Smuggler's Ransom- OFFICIAL THREAD

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

hey brandon ... what aspect ratio are you letterboxing too ... I have been working ing 10:1 lately and I love it!:love4:

looks great huh?
http://www.frenchquarterfeatures.com/brandon.gif

[Brandon Rice]

hey brandon ... what aspect ratio are you letterboxing too ... I have been working ing 10:1 lately and I love it!:love4:

looks great huh?
http://www.frenchquarterfeatures.com/brandon.gif

LOL! Yur insane! I'm letterboxing it in 16:9 :)


What look is that? No seriously, I'm curious. :)

A more "earthy" look. I wanted the "earthy" darker feel to this set.

[Larry Rutledge]

We should call that ratio DVX Banner Boxing :grin:

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

16X9?
wimp! :costumed-smiley-047

[The Machinist]

We should call that ratio DVX Banner Boxing

I can see it now.

Changing the course of filmmaking as we know it.

[Rasquachemedia]

hey brandon, just saw the latest directors diary. awesome work. they work as teasers too, cuz now i'm really really wanting to see the film.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Hey guys lets keep on topic.

Sorry Brandon, we were just Bricemaning :grin:

[Brandon Rice]

Hey guys lets keep on topic.

Sorry Brandon, we were just Bricemaning :grin:

haha, ya'll are too much. I got another before/after comin' And why am I a wimp for 16x9 Jack?

[Cynic821]

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/8104/1156364549.jpg

M2-inized.

[Brandon Rice]

Another shot. This is in the French Park scene.


BEFORE

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/ccwork/Scene11_before.jpg



AFTER

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/ccwork/Scene11_after.jpg

[The Machinist]

Now that's a crisp looking touch up.


M2-inized.

Hey cynic how'd you accomplish that?

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

haha, ya'll are too much. I got another before/after comin' And why am I a wimp for 16x9 Jack?
just kidding you that if you don't go to 10X1 you are a wimp.

I think my horrorfest short is gonna be 100X1 .... so 720 pixels wide, and 7.2 pixels high :cheesy:

[Brandon Rice]

Now that's a crisp looking touch up.


Thank ya :)


just kidding you that if you don't go to 10X1 you are a wimp.

I think my horrorfest short is gonna be 100X1 .... so 720 pixels wide, and 7.2 pixels high :cheesy:

Ah, ok... haha! Could we see anything??? lol

[-zach-]

Hey cynic how'd you accomplish that?

He took the selection tool and highlighted the girl. Then he went to Select>Inverse. Then he went to Filters>Gaussian Blur.

[The Machinist]

Very clever fellas. Very clever.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

...Ah, ok... haha! Could we see anything??? lol

Sure. looks like this:
http://www.frenchquarterfeatures.com/brandon2.gif

Really makes you think about your compositional choices.

[Brandon Rice]

Sure. looks like this:
http://www.frenchquarterfeatures.com/brandon2.gif

Really makes you think about your compositional choices.

yeah, that's true... hey, did you like the CC Jack?

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

yeah looks good

[Brandon Rice]

Some more color grading stuff. I am working on this stuff now that the edit is locked. This is a shot for a flashback scene.

BEFORE

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/ccwork/Scene7_before.jpg



AFTER

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/ccwork/Scene7_after.jpg

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Now your talkin.

[donkathon]

Looks like something Camera Raw spat out... that stuff is amazing (though thats for stills only.)

Avid sure does a good job.

[g0ldenb0y55]

hey brandon ... what aspect ratio are you letterboxing too ... I have been working ing 10:1 lately and I love it!:love4:

looks great huh?
http://www.frenchquarterfeatures.com/brandon.gif

ROFL! :2vrolijk_08:

[Matt Sconce]

Brandon! I love the CC of the girl kneeling at the bed. You have a talent with that stuff!

[Matt Grunau]

Brandon! I love the CC of the girl kneeling at the bed. You have a talent with that stuff!


I second that. The sepia-ish really sets it in time, and the predominant earth tones make it rustic.

I hope that was the intent. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Brandon Rice]

I second that. The sepia-ish really sets it in time, and the predominant earth tones make it rustic.

I hope that was the intent. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

Yes sir! :) Thanks guys! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[NSumner]

Glad to see Mark helping you out on the Special fx aspect : )Looks very cool!

[MalcolmOng]

720:1. I think thats unviewable.

Anyway my faaav cc is the park scene, which for that matter is my faaaav shot. The flashback cc got me up in a wtf?! moment for a tad, then i read your comment that it was supposed to be a flashback..so its all good :)

[RDragonFilms]

Hey man! Nicole's been showing me all the clips, great work.

[Brandon Rice]

Hey man! Nicole's been showing me all the clips, great work.

Thanks! Glad your enjoyin' it! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Brandon Rice]

UPDATE:

Not a lot new to report. Just finishing last minute tweaks and such. Hoping to get the final cut to our composer/sound designer Matt Derr by next Tuesday or Wednesday. I am planning on shooting a section on the sound work and composing work he does as well... and I'll also start acquiring cast and crew interviews as he's working on the film. Still shooting for an October 1st finish date, and then we'll be looking for a distributor for the film.

(I also updated the first page of the thread with all the new CG stuff, and a screenshot, to kind of round it out)

[JaydeeG83]

Wow, Mr. Turner is in this? Hey, you should get Mr. Drexell for the sequel, I hear he's not up to much these days either...


http://epguides.com/DrexellsClass/cast.jpg
http://http://epguides.com/DrexellsClass/cast.jpg

[Brandon Rice]

Wow, Mr. Turner is in this?

Yeah! Tony (Anthony Tyler Quinn) is a real great actor, and I'm just surprised he hasn't landed some better leading roles... His performance really makes the film what it is.

[JaydeeG83]

Yeah! Tony (Anthony Tyler Quinn) is a real great actor, and I'm just surprised he hasn't landed some better leading roles... His performance really makes the film what it is.

I guess you paid Quinn a lotta dough for that performance eh?

[Brandon Rice]

I guess you paid Quinn a lotta dough for that performance eh?

The pay is deferred... and he was super stoked about the project, and actually was totally passionate about making it right... It's always great to have your lead as enthused and excited about the project, as you are.

[JaydeeG83]

The pay is deferred... and he was super stoked about the project, and actually was totally passionate about making it right... It's always great to have your lead as enthused and excited about the project, as you are.

I'm impressed, you must have the connex to get a guy like that to work for free...:costumed-smiley-047

Anyway, good luck finishing your movie man! Looking good! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Brandon Rice]

Anyway, good luck finishing your movie man! Looking good! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

Thank ya! We're doing our best to make something real awesome here :thumbsup:

[Kholi]

He just had a product that Quinn wanted to help out with.

