New York City DVXUSER Crew Presents: Katrina

[Jason Ramsey]

Nice screenies. Thanks for sharing.

Jason

[Beat Takeshi]

Yeah, all you mofos get to go to beddy bye while I have to sit here at work. My eyes burn, my ass burns, my feet burn... but it was worth it.
Thanks Mark! I can't wait for Sat. to do it all again.
I was running around so much yesterday I think I wore out a few years on my hips. They are grinding a little today. I burned my fingers a few times forgetting to put my gloves on too but its all "Gravy".
Sleep tight all snug in your bed
with visions of Katrina dancing in your heads.

PS. I have the BTS pics online. Just give the ok Mark and ill post a link.

[Ted Arabian]

Aram, your lighting is beautiful! Very nice.

I hope that you have some lighting set-up shots that you can share with us!

[Edgen]

Wow fellas! Wonderful job on the BTS grabs. No pain. No Gain. I definitely agree with Ted.. Share the wealth with some lighting tips. :) It's all about the China Balls right?

/j

[Brandon Rice]

OMG! Amazing looking shots!

[Charli]

Yo, Timmy, nice shots. Man, you must one day help me out on a short of mine.
Those shots rock!

[jeremytuttle]

Nice shots guys, I love the look of the lighting and costumes... and the hats, I really like the hats.

[Mark Harris]

Yeah, all you mofos get to go to beddy bye while I have to sit here at work. My eyes burn, my ass burns, my feet burn... but it was worth it.
Thanks Mark! I can't wait for Sat. to do it all again.
I was running around so much yesterday I think I wore out a few years on my hips. They are grinding a little today. I burned my fingers a few times forgetting to put my gloves on too but its all "Gravy".
Sleep tight all snug in your bed
with visions of Katrina dancing in your heads.

PS. I have the BTS pics online. Just give the ok Mark and ill post a link.


Yeah!

[Mark Harris]

I backed up the footage. Timur, let's say about 6 tonight. No rush if all we are doing is base-coat.

M

[Beat Takeshi]

I got some requests for lighting setups I did but there are no stills with them in it. I guess i can draw out where the lights went on a wide shot of Gravy.

[Mark Harris]

too bad we didn't get any wide shots, huh? :)

[Beat Takeshi]

yeah, like this...
http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00328.JPG

Would have had a chance to play off the blues and oranges more.

[Mark Harris]

post contest, I may try to go get it, just two shots I want. We'll see,

[Ted Arabian]

Sweet. Look at the size of that China ball! Wow. And I thought we had balls! :)

BTW, That is a pretty healthy looking bar for a diner!!!

[Edgen]

ha!! I knew it! I knew it! EveryONE uses China Balls!

/j

[Ted Arabian]

ha!! I knew it! I knew it! EveryONE uses China Balls!

/j
And if they didn't before, they will now!

They really do a great job!

Aram, did you use a special bulb in that China Ball? I know that Kevin used several China Balls on our set and the bulbs were special.

[Beat Takeshi]

Thanks Ted! I missed your post before. :)

[Beat Takeshi]

That China ball was actually Timurs, there was 400 watts in there i think. It wasnt strong enough for the Katrina shots and I had to break out a softbox for her to give her that nice soft natural look. It was strong enough for the fill on the guys though. I dont think we turned it off for any shots either.

The close up of the cup i used light shot through some liquer bottles that were on the wall to get that streaky green and orangy light. I used that technique on only one other shot but its a nice change of color in the frame. I kind of wished there was more time to get some gels out and test but we were on overdrive and lighting on the fly without much of a plan and it got pushed to the side. There are some nice glowy shots of Katrina I cant wait to see, got her hair to illuminate from the back in one shot that looked amazing..

[Mark Harris]

okay, two more...
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169143436.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169143472.jpg

[Mark Harris]

where's the BTS you promised, negro? And by negro I mean Aram.

[Brandon Rice]

okay, two more...
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169143436.jpg


Wow... love this shot.

[Beat Takeshi]

Here they BEEEEEE!!! (http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/)

[Kholi]

Nice BTS stillies...

But really nice grabs. That SGpro is fresh. I usually don't pay attention to stills, these look pretty damned good man.

[Ted Arabian]

That China ball was actually Timurs, there was 400 watts in there i think. It wasnt strong enough for the Katrina shots and I had to break out a softbox for her to give her that nice soft natural look. It was strong enough for the fill on the guys though. I dont think we turned it off for any shots either.

The close up of the cup i used light shot through some liquer bottles that were on the wall to get that streaky green and orangy light. I used that technique on only one other shot but its a nice change of color in the frame. I kind of wished there was more time to get some gels out and test but we were on overdrive and it got pushed to the side. There are some nice glowy shots of Katrina I cant wait to see, got her hair to illuminate from the back in one shot that looked amazing.
Cool. Thanks for that info.

I was enjoying that shot of the cup. The lighting really stood out for me. Nice.

As for the China Ball light, I know that Kevin (our DP) used some special temp lights that didn't have any subtle "flicker" or something like that. That's why I asked. I guess those bulbs are fairly pricey!

Thanks for the info. Great work... all of you!

>>>>>>>>>>

Nice additional grabs, Mark.

[Beat Takeshi]

Oh by the way... I have to give props to Walter Graff, he taught me a lot of what I know.

[Mark Harris]

This one is awesome:
http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00332.JPG

[Beat Takeshi]

Hey Mark, I'm glad you are happy with the way things came out. I can't wait to get started again. I'm amped as hell.

[Kholi]

Are you guys capturing straight to the PC or just using the rack to monitor?

[Ted Arabian]

I like this shot....

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/20191/1169146171.jpg

but I think your sound man is about to lose his stash!

Seriously, nice bts.

btw, is that the baseplate you won from horrorfest on your camera???

Looking forward to more, guys!

