The Unknown Girl of the Public Bench, 8' - french - DivX - Mov

Jean-Nicolas Gilles · June 16th, 2005, 06:24 AM

Hello there,

I want to present you our first short movie without any dialogue. It
lenghts 8 minutes and was shot during 3 days in december 2004. We finish
the post-production in the end of april 2005.

This is a french short movie, but without dialogue, so we think that is
easy to understand without any subs.

This short was shot with a DVcamcorder Sony DSR-570.

One still picture :
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/04s.jpg

Plot :

The lovers' dates of a couple in a park will become the only source of
joy of an employee asphyxiated by his environment.
A happiness lived by procuration through the window of his office until
the day the unknown girl is alone on the public bench...

Watch the movie :

DivX HQ (112 Mo)
http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_full.avi

Quicktime HQ (80 Mo)
http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_full.mov

Windows Media HQ (75 Mo)
http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_full.wmv

We hope that you will enjoy our short movie. Each question will be traited
(if I can understand your english !).

Gareth Watkins · June 16th, 2005, 08:06 AM

Hi Guys
This link has been posted on a few DV forums... Take a look.. I enjoyed it very much... as did most of the guys on the UK and French forums... its a refreshing change from the average short movie we get to watch on the net...

Regards

Garethw

Lorinda Norton · June 16th, 2005, 12:06 PM

Wow. The opening alone is worth the wait. This is a must-see!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your movie here, Jean-Nicolas! It's beautiful.

Glenn Chan · June 16th, 2005, 10:10 PM

1- That was beautiful.

2- Curious: What did you do to get the look of your film?

Jean-Nicolas Gilles · June 17th, 2005, 06:56 AM

Thanks everyone for your comments !
Wow, Gareth Watkins is my first fan ! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn Chan

What did you do to get the look of your film?

First of all, the camcorder : a Sony DSR-570 WSP with real 16/9 - 2/3 inch captors ! Cool DoF !

Second, the light on the set : Benjamin, (co-director, cinematographer, compositor...) made a global light and try to shot with "grey contrasts" as best as he could.

Then, he equalized each shot in Combustion to have a real continuity during the movie.

And after all that, he gave an identity to the movie, using Lustre for the Color Process. Bleach numerical technic and a little halo on the white. Each sequence has its color identity, and it's more and more colorless in the end, very desaturated !

Some pics before / after color process :

http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/01b.jpg
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/01.jpg

http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/02b.jpg
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/02.jpg

http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/03b.jpg
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/03.jpg

http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/04b.jpg
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/04.jpg

http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/05b.jpg
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/05.jpg

http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/06b.jpg
http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/06.jpg

Gareth Watkins · June 17th, 2005, 10:06 AM

Salut Jean-Nicolas

"Que si, si j'existe
J'existe
C'est d'être fan
C'est d'être fan"

Sorry for the French guys ...

Not sure I'm in the fan status, but I felt that some of the French replies on the Repaire forum were somewhat unjustified... I liked you film... what else can I say? If you have anymore like this I figure I'll become one.... among many...

Well done..

amicalement
Gareth

Colby Knight · June 18th, 2005, 09:07 PM

Yes, the first 2 minutes alone makes it worth watching but I stuck around for the whole thing... and loved it!

I want to quit my job in TV do this full time!!

Out of curiousity, what did you edit on?

Glenn Chan · June 18th, 2005, 10:14 PM

Jean-Nicolas,
Those stills were very helpful and illuminating. The images certainly look very flat before the color grading.

I'm curious... how did you get time on a Lustre? Lustre is a very expensive system!! (around a hundred times more than combustion?)

Glen Chua · June 19th, 2005, 02:07 AM

All I have to say is wow. I absolutely loved the film, the opening is definatley worth the wait. I absolutely love this peice.

Jay Gladwell · June 20th, 2005, 01:38 PM

This is what cinema is all about... Telling a story with pictures!

Well done! Thank you for sharing this with us.

Jay

Kin Kwan · June 20th, 2005, 02:32 PM

Wow! Great movie! I loved the look and the style.

One quick question, for the shots where you zoom from the desk to the window, did you have to light the interior a bit to keep correct exposure?

I think the main character looks a lot like Liam Neeson. :)

Travis Maynard · June 20th, 2005, 03:39 PM

Amazing.

Had a modern "fairytale" feel.

Great work...Great work.

Jean-Nicolas Gilles · June 23rd, 2005, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn Chan

Those stills were very helpful and illuminating. The images certainly look very flat before the color grading.

Our Cinematogrpher, Benjamin Martinez, shot in "gray tones" in order to have the best way for correcting contrast and colors in post-production !

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glenn Chan

I'm curious... how did you get time on a Lustre? Lustre is a very expensive system!! (around a hundred times more than combustion?)

We had very good and helpful friends :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kin Kwan

One quick question, for the shots where you zoom from the desk to the window, did you have to light the interior a bit to keep correct exposure?