S'good to know that you can put together something you really believe in and have others follow you, regardless of budget, regardless of credits, regardless of hype.

It's also good to see someone younger than myself (but still in the same age group! Grrr... ) going forward with what they really want to do.

B-Man might be a mad-poster, but you really can't hate on the fact that he's getting what he can done.

And he's a great editor, as well.

[donkathon]

And he's a great editor, as well.

I agree- I love that one short of his (I forgot the name).

Anyways, who gave this thread a 3star rating?

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks for the comment Kholi! I really respect you a lot, and thank you for the kind words... as well as PTO, thanks for the kind words...

and for the three star rating, I don't know... I think some clowns (no pun intended Kholi, lol) came in and were giving the thread low low rating for some reason... whatever... it's the content that counts, not the thread rating... thanks all! :)

[MalcolmOng]

Ah thread ratings are irrelevant anyway imo

[Brandon Rice]

I'm glad that doesn't matter as I am trying my best to keep this thread up to date and full of great content.

[Brandon Rice]

To update: Working on a longer trailer today... I will have a sneak preview available later today... I'll post up an announcement later.

[Tom Marshall]

Can't wait to check it out :)

[Brandon Rice]

Been workin' on the trailer all morning. It's looking fantastic. We'll be including some of the stuff that Mark's been working on as well. I'll have a rough uploaded soon, and may make it available for a few to see.

[Norm Sanders]

Brandon, I've probabaly missed it in the 31 pages, but what are you plans for this with regards to sales? Looking for a distributor, or will you self distribute & make it available for purchase? Any ideas on what your pricerange would be for the DVD, etc? I'd look forward to getting a copy, once it's all done & available.

[Brandon Rice]

Brandon, I've probabaly missed it in the 31 pages, but what are you plans for this with regards to sales? Looking for a distributor, or will you self distribute & make it available for purchase? Any ideas on what your pricerange would be for the DVD, etc? I'd look forward to getting a copy, once it's all done & available.

Hey Norm! Thanks for asking. We are currently in contact with several Christian distribution companies. We will be sending the film to them once it is done, and we're hoping it is picked up. We also have some other contacts in the secular market that we'll be approaching. Obviously we will push forward and self-distribute it if things fall through on the outside distributor approach. I am thinking the DVD price point will be $15-$20 as it is nearly feature length and will have some pretty in depth special features as well. All this is very preliminary of course, but that's where we're at now. Thanks for the question!

[Brandon Rice]

Alrighty... I need 3 people to show the rough trailer to, who will promise to give me some honest critique on it. So, the first 3 that PM me, I'll send you the link. Thanks!

[Brandon Rice]

Got some awesome feedback, and got the new Noa/Rice Digital logo from Daniel Skubal!

[donkathon]

Your like Peter Jackson- got a trailer out despite the odds (kinda). Just dont pull a King Kong and show us fake footage.

[MalcolmOng]

Hey brandon, great that the trailer's pulling along well! Sigh...too bad about the different time zones - i would have volunteered to preview it for you. Anyway, now I'll just keep my fingers crossed for when you post it up. Good luck with the distribution though, its great to see a fellow DVXuser get so far :D

[Zak Forsman]

diggin' the diaries, brandon.

[Brandon Rice]

diggin' the diaries, brandon.

Thanks :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) They are a LOT of fun to put together. I love Behind the Scenes stuff!

And Malcolm... the new trailer should be up by early next week. We're working on some effect shots that we want to have in the trailer. I am sure you'll enjoy it!

[Daniel Skubal]

As per request of Brandon:

A couple weeks ago, Brandon asked me to design a logo for his production company "Noa/Rice Digital". Brandon didn't really have a specific direction he wanted to go aside from something progressive and epic... I didn't really know what to do, so I just began working. I started modeling a Greek-type monument in Wings3D, which I then imported into Maya and put in the camera motion.

Here's what the project looked like:
http://www.mooseheadfilms.com/3dNoalRice.jpg

After I rendered out the camera motion, I imported the file into After effects, where I inserted the sky background and the Noa/Rice Digital text.

The camera spins around the monument once, and slowly pulls out from it as the text and sky fade in. You should be able to see a version of it in the new trailer Brandon's putting up in the next few days...
but here's the ending image:

http://www.mooseheadfilms.com/NoariceIntro.jpg

Overall, I was pretty happy with it. I'm still learning my way around Maya, so I ran into a few issues, but I walked away with quite a bit from this project.

[macintosh]

Daniel, that looks really awesome. If that was for me I'd be really happy with it. Nice work. Cant wait to see the actual animation.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Brandon Trailer looks great.
Logo
CG helicopter
Acting
KEWEL!

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks Jack! Can't wait to get it online for everyone! Should be really soon! And Daniel, the stuff looks GREAT!

[lucidz]

May I just say, I think the name "Smuggler's Plums" is a way cooler title!

/obscure?

[Brandon Rice]

While that title is interesting, I think you'll see Smuggler's Ransom is much more relevant :)

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

How about Smuggler Pimpin' Ransom Slacker?

[Brandon Rice]

LOL! I'm a slacker? I'm the #1 pimper of Smuggler's... I even wear a HAT with the Smuggler's Ransom logo on it!

[macintosh]

LOL! I'm a slacker? I'm the #1 pimper of Smuggler's... I even wear a HAT with the Smuggler's Ransom logo on it!

Only a hat Brandon? C'mon, where's the t-shirts, and coffee mugs?

[Brandon Rice]

CG update: Mark is working on the spotlight effect, and he sent me this test today. We should finalize the effect shot this weekend. :) barring any major things coming up.

www.noariceprod.com/SpotTestSunday01.mov

[Brandon Rice]

Only a hat Brandon? C'mon, where's the t-shirts, and coffee mugs?

they will come!:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Tom Marshall]

CG update: Mark is working on the spotlight effect, and he sent me this test today. We should finalize the effect shot this weekend. :) barring any major things coming up.

www.noariceprod.com/SpotTestSunday01.mov (http://www.noariceprod.com/SpotTestSunday01.mov)

That looks very cool Briceman... Mark's adding a great look to your production...

[donkathon]

Love the new trailer.

Pretty soon you'll have your face on the cover of EW (Entertainment Weekly).

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks man! Your input was helpful! Just waiting on that last shot and the trailer will be ready to go!

[Tom Marshall]

Right on... can't wait to see what you come up with... :)

[Brandon Rice]

There's been a little bump in the road on the trailer... but the CG stuff is moving right along, and I should have an update tomorrow!

[Tom Marshall]

What happened?

[Brandon Rice]

Some co-director disagreement :) but it's all good, we'll get it all working out soon enough! :)

[Tom Marshall]

Oh, yeah... saw that in your other thread... hope you do work it out. Is it the other half of the Noa / Rice?