[Mark Harris]

Are you guys capturing straight to the PC or just using the rack to monitor?

we capped to HDs through HDRack.

[Beat Takeshi]

HEY THAT WAS MINE!!! I was wondering where that went! talking about the stash that is...



I like this shot....

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/20191/1169146171.jpg

but I think your sound man is about to lose his stash!

Seriously, nice bts.

btw, is that the baseplate you won from horrorfest on your camera???

Looking forward to more, guys!

[Mark Harris]

I totally lifted this shot from Raiders:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169125313.jpg

[Cryogenic Filmworks]

Just thought I'd chime in on this. Those captures were sweet. This is one of the first two I will be viewing when it hits the fan. :thumbsup:

[TimurCivan]

Holy crap i just woke up....

Yea the lighting was the fun part. Aram and i worked up some diagrams, but as usualy things needed to be tweaked. i built a buncha lights for this projec tthat 450Watt china ball contraption was one of them, i also built a light gun, but it didint really work well, and we never used it. I conferred with aram, and we lit the set till we could reach an exposure at F2.8 on the 35mm lenses. this way as we switch back and forth between the lenses the exposure stays realtively the same. Aram the lighting ninja, took care of making it all happen on set, and kept everybody pretty.

EXCELLENT work aram. Excellent. He translated my vision into reality with dead accuracy.

[Beat Takeshi]

Thanks homey, I tell you, them shots you took were steller and the focus was on point. I'm super excited to see this blown up. I might have to call in a favor in philly to get a night at a 300 seat theater.

[Beat Takeshi]

...just woke up... bah, rub it in why don't ya.
I'm counting the seconds till i can go to sleep. :P

PS, you should post in the HVX screen grabs section to this thread with adapter mention.

[Mark Harris]

have to warn you guys, I gave MsManhattan strict orders to break heads about Schedule on sat. We have a LOT to cover and I have to stick real close to the actors to keep the performances tuned. So she's going to let the dogs out on y'all to keep time.

[Beat Takeshi]

/me points to Timur

[Geoff_R]

Awesome grabs! Excellent lighting! Really looking forward to seeing this film now.

[TimurCivan]

and timur tuns in to NAzi, and gets shit done.

[Mark Harris]

luckily, sunday is a short shoot, the shortest, so we can get done fast and get somewhere warm!!!

[Ted Arabian]

HEY THAT WAS MINE!!! I was wondering where that went! talking about the stash that is...
You have to watch those sound guys with their long boom poles. I think that they sometimes stick chewing gum on the end of those poles to aid in stealing things out of reach!

[Ted Arabian]

Holy crap i just woke up....

Yea the lighting was the fun part. Aram and i worked up some diagrams, but as usualy things needed to be tweaked. i built a buncha lights for this projec tthat 450Watt china ball contraption was one of them, i also built a light gun, but it didint really work well, and we never used it. I conferred with aram, and we lit the set till we could reach an exposure at F2.8 on the 35mm lenses. this way as we switch back and forth between the lenses the exposure stays realtively the same. Aram the lighting ninja, took care of making it all happen on set, and kept everybody pretty.

EXCELLENT work aram. Excellent. He translated my vision into reality with dead accuracy.
A light gun??? Got a photo of that?

Really nice work, Timur. Can't wait for your film.

[TimurCivan]

its not that spectacular. it doesnt really work it just flattens out thhe faces.

[TimurCivan]

Its really exciting as a Cinematographer to be able to make the image look EXACTLY as you want it. luckily we have combined 3 peoples lighting kits, and we have the wattage, and Lumens to pull it all off. :)

[Mark Harris]

And I'm excited as a director with cats like this on board not to have to think about that shit. If I could melt Timur and Aram into a single (though VERY ugly) creature, there's n telling what I could accomplish!!!!! Muhahahahahahaha!!!!

[Ted Arabian]

I have to concur with you there, Mark (about being the director). It was so frickin' great to have Kevin, Blaine and Tim on board to take care of making the pictures pretty. Wow. So different than my horrorfest entry were I often forgot that I had to act as well!!!

Really exciting stuff here.

Keep up the great work!

[Ted Arabian]

Oh, by the way... I am sure that it won't take someone long to put their photoshop wizardry to work and produce a sample of the Aram/Timur creature that you speak of!

[Mark Harris]

yeah, it sounds terrible as a filmmaker, but I really am not that interested in lights and camera. I mean, I am very happy to have a really good DP and gaffer, so I can really just focus on actors and writing and getting the story across.

[Ted Arabian]

I guess it may sound terrible, but that is what they do (and they love it!). And the more that you can focus on the actors and getting the story across the better.

I really, REALLY loved not having to worry about the camera and lights. And it is funny.... not too long ago, I thought that I wanted to be the one BEHIND the camera. I don't think so anymore. Not as long as you have someone who can acheive the vision.

I kinda feel like throwing my dvx up on the marketplace and never touching it again!!!

[TimurCivan]

but thats how you gotta do it. noone but robert rodriguez can pull the one man band. and even then, his work suffers.

[Ted Arabian]

but thats how you gotta do it. noone but robert rodriguez can pull the one man band. and even then, his work suffers.
Exactly! That is how you gotta do it. Filmmaking is a team sport! And there are SO MANY players involved! It is why I was so excited and ready to fly across the country 3 times to make this film. I didn't want to do that one-man show again!!!

[Mark Harris]

but thats how you gotta do it. noone but robert rodriguez can pull the one man band. and even then, his work suffers.

exactly. it's about the team and everyone bringing different things to the table.

[Mark Harris]

well, we're pretty sure this one is going to leave people stunned. Between the lighting and camera you see, and the performances, prod design, locations, costumes...it's going to be pretty complete, I think. And wait till you see that COWBOY dude...

[TimurCivan]

showdown.... Ninjas, vs Pirates, Vs Cowboys.

