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[sfoster]

OK, I'm in. I'm shooting on my "RED" camera with a few exceptions. This idea just popped into my head and now I have to make it! I'm hoping I can get some help. . . Guys?

[sfoster]

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1892

LOOK OUT FOR HER!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1850

DREAMY FIRST DATE
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1851

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1849

MATT LOVES HIS LIGHTS!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1848

HOT LIGHTS
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1847

PREPPING FOR FIRST DATE!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1846
(It's grainy for a reason, you'll have to wait and see to find out why!!!) :happy:

CHRIS LOVES HIS LOLLIPOPS!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1845

[sfoster]

CAST:

Natalie - Nicole Macaleese
http://www.witprod.com/images/nicolemacaleese.jpg

Jessica - Whitney Grover
http://www.witprod.com/images/whitneygrover.jpg

Paul - Daniel Pena
PIC COMING SOON
James - Brandon Baker
PIC COMING SOON



CREW:
Troy Ruff - Director of Photography
Clayton Kyler - Boom Operator
Cora-lee Foster - Production Designer
Matt Sconce - AD
Pat Dill - Production Assistant
Max - 1st AD
Gary Sconce - Waiting to hear from!
Chris Coleman - Production Assistant, Comic Relief

[Troy Ruff]

im in! Yeah shane is making a film. Its going to be great. :)

[Rodney V. Smith]

welcome to the fest. yeah, i know i'm late, but you slipped under the radar

[DarkElastic]

I hope you will be using the Incredible Hulk music, to accompany your long slow walk along the track??? ;-)

[Christian Vincent Jung]

Uhh! Now what's this! Tell me more :D

[sfoster]

I can't tell. You just have to watch. Yes I was toying with making a film but have been in a financial crunch and I thought my wife would kill me and my kids would starve! Then I realized I have this amazing group of people I work with who are mostly poor and all of them are die hard film makers who will work for food. I just so happen to know how to make Po-sole, so I have the ability to feed them. But I was still fighting it because of my busy schedule. Then out of the blue this story hit me, I wrote it down and it was 6 pages long. I thought it must be destiny so here I am!

[sfoster]

By the way, I don't like my poster so if someone with mad skills wants to make a better one, let me know!

[Marlon Ladd]

You hope you can get some help?? You've got a red cam.? That means you have an instant fan club! LOL. Good luck though and welcome to the fest.?

[sfoster]

Well I have a "Red" Camera. BUT not THE RED camera. See.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=268&pictureid=1718

[sfoster]

Actually I'll probably be shooting mostly on the HVX after thinking about a few things. I might use it, I might now. I haven't officially decided. I'll know for sure when I'm in post!

[sfoster]

My open casting call is Wednesday. Anyone want to drive to Fresno to audition! I LOVE LAST MINUTE WORK!

[Troy Ruff]

WHAT!!!! you have a RED Camera! Dang I wish I had one :kali:

[sfoster]

Well, now that your shoot is done, it's time to start focusing on mine! But I'm soooooo sleepy.

[TMerry]

Sfoster: When is your shooting dates scheduled for?

[Troy Ruff]

I heard all actors are cast! Its all coming together nicely. Great job shane, I can't wait , its going to be alot of fun.

[sfoster]

We are shooting this weekend! Sat and Sun night!

[sfoster]

I heard all actors are cast! Its all coming together nicely. Great job shane, I can't wait , its going to be alot of fun.

Yes, It's so nice to have everyone cast. It's all coming together! I can't wait!

[Marlon Ladd]

Well I have a "Red" Camera. BUT not THE RED camera. See.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=268&pictureid=1718
LOL!! Well, you're on you're on then! That's about the crappiest "Red One" I've ever seen. Or is that the "Red Harlet?" :grin:

I see you've got your dates locked. Good luck with the shoot and get up some bts and grabs.

[sfoster]

Lol the "Red Harlet" That's exactly what it is. It shoots 15fps and the resolution is 240p. IT'S AMAZING!

Once you see my film, you will understand. . .

[Matt Sconce]

Shane, e-mail me your equipment list! :violent5:

:engel017:

[Matt Sconce]

Thanks! Our homebuilt equipment will once again save the day!

