Show Your Work 2005

Paul Vlachos · April 7th, 2005, 07:35 AM

Thanks Richard.

I realized I hadn't even been considering the DVDs as an option, even though they're listed.

I guess I have time to think about it, at least a month or so.

I could rent a BetaSP deck for a day and buy a few tapes, but that's money, too.

Ugh.

Emre Safak · April 7th, 2005, 09:37 PM

Does anyone know what the last word on online video distribution is? Supposing I wanted to share a video here, and I did not have sufficient Web space, what should I do? Has anyone used popcast.com?

Brandon Greenlee · April 7th, 2005, 10:34 PM

I would be willing to host it for you if you are asking for it? Couldn't quite understand your question.

Emre Safak · April 8th, 2005, 07:51 AM

Let me try again. I want to share video files but I have neither the space nor the bandwidth. I presume there are many people in my predicament. Is there a free swarming solution, like Bittorrent, that is tailored to video?

Kevin VanWanseele · April 8th, 2005, 08:41 AM

Great job on your first video. You obviously have a firm grasp of composition. It all has a very professional "look" to it. I loved the running story behind Jay on the TV behind him.

I have a few comments:
What happened to the image of Jay on the Close up when he's singing into the camera. The left 1/4 of the screen was chopped off black. It's a little jarring.
The shot of Jay tossing in bed at night didn't fit as well into the look of the rest of the production. Different lighting?
There was a shot where I thought Jay was going to beat up the girl (he was standing outside of her car and lunged at her!) I was happy to see he didn't!

These are two minor adjustments/edits that'll calm the viewer and help the story come out more.

Great job!

Brandon Greenlee · April 8th, 2005, 08:53 AM

Not really. I guess the closest thing would be the different film sites.

You can try releasing videos via the p2p infrastructure and I have done so myself a couple of times on the gnutella network - however distribution probably took about 4-5months to get a decent source rate.

Other than that you should probably look at just buying into a web hosting plan. They have rates with several hundred megabytes and 10gigs of transfer for not much more tha $12 a month out there.

And again if this is just a one off thing I would be willing to host it for you.

Emre Safak · April 8th, 2005, 09:24 AM

Thank you very much, Brandon. I wanted to share my next short with the community to get critiques. I will knock on your door when the time comes.

Dan Diaconu · April 8th, 2005, 09:33 AM

Emre,
This site:
http://rapidshare.de/ will host your clips up to 30M for free. All you have to do is upload them and post the link. I hope this helps.

Simon Wyndham · April 8th, 2005, 10:36 AM

Just to let you guys know that the final version of the Soul Searcher trailer is online at http://www.soulsearchermovie.com

I worked on this as the fight choreographer and did loads of Glidecam 2000 work on it. Most of the film is shot on a Canon XL1s.

I saw the final version of the film the other week at the Borderlines Film Festival in Hereford and I have to say that it is amazing. It really seems like a big film, helped in no small part by Neils lighting as well as the fact he hired a composer and a full 60 piece symphony orchestra for the original musical score!

This is one DV movie that will go places!

Daniel Patton · April 8th, 2005, 10:37 AM

Thanks man, I appreciate the feedback/comments! I agree 100%.

The part where it is clipped on the left... It's a horrid shot and was shifted to the right to save the clip, hiding stuff on the right side. I have not decided what to do with that one, I think it's going to be edited out. It was NOT a planned shot, it started raining hard one day, we tried it, it blew.

The other clip with Jay tossing and turning is another horrid shot. Waaaay too much contrast. It's funny how you picked the two clips that I myself hate the most. That's a good thing I guess, it gives me more reason to yank them or spend the time and do them over again. I can suffer through the others, but those two are without proper lighting or setup, they look bad.

HAha! :) Jay actually lunged at the car door, not at her. He is such a mellow dude, he had to work at being angry for the sake of the shot. Maybe I better take a hard look at that area again regardless. We tried to show enough contrast with the two of them getting along as well as arguing, etc.. I'm open to any ideas for improving on this.

Worth mentioning, this was a low or no budget video. We have the hardware and applications, so the only cost was time. In the process we learned a lot, but In truth if I had the time I would re-shoot all of it and edit again.

Jon Fordham · April 9th, 2005, 05:49 PM

FOUR EYED MONSTERS OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE TOMORROW @ THE 2005 GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL!