[Beat Takeshi]

You have to watch those sound guys with their long boom poles. I think that they sometimes stick chewing gum on the end of those poles to aid in stealing things out of reach!

And i thought that was there so he can get change that fell through the subway gratings.

[Mark Harris]

Aram, pray tell what is the super-skilled technique for getting that green in there?

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124962.jpg

[Beat Takeshi]

Did already, its a few pages back. I think it was a bottle of Pucker and a bottle of tequila with a 150 shooting through it with black wrap to make a snoot. I also did it in a close up of the collection dude. I threw some color on Godfried's arm in the foreground. The idea in my head was that since it was a close up of money I thought the green shafts kind of represented the power money has, it's almost godlike, hence the shafts of light. Thats just my own way of justifying the motivation for the light. I think if you went through every shot I can tell why something is there and what its doing even if its my own little inturpretation. For "Lake of Fire" there is a TON of these things planned out.

[TimurCivan]

lol.... I love aram....

[Beat Takeshi]

The funny thing is when I hear people talk about why they did things in depth and it starts to get weird I think its bs but I do the same damn thing and don't even realize it. Like in Lake of Fire, everything thats essential in the story happens in 3's and each is a beat and a half apart this symbolises the torment the hit man is going through also everything falls in 3's symbolising the demons in his mind coming to the surface and him falling away from reality. Also when this happens the cuts happen in 3's just to further push the idea. There are some other things in there that I don't want to mention until the film is done but they are even deeper than that.

[TimurCivan]

well then i think people need to accept that as a work of art, there are intentional choices made, that reflect the final product. Good films, paintings, drawings, sculptures etc.... doent happen by accident you know??

[TimurCivan]

WORKFLOW:

Here is some information on the workflow we are using to shoot Katrina. First off we are using the HVX / SGproREV2/ Serious magic HD rack software combination. we are shooting 720/24P over 60P with a 2:3 pull down. The reason for this is that the HDrack software cannot capture 24pN.

Footage logging: While theoretically we can shoot without Cards, i opted to keep the camera with a P2 card inside. the reasoning is this. If the Fire wire cable should be disconnected for any reason, and the HD rack capture be interrupted, the P2 card will be capturing the shot and the take is not wasted. since its flash, who cares if it gets full. When it fills, i reformat after the end of the take, and continue recording. HD rack is a GREAt piece of software, and its full res 720P Monitor while sharp, has a 1/2 second lag, and doesnt display the full framerate, leading to the image being jerky. This was a major problem for me while operating the camera as i couldnt frame up while the actors moved, because of the lag. However, i had a lowresolution, 16:9 DVD player with me for framing purposes, and this quickly solved the problem. The HD rack monitor is SUPERB for Focusing however, its Razor sharp.

Camera/SGpro: The HVX is truly an EXCELLENT camera. we utilized The Variable framerates, the natural, rich lush look it provides and in combination with its high dynamic range, and great highlight handling it provided a very film like latitude with great definiton. Aram, Alex Depew, Steve Bowling and I lit the set very carefully. I made a plan to light the set until we could reach a proper exposure at F2.8 on my 35mm Canon FD lenses. The reason i settled on F2.8 is this. i have 5 primes. the slowest of the bunch are two lenses, both F2.8, probably closer to T3.0 - T3.5. My theory is as follows, if you can light until your darkest (slowest) lens gets proper exposure to the camera, then you can interchange freely among the different lenses, without a disparity of wide ranging exposures in the footage. On Bloody Mary, some of the footage was VERY dark in comparison to the different setups in the same scene, because i used a slower F4 Wideangle lens as a wide shot to closeups shot with a 55mm F1.2. the CU's were about 3 stops brighter, and matching up the footage in post was difficult. ( thank you Zoe White (future ASC member for sure) for helping me realise this) Now if we had lit the scene to a point where the F4 lens had proper exposure, we could always close down the F1.2 lens, to compensate for added brightness ( or stop down the dvx iris to maintins the F1.2 super SHDOF instead). Also the added benefit is that the lenses get alot sharper when you stop down a bit, this is espacially evident in HD.

The SGpro Rev2 adapter is a hidden secret among 35 adapters. ITs the best 35 adapter that noone knows about. WAyne kinney, whom i have had an ongoing email conversation with for over a year, has kept me updated to all the advancements, and refinements hes been making in his design. Esssentially it breaks down like this. its a Spinning GG adapter, like the M2. Unlike the M2, it exhibits almost no vingetting, and because of a professionally designed, custom Achromatic Diopeter, it exhibits ZERO chroma Aberation, and No resolution loss on the edges of the frame. Also Waynes Secret weapon, the "magic GG" as he calls it. he wont tell me what he does to it. And quite frankly i dont care so long as it keeps putting out the image quality that it does. Pay attention to the quality of the Bokeh. it most closely resemebles 35mm Film, out of all the 35 adapters, including the Mini35. Its rich and solid, and doesnt allow the residual image to Ghost though creating a low quality look. This great piece of equiptment in combination with Great Canon FD lenses, provided us with a superb and fully controlabe camera setup. Because all my lenses are FD SSC lenses, and are spherical in build, they exhibit that distict charachteristic, found in most cinema lenses, the round disc of out of focus light. The fact that we matched the lenses in apeture helped meld the different charachteristics of the lenses together, and created in essence a "matched" set of Primes.

I am using:
Zesnar 16mm F2.8 Semi Fisheye
Canon FD 24mm F2.8
CAnon FD 35mm F2.0 SSC
Canon FD 50mm F1.4 SSC
Canon FD 55mm F1.2 SSC
Canon FD 125mm F2.5 SSC
Zesnar 200mm F 3.5 (su

Now you may be askin why do i have a 50mm and a 55mm??? The reason is the two lenses have different looks, the 55mm has a bit of barrel distortion at full wide when focusd up close, this creates a very unique effect that i put to good use. also, since closing down to F1.4 is a possibility, the lens instantly gets much sharper, and still retains almost no light loss. Also, the Zesnar lenses are Russian made lenses, based on german designs. They are relativly inexpensive, but perform very well.