[Rodney V. Smith]

Ahh the final countdown. Good luck with the shoot. You know I'll be back on Sunday night asking for screenshots. :beer:

[sfoster]

And I'll be sleeping! ;) Like I should be doing now!!!

[TMerry]

And I'll be sleeping! ;) Like I should be doing now!!!

Sleep is overrated and reserved for non-filmmakers.
"I'll take another quadruple espressos to go please" :D

I haven't lost so much sleep since... my last film.

Break a Leg this weekend!

[sfoster]

Sleep is overrated and reserved for non-filmmakers.
"I'll take another quadruple espressos to go please" :D

I haven't lost so much sleep since... my last film.

Break a Leg this weekend!

I agree, but it's hard to hold the camera steady with all the caffeine!

[Troy Ruff]

Yeah! today to the first day of shooting. Its going to be fantastic. Shane will be Directing like a champ, Ill be on the camera and Matt Sconce as the AD. Nothing can go wrong! ahahaha hopefully...
:)

[TMerry]

I agree, but it's hard to hold the camera steady with all the caffeine!

Uh, Yeah, I think StarBucks invented the SmoothCam plugin for FCP, for that reason alone :2vrolijk_08:

[Note to self: stop posting, get back to editing!]

[sfoster]

Yeah! today to the first day of shooting. Its going to be fantastic. Shane will be Directing like a champ, Ill be on the camera and Matt Sconce as the AD. Nothing can go wrong! ahahaha hopefully...
:)

Well, at least nothing went wrong the first day!

:crybaby:

[sfoster]

Uh, Yeah, I think StarBucks invented the SmoothCam plugin for FCP, for that reason alone :2vrolijk_08:

[Note to self: stop posting, get back to editing!]


Just like cigarettes, they get you addicted, and then they create the nicotine patch! :kali:

[sfoster]

suddenly it attacked! He would have parished last night had it not been for his ninja moves. As the sprinkler shot out in one continuous stream. The sprinkler gave no mercy. Matt the AD pulled a matrix move right as the stream was about to connect with his face. Trained as a ninja, he knew he only had seconds to counter. In the shadows his answer came. There was only one thought on his mind. Save them. Save them all. He sprinted to the trashcan in the shadows and slammed it down on the sprinklers head causing it to gush "sprinkler blood". At last, they were safe. The lights will shine again another day.

THE END.

(For the beginning of this story, see the "Mercy" thread!)

[Marlon Ladd]

suddenly it attacked! He would have parished last night had it not been for his ninja moves. As the sprinkler shot out in one continuous stream. The sprinkler gave no mercy. Matt the AD pulled a matrix move right as the stream was about to connect with his face. Trained as a ninja, he knew he only had seconds to counter. In the shadows his answer came. There was only one thought on his mind. Save them. Save them all. He sprinted to the trashcan in the shadows and slammed it down on the sprinklers head causing it to gush "sprinkler blood". At last, they were safe. The lights will shine again another day.

THE END.

(For the beginning of this story, see the "Mercy" thread!)
Y'all are crazy! LOL! Got me jumpin' threads and such.

[Matt Sconce]

Tonight, we shall rise again and frolic in the film making darkness...and now we have the hyperchariot...:Drogar-Angry(DBG)::beer:

[Troy Ruff]

muahahaahahahah!!! :2vrolijk_08::kali: we shall strike down those heads that lash out water!

[cinealma]

Very cool, guys. Looking forward to it.

Cheers!


John G.

[Matt Sconce]

And Matt smote the heads of water with his AD stare and they were still...they did not rear up or strike and all was well...

[Rodney V. Smith]

.... here endeth the lesson.

Now get to filming!

[Matt Sconce]

.... here endeth the lesson.

Now get to filming!

In the Can!

...Shane...Screen Grabs...? You know that Sumos await threads I am a part of that do not put up screen grabs....:violent5::engel017:

[sfoster]

I just woke up. . . Grabbies are on their way!

[sfoster]

No sumo for me! Grabbies are up!!!

LOOK OUT FOR HER!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1850

DREAMY FIRST DATE
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1851

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1849

MATT LOVES HIS LIGHTS!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1848

HOT LIGHTS
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1847

PREPPING FOR FIRST DATE!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1846
(by the way, it's grainy for a reason!!!)