[Brandon Rice]

Oh, yeah... saw that in your other thread... hope you do work it out. Is it the other half of the Noa / Rice?

It is the other half... but the other thread was about someone else actually... not Daniel (Noa)...

[Tom Marshall]

Man, you're having issues... sorry to hear it.

[Brandon Rice]

It'll all work out :)

[Brandon Rice]

QUICKIE UPDATE: Had a little hickup on the effect shot, so we'll be waiting a bit on that... Worked a little more on the trailer, tightening it up and such, and I am very happy with the result!

[MalcolmOng]

Brandon my man, it looks great. You've tightened it up just nice, so here's hoping for smooth sailing for you :D :beer:

[Daniel Skubal]

Yeah, the newest trailer looks great. Once that fx shot gets inserted, he should have a really good final product.

[Brandon Rice]

OK! After much blood sweat and tears, the full trailer is finally done... made a few tweaks this morning and we're waiting on the finished final effect shot, and then we'll have it up! I am super stoked about it!

[Brandon Rice]

Updated the front page with a new poster.

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Cool.

Couple of suggestions if you don't mind.

The taglines ... IMHO you should cut the 1st half of each.

So rather than
"he's a professional, totally devoted to his mission"

and

"she's and idealist, totally devoted to her faith"

just

"He's a totally devoted to his mission"

"She's totally devoted to her faith"

or

"He's a totally devoted to his mission"

"She's dedicated to her faith"

or

"He's a totally devoted to his mission"

"She's completely dedicated to her faith"

The later are punchier and more memorable, IMHO.
And, Mission immplies professional and being devoted too Faith implies idealist, so the first halves of the sentences are redundant.

IMHO :)

[Brandon Rice]

Nice Jack, thanks for the suggestions. I like that a lot.

[Mike McNeese]

Bman, just saw the newest trailer...it's feeling like a real put-together flick. Everything looks great. The CG title at the end rocks. Can't wait to see it. Any plans on distribution or remote screenings?

[Brandon Rice]

working on the distribution stuff... trying to finish up this new trailer to get online for people to see.

[Steve_Arm]

Hey man great job, looks pro..uh compared to the 6K video...:D J/K

Seriously though interesting trailer, nice actors, mood and music, I'm looking forward to the movie. What's it's running time?

[Brandon Rice]

Hey thanks! Wait till' you see our new trailer, it's really hot. The running time of the film looks to be about 60-65 minutes. We're finishing up the edit this week and giving it to our composer.

[Greggl]

I'm interested to see how distributors react. You've got a Christian
themed film, thats got some pretty gratuitous gun violence in the
trailer... I'd think that'd make your sell a lot harder.

Who's the trailer targeted for?

[Brandon Rice]

Trailer's targeted for everyone. You'd be surprised by the amount of violence that Christian people will watch/stand. And in the actual film, we only have 5 gun shots total. It's not really gratuitous violence. We also never uphold or promote the violence... it's simply part of the story. What we wanted to do with Smuggler's is to make a film that has strong Christian elements but is perfectly integrated with the story. It's about a bible smuggler in communist Soviet Union, how would you ignore the Christian element? In my experience with "Christian movies" I've seen them FORCE the Christian element into their stories, and it feels unnatural and cheesy... that's what we tried to avoid here.

[KOVAROVA]

You'd be surprised by the amount of violence that Christian people will watch/stand.

strange.. i dont understand why.

[Brandon Rice]

honestly... I'm a strong Christian myself... and if violence is done for justice I really love it actually... at the same time seeing torturing of people for no reason is disturbing to me... but sometimes necessary to put a point across IMO... But let's not turn this into a violence debate please :) Thanks.

[KOVAROVA]

no worries. i wasn't questioning it... just stating that i dont get it.

when is your new trailer online? will it include the CG stuff you guys have been working on.

[Brandon Rice]

New trailer will hopefully be up by tonight, and yes, it'll include a shot with the CG stuff in it!

and hey dude... you're not on my black list :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Evan S]

Hey. Don't mean to be rude, but it doesn't really look like russia.
C'mon man, you should of flown out there on location!


You're getting lazy brandon.

[Mike McNeese]

Violence isn't bothering me...it's part of the story...sad, but that's how it was. Ever read Fox's Book of Martyrs?

[Brandon Rice]

Hey. Don't mean to be rude, but it doesn't really look like russia.
C'mon man, you should of flown out there on location!


You're getting lazy brandon.

LOL! Well, first off, I am glad it doesn't look like Russia, lol. It's Romania... which is actually real high-deserty looking country, with ghetto houses and factories...

Also, I updated the poster at the front, using Jack's suggestion. Thanks man!

[Brandon Rice]

Violence isn't bothering me...it's part of the story...sad, but that's how it was. Ever read Fox's Book of Martyrs?

Yes, that book is incredible... totally humbling in every way...

[Evan S]

I'm sorry. Isn't it the USSR?
MEH, ALL THOSE EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES ARE THE SAME!

[Brandon Rice]

Yeah, USSR... Romania :) Also, a lot happens here in the US, and also in France.

[Brandon Rice]

Just heard from Mark... he's uploading the layers for the effect now... this means we'll be able to get the trailer online by tonight!

[Brandon Rice]

New poster on front page...

[Filmjunkie677]

Congrats on the film, B-man...

Looking forward to seeing it.

How'd you pull off that slow creep in when she's kneeling beside the bed... Dolly?

[Brandon Rice]

Congrats on the film, B-man...

Looking forward to seeing it.

How'd you pull off that slow creep in when she's kneeling beside the bed... Dolly?

Thanks!

Yes, we used a "dolly" which consisted of me with the Spiderbrace sitting in a wheelchair and someone pushing me... We used the "dolly" sparingly as it was tough to make smooth... but it worked out for us, and we have about 5 or 6 real good dolly shots in the film.

[Brandon Rice]

Updated the front poster yet again... happy this time :) Trailer is coming! :)

[Brandon Rice]

After much toil... I present to you... our full trailer! Enjoy!

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/trailer_large.htm

[Brandon Rice]

CG Update! As seen in the new trailer... the final chopper shot. www.noariceprod.com/chopperfinal.mov

This will be the last WIP update for the CG stuff... we will have an extensive in depth section on the DVD about this shot as well. Thanks Mark, this stuff is awesome!

[Nobody356]

Hey man, as I said before, I definately like the new trailer. I think it looks very professional and makes me want to wathc the movie. Congrats on what looks like a really great project!

[Evan S]

The new trailer is like 20 million times better than the old one. My only two concerns would be first, the line, " Why are you so afraid of me bringing bibles into this country?" or something similar. It sort of seems redundant as they already talk about the bibles.