AS far as the look goes, i was interested in crating a Dark smoky look. Incase you hadn't notices based on the poster. :D.

I conferred with aram, that i wanted mostly hard back lighting, with Semi Hard Keylights, and Soft fills. I was influenced by the looks of films like "Cape Fear" "Out Of Sight" "The Underneath" and "The Black Dalia". My art references were, Edward hoppers drab, lonely worlds, Cindy Sherman's nostalgic sarcasm, and some of my own tricks ;) . While i didnt exactly copy any of these looks, i was very interested in incorporating my own art photographs into this. The hard, bright lights, and gels, to reference a kind of superreal that only works in Photgraphs, Theatre and Film. Its increadible how much disparity from reality the eye will tolerate so long as its beautiful. I hope the photographs i have taken you will all find beautiful. But you have to look fast, cause they flash by 24 times a second.......

[Brandon Rice]

Timur, you're brilliant!

[TimurCivan]

lol, not really im just surrounded by good people.

[Brandon Rice]

Well said my friend...aren't we all! :) DVXuser rocks!

[Mark Harris]

yeah, I will write more about the concept later, but in general, I gave Timur several Soderberg films to watch, like the Limey, Out of Site, The Underneath, and told him just to filter those into his head. I then told him and the costumer, the set designer, that I wanted to indicate noir, without copying noir. I wanted noir to filtering through our sensibilities. the dialog also has a lot of noir tones, and a couple of outright corny lines. I've been working with the actors and telling them that the only way this stuff works is if they are 100% committed to it. And they are.

So my job is to make sure the performances are real and true and spontaneous and exciting, so all f this gorgeous lighting doesn't just become pretty - but boring - pictures.

I also told the set designer and costumer that I wanted to hint at 50s. It's not set in the 50s, but I wanted that as their influence.

I've also started giving Herman ideas on the music I want, and he agrees. We're looking at undertones of Mingus and Miles, again not imitating, but Herman's taking those influences and working them into his head. Then layer over something along the lines of Morcheeba, or even portishead, which to me represents the Cindy Sherman aesthetic timur mentioned, modern takes on classic things. Anyway, I know whatever Herman does will come out entirely his own as well.

A quick addition to workflow. I am capturing to a USB2 external enclosure with a 300gig SATA drive inside, then backing up to an identical drive at regular intervals. I was going to go with this whole RAID thing, but honestly, I've put enough money into this damned thing already and put the RAID off for another day.

[Ted Arabian]

Timur, that was an excellent post you made on the workflow. I have copied and pasted that in a word document for future reference.

Nice work!

Really... nice work!

Can't wait to see your film, guys!!!

[Mark Harris]

Oh by the way... I have to give props to Walter Graff, he taught me a lot of what I know.

ha ha, I IMed him yesterday with the grabs and he was like: "Someone watched my light and shadow DVD..."

[jeremytuttle]

This is some amazing information guys. I love that you guys are thinking of ways to represnt ideas and feelings in the way your lighting and shooting it. I really can't wait to see this one.

[Mark Harris]

well, as great as these grabs are, all I can say is you ain't seen nothing yet. Wait till wee post grabs from tomorrow's shoot. You REALLY ain't seen nothing yet.

[Matt Sconce]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I can't wait!! Must see grabs!!!!:shocked:

[Mark Harris]

go to page 25, I think

[Kholi]

>=/ I have a feeling I better order my SGpro before Drama-fest is over. Wayne's going to get some orders soon.

Dope workflow write-up. I must have DVrack.

[Beat Takeshi]

ha ha, I IMed him yesterday with the grabs and he was like: "Someone watched my light and shadow DVD..."

Heh, actually no. I have been to a few of his seminars.

[Beat Takeshi]

Its page 7 for grabs if you are like me and change your settings to show 40 posts on one page.

[Jason Ramsey]

This thread is blowing up guys. You got my attention with the grabs. Nice work.

Jason

[Beat Takeshi]

You should remake the front page and put the grabs and BTS there. Too bad you didnt reserve the first 3 posts for that stuff.

[Mark Harris]

yeah, frankly I've been too busy actually making the movie to dick around with this thread. And I'm not all that into the contest this time to go crazy with that shit, anyway. Talk to Timur, he made the thread.

[MsManhattan]

My favorite BTS shot of the night:

http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00361.JPG

(JimTheJib... Err... Can I be arrested for that?)

And my second fave:

http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00338.JPG

The characteristically intense Steve2Bees, who came up with one of the lighting saves of the night when he set up an outside light through the front windows and gave some much-needed depth and shadow to the background. You'd have to ask someone else for details, but I can tell you it made a huge difference.

I can't believe ya'll were online posting at all yesterday -- I was asleep...

[Ted Arabian]

http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00338.JPG

The characteristically intense Steve2Bees, who came up with one of the lighting saves of the night when he set up an outside light through the front windows and gave some much-needed depth and shadow to the background. You'd have to ask someone else for details, but I can tell you it made a huge difference.
I love guys like this! (guys who come in and save the day!!!)

[Mark Harris]

Steve pretty much saves the day on a regular basis. He really is like having 5 guys on set.

[Ted Arabian]

Love it! Every set needs a Steve. (We actually had a Scott on our set!)

[TimurCivan]

WE should clone steve.... but he will have genetically altered hands that are like gloves, so he can touch lights without getting burned

[Matt Sconce]

go to page 25, I think
YAYAYAY!! thanks for the link to the grabs. Awesome stuff.:cheesy:

[TimurCivan]

also i moved all the grab and BTS stuff to the first post for easy finding.

