Show Your Work 2005

Ash Greyson · June 29th, 2005, 01:21 AM

I agree about the news footage, if you did that, great job... not to discourage your competetive eating piece but I know of at least 2 films in some stage of production covering that topic. There was also a so-so real doc on the subject as well.....

ash =o)

Jason Gurwin · June 29th, 2005, 06:14 AM

The news footage is a couple of real news stories edited together, to work with the story off the film.

Bryan McCullough · June 29th, 2005, 01:08 PM

Playing with some H.264 settings. This footage is from a recent trip to Colorado.

Shot with FX1.

Please download, don't stream.

http://617pg.com/tivo/h264.mov

Jay Gladwell · June 29th, 2005, 01:15 PM

My QuickTime player can't play it. Says "the required compressor couldn't be found."

Jay

Bryan McCullough · June 29th, 2005, 01:42 PM

H.264 requires Quicktime 7.

John C. Chu · June 29th, 2005, 01:44 PM

Beautiful. Thanks for posting that.

I really love the shot of the bees in the flowers.

h.264 rocks... How long did it take to encode the final 42 meg file? And on what kind of machine?

Also--what settings did you use please.

Thanks!

Bryan McCullough · June 29th, 2005, 01:54 PM

On a Dual 2.0 with 1.5GB RAM it took about 30 minutes to encode from the timeline in FCP5.

The data rate is about 3200 kbits/sec.

Curtis Gwinn · June 29th, 2005, 08:23 PM

Hey guys...

My comedy partner and I make a five minute episodic TV show every month called, "Gemberling"

It's about a computer programmer who gets sucked into the internet and is trying to find his way home.

We're featured in a show called Channel 102, and we've been running there for 6 months.

I'd love for you all to check out our newest episode, (and the older ones) at www.cowboyandjohn.com in the media section.

Hope you enjoy!

-Curtis

(here's a direct link to episode 6) http://www.channel102.net/view.php?epid=57

Alex Harding · June 30th, 2005, 09:00 AM

hi
im alex and i just graduated from interactive design but all a really want to do is make videos
heres my showreel if anyone is interested: www.alknowshow.com/reel
going for a running job at an editing facility in london, but also got some freelance stuff coming up (fingers crossed)
all i need is 2k (£) for a dvx100a and my life is complete!
all the best
alex

Matt Champagne · June 30th, 2005, 03:36 PM

There is definately a few impressive things in that real...quite a few I'm not entirely sure how you did since its hard to tell if its was maybe 3d animation, or animation & video composite. I especially liked the red blood-like swirls, and the thing with the doll/childs face. Some of the stuff (animation of the map...the letters of your name)...were a bit on the simple side...or maybe not simple...just nothing that really jumps out at you.

Quote:

all i need is 2k (£) for a dvx100a and my life is complete!

haha...keep telling yourself that...but once you have your hands on that beautiful dvx...your suddenly going to realize you need a crane....then a followfocus...then a mini35....then your going to realize you need a new garage lol

edit: I'm kind of interested in how you do the over exposed look such as the two fighters...or the burning coal. Its not something you can do with DV too easily. I'm sort of interested in filming something with that look (inspired by the anime "Serial Experiments: Lane" --which to the anime fans on this board who haven't seen it GO OUT AND WATCH IT).

Travis Maynard · July 1st, 2005, 12:04 AM

Curtis,

First, I'd like to say I love Gemberling and I think it's hilarious. I have been following it scince the first episodes. I work with a lot of greenscreening myself and I was interested in seeing some pictures of your greenscreen shots before you composite images on them.

Do you have any tips on setting up a greenscreen shot with the XL2? Or was it pretty much, just the normal methods and hit the record button?

They better not cancel Gemberling... It should have been rated much higher then it was this month.

Thanks and Good luck with the show!

Gareth Mattison · July 1st, 2005, 05:52 PM

That was laugh out loud funny, thanks!

Curtis Gwinn · July 2nd, 2005, 03:59 AM

Thanks guys, much appreciated.

Travis...

I don't have any screenshots of our pre-composited shots at the moment, but I'll try and upload some ot our website over the weekend...

We're learning how to work on greenscreen via trial by error. Neither me or John had any filmmaking experience before, let alone greenscreening, so we've relied heavily upon the tutulage of a director friend of ours.

The main thing we've learned is to try and get as even a light as possible when you're doign low budget greenscreening. The next thing we want to teach ourselves is how to creatively light scenes for ambient effect.

Luckily, my partner John's taken to editing and basic Maya animation really well, so we're able to do ridiculous things like that Falkor character, and those pac-men.

I hope Gemberling doesn;t get cancelled either! WE're only planning on two more, before we wrap it up ourselves, but we'd like them to be screened at 102.

-cg

Dave Perry · July 2nd, 2005, 08:44 AM

Hi gang,

We are in the process of doing a new presentation reel and I'd like some feedback on our existing one. It can be found by clicking on the lady's face to the right of the paragraph heading at www.cartermedia.tv.