I could be wrong though. These scenes are out of context.

My second concern is the CG shot. It sort of comes out of nowhere. Perhaps if we knew what it was searching for? or saw someone hiding and the light passing over them? I don't know what it goes with. but all in all it looks really good.

I GIVE YOU TWO THUMBS UP

[Brandon Rice]

cool... I like the line myself, I think it gives character to Carmen :) Don't like the CG shot huh? man, that's my favorite part :) Thanks for checking it out!

[Tom Marshall]

Sweet Briceman! I promise to check it out tomorrow... I'm about to fall asleep looking at the screen...

[Brandon Rice]

I'll hold you to that! I think you'll like it!

[Tom Marshall]

I'm so tired because I went to the Avid thing tonight... dude, that was intense...

[Brandon Rice]

Dude, why did I not hear about "the Avid thing"? I would have been there!

[Matt Sconce]

This trailer is absolutely wonderful! The CG shot rocks! I look forward to more!

[Tom Marshall]

I somehow happened on it by searching for 'new posts.' I'll let you know if I see anything else cool come up in the future. Honestly, it was really cool, but they only talked about Media Composer and some of the new features like DNxHD 36 for HD stuff and the Adreneline. They talked about HD workflow exclusively (P2 and XDCAM HD), but it was COOL being around all those people that take this business as serious and are professional as them... :)

[Brandon Rice]

This trailer is absolutely wonderful! The CG shot rocks! I look forward to more!

Thanks Matt! I'm seriously excited about your project! Can't wait to see more of that!! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Larry Rutledge]

Well, I just watched the new trailer and I have to say :thumbsup: . . . great job!


I did have one thought while watching this and I'll share it now, but understand that I don't know anything about putting trailers together. This is just a thought that came to mind while watching. :)

Anyway, regarding the part when you show the girl sitting on the bed and we hear the voiceover saying, "...daughter is being detained somewhere in Romania" then you cut to the scene where that voice over comes from and he goes on to talk about bible smuggling, etc. Then it cuts to Bill climbing in the window and the "cavalry" line, then the "you really don't know do you...".

What if you did it like this instead... still show her sitting on the bed with the voice over. Then cut to Bill climing in the window and the cavalry line. Then cut the next scene so Bill only says, "You really don't know do you? They want your father back" (cutting the "bible smuggling" line). Then after her "Why are you so afraid of the Bible's I brought into this country?" then continue to the next couple warehouse scenes (as it is now) and then cut to the shot of the French contact sitting on the bench next to Bill and saying his line, "Bibles? (chuckle)".

I don't know if that works or not...but it was just a thought that occurred to me. Thought I'd share it. Remember take it with a pound of salt cause I really don't know much about putting trailers together :)

If you leave it as is, it works very well and I think you did a fantastic job on it.

Peace,
Larry

[Brandon Rice]

Hey Larry! Thanks for watching... I read your idea, and I think it might be a bit confusing... I don't want to lose the setup that she's in Romania, smuggling bibles. And, I really like the interchange between Carmen and Bill in that scene... But, thanks for the suggestion! And you know I always want them! Thanks dude!

[Larry Rutledge]

But, thanks for the suggestion!

Yea, whatever...just blow me and my suggestion off. That's fine, I can take it. :grin:


J/K I understand. Like I said, it just popped in my head and figured what the heck, I'll throw it against the wall and see if anything sticks. At least I got my other idea for the ending :)

Good job!!! :thumbsup:

[Brandon Rice]

At least I got my other idea for the ending :)

Good job!!! :thumbsup:

Yes, and it rocks!!!! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[Brandon Rice]

Again, I want to give BIG props to Mark Johnson (aka vislaw) for the work he's done on Smuggler's Ransom. Without him it would not be the same film. Thanks a bunch Mark! And if you haven't checked out the short he's currently working on, go do it now! It's looking really cool! http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=66026

[Kirk Gillock]

bman - The new trailer looks great. Much better. But I have a hard time understanding what his last line is. "I don't know what she's praying for, but I [mumble] what she's getting." It's probably suppose to be "but I know what she's getting." The first few times I heard it I thought he was saying "but I don't know what she's getting." Which doesn't make sense. Any chance he can ADR that line because it's a great line?

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks PK! The line is "But I'm what she's getting" And I can probably bump the audio up a bit there, because I LOVE his read... the mumbleness is a thing he did throughout the movie, and it really helps his character a lot. I'll work on pumping the audio up for that last bit though :) thanks!

[Shaun Patrick]

Why do you jump the line in the beginning of the trailer? I know you previously had mentioned that it was intentional but maybe you can expound on why you deliberately jumped the line. Watching it again, it's disorienting and just reads as a mistake.

[Brandon Rice]

I did it because I liked the way the shots worked together :) I don't find it disorienting... maybe in the full cut it won't be so sudden.

[Shaun Patrick]

do you jump the line in the full cut?

[JY_Blue]

big improvement. brandon, you are a fast learner, very strong at absorbing input and adept at making best use of the strong resources around you.

one thought on the "i'm what she's getting" line. while I like the profile shot better, I think an mcu where we can see his lips moving (if you've got it) might help more than bumping up the audio.

looking forward to this and future efforts. thanks for sharing your process.

[Brandon Rice]

do you jump the line in the full cut?

Yes sir. The entire scene is from those angles... then there's movement to the back of the room.


big improvement. brandon, you are a fast learner, very strong at absorbing input and adept at making best use of the strong resources around you.

one thought on the "i'm what she's getting" line. while I like the profile shot better, I think an mcu where we can see his lips will help more than bumping up the audio.

looking forward to this and future efforts.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Wish I had a closer shot on that... but sadly, I don't have a really good alternate angle on that, except with the other dude in the shot...

[Shaun Patrick]

You may not find it disorienting but as someone who has not seen the full cut, I'm telling you that it is disorienting. I guess I'm playing devil's advocate here, man. You made a choice--I'm just asking for a defense of the choice beyond, "I don't find it disorienting." This is what constructive feedback is all about.

[Brandon Rice]

You may not find it disorienting but as someone who has not seen the full cut, I'm telling you that it is disorienting. I guess I'm playing devil's advocate here, man. You made a choice--I'm just asking for a defense of the choice beyond, "I don't find it disorienting." This is what constructive feedback is all about.

okiedokie... here goes... The framing on the other side of the shot was very uninteresting and didn't look very good... now, I could cheat stuff, I realize that, but I still did not like the framing at that side, and went with what I thought looked better. That's basically it :) Next time I may reconsider as it's been a problem to your eye.

[WilderWorks]

ShaunPatrick: Seriously. Why worry about crossing the line when you have a helicopter? Who is going to notice the basics when THERE'S A HELICOPTER? Don't be so pretentious. Film school can't teach you everything. If it looks awesome, it is awesome, or possibly rad. You can learn a lot from watching movies over and over and learning from the parts that kicked butt.