[Brandon Rice]

My favorite BTS shot of the night:

http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00361.JPG

(JimTheJib... Err... Can I be arrested for that?)



Dang.... I didn't realize you were so young JimTheJib... cool.

[Alex DePew]

Here are some more BTS pics. (http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Katrina_Pics.html)

[Beat Takeshi]

Wow those shots look nice. I got to get rid of my camera and get me a new one.

[Brandon Rice]

nice BTS stuff there! Very cool!

[conrad_johnson]

Holy cow guys, The lighting in those shots is great! Good work Timur! You really have a good eye for lighting to give faces shape. (the most important thing to me) I'm very impressed.

[Robert Eldon]

I really like the warmth and depth of the screen shots. Great stuff guys. I can't wait to see this.

Is this a period piece? It almost has a film noir feel.

Congrats on some superb images. Can't wait to see them in motion.

[Gord.T]

Good luck Mark and Tim. Samples look excellent. (I thought Brandon lived in LA, er...does he have clones?) On a side note...I think Tim deserves more recognition. Kind of a quiet talent. Looks really really good guys.

[Mark Harris]

I really like the warmth and depth of the screen shots. Great stuff guys. I can't wait to see this.

Is this a period piece? It almost has a film noir feel.

Congrats on some superb images. Can't wait to see them in motion.

It's a modern film noir i wanted to have the feel of the 50's.

[Mark Harris]

Here is another one from today:

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169359059.jpg

[Mark Harris]

It's the one that says "Bad Mother-fucker"

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169360181.jpg

[Brandon Rice]

Here is another one from today:

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169359059.jpg

Again, great shot! It's looking great!

Is there any other grabs from tonight's shoot?

[Mark Harris]

many, but too tired to deal right now.

[TimurCivan]

i really think im gonna die....

[Mark Harris]

okay, one more tonight:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169362089.jpg

[TimurCivan]

oh man lindsey has so much on screen charisma. that girl needs to be on TV.

[TimurCivan]

oh wow.. i dont remeber shooting anyof this. i think my Medulla oblongata was running the show today while my Cerebral cortex was slowly melting.

[TimurCivan]

its kinda fun how the Poster i made fit the footage so well.

[Mark Harris]

we got one issue of something we shot in the wrong framerate with dialog. I think it's fixable through Vegas and some ADR though.

[Mark Harris]

Good luck Mark and Tim. Samples look excellent. (I thought Brandon lived in LA, er...does he have clones?) On a side note...I think Tim deserves more recognition. Kind of a quiet talent. Looks really really good guys.

another brandon, an actor.

[Brandon Rice]

Nice shot... :thumbsup:

[TimurCivan]

Good luck Mark and Tim. Samples look excellent. (I thought Brandon lived in LA, er...does he have clones?) On a side note...I think Tim deserves more recognition. Kind of a quiet talent. Looks really really good guys.


I gots the reps!!! No need to worry. This one is both our baby :) But thank you for the compliment. It was funny watching mark turn people asking him questions to me today.. lol But honestly, i d still be mucking around doing nothing without all of marks projects to challenge me. I owe him alot for trusting me with his writing.

The Big shoot day is now over, now comes the night exterior scene..... =) this is the one ive been waiting for. we are fully equipt to take this one on...

Also, how do you know brandon? are you one of the new faces i met on set?

[TimurCivan]

we got one issue of something we shot in the wrong framerate with dialog. I think it's fixable through Vegas and some ADR though.

shi* really, which shot? My bad Mark.

[Alex DePew]

For those who want to see, here are some BTS photos. We finished Day 2 (http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Katrina_Pics.html).


My fav photo is the last one.

[Gord.T]

http://puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot/DSC00328.JPG
Alex Depew, Godfrey Simmons, Brandon, MsMAnhattan, MArk harris, and me hiding behind the china ball.

- I thought you meant Brandon Rice. Could have been the guy in the hat. I thought maybe he was in the area and stopped in. My mistake.

[Charli]

Hey, let me borrow that set! Nice bts shots.

[Jay Rodriguez]

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124600.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124619.jpg


Holy cow!!!! These images are top notch!

Who was the DOP & Lighting guy?

[Beat Takeshi]

I'm gaffing, Timur's DOP

[Beat Takeshi]

http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%202/DSC_0440.jpg

This was my drill light, a special technique I learned from my Ninja lighting master back in the Dojo of light.

[Beat Takeshi]

BTS from yesterday (http://www.puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot%20Day2/)

[ignatius]

Hi Timur,

Wow, your poster image and design are fantastic. The lighting (as seen in the still frames) is equally fantastic. I simply can't wait to watch it. Did you have any follow focus issues when utilizing the Canon lenses due to them not having distance markers on the barrel, and if so, how did you overcome them? Great technical details on the lighting mechanics of shooting with multiple lenses, as well! Rock on.

[Brandon Rice]

Whoot Spiderbrace!!!

[TimurCivan]

Hi Timur,

Wow, your poster image and design are fantastic. The lighting (as seen in the still frames) is equally fantastic. I simply can't wait to watch it. Did you have any follow focus issues when utilizing the Canon lenses due to them not having distance markers on the barrel, and if so, how did you overcome them? Great technical details on the lighting mechanics of shooting with multiple lenses, as well! Rock on.

thank you, the lighting is also the responsibility of the Lighting ninja Aram Bauman.

All CAnon FD lenses have distance markers on the lens barrel. With a properly tuned SGpro/M2/Brevis, they are accurate to the inch. Pulling focus was difficult, only because we did not have a decent monitor. My next purchase is a Onboard flipping monitor. Preferably the highest resolution i can find. As well as a Follow focus. thats vital, i was pulling focus by hand, and it shakes the camera.

[Mark Harris]

yeah, I am super proud of the team on this, they executed so many of the things in my head so perfectly. I sat there watching scenes I'd only imagined come to life right before my eyes.

