New short made with homemade MINI35 kit.

Keith Loh · February 22nd, 2004, 01:56 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Dustin Waits : Sorry for my ignorance, but what is mini35? -->>>

No need to apologize. But do use the "search" button located on the top right hand corner of your DV Info screen.

John Gaspain · February 23rd, 2004, 01:52 AM

Holy Crap! what a good movie!

Did you use an Agus35 or an Alain35? It looks static

Olivier Vanaschen · February 23rd, 2004, 02:11 AM

Thank you very much !!

It's a static one, but really simple, look at one of the previous messages for infos, here is the picture:

http://www.originalversion.net/temp/makingof01.jpg

John Heskett · February 23rd, 2004, 12:09 PM

Olivier,

What I can not see in you picture is the connection between the Canon and the 35mm. Are you viewing straight through the 35mm or off of Ground Glass? Do you have any pictures without the cover on the cameras?

Olivier Vanaschen · February 23rd, 2004, 01:01 PM

We are looking directly in to the F-2 ground glass. I don't have a picture without it I think.

Kevin Burnfield · February 24th, 2004, 09:17 AM

whoa... you are shooting down into a 35mm SLR.

I agree, really simple and ingenius.

What about moving the camera? were you able to get around without a ton of trouble?

Did you build a tripod mount or a set of legs for your wooden support stand?

Olivier Vanaschen · February 24th, 2004, 12:26 PM

We had a lot lot trouble moving the camera. Every exterior shot was done handheld, then stabilized in post. For the interior shots we had an ironing table as support. If you look at the making of picture, you can see it. It had nice flowers on it :-)

We're so excited after building the kit, we didn't want to spend more time building a support stand :-) We did suffer a lot during the shoot but it was fun, you have so much liberty when you don't have a tripod at all.

Gustavo Godinho · March 2nd, 2004, 10:50 AM

Olivier, did YOU do that water/car/soda advertisement? I mean, wasn´t it taken from TV? Man, that is pro stuff... How about that effect of the bottle coloured while everything else was almost BW? How did you do that? Did you use any kind of filter for the fog/diffusion effect on that same sequence?

Olivier Vanaschen · March 3rd, 2004, 09:14 AM

Hello Gustavo

yes we did those fake bad commercials :-) We're really pleased you'll like it.

For the water ad, we did use the hue/saturation and push everything to -100 excepted blue and cyan, then used some color balance too. We did use a plugin called Grain Surgery to remove the grain, if you push the parameters, it makes the picture softer, a bit like a nice mist filter. We did that and we also put some gaussian blur on another layer.

I've uploaded new files to both servers, a bit smaller (42mb) and better quality (way sharper, less noise)

The website is on his way, still a lot of work to do, be patient :-)

Thanks again everybody,

Olivier & Sebastien
www.anotherstateofmind.be

Steve Franco · March 4th, 2004, 10:14 AM

After several failed attempts at downloading this one, I did. After waiting for my boss to go into a meeting for the past week to watch this it finally happened and I'm happy to say I really thought this was a great short. Visually it was really amazing. The acting was very solid. Marla was a very compelling character. What are you guys planning on doing with this short? Are you sending it out to festivals?

John Chia · March 6th, 2004, 04:46 PM

this is real brillant stuff.

your work will surely inspire the rest of us i'm sure. how did you do the slo-mo on that ad? wow wow wow

2 Thumbs Up!

Olivier Vanaschen · March 10th, 2004, 04:40 PM

Thank you so very much !!!! :-)

We're now working on the movie's website, where we will upload as much information as possible. Everything will not be ready at the site's launching but we planned to post fullres pics, teaser, trailer, making-of pictures and infos, trailer in DV so you can check it on TV,... still a lot of work to do but we want to share it as much as possible.

We'll send it to festivals, and also to production companies, agents,... we spent three months working hard on this, we now need to find work, unless we'll have problems paying the bills :-)

We did the slo-mo in After Effects using RetimerRT plugin.

Thanks again,

Olivier & Sebastien
www.anotherstateofmind.be

Lathe Austin · March 10th, 2004, 09:07 PM

<<<-- Originally posted by Olivier Vanaschen : Thank you so very much !!!! :-)

We'll send it to festivals, and also to production companies, agents,... we spent three months working hard on this, we now need to find work, unless we'll have problems paying the bills :-)

Olivier & Sebastien
www.anotherstateofmind.be -->>>

Would there not be some legal issue with the fact you used some one elses character? I have no idea I was just wondering if that is the case or not.

Olivier Vanaschen · March 14th, 2004, 03:36 AM

Maybe yes, but as long there's no commercial use of it, I think it'll be OK. We just want people to see it and share everything we can.

Olivier Vanaschen · March 18th, 2004, 01:09 PM

Hello all,

the website for the movie is online. You'll find the teaser, trailer, full-res stills, making-of pictures, deleted scenes,... we're still working on the technical guide (mini35 how-to, post,...), it'll be online monday.