Example. Die Hard with a Vengence. Question. Why was that movie good? Answer. Helicopter. Buy the DVD, and you'll see, they had another ending, without a helicopter. Rocket launcher, yes, but no helicopter. It didn't work. They reshot it, and they inserted TWO helicopters -- suddenly, you had one of the best movies ever made.

You need to learn these two rules of cinema:

(1) Helicopters Make the Movie
(2) If Rule 1 is followed, ignore all other rules.

[Brandon Rice]

LOL! ROFL!!! That cracked me up! Actually Shaun... I did a little bit of work on making those cuts work better... It will be online in a few min :)

[Brandon Rice]

Ok Shaun... fixed... check it out... also did a little work on the ending :)

[donkathon]

"A dollar short and a day late!"
Is this referring to the fact that McDonalds has a dollar menu and opened till midnight?

JK.

[Brandon Rice]

LOL! No... I just said it the other day, and it sounded cool... I want to use it in a script someday.

[donkathon]

LOL. That would make a great line... I may steal it.

[macintosh]

Brandon, I just checked out the new trailer and I have to agree with everyone's postive comments. The original trailer wasnt bad, but this really is a much better improvement. I think it works a lot better without the text between some of the clips that were in the original. It was awesome finally seeing the helicopter shot after checking out all of the grabs of it in progress. Awesome job, It looks great.

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks a bunch man! Glad you enjoyed it!

Here's another effect update for the title effect of the film: Henry's been working on it today and he sent me another render. Check it out. www.noariceprod.com/intro_map_web.mov

[TheatreGuy]

Wow! Brandon, you're a MADMAN!

I just read this entire thread, all 40 pages of it! And I am so glad that I did. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and and dialogue that you shared. And the Director's Diaries are AWESOME! I love that kind of stuff.

So many kudos to you and your work. Your team is great. The work that Mark Johnson has done is excellent. The music is cool. And Tony ROCKS! The final cut of the trailer came out SWEET. I really like the improvements that you have made to it. (I did see some of the earlier stages of it when it was up, before I read this thread.)

I just wanted to take the time to share my congrats to you. You have done an amazing job. Your enthusiasm is infectious! I am jumping out of my skin wanting to make a movie!

Great job! Looking forward to more of you work!

Ted

[MalcolmOng]

Hey brandon, i finally watched it. What can i say? I ain't got any negative comments for you - And everything positive's been said already, so I'll just say again, looking great, and the movie will truly kick some ASS when it comes out :D

[Brandon Rice]

Ted: Thanks a ton, I am just really happy and excited to be able to share the process with all of you. It's been an awesome journey, and there's still a long way to go! Glad you enjoyed everything!

Malcolm: Dude thanks! Glad you liked the trailer! :)

UPDATE: I am working on another "Director's Diaries" and it should be up tonight for all of you to check out. Thanks all for your support!

[Brandon Rice]

Another effect update on the opening: www.noariceprod.com/intro_map_web2.mov

[Steve_Arm]

Is this vislaw art?

[Brandon Rice]

No, actually this is Hank (G0ldenb0y55 on dvxuser) our other Visual Effects guy. He's doing our Green Screen mattes as well, which I'll post some BTS on later.

[Steve_Arm]

Yes I wondered cause I had the assumption that vislaw doesn't work with AE.
Great it could be faster, but I guess it fits the music.

[Brandon Rice]

There is a voiceover and music as well during this effect... the motion matches the voiceover :)

I think Mark (vislaw) does use AE for his final comps.

[-zach-]

Brandon,

I've been MIA for the past week. I haven't been able to keep up with this thread. I just sat down and there were like a bajillion more pages! I sat down and read them and.... Smugglers Ransom is officially AWESOME.

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks dude! The title of Awesome is AWESOME! :) haha! Glad you're liking it!

[Brandon Rice]

Here are some before/after shots of a green screen matte we're still currently working on.

http://www.noariceprod.com/Scene16_before.jpg


http://www.noariceprod.com/Scene16_after.jpg

[Norm Sanders]

Ouch, that looks like it had to be hand cut. Didn't key out well? Meaning, it's a good effect, but if you look closely at the still (which no one will do when it's in motion), you can see that it was cut vs. just keyed out.

In hindsight, we probably should have done that with one of our keyes that was giving us trouble.

[Brandon Rice]

Naw, it's still rough my man :) He just threw some stuff over to me... He's working on it still.

One issue he is having is the sunglasses... apparently they reflected some green :(

[Norm Sanders]

Yep, I see that. Stuff you wouldn't notice 99% of the time until you have to confront it in post. Fun stuff.

[Brandon Rice]

hehe yes sir. I am happy we only have about 1:30 total of green screen stuff.

[MalcolmOng]

Hmm. His skin looks too orange for the light imo - two diff color temps.

[Brandon Rice]

Agreed! Hey everyone, another Director's Diary will be online tonight!

[Brandon Rice]

Brand New Director's Diaries episode online! Day 3! Enjoy!

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/behindthescenes.htm

[Larry Rutledge]

Just watched DD:d3 (Director's Diaries: day 3)...another cool installment :thumbsup:


Though I am now very intrigued to know why you didn't want to appear on camera at the end. Inquiring minds wanna' know! http://www.nrestudios.com/images/smilies/emote_dancing_chicken.gif

[-zach-]

Brandon-

There's no link to the QT file on the website. I had to manually enter the title in the search bar. Are you updating it?

Also, the title, "Directors Diaries Day 3". For short, DDD:3..... OOOHH wait, the next one should be:

Directors Diaries Day 4
=
3D:4

LOL.

-zach

[Brandon Rice]

If you go to the Behind the Scenes page there is a link to the quicktime there :) Click on the text that says Day 3.

Oh, and thanks Larry, glad you liked it! The main reason I didn't want to be on camera is because it was 2am, and I was irritated with everything. It was a LONG shoot, and a tough one for me, as I REALLY made up my angles and shots on the fly, which is extremely trying.

[-zach-]

Brandon-

I'm on Safari, so that might have something to do with it, but seriously, it's not there.
Check it out:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7113/windowscopyyp1.jpg

[Larry Rutledge]

Do you have a "force reload" on safari? It may just need to re-fetch the page from the server (sometimes it pulls the one from cache without seeing if the site is updated).

On Windows I can do it with (Ctrl+F5)...unfortunately I don't know what the command is on Mac.

Hope that helps,
Larry


edited to add: I just did some quick searching and found that Safari has an issue with clearing cache when it is supposed to. In fact, it appears to ignore the header requests from the server that would tell it to clear. One response I read somewhere suggested the following to clear the cache (cmd-option-e), but I don't own a Mac so I can't confirm it.