Like this:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169415131.jpg

[TimurCivan]

dont give away too much!!!!!

[Beat Takeshi]

thank you, the lighting is also the responsibility of the Lighting ninja Aram Bauman.

All CAnon FD lenses have distance markers on the lens barrel. With a properly tuned SGpro/M2/Brevis, they are accurate to the inch. Pulling focus was difficult, only because we did not have a decent monitor. My next purchase is a Onboard flipping monitor. Preferably the highest resolution i can find. As well as a Follow focus. thats vital, i was pulling focus by hand, and it shakes the camera.

Yeah heres Timur trying to monitor with a big DVD player taped to his camera. One of the more stressfull moments for him.

http://www.puffinfilms.com/Katrina%20Shoot%20Day2/DSC00432.JPG

[TimurCivan]

Yea that was some Ghetto shit.

Not to mention the Double ended 18" long black dildo of a flag holder...... Jesus.....

[TimurCivan]

WHOAH!!!!

we just finished principal photogrpahy, and shared the street location with a feature directed by and Starring Paul, and Mira sorvino!!!! i got to meet one of hollywoods greats WHILE rocking out some of the best footage of my life!!!!! He was very genuine, and took an interest in our production, watched as we shot and shook all our hands! i have pictures to prove it!!!

You guys are gonna love Katrina, ITs gonna be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[235 Studios]

WHOAH!!!!

we just finished principal photogrpahy, and shared the street location with a feature directed by and Starring Paul, and Mira sorvino!!!! i got to meet one of hollywoods greats WHILE rocking out some of the best footage of my life!!!!! He was very genuine, and took an interest in our production, watched as we shot and shook all our hands! i have pictures to prove it!!!

You guys are gonna love Katrina, ITs gonna be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NICE! I'm looking forward to it. Congrats- sounds like a fun day! Are you going to upload the pix?

[TimurCivan]

oh yea......

[24fps4ever]

nice work guys, care to share your lighting set up, saw some china balls, very intrested

[TimurCivan]

Oh man you guys want me to give up my secrets too?!!?!?!?

( lots of backlighting.......)

[JimtheJib]

im pretty pissed i missed these last two days of shooting. i hope everything went well. on the upside i watched loads of great movies and i had fun that first night. i learned a lot.

[TimurCivan]

Sokay kid.... but you missed seeing Lindsey looking all hot ...... ;)

[24fps4ever]

come on man, we can all learn, fill us in

[Mark Harris]

im pretty pissed i missed these last two days of shooting. i hope everything went well. on the upside i watched loads of great movies and i had fun that first night. i learned a lot.

yeah, it was great to have you on board for that first night!!!

[TimurCivan]

check the first page BTS photos Updated.

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=786095&postcount=3

[Mark Harris]

Yeah, last night was a lot of fun and very smooth. I am going to send a note to Paul Sorvino to thank him again for being so generous. They were a multi-million dollar feature and we were teeny tiny and they just treated us with as much respect as they would've another full on feature. I am pretty convinced they even took a long lunch to give us more time to get our money shots before they set up gear that would've been in our way.

And though it was cold, the crew of course pereformed like a machine. You guys are going to spoil me, and then when I go work with another crew, I'll expect this same level of magic.

I'll write more later to thank everyone, but real quick, this film would absolutely not been possible with Steve and Aram. As good as Timur is at shooting, you add in Aram and as they say in Brooklyn, fuggettaboutit. Steve was responsible for much of our production design. He gave his characteristic 200%. MsManhattan was vital as well, keeping me sane and doing a lot of unsung work so that I did not have to think about it. I really hope to work with all of them again.

Depew really whipped it out too. Man, he was like a movie monkey, just all over the set, lights here, boom there, move this, make the money, boom boom boom, done done done. Nice work, Alex.

More later, about to go take the set back to Jersey.

I like this grab from last night. Can't wait to see the others.

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2750/1169450937.jpg

This movie is going to really impress, I think and everyone on board should be very proud. Couple more grabs:

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169473798.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169473823.jpg

[Ted Arabian]

WHOAH!!!!

we just finished principal photogrpahy, and shared the street location with a feature directed by and Starring Paul, and Mira sorvino!!!! i got to meet one of hollywoods greats WHILE rocking out some of the best footage of my life!!!!! He was very genuine, and took an interest in our production, watched as we shot and shook all our hands! i have pictures to prove it!!!

You guys are gonna love Katrina, ITs gonna be great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man, That is SO F'N COOL!

Guys, I am really looking forward to this! It looks great!

[Beat Takeshi]

It was a pleasure to light for you Mark. I loved having all those lights at my disposal in the bar scene, I think I used every one of them too.
Thanks for letting me do my thang.

[capitalP]

I really cannot thank you guys enough for making this happen. it was a grueling night, and everyone really did their jobs well, despite me and MsMahattan yelling at them to hurry. Seriously, all of you, JimtheJib, MsManhattan, Aram - A TRUE LIGHTING GOD - Timur, Alex Depew, Steve, Jill - who am I forgetting - the actors, Godfrey, Lindsey and Brandon.

And it did indeed pay off. Behold the first grabs:
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124600.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124619.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124636.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169124962.jpg
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/2939/1169125313.jpg

The shots look excellent, good lighting, Aram, I had no idea you was good with some lights... It looks good.

[deedive]

i second that capitalP, great work aram with the lighting!
bar stuff looks great, u guys will do well in the joint!

[TimurCivan]

the night scne was fun. i had aram running around with a 40 pound 2K, a 90 pound generator, a 650W and a 300watter. lighting up that whole street. he was skeptical that it would show... but once he saw the LCD.... he was all over thoes lights like white on rice. i forgot how bright a 2k was......

lemme tell yous guys a quick tip on lighting an exterior at night. your brightest light should be your backlight. and point it from very far away, almost into the lens of the camera. this amkes the pavement and buildings come alive. plus it is very efficent as it only uses one light. Dont front light. there has to be shadows on the faces to read as a night time shot. we exaggerate this but under normal circumstancces try not to use too much fill.