Nope : no time, no money, so no ND filters on the windows !... :(

Jean-Nicolas Gilles · July 2nd, 2005, 08:05 AM

Hi again,

If your are interested in Post-Production, here is a demo reel of the color process (Original Shot, then Combustion process and then Lustre process) and other stuff like using SteadyMove to improve the motion travelling in the short-movie.

No comments, only music, less than 4 min length, it's big (60 Mo) and in DivX but it's the way to see the differences in full resolution !

It's 1.07 pixel aspect ratio, as we shot, but you can use BSPlayer if you want to see it in 16/9.

All questions are welcome !

http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_demo_etalonnage.avi

Jay Gladwell · July 4th, 2005, 06:46 AM

Jean-Nicolas, how about putting it in a format everyone can watch, like .wmv or .mov? Thanks!

Jay

June 16th, 2005, 06:24 AM	#1
Jean-Nicolas Gilles New Boot Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9	The Unknown Girl of the Public Bench, 8' - french - DivX - Mov - Wmv Hello there, I want to present you our first short movie without any dialogue. It lenghts 8 minutes and was shot during 3 days in december 2004. We finish the post-production in the end of april 2005. This is a french short movie, but without dialogue, so we think that is easy to understand without any subs. This short was shot with a DVcamcorder Sony DSR-570. One still picture : http://arakneed.com/photos/idbp/04s.jpg Plot : The lovers' dates of a couple in a park will become the only source of joy of an employee asphyxiated by his environment. A happiness lived by procuration through the window of his office until the day the unknown girl is alone on the public bench... Watch the movie : DivX HQ (112 Mo) http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_full.avi Quicktime HQ (80 Mo) http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_full.mov Windows Media HQ (75 Mo) http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_full.wmv We hope that you will enjoy our short movie. Each question will be traited (if I can understand your english !).

June 16th, 2005, 12:06 PM	#3
Lorinda Norton Wrangler Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Southwest Idaho, USA Posts: 3,066	Wow. The opening alone is worth the wait. This is a must-see!!! Thank you so much for sharing your movie here, Jean-Nicolas! It's beautiful. __________________ Lorinda

June 20th, 2005, 02:32 PM	#11
Kin Kwan Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 120	Wow! Great movie! I loved the look and the style. One quick question, for the shots where you zoom from the desk to the window, did you have to light the interior a bit to keep correct exposure? I think the main character looks a lot like Liam Neeson. :) Last edited by Kin Kwan; June 20th, 2005 at 02:32 PM. Reason: Typos

July 2nd, 2005, 08:05 AM	#14
Jean-Nicolas Gilles New Boot Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 9	Color Process Hi again, If your are interested in Post-Production, here is a demo reel of the color process (Original Shot, then Combustion process and then Lustre process) and other stuff like using SteadyMove to improve the motion travelling in the short-movie. No comments, only music, less than 4 min length, it's big (60 Mo) and in DivX but it's the way to see the differences in full resolution ! It's 1.07 pixel aspect ratio, as we shot, but you can use BSPlayer if you want to see it in 16/9. All questions are welcome ! http://idbp.arakneed.com/dl/idbp_demo_etalonnage.avi

June 16th, 2005, 08:06 AM	#2
Gareth Watkins Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: France Posts: 578	Hi Guys This link has been posted on a few DV forums... Take a look.. I enjoyed it very much... as did most of the guys on the UK and French forums... its a refreshing change from the average short movie we get to watch on the net... Regards Garethw

June 16th, 2005, 10:10 PM	#4
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	1- That was beautiful. 2- Curious: What did you do to get the look of your film?

June 17th, 2005, 10:06 AM	#6
Gareth Watkins Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: France Posts: 578	Salut Jean-Nicolas "Que si, si j'existe J'existe C'est d'être fan C'est d'être fan" Sorry for the French guys ... Not sure I'm in the fan status, but I felt that some of the French replies on the Repaire forum were somewhat unjustified... I liked you film... what else can I say? If you have anymore like this I figure I'll become one.... among many... Well done.. amicalement Gareth

June 18th, 2005, 09:07 PM	#7
Colby Knight Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Posts: 111	Yes, the first 2 minutes alone makes it worth watching but I stuck around for the whole thing... and loved it! I want to quit my job in TV do this full time!! Out of curiousity, what did you edit on?

June 18th, 2005, 10:14 PM	#8
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Jean-Nicolas, Those stills were very helpful and illuminating. The images certainly look very flat before the color grading. I'm curious... how did you get time on a Lustre? Lustre is a very expensive system!! (around a hundred times more than combustion?)

June 19th, 2005, 02:07 AM	#9
Glen Chua Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 98	All I have to say is wow. I absolutely loved the film, the opening is definatley worth the wait. I absolutely love this peice.

June 20th, 2005, 01:38 PM	#10
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	This is what cinema is all about... Telling a story with pictures! Well done! Thank you for sharing this with us. Jay

June 20th, 2005, 03:39 PM	#12
Travis Maynard Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chapmanville, USA Posts: 138	Amazing. Had a modern "fairytale" feel. Great work...Great work.

July 4th, 2005, 06:46 AM	#15
Jay Gladwell Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,244	Jean-Nicolas, how about putting it in a format everyone can watch, like .wmv or .mov? Thanks! Jay