CHRIS LOVES HIS LOLLIPOPS!
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/picture.php?albumid=263&pictureid=1845

[sfoster]

http://vimeo.com/6971077

Enough Said!

[Troy Ruff]

nice job shane, and you even got chris up there, ahahah he is so funny. I cant wait to see the rough cut.

[TMerry]

What kind of light bank was it that Matt's kissing?

[Marlon Ladd]

Very nice grabs! Looking pretty interesting.

[Matt Sconce]

What kind of light bank was it that Matt's kissing?

It is one of the Daylight balanced Home built Kinos my Dad, Gary, made. We ended up with about 6 of them and we used them to light almost all of Stricken. Since Shane let us shoot on his camera for Stricken we lent him our lights. It is all about sharing the love...:lipsrseal

[TMerry]

... It is all about sharing the love...:lipsrseal

Cool Matt, I hear you.
Speaking of which, do you have any plans for those DIY lights or photos
of the making of them? ;-)

[Matt Sconce]

My dad may. I will check with him. They worked extremely well and I believe you can make one for 60 bucks.

[sfoster]

Gary said it was a standard light with an electronic ballast, and daylight bulbs. He painted the back flat black and built mounts for the stands he made. It's not too hard to do. Check out THIS SITE (http://www.ryanewalters.com/page2/files/9d8b002262ac7b134c36e941ddd610ee-38.html) they explain how you can do the same thing. OK, NOW. . . back to my film!

JK, I'm a hardcore DIY guy too and if gary hadn't built those, I probably would have, and I still plan too because I want to make a couple upgrades to his, like external switches to turn off individual bulbs to control amount of light, and 8 bulbs instead of 4!

[sfoster]

Well editing is going great! I've had to figure out my way around a few bumps in the road, but so far it's looking phenomenal I should have a rough cut by Wednesday, sent off for scoring by Thursday, and hopefully finish the final in the next two weeks! I have to shoot a pickup shot tomorrow night, and one final shot, This next weekend!!! (Yes, I'll be using a placeholder for the final shot for scoring, but I know exactly what the shot is, so it will match perfectly) WOOHOO I didn't even think I would finish getting it shot with all the problems I ran into with scheduling, but now it is pretty much in the can, and soon it will be uploading! Extra Thanks to my awesome cast and crew for pulling the late night! Hopefully you guys like it!

[TMerry]

Gary said it was a standard light with an electronic ballast, and daylight bulbs. He painted the back flat black and built mounts for the stands he made. It's not too hard to do. Check out THIS SITE (http://www.ryanewalters.com/page2/files/9d8b002262ac7b134c36e941ddd610ee-38.html) they explain how you can do the same thing. OK, NOW. . . back to my film!

JK, I'm a hardcore DIY guy too and if gary hadn't built those, I probably would have, and I still plan too because I want to make a couple upgrades to his, like external switches to turn off individual bulbs to control amount of light, and 8 bulbs instead of 4!

Thanks for the Link Shane. I get it now. I have some of those exact diamond plate shop lights from my last films practicals. Never though about using them for lighting the set. I thought you guys were talking about something else.
Gracias!

[Matt Sconce]

Those are not what my dad used but they are close. I will see if he will post a DIY about his design sometime.:thumbsup:

Shane congrats on the successful edit so far!

[sfoster]

Yep, you can use any fixture that will hold a high CRI color balanced bulb. (Kino bulbs CRI is rated at 95 if you have a color meter, you can check what kind of color output you get from the light) You can even buy Kino bulbs that will fit in a standard fixture. The trick is making sure that you have a good electronic ballast so there is no flicker. You can go to coollights.biz (http://www.coollights.biz/parts-and-diy-c-24.html) under DIY, they have an amazing 150W ballast, however it is a bit pricey! If you do some searching, you can find a cheap ballast that will do fine!. coollights also have a great reflector kit for putting behind the bulbs for increased output! They are pretty cheap for the reflectors!

[Kevin E. Curry]

We have a set of DIY kinos similar to that and love 'em. Didn't use them on The Tell, but they get a workout on a number of other projects.

Had a photographer in studio recently for an interview and he loved them, too.

