Show Your Work 2008

Adrinn Chellton · March 7th, 2008, 01:55 AM

Not bad for a 2nd attempt at a live band. I agree that you really need a stable location for the wide cam and a slightly tighter shot would have been good. Did you have a nice heavy tripod? I think the weight would have added stability if so.

I liked the shot you tried out at the end with the light behind the guitarist. If you would have had some more of those shots to use throughout the piece it could have added some emotion that was lacking from the performance.

Might be a good idea to add a pre-recorded track over it, but you will have to do something about making it seem like the performance is live. Losing the natural room sound will hurt it's credibility as an event. Well you can always add another track for that.

Cheers, and keep shooting!

Federico Lang · March 7th, 2008, 03:30 AM

Hi there. Just finnished my short film, its shot completely on costarrican beaches and countryside, you should check it out, tell me what you think

youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8uC9Sy6NkFQ

high quality:
http://www.carambafilms.com/trailereng.mov

thanx

-Fede Lang

Loney Childress · March 7th, 2008, 02:13 PM

Since Stage6 is kaput, here's the video on Vimeo in 720p

http://www.vimeo.com/729626

Also I worked on one with my brother, here's the full 1 minute version

http://www.vimeo.com/738311

Dave Morgan · March 8th, 2008, 02:15 AM

a video i did for velvet revolver contest.
check it out.
thanks

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=29827169

or you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIs7RvFvtgI

Matthew Overstreet · March 8th, 2008, 09:52 AM

An experimental film that focuses on pacing more than visual quality. This film had virtually no budget, and compared to other no-budget films I've done, I don't think the camera angles are as good, but the pacing may be better. Any comments?

http://www.vimeo.com/764061

Ken Bates · March 8th, 2008, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matthew Overstreet

An experimental film that focuses on pacing more than visual quality. This film had virtually no budget, and compared to other no-budget films I've done, I don't think the camera angles are as good, but the pacing may be better. Any comments?

http://www.vimeo.com/764061

I like the moon zoom thing at both ends. It would be good to steady that somehow, the wiggle detracts from the effect. Maybe zoom into it, pause then pan down to the actors as the dialouge fades in as if they are entering form the left. Zooming out at the end then fading out as the credits fade in would be cool too.
The dialouge i think didn't work so well. It's hard to come up wth natural sounding script that doesn't come off as improv sounding.
Faked the stabbing well. Believeable and scary.
Keep up the good work.

Ken Bates · March 8th, 2008, 12:57 PM

The WW's serious tone and attitude regarding something so absurd as cheetos.... was hilarious. But yeah, when he went off later could have been a bit shorter. Less is more kind of thing.
very nice production.

Dylan Couper · March 8th, 2008, 03:21 PM

I watched part of it, music wasn't my speed, but it looked good.
Cheers!

Alex Sprinkle · March 8th, 2008, 07:12 PM

I liked it a lot. I'm not familiar with the sgpro, but I'm just now starting to look into all that stuff for the first time. Where can I find more info on it? Was this the DVX100, a, or b? I liked this a lot. It had a sad feeling of 'goodbye' to it.

G. Lee Gordon · March 9th, 2008, 01:42 AM

PJ, Your footage looks great. I'd like to know more about the film. What did you shoot it on? What was your budget? What did you edit it on, etc.

G. Lee Gordon · March 9th, 2008, 01:54 AM

Nice video, how did you do the effect at the end? What did you shoot it on?

Rogelio Salinas · March 9th, 2008, 01:55 AM

Hello Everybody. I just wanted to inform everyone that our short film EYE FOR AN EYE was accepted and is currently competing for the Babelgum.com Online Film Festival - Looking For Genius Award. Please check it out and vote for it. The direct link to the film's website is - http://www.babelgum.com/html/clip.php?clipId=112672. What you need to do is download the player, install it, then register to watch the films. You can always type EYE FOR AN EYE in the search tab as well to find out film. When you pull up the media player and the play the film, move the cursor over to the right to rate it. Five stars is the highest, and that rating would be most appreciated.

The film was shot with a Canon HV20 with a budget of $27, please forgive the compression. I sent them the film in 720P, but they heavily compressed it for online streaming. The actual film looks much better in HD or even on DVD. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Brian Brown · March 9th, 2008, 12:51 PM

Hey Guys:

I've been very busy shooting and editing this spring, but wanted to show my latest work. I was contracted by a local non-profit, the Boulder County YWCA, to produce five short videos for their Hall of Fame Awards that were presented last night.