[Brandon Rice]

Weird zach.. yeah, I don't think your cache is cleared.

[-zach-]

Okay let me try to clear the cache. Thanks alot Larry and Brandon.

[-zach-]

Alright,
On a Mac, I went to Safari>Empty Cache.

The site opens fine.
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/246/windowscopykg6.jpg

Thanks alot guys.

[Brandon Rice]

Nice! no problem man. :)

[-zach-]

I took a look at the green screen mattes, they look good.

Have you fixed the issue with the sunglasses?

[Brandon Rice]

I took a look at the green screen mattes, they look good.

Have you fixed the issue with the sunglasses?

Working on that today, I am confident Henry can fix it.:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[-zach-]

When do you think that you'll have a final cut on the film?

[Brandon Rice]

When do you think that you'll have a final cut on the film?

Editing wise that should be today or tomorrow... I'll compile a cut, send it off to Daniel, and once he's signed off, we'll send it to Matt (our composer)

[-zach-]

Well, good luck with all of it, can't wait to see it.

[Brandon Rice]

Thank you sir. I am quite excited to see it all together myself!

[Evan S]

Just wanted to mention. I think the backround in that keyed out shot should be even more out of focus. But I'm stupid because I can't see it in motion.

Also, Why not just film it live?

Favortie quotes, " ITS A WHITE SEMI. SO YOU KNOW THAT BLINDING LIGHT? IT'll BE *SWOOSH*!"

"ALL THIS CRAP IS GOOD"

[-zach-]

I just realized something - whenever you're using a wheelchair as a dolly you put the equipment in the wheelchair so that it's not as difficult when the set is 5 miles away.

Oh well, won't help now.


Also, Why not just film it live?
They probably didn't have enough space to keep the camera stable or action was happening in the car and they couldn't have the camera in there.

I could be wrong.

[EJ Pennypacker]

Brandon,

Do you have an ETA on the finished project?

EJ

[Brandon Rice]

Just wanted to mention. I think the backround in that keyed out shot should be even more out of focus. But I'm stupid because I can't see it in motion.

Also, Why not just film it live?

Favortie quotes, " ITS A WHITE SEMI. SO YOU KNOW THAT BLINDING LIGHT? IT'll BE *SWOOSH*!"

"ALL THIS CRAP IS GOOD"

LOL! Those quotes made me laugh, haha!

Anyway, the reason we didn't film it live is because we had to travel around to find spots that looked like Eastern Europe (or close to looking like it) and we didn't want to have to have the actors and stuff have to go to those places... That's the main reason... and... if we see a modern car in the shot, it kills it (as this is supposed to take place in the 80's)

[Brandon Rice]

Brandon,

Do you have an ETA on the finished project?

EJ

Hoping mid-October or so... things change, but that's our goal!

[Brandon Rice]

I just realized something - whenever you're using a wheelchair as a dolly you put the equipment in the wheelchair so that it's not as difficult when the set is 5 miles away.

Oh well, won't help now.


Ah, good point! I'll remember that next time!

[Brandon Rice]

Okay, no offense Brandon. The guy who is recording the BTS it's almost completley useless. He says annoying things and such. Yeah I guess I'm being rude. Although, I'd like to see him film more of the actors acting. Unless of course like.. That's going to be a seperate thing.

But otherwise, he's pretty annoying yeah.

LOL... you're talking about my partner and co-director/co-writer Daniel. heehee. Hope he doesn't see this!

[MalcolmOng]

Hell hath no fury like a brandon scorned.

[Matt Sconce]

I liked the diary. It was cool to see how things were going.

[Brandon Rice]

I liked the diary. It was cool to see how things were going.

Thanks man! I like how you said, "things were going" :) past tense! I love it! I never really thought about that!

[235 Studios]

Wew- 400+ posts and counting. Usually I like to read what has been said before I post- so that I don't repeat to much- but as I've got to take off shortly, I don't have the time to read through them all. So forgive me if I'm repeat postings.

Nice job on the casting of actors- you've got some great faces in there. I like your site as well- nice touch in adding the banner above the photos in the autoviewer. (I'm looking forward to seeing the BTS stuff, when I have more time.) The VFX are great from what I've seen so far, I'm sure that you are feeling pretty good with how your project is coming along- which you should. It looks like you have put a lot of work into it.

The score for the trailer is great as well. Although I think that the trailer could be tightened up some. I think you've hit the right story points.

Anyway, good job- keep up the good work. I look forward to looking through the rest of the site as well as this thread.

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks Ryan! That means a lot comin' from you! We got real blessed with an awesome cast! Thanks for checking it out, and there will be more to come! :)

[Brandon Rice]

Scoring begins on Monday, and I'll be shooting some BTS footage as Matt's working on the score... we also have some exciting things in developement for some sound design stuff! More soon!

[Brandon Rice]

Update: Everything is edited (potentially) waiting on Daniel to watch one last scene and sign off on it. The entire film will go to the composer, Matt, on Monday. A few days behind our deadline, but we're still going strong. Some things, like getting that new trailer done, slowed things down a bit.

[MalcolmOng]

badabing badaboom!

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Hey man -- trailer looks great.

Love the helicpoter shot and I think you've made some great editing choices, like the comeback at the end where he says she wants a miracle but she's getting me and the final plate coming up with the sound effect.

:thumbsup:

[Brandon Rice]

Thank ya Jack! :)

[Brandon Rice]

Update: Compiled the full cut of the film together, and the runtime will be 50 min. We're happy, as it's a very well paced 50 min. :)

[Daniel Skubal]

Woah, is that a light I see at the end of this tunnel?! Heck yeah! Can't wait to see the whole thing man. :-D

[Isaac_Brody]

50 minutes? Nice work man. Not bad for a summer project. :thumbsup:

[EJ Pennypacker]

I'd think that's pretty much on the nose to sell as a 60min slot on TV.

EJ

[Brandon Rice]

I'd think that's pretty much on the nose to sell as a 60min slot on TV.

EJ

that'd be excellent. Thanks for the comments Isaac and Daniel! I can't wait to get this sucker done, and out... I think it's fantastic!

[Brandon Rice]

Nothing too new to report on the movie. Worked a little today on some color grading for the finale...also worked on inserting establishing shots. We start cranking on music tomorrow, and I also am working on another Director's Diary to release.

[Brandon Rice]

One of the establishing shots... Carmen's holding room.

http://www.noariceprod.com/carmens.jpg

[D_and_G]

One of the establishing shots... Carmen's holding room.

http://www.noariceprod.com/carmens.jpg

Brandon, is that an establishing shot for Romania?