Tomorrow, Sunday April 10, Four Eyed Monsters makes its Official New York City Premiere at the 2005 Gen Art Film Festival.

Four Eyed Monsters made its world premiere as an Official Narrative Feature Selection in competition at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festivall in January. The film then went on to screen as an Official Selection at the
2005 SXSW Film Festival in Austin last month. Having just finished two back to back regional premieres, Four Eyed Monsters is finally coming home to the Big Apple for two days of screenings!

********
Synopsis:

I want a relationship but I don't want a relationship, I don't want to be mediocre, I want the world to excite me, I hate the word soul mate, I want someone but I don't want a struggle, I want to be okay if I'm alone, I want to not have to want, I want to be able to quit if we get too close, is it okay if we just think about it as a collaboration and nothing more, can you please just talk to me. I'm looking for someone who is looking for the same.
********

"FOUR AND A HALF STARS!" - Film Threat

"Four Eyed Monsters is an uber-modern romance story that's powered with raw honesty and coated with wild imagination that creates a kind of fairy tale world... this movie is going to touch you in ways that’ll make you blush and laugh out loud... In the realm of modern romantic movies, this one hits all the right spots and it makes it hurt so good." - Eric Campos filmthreat.com

Shot with the Panasonic DVX100 with anamorphic lens and DVX100A, in 24P Advanced pulldown. The film is a unique blending of DV, animation, documentary, and narrative.

Gen Art Schedule:

On Sunday, April 10th Writer/Directors Susan Buice & Arin Crumley will be on a Panel Discussion @ Clearview West Cinemas starting at 4:00 pm.

The Official Premiere Screening will begin at 7:30 pm. Screening @ Clearview West Cinemas 333 W. 23rd (btw 8th & 9th)

Following the screening there will be an after party @ Cotton starting at 10:00 pm 105 West 27th St. (btw 6th and 7th ave)

If you can't make it to the premiere on Sunday (or just loved the movie so much, you have to see it again), you can catch an Encore screening Monday April 11th at 5:00 pm @ Clearview West Cinemas.

You can buy tickets online at the Gen Art website or call 212-255-7300. The 20% discount code is: FCL05

Pasi Rutanen · April 10th, 2005, 06:45 AM

Niiice! The story sounds really entertaining. Checked out the trailer as well, nice images. Is this a feature length movie or a short?

Simon Wyndham · April 10th, 2005, 07:18 AM

Hi Pasi,

The movie is feature length. It is currently seeking distribution although it will be showing at a few film festivals as well as being shown around Cannes (though unfortunately it was rejected being officially shown).

I think I can safely say that Neil has taken the XL1 DV feature movie to it's absolute limit in terms of scale. Its an amazing effect when you watch the movie itself. It just seems like a real film! The music really goes a long way to helping the effect.

The movie took a huge amount of organising, so my hat really goes off to Neil. I think he will become known as the Peter Jackson of the UK!

Mathieu Ghekiere · April 10th, 2005, 07:45 AM

Great to see all that enthousiasm and passion in a project!
I wish you guys the most of luck!

Glenn Chan · April 10th, 2005, 12:01 PM

putfile.com - will host your video for free I believe.

zed.cbc.ca - will also host your video. It's a TV channel. I think by uploading there they have the right to show your video on the Zed CBC show. They may take your clip down if it runs into copyright restrictions.

yousendit.com is good for sending clips where you'd normally use email.

Bittorrent is probably what you want if you want a P2P solution. You need to figure out how to put your video on a tracker, which shouldn't be too hard.

You can also get a website. Dreamhost.com has a promo going on for 120GB/month for $10/month (pay for 1 year). With promo code 777 it's $10USD for the first year including domain registration (you may want to transfer that away to namecheap.com if you want control over your domain). They are overselling and won't make a profit if you use 5GB/month, but nonetheless they should honor their deal as long as you don't violate their terms of service.

You should throttle the bandwidth to 100GB, as going over costs $1/GB.

April 7th, 2005, 07:35 AM	#361
Paul Vlachos Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York, NY Posts: 88	Thanks Richard. I realized I hadn't even been considering the DVDs as an option, even though they're listed. I guess I have time to think about it, at least a month or so. I could rent a BetaSP deck for a day and buy a few tapes, but that's money, too. Ugh. __________________ One day at a time.