Here's the quarter-rez vids in Flash: http://www.browncowvideo.com/YWCA/videos.html I'll try to get some HD ones up on Viemo soon.

I hired a guy to assist me with a second cam in the shoot. He has the Sony V1U and I have the Canon A1. We captured in 1080/30p and I did the rough edits in PremierePro CS3 at 1280x720 then brought the footage into After Effects for keying with Keylight and adding various effects. I made the opening/closing curtain sequences with the Fractal Noise effect.

I shot the five background plates at the historical Chautauqua Park up against Boulder's famous Flatirons formation. My favorite one is the Dining Hall with the flag-waving and leaves rustling. Plates were blurred appropriately with Fast Blur to mimic 35mm film DOF.

Here's some full-def screen grabs:
http://www.browncowvideo.com/YWCA/fernwide.jpg
http://www.browncowvideo.com/YWCA/ferncu.jpg

I presented the videos last night on my Optoma 720p projector to about 500 people at the annual fundraiser/awards banquet. Files were 1280x720 10Mbps WMVs and looked pretty darn good on a 12' screen. The videos were very well-received and likely landed me more work.

A HD multi-cam greenscreen shoot is sure not something I want to do every project, as it's a major workflow challenge and ties up a lot in rendering time, but I'm very happy with the results.

Enjoy,
Brian Brown
BrownCow Productions

Sean Vincent · March 9th, 2008, 07:10 PM

2 trailers and the first of many video blogs on our myspace now..

Would love you opinions...

http://www.myspace.com/shootthedjfilm

Cheers

Sean

Kevin Defy · March 9th, 2008, 10:59 PM

Hello, thanks for the feedback guys, now to answer the questions. I shot it on a canon xl2. I'm not much of an effect guy.. but here's how I did it. I shot them all with her in the frame, then she leaves the frame. So I cut out the part where she leaves... and I told the rest to stay still. and then I added a simple transition.

March 7th, 2008, 03:30 AM	#287
Federico Lang Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San José, Costa Rica Posts: 52	400 Flat Trailer Hi there. Just finnished my short film, its shot completely on costarrican beaches and countryside, you should check it out, tell me what you think youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8uC9Sy6NkFQ high quality: http://www.carambafilms.com/trailereng.mov thanx -Fede Lang

March 8th, 2008, 02:15 AM	#289
Dave Morgan Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 293	velvet revolver music video. a video i did for velvet revolver contest. check it out. thanks http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fusea...deoid=29827169 or you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIs7RvFvtgI

March 8th, 2008, 09:52 AM	#290
Matthew Overstreet Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Whitman, Massachusetts Posts: 168	An Experimental Horror Film An experimental film that focuses on pacing more than visual quality. This film had virtually no budget, and compared to other no-budget films I've done, I don't think the camera angles are as good, but the pacing may be better. Any comments? http://www.vimeo.com/764061

March 8th, 2008, 12:57 PM	#292
Ken Bates Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 66	The WW's serious tone and attitude regarding something so absurd as cheetos.... was hilarious. But yeah, when he went off later could have been a bit shorter. Less is more kind of thing. very nice production. __________________ "...movies are never 'finished', only abandoned..." -Stephen Spielberg

March 8th, 2008, 03:21 PM	#293
Dylan Couper Wrangler Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 8,314	I watched part of it, music wasn't my speed, but it looked good. Cheers! __________________ Need to rent camera gear in Vancouver BC? Check me out at camerarentalsvancouver.com

March 7th, 2008, 01:55 AM	#286
Adrinn Chellton Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Carlsbad, CA Posts: 195	Not bad for a 2nd attempt at a live band. I agree that you really need a stable location for the wide cam and a slightly tighter shot would have been good. Did you have a nice heavy tripod? I think the weight would have added stability if so. I liked the shot you tried out at the end with the light behind the guitarist. If you would have had some more of those shots to use throughout the piece it could have added some emotion that was lacking from the performance. Might be a good idea to add a pre-recorded track over it, but you will have to do something about making it seem like the performance is live. Losing the natural room sound will hurt it's credibility as an event. Well you can always add another track for that. Cheers, and keep shooting!