Thanks.

Clint Grant · July 2nd, 2005, 03:04 PM

Your link dosn't seem to be working.....

June 29th, 2005, 01:08 PM	#558
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	Some H.264 footage. Playing with some H.264 settings. This footage is from a recent trip to Colorado. Shot with FX1. Please download, don't stream. http://617pg.com/tivo/h264.mov

June 29th, 2005, 08:23 PM	#563
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	5 minute Epic Sci-Fi Comedy: Gemberling! Hey guys... My comedy partner and I make a five minute episodic TV show every month called, "Gemberling" It's about a computer programmer who gets sucked into the internet and is trying to find his way home. We're featured in a show called Channel 102, and we've been running there for 6 months. I'd love for you all to check out our newest episode, (and the older ones) at www.cowboyandjohn.com in the media section. Hope you enjoy! -Curtis (here's a direct link to episode 6) http://www.channel102.net/view.php?epid=57 __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com Last edited by Curtis Gwinn; June 30th, 2005 at 11:04 AM.

June 30th, 2005, 09:00 AM	#564
Alex Harding New Boot Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: london / bournemouth Posts: 22	my new showreel hi im alex and i just graduated from interactive design but all a really want to do is make videos heres my showreel if anyone is interested: www.alknowshow.com/reel going for a running job at an editing facility in london, but also got some freelance stuff coming up (fingers crossed) all i need is 2k (£) for a dvx100a and my life is complete! all the best alex

July 1st, 2005, 05:52 PM	#567
Gareth Mattison New Boot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Wolverhampton UK Posts: 11	Great Stuff That was laugh out loud funny, thanks!

July 2nd, 2005, 03:59 AM	#568
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	Thanks guys, much appreciated. Travis... I don't have any screenshots of our pre-composited shots at the moment, but I'll try and upload some ot our website over the weekend... We're learning how to work on greenscreen via trial by error. Neither me or John had any filmmaking experience before, let alone greenscreening, so we've relied heavily upon the tutulage of a director friend of ours. The main thing we've learned is to try and get as even a light as possible when you're doign low budget greenscreening. The next thing we want to teach ourselves is how to creatively light scenes for ambient effect. Luckily, my partner John's taken to editing and basic Maya animation really well, so we're able to do ridiculous things like that Falkor character, and those pac-men. I hope Gemberling doesn;t get cancelled either! WE're only planning on two more, before we wrap it up ourselves, but we'd like them to be screened at 102. -cg __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com

June 29th, 2005, 01:21 AM	#556
Ash Greyson Trustee Join Date: May 2003 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,689	I agree about the news footage, if you did that, great job... not to discourage your competetive eating piece but I know of at least 2 films in some stage of production covering that topic. There was also a so-so real doc on the subject as well..... ash =o)

June 29th, 2005, 06:14 AM	#557
Jason Gurwin Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: United States Posts: 33	The news footage is a couple of real news stories edited together, to work with the story off the film.

June 29th, 2005, 01:15 PM	#559
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	My QuickTime player can't play it. Says "the required compressor couldn't be found." Jay

June 29th, 2005, 01:42 PM	#560
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	H.264 requires Quicktime 7.

June 29th, 2005, 01:44 PM	#561
John C. Chu Major Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rego Park , NYC Posts: 665	Beautiful. Thanks for posting that. I really love the shot of the bees in the flowers. h.264 rocks... How long did it take to encode the final 42 meg file? And on what kind of machine? Also--what settings did you use please. Thanks!

June 29th, 2005, 01:54 PM	#562
Bryan McCullough Major Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 842	On a Dual 2.0 with 1.5GB RAM it took about 30 minutes to encode from the timeline in FCP5. The data rate is about 3200 kbits/sec.

July 1st, 2005, 12:04 AM	#566
Travis Maynard Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chapmanville, USA Posts: 138	Curtis, First, I'd like to say I love Gemberling and I think it's hilarious. I have been following it scince the first episodes. I work with a lot of greenscreening myself and I was interested in seeing some pictures of your greenscreen shots before you composite images on them. Do you have any tips on setting up a greenscreen shot with the XL2? Or was it pretty much, just the normal methods and hit the record button? They better not cancel Gemberling... It should have been rated much higher then it was this month. Thanks and Good luck with the show!

July 2nd, 2005, 08:44 AM	#569
Dave Perry Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Roanoke, VA Posts: 796	Presentation Reel Critique Please Hi gang, We are in the process of doing a new presentation reel and I'd like some feedback on our existing one. It can be found by clicking on the lady's face to the right of the paragraph heading at www.cartermedia.tv. Thanks. __________________ Dave Perry Cinematographer LLC Director of Photography • Editor • Digital Film Production • 540.915.2752 • daveperry.net

July 2nd, 2005, 03:04 PM	#570
Clint Grant Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 125	Your link dosn't seem to be working.....