. all i can say is WOW. i was upfront with people, the ad said this is a shoesting budget and there is 0 pay, only a DVD copy of the final product. we've gotten around 100 responses and after reviewing them we selected a few people who seemed to really want to be a part of this. that incudes, a student at a local univeristy who owns an Xl1 and support equipment. we found someone willing to take care of the sound aspect, who has his own equipment. I was contacted by Mark D'errico who kindly offered to score the intire project for FREE! he does some great work, check his site at www.markderrico.com. we've gotten numerous requests from people who want to do make up, effects, lighting..ect. all in all we have a full crew of dedicated people who wish to gain experiance working on a film. as for cast. kennith emeson the writer/director/producer and what ever else he wants to do, placed an ad at actornews.com (another suggestion from a member of DVinfo!) he has been swamped with calls and we are currently holding auditions to fill the roles. we now have a shooting scedule and everything is going verry well. what was supposed to be a colaberation to make a short has turned into something we think has a verygood shot at being played at a few film fests. other things we've been doing is kenny's done script rewrites and making up some story boards, while i spend countless hours learning how to use VEGAS 4.0 effectivly. (i tried priemere and didn't really care for it) the book "VEGAS 4:EDITING WORKSHOP" by douglas spotted eagle has been a huge help. once i figured out i had turned into a producer i thought it might be a good idea if i new exactly what a producer was and what he's supposed to do! it's not like i didn't have an idea of what a producer is, but i wanted to be sure i was doing it right and doing all i could to make sure this project gets finished. the book: "INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM PRODUCTION" by gregory goodel has been helping me so much! anyone interested in that field should read it. well, we are at a point where it's time to let people know what we are doing and how to get information on the project. so a friend loaned me some webspace and I put my lacking Web Page design skills to use. once we find someone who is a much beter artist and come up with a final name for the film most likely i'll register a domain name but untill then if anyone would like to take a look and follow our progress further check out. http://www.malicereborn.org/film i feel i wouldn't have came this far with out the help from you guys, so feel free to let me know what you really think of our progress so far in all aspects of the pre-production process. Thanks for reading this long and drawn out post! Kris Mallory. one quick thing. my spelling is horible, That i already know. Im working on it...... __________________ krismallory@gmail.com http://www.stealthfiction.com Ad your site to our Directory!

February 29th, 2004, 07:45 PM	#192
Marty Martin Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 116	Kris, Good luck on everything. You had emailed me about doing your website. If you are still interested please email me again. marty.martin@imagenfilms.com

February 29th, 2004, 07:48 PM	#193
Marty Martin Permanently Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 116	By the way... THE best book I have read to date on making it into the film industry from an indie/low-budget angle is: From Reel to Deal It is AWESOME! I wouldn't just recommend, i would say it is a MUST READ. It covers every angle of making your first film. From pre-production to distribution. From doing it on your own, to choosing to go with a big studio. It is the most comprehensive book I have read [and I've read many]. I would encourage against using Vegas as an editing program. It's not horrible, but I don't think it'll get you the professional results you'd need

February 29th, 2004, 08:04 PM	#194
Kristopher Mallory Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 60	liked it. what font is that? __________________ krismallory@gmail.com http://www.stealthfiction.com Ad your site to our Directory!

February 29th, 2004, 08:50 PM	#195
Bryan Mitchell Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 316	It is Evanescence. Its under the top 100 list on www.dafont.com (change the site to english at the top first) Great font site.