March 7th, 2008, 02:13 PM	#288
Loney Childress New Boot Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pahrump, NV Posts: 24	Since Stage6 is kaput, here's the video on Vimeo in 720p http://www.vimeo.com/729626 Also I worked on one with my brother, here's the full 1 minute version http://www.vimeo.com/738311

March 8th, 2008, 07:12 PM	#294
Alex Sprinkle Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Posts: 408	I liked it a lot. I'm not familiar with the sgpro, but I'm just now starting to look into all that stuff for the first time. Where can I find more info on it? Was this the DVX100, a, or b? I liked this a lot. It had a sad feeling of 'goodbye' to it. __________________ What if hand guns were really hand guns?

March 9th, 2008, 01:42 AM	#295
G. Lee Gordon Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 431	PJ, Your footage looks great. I'd like to know more about the film. What did you shoot it on? What was your budget? What did you edit it on, etc. __________________ "Get Er Done!!!"

March 9th, 2008, 01:54 AM	#296
G. Lee Gordon Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 431	Nice video, how did you do the effect at the end? What did you shoot it on? __________________ "Get Er Done!!!"

March 9th, 2008, 01:55 AM	#297
Rogelio Salinas Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 75	Babelgum.com Online Film Festival Hello Everybody. I just wanted to inform everyone that our short film EYE FOR AN EYE was accepted and is currently competing for the Babelgum.com Online Film Festival - Looking For Genius Award. Please check it out and vote for it. The direct link to the film's website is - http://www.babelgum.com/html/clip.php?clipId=112672. What you need to do is download the player, install it, then register to watch the films. You can always type EYE FOR AN EYE in the search tab as well to find out film. When you pull up the media player and the play the film, move the cursor over to the right to rate it. Five stars is the highest, and that rating would be most appreciated. The film was shot with a Canon HV20 with a budget of $27, please forgive the compression. I sent them the film in 720P, but they heavily compressed it for online streaming. The actual film looks much better in HD or even on DVD. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

March 9th, 2008, 12:51 PM	#298
Brian Brown Major Player Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Estes Park, CO USA Posts: 426	HD greenscreen interviews for local non-profit Hey Guys: I've been very busy shooting and editing this spring, but wanted to show my latest work. I was contracted by a local non-profit, the Boulder County YWCA, to produce five short videos for their Hall of Fame Awards that were presented last night. Here's the quarter-rez vids in Flash: http://www.browncowvideo.com/YWCA/videos.html I'll try to get some HD ones up on Viemo soon. I hired a guy to assist me with a second cam in the shoot. He has the Sony V1U and I have the Canon A1. We captured in 1080/30p and I did the rough edits in PremierePro CS3 at 1280x720 then brought the footage into After Effects for keying with Keylight and adding various effects. I made the opening/closing curtain sequences with the Fractal Noise effect. I shot the five background plates at the historical Chautauqua Park up against Boulder's famous Flatirons formation. My favorite one is the Dining Hall with the flag-waving and leaves rustling. Plates were blurred appropriately with Fast Blur to mimic 35mm film DOF. Here's some full-def screen grabs: http://www.browncowvideo.com/YWCA/fernwide.jpg http://www.browncowvideo.com/YWCA/ferncu.jpg I presented the videos last night on my Optoma 720p projector to about 500 people at the annual fundraiser/awards banquet. Files were 1280x720 10Mbps WMVs and looked pretty darn good on a 12' screen. The videos were very well-received and likely landed me more work. A HD multi-cam greenscreen shoot is sure not something I want to do every project, as it's a major workflow challenge and ties up a lot in rendering time, but I'm very happy with the results. Enjoy, Brian Brown BrownCow Productions

March 9th, 2008, 07:10 PM	#299
Sean Vincent Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hitchin UK Posts: 66	2nd trailer now on our page... 2 trailers and the first of many video blogs on our myspace now.. Would love you opinions... http://www.myspace.com/shootthedjfilm Cheers Sean

March 9th, 2008, 10:59 PM	#300
Kevin Defy New Boot Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 24	Hello, thanks for the feedback guys, now to answer the questions. I shot it on a canon xl2. I'm not much of an effect guy.. but here's how I did it. I shot them all with her in the frame, then she leaves the frame. So I cut out the part where she leaves... and I told the rest to stay still. and then I added a simple transition.