[Brandon Rice]

Yes. This represents a very high-end government building. As you can see by the photos below (actually in Romania) we tried to match the square windows and architecture type.

http://www.noariceprod.com/romania1.jpg


http://www.noariceprod.com/romania2.jpg

This is the establishing shot for Lubenkoff's apartment (also in Romania) as you can see it is much less attractive and more trashy. Which is the image we were looking for, as a contrast to the place Carmen's being held.

http://www.noariceprod.com/lubenkoff.jpg

[D_and_G]

Ok. Just wondering.

For me, it feels like South-West architecture, adobe, spanish tile roof etc... Is it just the square windows, or was there another reason you chose that building ? Clearances et al...

When you are trying to sell the production design, an establishing shot is one of the tools in the low budget filmmakers tool box. You know, grabbing an establishing shot of a bulding you never could afford to film in, then cut to your own interior.:) I know (in school), I bluffed my way onto properties and shot establishing shots (without making the building too recognizable) for that very reason.

Anywhoo, looks like your projects coming along nicely.
I've seen some cool stuff in Smugglers Ransom.

:beer:

[Brandon Rice]

You have a good point in the Spanish tile thought... I never thought of that... You are right about establishing shots being important. We've got great ones for everything I think (though a little uncertain about the Carmen one now). Any ideas?

I'd be ecstatic if someone had a particular exterior they think might fit the bill better and they could go shoot a few seconds for the film. Please let me know, thanks.

[Blaine]

D_and_G was definitely right about the southwest architecture. You might check with the local film commission to get some ideas for exterior establishing shots. But I've got to say that that building would never sell me on the location.

[Brandon Rice]

All right, two nays... I am reconsidering the choice now. Good call. Any ideas? I have searched LA, and this was the best building I found.

[-zach-]

It does look a bit to modern. Why don't you take a high-res pic off the internet and keyframe it to see how it looks? It might end up awful, but it's worth a try.

[Brandon Rice]

Good idea... I am open for anyone to shoot some stuff they might find more the feel I am going for as well... I would give you full credit for 2nd Unit DP. Please let me know. Thanks!

[-zach-]

Here are three high resolution pictures that I found on Google Images that you might be able to use for the exterior. All you have to do is keyframe a zoom or movement, add some noise (or create a particle effect) to make it look more like moving video, and maybe some color correction. It's worth a try.

Broken Down Apartment in Romania:
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/7901/romaniahires1fw0.jpg

Apartments from far away (Romania):
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/9267/romaniahires2vs7.jpg

In-Progress Build in Romania:
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1998/romaniahires3zs4.jpg
(I promise the image is bigger than this, right click and download)

Hopefully those will work. If they don't, you can always use your original footage.

-zach

[-zach-]

Brandon-

Because I wanted to see if it could be done, I decided to work on making those images look like video. I'll send them to you when I'm done or upload them here if you want.

z

EDIT:
It's really hard to make the images look like video. I'm getting major interlacing problems for some reason when I keyframe. It's thirty after twelve here, I'm goin to bed. Check back in tomorrow.

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks zach! I look forward to seeing what you can do. Also, Weston PM'd me and he might get some shots tomorrow... I'll see what he comes up with and post here for some comments as well. thanks all!

[MalcolmOng]

Just a quickie - wouldnt there be copyright restrictions or stuff? The guy who took those pictures might sue...

[Brandon Rice]

Just a quickie - wouldnt there be copyright restrictions or stuff? The guy who took those pictures might sue...

Good point, didn't think about that.

[Cynic821]

Knowing since i work with images and copyright stuff alot, you would definatly need permission from the original person who took those photos, or if they were sold , then whoever now owns them. It could be very difficult to track them down. Looking through a stock data base would be best, but we have paid up to 250+ for single photos and a CD of photos around 600+ , and weve got 10,000's of photos. LOL

[Brandon Rice]

Yeah, safe bet not to use em' I'd much rather get a shooter in another city somewhere that has more appropriate architecture... seeing as how I can't actually go to Romania myself and shoot stuff. haha.

[Brandon Rice]

Brandon-

Because I wanted to see if it could be done, I decided to work on making those images look like video. I'll send them to you when I'm done or upload them here if you want.

z

EDIT:
It's really hard to make the images look like video. I'm getting major interlacing problems for some reason when I keyframe. It's thirty after twelve here, I'm goin to bed. Check back in tomorrow.

Hey thanks for the efforts my friend. One other little thing, other than the copywrite issue as mentioned by Cynic and Malcolm is that the pics you have here are of some real drab buildings. While that works for Lubenkoff's apartment, it doesn't entirely work for Carmen's holding facility, as she is a VIP prisoner and is given very good treatment. Just a little note on that. Thanks again for the efforts! :thumbsup:

[holymexicobatman]

Hey Brandon,
My dvx is off at the shop for a head cleaning and won't be back to me till next week. but if you need some exterior shots of some romanian looking buildings i might have something in mind nearby here. how soon do you need the shot?

Also, on a public note to everyone. I live in a small town in northern germany just north of düsseldorf and I am moving to tver, russia(just 2 hours north of moscow) in november. so if anyone needs some pretty sweet stock footage of anything related to those areas. just hit me up and ill see what i can do. :)

[Brandon Rice]

Hey man! It doesn't have to be too soon at all... I am still in post and will be for awhile.. I'd love to see what you can get... some static wides/tights and some pans would be great!

[Brandon Rice]

Well, looks like Weston got some promising footage for establishing shots, and we'll be waiting on Stephen as well! Thanks guys!

Not too many new updates. A brand new episode of Director's Diaries will be released tomorrow night. It will be for the final day of principal photography. We do have some special Director's Diaries coming up though, so never fear! :)

Also, we begin working on the score tomorrow, and locking the title effect shot as well.

Over the next several weeks I'll be planning cast and crew interviews also. Stay tuned! :)

[Brandon Rice]

Last editing tweaks will be made tomorrow as I got inspired and wrote my horrorfest film tonight. Plan to finish title sequence tomorrow, and begin opening theme scoring. :)

[Brandon Rice]

No Director's Diary tonight :( Things have kinda been moving slow here... I need to speed things up a bit...

[Norm Sanders]

I got inspired and wrote my horrorfest film tonight.

WOW, best to you on that one. Nothing like a short time frame to put the pressure on! Hmm, you may be inspring me to throw something together, just for the sake of it. :)

[Brandon Rice]

Do it Norm! I'm doing something real real simple... Check out the thread when you can... http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=70141

[Brandon Rice]

Quick update! The opening of the film is done. I sent the first four scenes to Stephen Brock, our sound designer to begin working on them. I am also sending the first four scenes to composer Matt Derr. I am hoping these will be done soon :) Great progress is being made!

[macintosh]

Congratulations on getting the opening done.