Here the url: http://www.marlathemovie.com

Hope you'll like it,

Olivier & Sebastien
www.anotherstateofmind.be
www.marlathemovie.com

February 22nd, 2004, 01:56 PM	#31
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February 23rd, 2004, 01:52 AM	#32
John Gaspain Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: WA-USA Posts: 371	Holy Crap! what a good movie! Did you use an Agus35 or an Alain35? It looks static __________________ The glory of the World passes by.

February 23rd, 2004, 12:09 PM	#34
John Heskett Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Terre Haute Indiana Posts: 181	Olivier, What I can not see in you picture is the connection between the Canon and the 35mm. Are you viewing straight through the 35mm or off of Ground Glass? Do you have any pictures without the cover on the cameras? __________________ Illuminate the Vision

March 2nd, 2004, 10:50 AM	#38
Gustavo Godinho Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belém - Pa - Brazil Posts: 130	Olivier, did YOU do that water/car/soda advertisement? I mean, wasn´t it taken from TV? Man, that is pro stuff... How about that effect of the bottle coloured while everything else was almost BW? How did you do that? Did you use any kind of filter for the fog/diffusion effect on that same sequence? __________________ lml

March 4th, 2004, 10:14 AM	#40
Steve Franco Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 74	After several failed attempts at downloading this one, I did. After waiting for my boss to go into a meeting for the past week to watch this it finally happened and I'm happy to say I really thought this was a great short. Visually it was really amazing. The acting was very solid. Marla was a very compelling character. What are you guys planning on doing with this short? Are you sending it out to festivals? __________________ Fusion Arena Productions At Confession

February 23rd, 2004, 02:11 AM	#33
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	Thank you very much !! It's a static one, but really simple, look at one of the previous messages for infos, here is the picture: http://www.originalversion.net/temp/makingof01.jpg

February 23rd, 2004, 01:01 PM	#35
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	We are looking directly in to the F-2 ground glass. I don't have a picture without it I think.

February 24th, 2004, 09:17 AM	#36
Kevin Burnfield Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 363	whoa... you are shooting down into a 35mm SLR. I agree, really simple and ingenius. What about moving the camera? were you able to get around without a ton of trouble? Did you build a tripod mount or a set of legs for your wooden support stand?

February 24th, 2004, 12:26 PM	#37
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	We had a lot lot trouble moving the camera. Every exterior shot was done handheld, then stabilized in post. For the interior shots we had an ironing table as support. If you look at the making of picture, you can see it. It had nice flowers on it :-) We're so excited after building the kit, we didn't want to spend more time building a support stand :-) We did suffer a lot during the shoot but it was fun, you have so much liberty when you don't have a tripod at all.

March 3rd, 2004, 09:14 AM	#39
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	Hello Gustavo yes we did those fake bad commercials :-) We're really pleased you'll like it. For the water ad, we did use the hue/saturation and push everything to -100 excepted blue and cyan, then used some color balance too. We did use a plugin called Grain Surgery to remove the grain, if you push the parameters, it makes the picture softer, a bit like a nice mist filter. We did that and we also put some gaussian blur on another layer. I've uploaded new files to both servers, a bit smaller (42mb) and better quality (way sharper, less noise) The website is on his way, still a lot of work to do, be patient :-) Thanks again everybody, Olivier & Sebastien www.anotherstateofmind.be

March 6th, 2004, 04:46 PM	#41
John Chia Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 32	this is real brillant stuff. your work will surely inspire the rest of us i'm sure. how did you do the slo-mo on that ad? wow wow wow 2 Thumbs Up!

March 10th, 2004, 04:40 PM	#42
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	Thank you so very much !!!! :-) We're now working on the movie's website, where we will upload as much information as possible. Everything will not be ready at the site's launching but we planned to post fullres pics, teaser, trailer, making-of pictures and infos, trailer in DV so you can check it on TV,... still a lot of work to do but we want to share it as much as possible. We'll send it to festivals, and also to production companies, agents,... we spent three months working hard on this, we now need to find work, unless we'll have problems paying the bills :-) We did the slo-mo in After Effects using RetimerRT plugin. Thanks again, Olivier & Sebastien www.anotherstateofmind.be

March 10th, 2004, 09:07 PM	#43
Lathe Austin Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 34	<<<-- Originally posted by Olivier Vanaschen : Thank you so very much !!!! :-) We'll send it to festivals, and also to production companies, agents,... we spent three months working hard on this, we now need to find work, unless we'll have problems paying the bills :-) Olivier & Sebastien www.anotherstateofmind.be -->>> Would there not be some legal issue with the fact you used some one elses character? I have no idea I was just wondering if that is the case or not.

March 14th, 2004, 03:36 AM	#44
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	Maybe yes, but as long there's no commercial use of it, I think it'll be OK. We just want people to see it and share everything we can.

March 18th, 2004, 01:09 PM	#45
Olivier Vanaschen Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 35	marlathemovie.com is online Hello all, the website for the movie is online. You'll find the teaser, trailer, full-res stills, making-of pictures, deleted scenes,... we're still working on the technical guide (mini35 how-to, post,...), it'll be online monday. Here the url: http://www.marlathemovie.com Hope you'll like it, Olivier & Sebastien www.anotherstateofmind.be www.marlathemovie.com