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This is a short film I made a while ago. It's okay. Better than I expected it to turn out, but not as good as I hoped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHL9ayClCUY Considering all of the set backs we hit while making it, I'm just happy it got finished.
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They announced back in October that they're looking to cast an unknown as Snake in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie. My response was to put an audition reel together as quickly as possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udIVLtxZuMw I wish I'd had more time and more budget (don't we all), but overall I'm happy with it. Now I'm just hoping someone connected to the movie will find it. Joe Der Maus posted:This is a short film I made a while ago. It turned out really good - the only thing that points toward setbacks is some missing sound design on minor stuff like book pages turning and chairs creaking.
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Feb 28, 2013 18:48
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Oh my god.
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Feb 28, 2013 22:57
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Mar 1, 2013 01:08
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Shot a new short film with some Kickstarter donations that I believe a few SA'ers had supplied. https://vimeo.com/60764261 We're really happy with this for the budget.
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Mar 1, 2013 16:21
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So what happened to your sound recordings?
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Mar 1, 2013 22:24
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That was gonna be my first question, the sound is really dull, and there was a lot of blown focus (mostly on your Ray Wise character - if DSLRs excel at anything it's at having an absurdly shallow focal depth), which drove me nuts. It bugged me that the diner's ceiling fan was on because it reflected in her shoulder jewels, and so pointedly not showing the handcuffs made it seem like you had something to hide, and I was actually surprised when you did show them because I'd assumed that, for one reason or another, you couldn't afford a pair. Also, those are some intensely long credits and the shorter your short is, the better. Ray Wise Jr there was fun to watch and I enjoyed his eyeballs but your leading lady was pretty Acting 101. The script mostly excelled at being interesting and keeps a good pace for fifteen minutes but it veers really close to being a generic deal with the devil script, though I really liked the way the waitress was worked in and the devil (or his subsidiary) got a lot of good lines - "Eternal suffering is reserved for those who refuse to take a side". You could totally drop the thing with the black eyes, though, which is completely unnecessary. The major positive is that you got me to glide through fifteen minutes of short film without itching to leave.
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Mar 1, 2013 22:58
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Good news is my sound guy said he wants to rework it. Hopefully we can mitigate that problem before festival entries and Kickstarter DVD's are shipped. I'm really, really glad that the writing worked for you and that it kept you interested! The credits were a courtesy to the investors but I completely get that they're too long. It makes me really happy to hear that this film is keeping people's interests. And that's the second time I've heard people liking that particular line. I'm having an, "Oh my god I pitched dialogue!" moment. Thanks for watching. 
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Mar 1, 2013 23:17
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Was there any lav audio or was it boom only? Honestly it sounded like on camera mics to be honest. You HAVE to have some lav audio in there next go around (for dialogue).
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Mar 1, 2013 23:39
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All boom. Yeah we'll add some lav in there next time.
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Mar 2, 2013 00:07
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What is lav?
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Mar 2, 2013 01:16
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csidle posted:What is lav? Lavalier. Personal mics attached to the actors.
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Mar 2, 2013 01:18
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Thanks. I thought films usually just used boom mics, unless you were doing long shots where the booms would be visible. Are lavs commonly used in (short)film?
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csidle posted:Thanks. I thought films usually just used boom mics, unless you were doing long shots where the booms would be visible. Are lavs commonly used in (short)film? Yeah lav mics are going to get you much cleaner and stronger dialogue recording. Typically on any film, short or not, you'll have a lav mic plus boom. The boom is good for recording certain dialogue situations and nat sound (environmental/atmospheric sound) as well as other sounds that happen during the scene (glass falling, footsteps, etc). If all you have is a boom then you'll want a good mixer to properly balance your levels. You'll also want a real proper sound guy. And if you don't know him personally, then double check his work throughout the day. Goddamn I found that out the hard way and am having to schedule an ADR session which I'm having to pay a sound guy I know to come run. Ugh. You'll notice in Fiction D's film that the dialogue audio, while not terrible, feels a little distant/echo-y/muddled. It should feel like a strong confident layer that's presented near the forefront of your mix (obviously there are exceptions to the rule for specific circumstances - for example the dialogue in the club scenes in The Social Network).