Can't wait until the next Directors Diary.

[donkathon]

Is the score recorded live, or is it all MIDI stuff?

[Brandon Rice]

Is the score recorded live, or is it all MIDI stuff?

Matt uses Midi. He uses Logic combined with Gigastudio. :thumbsup:

[Kyle Stebbins]

yessss!!!!!!

[Norm Sanders]

Best of luck to you, Brandon. My entire SPARROW thread's been deleted, along with my sig banner, the one PK had in his, etc.

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks Norm

[Cryogenic Filmworks]

Best of luck to you, Brandon. My entire SPARROW thread's been deleted, along with my sig banner, the one PK had in his, etc.

Probably has to do with the thread on Commercial Sigs (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=70434) Jarred posted in the last few days.

[Jarred Land]

yes its just politics right now.. dont worry it will be back... Norm didnt do anything wrong on purpose.. Im creating a spot for you guys to sell your movie on the site.. just give me a bit.

[Brandon Rice]

Yep, I am sure Jarred will take care of it. :) Now, to get back on track, I'll throw an update on here...

UPDATE: Got some rough stuff back from Stephen this morning for sound design. It sounds great! It's amazing how much good sound design adds to a film! :)

[Norm Sanders]

Thanks for the heads up on that, Cryogenic. Looks like that went out yesterday after I sent a PM out to a bunch of folks for an update on my thread.

Jarred's working on something now to address the advertising of films thing, which I think is fair. My situation's a little different than Brandon's and some others, as mine is already available for sale, vs. his & others there's still progress to see, etc. so there's some 'educational value' so-to-speak for members. At least IMO.

EDIT: Looks like I was a little slow to type! LOL. Thanks Jarred.

Yes, and now back to SMUGGLER'S RANSOM.

[Brandon Rice]

Well thanks guys, for keeping the thread on track.

UPDATE: Just gave the opening 4 scenes to our composer, he's going to have them done by the end of this weekend!

[macintosh]

Hey Brandon, can we expect a new directors diary up within a few days?

[Brandon Rice]

Hey Brandon, can we expect a new directors diary up within a few days?

Finishing one up right now, expect it tonight, hopefully :thumbsup:

[macintosh]

Awesome. That was incredibly fast, thanks. I'll keep an eye open for your post.

[Brandon Rice]

Awesome. That was incredibly fast, thanks. I'll keep an eye open for your post.

Excellent, expect it around 9pm (PST) :thumbsup:

[Brandon Rice]

A Brand NEW "Director's Diary" is online NOW! Enjoy! :)

http://www.noariceprod.com/smugglers/behindthescenes.htm

[macintosh]

Just finished watching. What a quotable diary. "thats gonna be fun cause we have noooo permission..." "No, I just grew up reading british authors." Haha. But yeah, I enjoyed it, the clip you have showing the guy coming out of the elevator...is that the take you used for the final cut?

[Brandon Rice]

Just finished watching. What a quotable diary. "thats gonna be fun cause we have noooo permission..." "No, I just grew up reading british authors." Haha. But yeah, I enjoyed it, the clip you have showing the guy coming out of the elevator...is that the take you used for the final cut?

hahaha! Yeah, it was a pretty funny one, glad ya liked it! :thumbsup:

You know, I have no idea if that's the take we used in the final cut. And obviously it was more of a combination of several shots. The scene is only about 50 sec. in the film, but because I love having lots of angles on action stuff, it took about an hour and a half to shoot.

[macintosh]

You know, I have no idea if that's the take we used in the final cut. And obviously it was more of a combination of several shots. The scene is only about 50 sec. in the film, but because I love having lots of angles on action stuff, it took about an hour and a half to shoot.

Gotcha. I'm the same way with action shots. I love getting as much coverage as possible.

[Brandon Rice]

UPDATE: I am just waiting on a few more establishing shots that Stephen Brock (also our sound deisgner) is going to shoot next week, in Germany. Then we will have every last shot we should need for the film. Matt's working on the score this afternoon, and we should see (or hear) some stuff by tonight.

[bustak]

Hey BR!

Just watched the NEW trailer, VERY nice! It has Blockbuster written all over it, nice job! The helicopter looks REAL, that's awesome! :thumbsup:

The acting looks really good, especially the "HERO," he seems perfect for the role, where did you find that cat? An open casting call?

Good luck man, can't wait to see the completed movie!

[Brandon Rice]

Thanks a lot man! Glad you liked it! Well, finding Tony was an interesting story. He is friends with a guy I work with, so I had an "in" there, and he really fell in love with the project. Good things all around!

Looks like we got a neat little new forum for user films. Good stuff Jarred! :) Thanks for that.

[Brandon Rice]

UPDATE: I should be getting the final chopper effect renders from Mark tomorrow. I will post something up once I get them. Also, Matt, is finishing the music for the first four scenes, and he'll be done tonight.

[Brandon Rice]

Big thanks to Weston who picked up our new Lubenkoff ext. establishing shots! Thanks!

http://www.noariceprod.com/lubenkoffext.jpg

[Blaine]

That is much better. Now you won't have to use Mariachi music in your movie. :grin:

[Brandon Rice]

hahah! Thanks Blaine. I have Stephen getting me some shots for Carmen's room, he's in Germany, so I'm really lookin' forward to those shots! :)

[Weston]

Big thanks to Weston who picked up our new Lubenkoff ext. establishing shots! Thanks!

No problem at all!....I like the CC. Are you sure you don't need any higher quality versions?..

[Brandon Rice]

Are you sure you don't need any higher quality versions?..

No sir, the quicktime you sent is excellent quality. Thanks! :thumbsup:

[KOVAROVA]

That is much better. Now you won't have to use Mariachi music in your movie. :grin:

lol..

hey B - have you had any cast / crew screenings yet? what has been the feedback so far of your cut?

[Brandon Rice]

lol..

hey B - have you had any cast / crew screenings yet? what has been the feedback so far of your cut?

none of the cast or crew (other than Daniel Noa and I) has seen anything yet, except the trailer. I am planning on getting some feedback from a few folks this weekend and take a mostly done cut over for them to see. I've shown several individuals specific scenes and I've had nothing but positive reactions so far! :thumbsup: I am looking forward to viewing the full cut myself! :)

[KOVAROVA]

will you show the cast before you lock it up?

[Brandon Rice]

For another update/request. I am in need of some better shots of a plane landing at a large airport. The shots I got aren't that great, as we kinda got stopped by the airport police (a DVX on a spiderbrace kinda looks like a rocket launcher) anyway, let me know. Thanks!

[Weston]

Hmmm.....what type of planes. The mansfield lahm airport is not too far from me....its all national guard though. They mostly fly big C130 type carrier planes. Other than that its small private jets. No commercial aircraft.