Editing is my favorite part too. I should take a class.

Okay, Mike, I forget what we are supposed to do with our finished film link, so you can upload. Can you refresh me on that please ?

You can upload it to www.filefront.com
Just choose "add file" on the left hand side. No account needed.

After you have done that you will get a link. Send me the link and I will upload it to my site with the rest. That way everyone can download from one location.

Email the link to honourandglory@morecowbellpictures.com

Good to see that someone else is making progress! I'm almost finished myself.

Cheers,

Mike

Well, there is such a thing as crying "uncle". The main character (little girl and my granddaughter) failed to cooperate and didn't want anything to do with it... so kind of lost my way on this one. (Someone once said never work with children or animals, right ?) But, got something together anyway, and used this one more as a learning adventure about shooting with my self built 35mm adapter....

Sounds good! Can't wait to see it....

Hey Mike, what format are we using QT, WMedia. I actually got a 75 mgb file out of a .mpeg. Would that be okay ?

Multiple formats should be fine.

I'm using .wmv
Mpeg is fine...

Cheers,

Mike

Hey Mike: Do we 'have' to use filefront? Can I send you linkage from my web site? Do you FTP?

As long as I can download it from your site... we're good. It doesn't have to be filefront, any storage space will do.

I just need to be able to download it.

Thanks,

Mike

Alright everyone! You have until Friday evening to email me a link to your short.

honourandglory@morecowbellpictures.com

Just upload it to any site and send me the link.
If you are not sure where to upload it to... you can use www.filefront.com

It's free, no membership required. Just choose "add file" on the upper left corner of the page.

I hope to see plenty of submissions!

You still have time.

Mike

Hey Mike H.,

What time is the deadline on Friday night? I have a couple of shots that I can't get until about noon Friday and so will be late evening before I'lll be done.

Is it Midnight or what?

Thanks----Mike T. :)

As long as the entries are in by Saturday morning when I wake up... there won't be a problem. ;)

Cheers,

Mike

Well feel free to sleep in then....as late as you want!

My little Panasonic has been acting up...
The GL2 I bought arrived Monday and I just started to figure it out...
And, I haven't come up with anything close to an idea yet...

On a positive note...I do have this afternoon and tomorrow off work...

Bob T.

Plenty of time! Get to work and quit talking to me... ;)

Good luck! Can't wait to see the GL2 in action.

I just finished my final edit... whew!

Sent my link via email just now. Let me know if you did not recieve.

Got it! Thanks,

Keep them coming gang!

Mike

Dennis Khaye, I received yours as well.

Good going guys!

Mike

Friday afternoon/evening will find me still shooting, but if all goes well I should get something submitted. I agree with Bob -- please sleep in, Mike! :)

Well at least I finished shooting yesterday...I squeezed in two 1/2 hour shoots, one early, one late....

Looked at the clips last night.....
Aside from the fact the white balance is all over the map, the lighting is bad, I forgot to turn on the mic in several shots, I can't act and I shot about half in 16:9 and half 4:3 cause I was messing with the menus...All is well!....LOL

Nothin' like using new &@$#*&# camera for the first time....

At least I should have something....hopefully it won't be to embarassing....
Remember, this is the first time I've tried to be creative with a camera...havin' fun though.

Bob T.

That's what this is all about, having fun! Thanks for working so hard.

I'll make sure to sleep in on Saturday. I'm going to see 300 that night so it shouldn't be a problem. ;)

Looking forward to your submission!


Mike

LOL!!! I'm starting to think you and I are related, Bob. ;) This is going to be so fun. You've picked exactly the right place to start this creative stuff, and we'll be there with you. Remember the old DV Info slogan: Content Is King. We deal with the technical stuff as we keep shooting these things....time after time after time.

You're one up on me; I've yet to try even half a movie in 16:9. :)

Lorinda is right Bob, Content Is King for these contests. Thank God, or I would be in deep trouble! Have fun and we look forward to seeing it.

Mike T.

I'll do my best to have all the entries linked and posted on my site for download/viewing Saturday night. Hopefully before the Leafs/Sens game. ;)

Best of luck to everyone!

Cheers,

Mike

Bob;

The saying is "I'll fix it in post." In my case, my whole dialogue went out the window when my star ( a four year old) refused to participate in the planned movie.... so now I have a silent movie :)

And the nice thing is that it becomes a learning experiance...
Tonight I'm going to try and learn how to do split-screen color matching in Vegas. :)

Wow...I'm in and done....tired too!

A friend sent me some music he did for my sound track at the last minute...without me even asking!

Thank you Oli Pahlow at Blind Child Productions..!

Time for bed,
Bob T.

I uploaded about a half hour ago. Say, Mike--that filefront.com is pretty cool. Thank you so much for the tip!!! :)

Lorinda Norton, Bob Thieda, and Mike Teutsch!

I received all of your entries. We now have a total of six.

I'll upload them to my site later today and post the link here. I have to say... great job! I think it is going to be very difficult to pick a winner.