[Kholi]

I'm on set right now, but got a chance to sneak away for a moment:

Sick looking stills, you guys. Very creative lighting going on, can't wait to see what it's complimenting! Looks like everyone busted their ass on this so far.

Keeeeeep moving.

[capitalP]

Quick question, is there a reason why that green is there on the 4th still from the pictures above? Is it coming from a sign on the window or something? Just curious.

And the DOF is lookin sick! Specially from still 1 and 3. Alltogether this looks like a team effort and it shows, good work guys.

[Lingothree]

I'm so excited to see your finished project - everything looks really great.

I will be in NYC for work 1/31-2/3...hit me up if you guys are planning to do some celebratory post-project drinking. I unfortunately won't have any post-production celebrating to do - we aren't shooting our dramafest project until the second week of February. I guess that means I can't call it a dramafest project...

[Beat Takeshi]

Yeah the green was on purpose. I talked about it before so heres a quote. "The close up of the cup i used light shot through some liquer bottles that were on the wall to get that streaky green and orangy light. I used that technique on only one other shot but its a nice change of color in the frame. I kind of wished there was more time to get some gels out and test but we were on overdrive and lighting on the fly without much of a plan and it got pushed to the side. There are some nice glowy shots of Katrina I cant wait to see, got her hair to illuminate from the back in one shot that looked amazing."

[Beat Takeshi]

Here is the second part of that after Mark asked me to explain that shot.
"I think it was a bottle of Pucker and a bottle of tequila with a 150 shooting through it with black wrap to make a snoot. I also did it in a close up of the collection dude. I threw some color on Godfried's arm in the foreground. The idea in my head was that since it was a close up of money I thought the green shafts kind of represented the power money has, it's almost godlike, hence the shafts of light. Thats just my own way of justifying the motivation for the light."

[Beat Takeshi]

Thanks Dee and CapP for the props.

[TimurCivan]

and thank you for your great work aram!

[Alex DePew]

More BTS Photos HERE. (http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Katrina_Pics.html)

Go to Day three for updates.
Here are a few notable ones
http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%203/DSC_0465.jpg
Timur with Paul Sorvino. He was directing and acting in a feature one block away. Really nice guy.

http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%203/DSC_0455.jpg
http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%203/DSC_0483.jpg

[capitalP]

Yeah at first I saw the money and I kind of thought maybe the green had something to do with it... sorry for the question already answered, this thread is long as hell and I'm late here, don't have time to read every page!

I'll keep my questions to myself LOL! wait... before I do one last, this was shot with the spankin new HVX Mark got right?

[Beat Takeshi]

nah man, keep them coming if you have!!!

[TimurCivan]

it was shot with my spankin new hvx and marks spankin new hvx. but about 90% mine with an sgproRev2 35 adappter.

[capitalP]

it was shot with my spankin new hvx and marks spankin new hvx. but about 90% mine with an sgproRev2 35 adappter.

NICE!!!:love4:

[Beat Takeshi]

Yeah that adapter is pretty sweet on the HVX. Got to try it head to head with my new Brevis coming soon. :O

[TimurCivan]

i think thebrevis and the sg are about equal. the sg is a bit more flexible. as you can shoot with high shutter speeds, but the brevis with the special low light screen is a tad faster. However for brigghter scenes you need to change GG screens. I would hate to have to keep changing screens. The Sgpro, is just more flexibile, thats why i liek it. Plus the image quality is equally astounding.

[Mark Harris]

Yeah baby, partay.


I'm so excited to see your finished project - everything looks really great.

I will be in NYC for work 1/31-2/3...hit me up if you guys are planning to do some celebratory post-project drinking. I unfortunately won't have any post-production celebrating to do - we aren't shooting our dramafest project until the second week of February. I guess that means I can't call it a dramafest project...

[Mark Harris]

NICE!!!:love4:

yeah we learned ikt's good to have a couple on set, one with the adaptor, and one not, just to switch out real quick when needed.

[Mark Harris]

Alex, not too many more BTS of the actual scenes, please. Don't want to give it all away...

[Mark Harris]

It was a pleasure to light for you Mark. I loved having all those lights at my disposal in the bar scene, I think I used every one of them too.
Thanks for letting me do my thang.

Dude, you're getting locked in a cage next to Timur's cage. I only let you out to light from now on.

[Mark Harris]

Yeah, this was a place where Aram saw the opportunity to add to the shot. I hadn't thought of that. But later on, in Sat's shoot, I had another part where I had Aram watch the scene and creatively adjust a light as the tension in the scene built. We were on the same track of thinking with that, and I want to keep doing more of that stuff as we go on.


Here is the second part of that after Mark asked me to explain that shot.
"I think it was a bottle of Pucker and a bottle of tequila with a 150 shooting through it with black wrap to make a snoot. I also did it in a close up of the collection dude. I threw some color on Godfried's arm in the foreground. The idea in my head was that since it was a close up of money I thought the green shafts kind of represented the power money has, it's almost godlike, hence the shafts of light. Thats just my own way of justifying the motivation for the light."

[TimurCivan]

:) i wil have company in the cage!!!!!!! Yay!!!

[TimurCivan]

We were on the same track of thinking with that, and I want to keep doing more of that stuff as we go on.


Yea, color harmony is something Aram is VERY good at. Mark and i were discussing it today, while striking the set, color is something we want to pay attention to in future projects. Its something I experimented with in ManHole: IV, in the opening scenes based on an idea in his earlier episodes. But now that i have a much stronger grasp on how to control the light, i think working with aram on color in the future will lead to interesting effects. I look forward to it.