[sfoster]

Well editing is going great! I've had to figure out my way around a few bumps in the road, but so far it's looking phenomenal I should have a rough cut by Wednesday, sent off for scoring by Thursday, and hopefully finish the final in the next two weeks! I have to shoot a pickup shot tomorrow night, and one final shot, This next weekend!!! (Yes, I'll be using a placeholder for the final shot for scoring, but I know exactly what the shot is, so it will match perfectly) WOOHOO I didn't even think I would finish getting it shot with all the problems I ran into with scheduling, but now it is pretty much in the can, and soon it will be uploading! Extra Thanks to my awesome cast and crew for pulling the late night! Hopefully you guys like it!

Well of course when everything seems like it's going perfect, something happens! :nads:
Anyway, the rough cut should hopefully be done by Thursday, but I didn't say that it will! One can only take so many shots to the groin!

[Matt Sconce]

Well of course when everything seems like it's going perfect, something happens! :nads:
Anyway, the rough cut should hopefully be done by Thursday, but I didn't say that it will! One can only take so many shots to the groin!


Wear a cup! You can do it!:nads:

[sfoster]

LOL the cup is on as I edit away. It's actually a good thing that I got busy though, getting this job isn't really a bad thing, it's just that I have so little time! I wish this job was a week away, but no, it's a one day deal throwing off my editing groove! UGH!

[sfoster]

OK, I know I should be working on my film, but instead, I'm in Santa Clarity shooting some killer footage. The problem is editing is not exciting to me. Well, I have to finish it by Wednesday and send it off to be scored. I'm worried I may not make the deadline! AND here I am shooting crazy stunts. Oh well, at least it's fun. I wish I had an editor that I could hand my footage to that I trust to make my film amazing. I really need to meet one of those guys! SOME DAY!

[Matt Sconce]

... I wish I had an editor that I could hand my footage to that I trust to make my film amazing. I really need to meet one of those guys! SOME DAY!

Ahem....OFFENDED! hehehe

[Sprocketboy]

Love the results of your screen grabs. Did you really use a cell phone to shoot your short, or did I miss something in this thread that mentions a different cam?

[sfoster]

Ahem....OFFENDED! hehehe

Let me rephrase that. I wish I had an editor I could trust to make my footage look amazing, THAT ISN'T BUSY WITH A FEATURE FILM right now! Not to mention the full time job! :thumbsup:

[sfoster]

Love the results of your screen grabs. Did you really use a cell phone to shoot your short, or did I miss something in this thread that mentions a different cam?


Ummm, as of now, that info is classified! I was going to shoot a short completely on a cell phone for timefest, and I plan to in the future, but this wasn't the right story for it.

[sfoster]

OK, I'm rendering out the timed edit. I will have a couple people look it over and comment, then finish any changes and send it off to be scored tonight! I might actually get this thing done on time! Uh, I want to change my title and poster though. I wonder if I should. . .

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Nice soft look.

Good luck!

[sfoster]

Nice soft look.

Good luck!
Thanks, I'm not sure I'll keep it though.

BTW, I Modified the Poster while I waited for a render! There was nothing else I could do.

[Matt Sconce]

OK, I'm rendering out the timed edit. I will have a couple people look it over and comment, then finish any changes and send it off to be scored tonight! I might actually get this thing done on time! Uh, I want to change my title and poster though. I wonder if I should. . .


Are you uploading soon? Did you get the score back? Did you shoot the last FX shot? So many questions! I hear rumors you are not going to make it, but that can't be true after we all braved the sprinkler madness and fought through the nights. We are like the fellowship of the ring (well... minus the hobbits, dwarves, or elves...or rings of power...or wizards) and must complete the quest!:violin:

:thumbsup:

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

We are like the fellowship of the ring (well... minus the hobbits, dwarves, or elves...or rings of power...or wizards) and must complete the quest!:violin:

:thumbsup:That was last Fest. :)

Hope you guys make it.

[Marlon Ladd]

You guys better make it. There's still 23 and a half hours to go. Oh sh^t! I better get on my own stuff.

[sfoster]

Alas the fellowship has failed for DVX fest, but Action on Film still awaits... Stupid sprinklers!:cry: