Short Film I Shot on XL2 at DVinfo.net

Curtis Gwinn · February 8th, 2005, 01:22 PM

I don't know how great an example this will be, because I had to post the movie at a fairly low-resolution for my website.

However, I was still impressed with how the camera perfromed, especially because we're total amateurs. We had no extra lighting, and many of the scene's audio was recorded on the on-camera mic.

Give it a look if you're interested...

http://www.cowboyandjohn.com/media.php

(it's the file called, "Gemberling") There are a few swears in it, so it may not be appropriate for watching at work.

-Curtis

ps - yes, I love Tron.

Bruce S. Yarock · February 8th, 2005, 03:38 PM

Curtis,
That was cool. Did you use a dolly in the opening senes ( in the office)?
Nice work.
Bruce yarock

Brandon Greenlee · February 8th, 2005, 04:26 PM

Awesome Video. Very well done!

Good story and its one of the first ametuer productions I've actually found funny. The writing was superb. I am unsure about the abrupt ending though.

Everything from the sequencing to the acting was well executed. It easily maintained my attention.

Congratulations on the entire project.

Richard Hunter · February 8th, 2005, 07:41 PM

Brilliant Curtis! Are you working on the next episode?

Loved the Dr. Who theme music too, as I haven't heard it for many years (moved to Singapore in 1991).

Richard

Curtis Gwinn · February 9th, 2005, 12:42 AM

Thanks for the compliments guys, I appreciate it.

Bruce - We actually didn't have a dolly, we found a mail-cart in the office where we filmed and rigged it up...but it turned out ok..if a little bouncy. haha

Brandon - That is high praise man, thanks. I know that ending was abrubt, I wish we could have done it better, but we submitted this short to a festival that had a 5 minute time limit, and we didn't have time to re-write for pacing. Next time we'll think more ahead.

Richard - Glad someone caught the Dr. Who music! One of my favortie sci-fi shows of all time. Couldn't resist paying homage to it. And yes, we're working on a second episode which will hit our site at the end of February!

Thanks again for the kind words guys.

The XL2 has really been a great camera for us so far. I can't reccomend it more highly.

-Curtis

Pete Bauer · February 9th, 2005, 07:34 AM

Hi Curtis,

Agree that since the bit rate is kind of low, it is really more your talent that is on showcase rather than the XL2. So we moved your post over to "DV for the Masses" -- that should get your work a bit more viewing than the XL2 area.

Thanks for sharing your most excellent work!

Dylan Couper · February 9th, 2005, 09:38 AM

Dude!

FORGET GEMBERLING.

DOC AND CHAINS is the funniest zombie video I've seen since Shaun Of The Dead!

http://www.cowboyandjohn.com/images/DocChains.mov

Gemberling was good too though.

Mitchell Stookey · February 9th, 2005, 10:17 AM

Really funny stuff, and not just funny but good too. You should enter your works to http://www.channel101.com. If you don't know about it, it's like a fake tv station, and people make shows and they are pilots, and the audience votes and with enough votes you get to become a show and keep making episodes as long as you keep getting votes! Both of those would make it because they are hilarious! I'd vote for sure. Regardless can't wait to see what's next. Great job

Curtis Gwinn · February 9th, 2005, 10:18 AM

Pete - Sorry about that man, I should have looked for a more appropriate forum. Thanks for moving it, I'm glad you liked Gemberling!

Dylan - HA! Glad you took the time to check out D&C too. We performed Doc & Chains as a stage show here in NYC, and believe it or not, it was bought by a network for development! The chances of it ever going to air are pretty slim, but it was exciting for us anyway.

Mitchel - Yeah! We love Channel 101. We haven't submitted there, but a sister station has opened up in NYC called (naturally) Channel 102 (at www.channel102.net ). We submitted Gemberling there, and we tied for 2nd place. So we're firing up another episode for March. Thanks for checking out the show.

Word up.

Dmitry Yun · February 10th, 2005, 05:12 PM

Hey Curtis wasn't one of the actors a pretty wide spread commercial actor I definitely recognize him from the Loew's inconsiderate cell phone man bits.

NICE.

Curtis Gwinn · February 10th, 2005, 06:29 PM

Hey Dmitry:

Yeah! That's Rob Huebel, a good friend and VERY funny actor. He's had the hot hand with commercials this past year, starring in Kinko's/Fedex, Loew's Inconsiderate Cell-Phone Guy, and NetZero "Candidate Zero" ads (and a few more I'm forgetting).

We have more cool cameos coming next month, so check our show again!

Thanks for watching it.

-Curtis

Dylan Couper · February 12th, 2005, 02:47 PM

Ohhhh man... I had to go back and watch Doc And Chains again..... snifff.... I start laughing at the lyric "the way the dead stayed dead... those were the days..." and don't stop until the end.

This might be my new favorite DVinfo video of all time.

Curtis Gwinn · February 13th, 2005, 03:40 PM

Whoa! Dylan, thanks man, that's very cool of you to say.

You'll notice that Chains, like the Fonz, is a cross show super-star (the Fonze could be seen in Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Joanie Loves Chachie). Not only does he co-star in Doc & Chains, but he's the bounty hunter who hunts Gemberling across the Internet.

Also, Doc is Gemberling's father.

What a tangled web we weave.

-C

Dylan Couper · February 13th, 2005, 07:11 PM

Sigh...

Can you just email me an MP3 of the theme song to put in my playlist? It'll save you lots of bandwidth.

I can't get it out of my head.

Thomas Langdale · March 22nd, 2005, 09:06 PM

Those are some really good shorts. Not much to complain about...humor was right up my alley

February 8th, 2005, 01:22 PM	#1
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	Short Film I Shot on XL2 I don't know how great an example this will be, because I had to post the movie at a fairly low-resolution for my website. However, I was still impressed with how the camera perfromed, especially because we're total amateurs. We had no extra lighting, and many of the scene's audio was recorded on the on-camera mic. Give it a look if you're interested... http://www.cowboyandjohn.com/media.php (it's the file called, "Gemberling") There are a few swears in it, so it may not be appropriate for watching at work. -Curtis ps - yes, I love Tron. __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com

February 8th, 2005, 04:26 PM	#3
Brandon Greenlee Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Alabama Posts: 242	Awesome Video. Very well done! Good story and its one of the first ametuer productions I've actually found funny. The writing was superb. I am unsure about the abrupt ending though. Everything from the sequencing to the acting was well executed. It easily maintained my attention. Congratulations on the entire project. __________________ Brandon Greenlee

February 9th, 2005, 12:42 AM	#5
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	! Thanks for the compliments guys, I appreciate it. Bruce - We actually didn't have a dolly, we found a mail-cart in the office where we filmed and rigged it up...but it turned out ok..if a little bouncy. haha Brandon - That is high praise man, thanks. I know that ending was abrubt, I wish we could have done it better, but we submitted this short to a festival that had a 5 minute time limit, and we didn't have time to re-write for pacing. Next time we'll think more ahead. Richard - Glad someone caught the Dr. Who music! One of my favortie sci-fi shows of all time. Couldn't resist paying homage to it. And yes, we're working on a second episode which will hit our site at the end of February! Thanks again for the kind words guys. The XL2 has really been a great camera for us so far. I can't reccomend it more highly. -Curtis __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com

February 9th, 2005, 07:34 AM	#6
Pete Bauer Wrangler Join Date: May 2003 Location: Eagle River, AK Posts: 4,100	Hi Curtis, Agree that since the bit rate is kind of low, it is really more your talent that is on showcase rather than the XL2. So we moved your post over to "DV for the Masses" -- that should get your work a bit more viewing than the XL2 area. Thanks for sharing your most excellent work! __________________ Pete Bauer The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. Albert Einstein Trying to solve a DV mystery? You may find the answer behind the SEARCH function ... or be able to join a discussion already in progress!