April 7th, 2005, 09:37 PM	#362
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	How to share work using P2P technology? Does anyone know what the last word on online video distribution is? Supposing I wanted to share a video here, and I did not have sufficient Web space, what should I do? Has anyone used popcast.com?

April 7th, 2005, 10:34 PM	#363
Brandon Greenlee Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Alabama Posts: 242	I would be willing to host it for you if you are asking for it? Couldn't quite understand your question. __________________ Brandon Greenlee

April 8th, 2005, 08:53 AM	#366
Brandon Greenlee Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Alabama Posts: 242	Not really. I guess the closest thing would be the different film sites. You can try releasing videos via the p2p infrastructure and I have done so myself a couple of times on the gnutella network - however distribution probably took about 4-5months to get a decent source rate. Other than that you should probably look at just buying into a web hosting plan. They have rates with several hundred megabytes and 10gigs of transfer for not much more tha $12 a month out there. And again if this is just a one off thing I would be willing to host it for you. __________________ Brandon Greenlee

April 8th, 2005, 10:36 AM	#369
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	Soul Searcher trailer Just to let you guys know that the final version of the Soul Searcher trailer is online at http://www.soulsearchermovie.com I worked on this as the fight choreographer and did loads of Glidecam 2000 work on it. Most of the film is shot on a Canon XL1s. I saw the final version of the film the other week at the Borderlines Film Festival in Hereford and I have to say that it is amazing. It really seems like a big film, helped in no small part by Neils lighting as well as the fact he hired a composer and a full 60 piece symphony orchestra for the original musical score! This is one DV movie that will go places!

April 8th, 2005, 07:51 AM	#364
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Let me try again. I want to share video files but I have neither the space nor the bandwidth. I presume there are many people in my predicament. Is there a free swarming solution, like Bittorrent, that is tailored to video?

April 8th, 2005, 08:41 AM	#365
Kevin VanWanseele Tourist Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: United States Posts: 1	Great job on your first video. You obviously have a firm grasp of composition. It all has a very professional "look" to it. I loved the running story behind Jay on the TV behind him. I have a few comments: What happened to the image of Jay on the Close up when he's singing into the camera. The left 1/4 of the screen was chopped off black. It's a little jarring. The shot of Jay tossing in bed at night didn't fit as well into the look of the rest of the production. Different lighting? There was a shot where I thought Jay was going to beat up the girl (he was standing outside of her car and lunged at her!) I was happy to see he didn't! These are two minor adjustments/edits that'll calm the viewer and help the story come out more. Great job!

April 8th, 2005, 09:24 AM	#367
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Thank you very much, Brandon. I wanted to share my next short with the community to get critiques. I will knock on your door when the time comes.

April 8th, 2005, 09:33 AM	#368
Dan Diaconu Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 804	Emre, This site: http://rapidshare.de/ will host your clips up to 30M for free. All you have to do is upload them and post the link. I hope this helps.

April 8th, 2005, 10:37 AM	#370
Daniel Patton Major Player Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Knoxville TN Posts: 589	Thanks man, I appreciate the feedback/comments! I agree 100%. The part where it is clipped on the left... It's a horrid shot and was shifted to the right to save the clip, hiding stuff on the right side. I have not decided what to do with that one, I think it's going to be edited out. It was NOT a planned shot, it started raining hard one day, we tried it, it blew. The other clip with Jay tossing and turning is another horrid shot. Waaaay too much contrast. It's funny how you picked the two clips that I myself hate the most. That's a good thing I guess, it gives me more reason to yank them or spend the time and do them over again. I can suffer through the others, but those two are without proper lighting or setup, they look bad. HAha! :) Jay actually lunged at the car door, not at her. He is such a mellow dude, he had to work at being angry for the sake of the shot. Maybe I better take a hard look at that area again regardless. We tried to show enough contrast with the two of them getting along as well as arguing, etc.. I'm open to any ideas for improving on this. Worth mentioning, this was a low or no budget video. We have the hardware and applications, so the only cost was time. In the process we learned a lot, but In truth if I had the time I would re-shoot all of it and edit again. __________________ Our eyes allow us to see the world - The lens allows others to see the world through our eyes. RED ONE #977

April 9th, 2005, 05:49 PM	#371
Jon Fordham Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: New York, NY Posts: 242	Four Eyed Monsters NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE Today @ the 2005 Gen Art Film Festival FOUR EYED MONSTERS OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE TOMORROW @ THE 2005 GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL! Tomorrow, Sunday April 10, Four Eyed Monsters makes its Official New York City Premiere at the 2005 Gen Art Film Festival. Four Eyed Monsters made its world premiere as an Official Narrative Feature Selection in competition at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festivall in January. The film then went on to screen as an Official Selection at the 2005 SXSW Film Festival in Austin last month. Having just finished two back to back regional premieres, Four Eyed Monsters is finally coming home to the Big Apple for two days of screenings! ****** Synopsis: I want a relationship but I don't want a relationship, I don't want to be mediocre, I want the world to excite me, I hate the word soul mate, I want someone but I don't want a struggle, I want to be okay if I'm alone, I want to not have to want, I want to be able to quit if we get too close, is it okay if we just think about it as a collaboration and nothing more, can you please just talk to me. I'm looking for someone who is looking for the same. ****** "FOUR AND A HALF STARS!" - Film Threat "Four Eyed Monsters is an uber-modern romance story that's powered with raw honesty and coated with wild imagination that creates a kind of fairy tale world... this movie is going to touch you in ways that’ll make you blush and laugh out loud... In the realm of modern romantic movies, this one hits all the right spots and it makes it hurt so good." - Eric Campos filmthreat.com Shot with the Panasonic DVX100 with anamorphic lens and DVX100A, in 24P Advanced pulldown. The film is a unique blending of DV, animation, documentary, and narrative. Gen Art Schedule: On Sunday, April 10th Writer/Directors Susan Buice & Arin Crumley will be on a Panel Discussion @ Clearview West Cinemas starting at 4:00 pm. The Official Premiere Screening will begin at 7:30 pm. Screening @ Clearview West Cinemas 333 W. 23rd (btw 8th & 9th) Following the screening there will be an after party @ Cotton starting at 10:00 pm 105 West 27th St. (btw 6th and 7th ave) If you can't make it to the premiere on Sunday (or just loved the movie so much, you have to see it again), you can catch an Encore screening Monday April 11th at 5:00 pm @ Clearview West Cinemas. You can buy tickets online at the Gen Art website or call 212-255-7300. The 20% discount code is: FCL05 __________________ Jon Fordham Director of Photography www.jonfordham.com

April 10th, 2005, 06:45 AM	#372
Pasi Rutanen New Boot Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Beijing, China Posts: 16	Niiice! The story sounds really entertaining. Checked out the trailer as well, nice images. Is this a feature length movie or a short?

April 10th, 2005, 07:18 AM	#373
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	Hi Pasi, The movie is feature length. It is currently seeking distribution although it will be showing at a few film festivals as well as being shown around Cannes (though unfortunately it was rejected being officially shown). I think I can safely say that Neil has taken the XL1 DV feature movie to it's absolute limit in terms of scale. Its an amazing effect when you watch the movie itself. It just seems like a real film! The music really goes a long way to helping the effect. The movie took a huge amount of organising, so my hat really goes off to Neil. I think he will become known as the Peter Jackson of the UK!

April 10th, 2005, 07:45 AM	#374
Mathieu Ghekiere Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 2,195	Great to see all that enthousiasm and passion in a project! I wish you guys the most of luck!

April 10th, 2005, 12:01 PM	#375
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	putfile.com - will host your video for free I believe. zed.cbc.ca - will also host your video. It's a TV channel. I think by uploading there they have the right to show your video on the Zed CBC show. They may take your clip down if it runs into copyright restrictions. yousendit.com is good for sending clips where you'd normally use email. Bittorrent is probably what you want if you want a P2P solution. You need to figure out how to put your video on a tracker, which shouldn't be too hard. You can also get a website. Dreamhost.com has a promo going on for 120GB/month for $10/month (pay for 1 year). With promo code 777 it's $10USD for the first year including domain registration (you may want to transfer that away to namecheap.com if you want control over your domain). They are overselling and won't make a profit if you use 5GB/month, but nonetheless they should honor their deal as long as you don't violate their terms of service. You should throttle the bandwidth to 100GB, as going over costs $1/GB.