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BonoMan posted:Yeah lav mics are going to get you much cleaner and stronger dialogue recording. Typically on any film, short or not, you'll have a lav mic plus boom. The boom is good for recording certain dialogue situations and nat sound (environmental/atmospheric sound) as well as other sounds that happen during the scene (glass falling, footsteps, etc). You'll especially note it at the beginning. At first I was going for a reservoir dog style feel. Remember that part where they track the camera back and the audio gets more echoey? Initially I was going for that distant sound and then something crisper when it got closer. It didn't turn out exactly like I hoped. My boom guy was itching to make a few changes after he saw this cut and he's going to work with it over the next few weeks to see if he can improve upon it.
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I finally decided to release my first original film, a music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=653m0lmRy-w I had some wonderful people working with me over the three days of shooting and ended up premiering the video at Pop Montreal last year which was awesome! Hope you guys dig it. e. I'm on Vimeo as well if any of you want to add me: https://vimeo.com/flist
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Wax On posted:I finally decided to release my first original film, a music video. I dug it, that was awesome. Honestly, if I just heard the song by itself I wouldn't have thought the music video would have gone in that direction but it turned out to fit perfectly. The abstract details on the bodies writhing around stood out in a wonderful, eerie way. Kudos to whoever lit that!
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Thanks a lot! I actually did the lighting and a lot of the other uncredited work as we had a very limited crew but I didn't want my name to be on every card in the credits.
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I just won a short film completion. But only because the dudes behind didn't do a very good job at actually promoting it and there were only two submissions. I will only get a portion of the prices but at least the deadline kept me motivated enough to actually finish my short. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBV3_3y9R_M It's a pretty simple horror short with no dialogue and is very loosely based on some of the ideas from Lovecraft's commonplace book. Although there is a ton of things I'd do differently if I were to re-do it I think the film turned out well considering that I started shooting the same day that I bought the camera. Some of the shots even turned out alright. I'm probably going to start cranking out as many shorts as I can in the next months and hopefully sharpen my skills a bit.
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Apr 23, 2013 00:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3BmhcYL8Q I helped make this for a college film fest thing. If it gets the most views, it gets entered into the "Wildcard" stage of this big Campus Movie Fest competition in Hollywood
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Apr 26, 2013 05:00
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A short (2:20) horror film I made the other day: https://vimeo.com/64762621 It's about a camera phone with a very special feature...
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Juttman posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3BmhcYL8Q I helped make this for a college film fest thing. If it gets the most views, it gets entered into the "Wildcard" stage of this big Campus Movie Fest competition in Hollywood I'm sorry, I tried to watch your film but wanted to kill myself after half a minute of loving logos E: Okay, I finished it, and now I hope it was an elaborate prank or something because ahahaha oh my god. Anyway, for goons' perusal, here's my CampusMovieFest entry that I spent more than ten minutes on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emr_e4_NXKo VVVVVV I don't Nikaer Drekin fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Apr 26, 2013 |
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Apr 26, 2013 15:37
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Nikaer Drekin posted:I'm sorry, I tried to watch your film but wanted to kill myself after half a minute of loving logos Pretty sure that's intentional. It's some high concept piece. 30 seconds of logos, 3 minutes of a dude (girl?) just sitting there sleeping and then a minute of deleted scenes. It's.... certainly something. I appreciate the effort.
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BonoMan posted:Pretty sure that's intentional. It's some high concept piece. Yeah Pretty much this. It was made for our own amusement, to watch the audience squirm as it was screened. Ultimately, I'd like to get it to win the "Wildcard" so that we can see an audience of many in Hollywood squirming in their seats.
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Okay, well, now I like it a bit better. Poe's Law in effect, y'know.
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Best crotch-shots I've seen since Batman & Robin.
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PonySmasher posted:A short (2:20) horror film I made the other day: I found it alright. I didn't really like the cymbals or whatever sound that was when the body gets dragged around the corner. I always feel like horror films have the potential to be a lot scarier if they stick with something diegetic. Does the character actually hear the cymbals? Why are we hearing them? Why not a sliding sound over a wooden floor? Or even nothing? I just feel like horror serves such a greater purpose when it feels like it's right in front of us. Sounds like that distance me from the character and I don't feel as tense anymore. Anyway, we redid our audio (many people mentioned that it felt hollow). Remixed a couple other things and added some sound. http://vimeo.com/ancientgray/arrangement Also had our first film fest. Won Best Director, Cinematography, Editing, and Overall. It was just a college film fest but it was kind of cool to hear some positive things considering our first effort. I feel like we're heading in the right direction.