February 9th, 2005, 09:38 AM	#7
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Dude! FORGET GEMBERLING. DOC AND CHAINS is the funniest zombie video I've seen since Shaun Of The Dead! http://www.cowboyandjohn.com/images/DocChains.mov Gemberling was good too though. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

February 8th, 2005, 03:38 PM	#2
Bruce S. Yarock Trustee Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pembroke Pines, Fl. Posts: 1,842	Curtis, That was cool. Did you use a dolly in the opening senes ( in the office)? Nice work. Bruce yarock

February 8th, 2005, 07:41 PM	#4
Richard Hunter Trustee Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lipa City Batangas, Philippines Posts: 1,110	Brilliant Curtis! Are you working on the next episode? Loved the Dr. Who theme music too, as I haven't heard it for many years (moved to Singapore in 1991). Richard

February 9th, 2005, 10:17 AM	#8
Mitchell Stookey Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 196	Excellent work Really funny stuff, and not just funny but good too. You should enter your works to http://www.channel101.com. If you don't know about it, it's like a fake tv station, and people make shows and they are pilots, and the audience votes and with enough votes you get to become a show and keep making episodes as long as you keep getting votes! Both of those would make it because they are hilarious! I'd vote for sure. Regardless can't wait to see what's next. Great job

February 9th, 2005, 10:18 AM	#9
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	Pete - Sorry about that man, I should have looked for a more appropriate forum. Thanks for moving it, I'm glad you liked Gemberling! Dylan - HA! Glad you took the time to check out D&C too. We performed Doc & Chains as a stage show here in NYC, and believe it or not, it was bought by a network for development! The chances of it ever going to air are pretty slim, but it was exciting for us anyway. Mitchel - Yeah! We love Channel 101. We haven't submitted there, but a sister station has opened up in NYC called (naturally) Channel 102 (at www.channel102.net ). We submitted Gemberling there, and we tied for 2nd place. So we're firing up another episode for March. Thanks for checking out the show. Word up. __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com

February 10th, 2005, 05:12 PM	#10
Dmitry Yun Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 170	COol Hey Curtis wasn't one of the actors a pretty wide spread commercial actor I definitely recognize him from the Loew's inconsiderate cell phone man bits. NICE.

February 10th, 2005, 06:29 PM	#11
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	Hey Dmitry: Yeah! That's Rob Huebel, a good friend and VERY funny actor. He's had the hot hand with commercials this past year, starring in Kinko's/Fedex, Loew's Inconsiderate Cell-Phone Guy, and NetZero "Candidate Zero" ads (and a few more I'm forgetting). We have more cool cameos coming next month, so check our show again! Thanks for watching it. -Curtis __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com

February 12th, 2005, 02:47 PM	#12
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Ohhhh man... I had to go back and watch Doc And Chains again..... snifff.... I start laughing at the lyric "the way the dead stayed dead... those were the days..." and don't stop until the end. This might be my new favorite DVinfo video of all time. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

February 13th, 2005, 03:40 PM	#13
Curtis Gwinn Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 31	Whoa! Dylan, thanks man, that's very cool of you to say. You'll notice that Chains, like the Fonz, is a cross show super-star (the Fonze could be seen in Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and Joanie Loves Chachie). Not only does he co-star in Doc & Chains, but he's the bounty hunter who hunts Gemberling across the Internet. Also, Doc is Gemberling's father. What a tangled web we weave. -C __________________ Member of the comedy duo, The Cowboy and John. Member of comedy ensemble, Monkeydick at the UCB Theater. www.cowboyandjohn.com

February 13th, 2005, 07:11 PM	#14
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	Sigh... Can you just email me an MP3 of the theme song to put in my playlist? It'll save you lots of bandwidth. I can't get it out of my head. __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

March 22nd, 2005, 09:06 PM	#15
Thomas Langdale New Boot Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 13	Those are some really good shorts. Not much to complain about...humor was right up my alley __________________ Thomas