No problem! It a handy little resource when you are in a jam, and it's free. :)

Mike

Lorinda and Mike,

Ya, Filefront is very easy to use and I stuck mine there first because I could not get into my hosts server. I have since taken mine off of Filefront now.

If you read the user agreement you will find that they own the rights to everything you upload forever and can use it and license it in any way they want. I know that this is pretty common, but just thought I would mention it.

It is definitely an easy to use site though.

Mike

Funny how stuff that looks good at 11pm looks different at 8am.... :)
I should have rendered to a higher quality also, but oh well.

This was a lot of fun.

I cannot wait to see everyones work!

Bob T.

Bob & Mike, you two really need to get together sometime. :)

All will be revealed when everyone sees your movies. ;)

Cheers,

Mike

Sounds like we found similar plots! :)

Can't wait to see all of the entries.

Mike

That just makes my "anticipation" even more acute. :)

Here they are!

Honour & Glory Film Challenge Entries

I was hoping for a few more entries but the quality is there so I'm happy! :)

Everyone did a great job! I have to say that I was really impressed.

I'm going to post my opinion of all the entries once I have another look.

I would also ask that once everyone has viewed them all that they make a post and offer their thoughts of each short. Please add spoiler warnings if you are going to give something major away.

I think we can keep it all in this sticky.

I'll post details on how the voting is going to be done in the next day or so.

Well done everyone!

Mike

Bob Thieda: Last Goose
This was pretty good. I really got a kick out of seeing you go back and forth over your dilemma. :)
You really got the theme across quite well.



Michael Horrigan: The Mark
Shooting some of the scenes in -41 degrees Celsius (-42 degrees Fahrenheit) with winds strong enough to knock over the tripod was VERY challenging.



Mike Teutsch: A Cold Beer
Mike, this was pretty funny. You and Bob definitely think alike!
Great use of editing, and I especially liked the ending.
Good work!



Chris Barcellos: Homecoming
This was quite nice. Nice camera work, very soft looking focus creating a nice mood overall. Quite patriotic as well and good use of the theme.



Lorinda Norton: Dog Days
Being a dog lover, I really enjoyed this one as well. Your dogs were great little actors! Really, very well done. Great use of the theme as well!



Dennis Khaye: Man Sans Muse
Very funny! I actually enjoyed this more the second time through. I laughed out loud a few times during this one. Nice work.

Congratulations to everyone!

Cheers,

Mike

Looks like the fates were against me on this one. First story idea, I couldn't get a cast together. Second story idea...A sudden rush on a few clients for handgun training.

Seems like instead of being able to schedule an actual class, the kind of client I get these days has had a "situation" and there is no waiting on a scheduled setup, so I literally have to drop what I'm doing and get with it, tailoring the training to their situational needs.

Didn't leave much time for video.

Well I won't give away to much for those that haven't watched them yet...but first impressions:

Cold Beer….What can I say Mike? I loved it! I guess you and I should get together sometime. I laughed out loud more than once, (dang wives). Nice color BTW.

Dog Days…Lorinda, that was great. All those camera angles and keeping all those actors on cue. I’m impressed. And loving dogs myself, made it even better.

Man Sans Muse….Dennis, you are a braver man than I. I was intrigued trying to understand what you were up to at first. The bathroom scene was laugh out loud funny.

The Mark…Michael, you are good! Dark, with a nice twist, I liked that. And you sure know how to use close-ups.

Homecoming….Chris, after all the laughs, yours was a definite change of pace. Very touching. Nice pace. Must have been fun getting your actors to play along, they did a great job.

They were all very, very good to my eyes. And I learned something from everyone of you.

As for my own...I can see so many things I could've done better.
When everyone has had a chance to watch them all, I hope we can get into some detailed criticism. I can use the help.

Bob T.

Hey Mike:

I wouldn't be discouraged. First time we got three, this time 6, and about 50 percent or so of entrants made movies. Thats about the same as DVC. So hang in there.

Looks like beer and front window watchers were predominant themes of anticipation. I have to say that theme was interesting to try to get down on film.

Re: Homecoming

My original plan was to have more dialogue, especially with a four year old who was going to be saying she couldn't remember "Daddy" and wondered if he would remember her.... Alas, that little grand daughter suddenly got camera shy, and we could n't coax anything out of her.

I shot this with my FX1, and a home made 35 mm adapter I am learning to use. Thus the use (probablyoveruse) of selective focusing, and the soft focus issues.

I enjoy these film making projects as a tool to improve my skills and learn how to use the equipment, so I look forward to doing another one of these, if you can hack it !!

Thanks for the kind words, Bob!



Well, I noticed a couple of things.

The date on the note and on your office calendar don't coincide. Not a big deal really... maybe it was done on purpose?

You could have probably tried a few more variations with your shots. Some different angles, the odd close up maybe.

In all honesty, I thought you did a great job. It's tough to shoot a film by yourself. I also thought you did a great job with the theme.

What kind of camera did you use?

Mike