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Fiction D posted:I didn't really like the cymbals or whatever sound that was when the body gets dragged around the corner. I always feel like horror films have the potential to be a lot scarier if they stick with something diegetic. Does the character actually hear the cymbals? Why are we hearing them? Why not a sliding sound over a wooden floor? Or even nothing? I Thanks for the feedback! The alternative was to have nothing as it only happens in her phone and wouldn't make any noise, so the cymbal noise was just added to try and add a bit of a startling effect. But you may be right, it may be a bit cheap/too much.
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This isn't my creative project, but my buddies are film majors and have used their school equipment to make a pilot for this web series. They're graduating now, but have a pretty talented crew and would like to finish this series as well as get their production team started. It's 2 parts. Definitely watch the 2'nd part; I think that's where it really gets rolling. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7X11h-SClc Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLOfpw3_DD0 My take on the pilot is that it's a little rusty....but has it's moments. And it's their first film project. They've learned a lot and are super confident that the rest of their series will be something that viewers will love. Some of the writer/director's biggest influences are breaking bad and the Coen Brothers. He's very conscious of the things that did and didn't work in the final product. They've got an indiegogo going, but I won't be a nuisance and only post the link in the project solicitation forum
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Here is short film that was made for my music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UzTn2HlHDI
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Here's a short I did awhile back; there are two subsequent "episodes". http://youtu.be/FnsgYvD9r8k Curious to see what you guys think. They're only about 5-6 minutes each.
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May 14, 2013 21:49
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Me and my friends shot a short called "Jessica" recently https://vimeo.com/66588263 Unfortunately the first minute isn't as tidy as the rest of it, but overall I'm pretty proud of it considering it's our first attempt.
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SHABBA posted:Me and my friends shot a short called "Jessica" recently https://vimeo.com/66588263 From a technical standpoint well done! WAY WAY better than my first attempt! I think this was an idea that needed a little more time to develop. It's charming and all but the characters are thin only by the mere fact that you had little to no time to develop them into anything meaningful. Technically it's pretty nice, the acting is a bit forced but it works with the writing, and I wanted to watch it. I just didn't personally like the ending.
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May 22, 2013 05:08
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Little film I did for a 48hr challenge. One of the girls in the audience said it made her want to throw up, so that's good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKJzrSvg8g4
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I just came across a music video I did a few (2005...) years ago. It was the only commercial music video I did. That is to say, the girls in the video are semi-celebs in The Netherlands and we had some fun doing it, and there was a fractional amount of money. It was designed to be a picturebook fantasy to tie in with the girls' image (kid-friendly rock). I directed and edited it, did half of the visual effects and grading. The version on YouTube looks a bit weird with the big black borders (it wasn't uploaded by me) but yeah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOC7e2VvW8 It was a minor success, but like most of these things go, the "next time when we have a big budget we'll definitely call you" apparently didn't hold up
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I think this is the one I'm most proud of. Me and my brother occasionally do a vaudeville act and I wanted to make a silent film to show between segments at variety shows and what not. I wrote, directed, edited, and starred in it and I'd say it's probably got the most production value out of any of the videos I've done so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnFS-TXRC6c
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So after a year and a bit after co-writing and directing " Work Out!" it is finally ready to head off to festivals. It's a twenty minute short that's hopefully funny and a little bit terrifying. Thanks again to the goon who pitched in and hope you guys like it too. https://vimeo.com/67981304 PW: dumb-bell Death By The Blues fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Jun 10, 2013 |
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Jun 10, 2013 21:24
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A spec commercial I directed for Campbell's soup, starring one of our very own goons. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEO-LC4N9w It just won the ad contest I'd created it for, grand prize! They're flying me out to France this weekend to receive the award at the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity. Also congratulations to said goon on his wedding last weekend! And check out my site if you are so inclined http://watcinema.com 
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Got another spec ad here, this one didn't win me a free trip to France but you can't win them all I guess! This one was for Chevy and part of the challenge was to use the Voice over dialog written by Jon Landau, James Cameron's producer. Used a buddy of mine who is a storyboard artist for Dreamworks Animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F88zpCc1dJc Here's our setup for shooting it.   DIRECTING! 
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