[Matty_g]

I'm very excited to see this.

[Ted Arabian]

More BTS Photos HERE. (http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Katrina_Pics.html)

Go to Day three for updates.
Here are a few notable ones
http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%203/DSC_0465.jpg
Timur with Paul Sorvino. He was directing and acting in a feature one block away. Really nice guy.

http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%203/DSC_0455.jpg
http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%203/DSC_0483.jpg
Oh, man! This is sick! I don't know which shot I like best!!!

Great looking work here guys!

[Mark Harris]

BTW, this isn't in the movie, this is just how I get results out of my crew:

http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%202/DSC_0506.jpg

[Kholi]

Lol. Can I hire you as Priest Elway in my short? You look awesome in that get-up.

[Mark Harris]

dude, wait till you see my performance, not bad. If you had a role man, I would read for it. Will be in LA soon too...

[Ted Arabian]

HAHAHA! I think that I need a pair of those six shooters on our set!

Looks great, Mark. I wouldn't say no to you!

[Beat Takeshi]

i have dibbs on one already! I love the way they look.

[Alex DePew]

Alex, not too many more BTS of the actual scenes, please. Don't want to give it all away...

Sorry boss. No need to worry, I won't post any more.

[TimurCivan]

mark was just telling me where to put the camera..... at gun point.

[MsManhattan]

Yeah, but what you cant see in that pic is me off-camera aiming the elephant gun at Mark's head.

That was the easiest AD job ever -- Mark put a great team together and cultivates an environment where you just want to do the best job you can. The shoots were challenging -- long shot lists and long hours -- but they flowed so well and moved along at such a good clip that they never felt as challenging in the execution as they looked like they would be on paper. He thought out everything so well in advance, picked such focused, flexible actors, and leveraged each individual crew member's best talents so well that everything on-set just clicked. And everyone had a good time along the way.

Thanks, Mark -- it was a pleasure to be able to make a contribution.

[Dennis Wood]

Guys, the grabs look excellent. Aram, great job on the lighting too :-) Timur, Wayne is lucky to have such an enthusiastic supporter, and based on my experience, I can guarantee you're providing him with lots of inspiration on the flip side.

[Ted Arabian]

Hey Mark, Timur, Aram and the rest.... I just had to write and say again how wonderful your project looks. I keep seeing those grabs in my head and am just dying to shot something with this style of lighting and directing. It really looks fantastic! I absolutley LOVE the lighting.

Great job, guys. Really looking forward to your film.

-Ted

[Beat Takeshi]

Thanks Dennis and Ted! Timur did an awsome job with Wayne's adapter and I hope to do the same with the new Brevis on my next joint. :)

[Ted Arabian]

Yeah, that adapter really does a nice job. I really want to have one of those! I have been keeping the M2 in the back of my head as a future buy but I don't know.

Timur, do you have access to the M2? I would love to see some side-by-side comparisons. (Not now, obviously..... but down the road.)

[Mark Harris]

thanks ted, I am in the heat of editing now, and I hope to GOD this thing flies. It's a tough genre to pull off, but it's looking like a ton of fun right now. I hope it is for the viewers.

[Ted Arabian]

thanks ted, I am in the heat of editing now, and I hope to GOD this thing flies. It's a tough genre to pull off, but it's looking like a ton of fun right now. I hope it is for the viewers.
Mark, when you have time, I would love to know what you mean about the genre being tough to pull off. (the time setting, the props, the "feeling") Seriously, I am so enamored with your grabs that I want to go out and create a film of this genre... I would love to know how and why it is tough to pull off. (maybe it is the CCing of the period.)

Anyway, good luck. I can't wait to see this!!!

[Beat Takeshi]

Me too, I can't wait to see everything in motion.

[Mark Harris]

not to diminish what timur and aram and the crew did, but the lighting is like the easiest part. mainly because with guys that talented, you can just do it. they know what they're doing and just move in and make it happen. same with the costumes, set etc. Its all a lot of work, but with good people, they just go get the stuff and it's done.

I will detail more late, but what's hard is selling the writing. this thing is written very much like a film noir, which is what it is, and whats tough is having the actors sell the lines without them sounding stupid. It's working out, but I was pretty nervous last night. :)

[Ted Arabian]

I see. That makes sense. Is this your first attempt at film noir?

[Mark Harris]

yep. I mean, the lights will look good whether the movie is stupid or not. Just don't be surprised if I save it for ComedyFest :)

[Ted Arabian]

HAHA! Well, I would be surprised!

Good luck with the editing. Thanks for taking time to answer my questions.

[Beat Takeshi]

not to diminish what timur and aram and the crew did, but the lighting is like the easiest part. mainly because with guys that talented, you can just do it.

/me runs to a corner and pouts :undecided

/me takes out the drill light and makes holes in Marks sneakers. :2vrolijk_08:

[Mark Harris]

with my melted-assed drill?

[Beat Takeshi]

Yeah, I'll sign it if you want. It will be worth millions some day. :)

[TimurCivan]

Guys, the grabs look excellent. Aram, great job on the lighting too :-) Timur, Wayne is lucky to have such an enthusiastic supporter, and based on my experience, I can guarantee you're providing him with lots of inspiration on the flip side.

Hes a really nice guy, and i want to see him do well because he makes, a great product. (like you dennis)

[TimurCivan]

Hey Mark, Timur, Aram and the rest.... I just had to write and say again how wonderful your project looks. I keep seeing those grabs in my head and am just dying to shot something with this style of lighting and directing. It really looks fantastic! I absolutley LOVE the lighting.

Great job, guys. Really looking forward to your film.

-Ted
Thakns Ted. its been a long week. But finally i got some rest last night. I had to work yesterday in Pennsylvania, so i spent the whole day in a car, driving, shooting, the ndriving some more.... Ugh...

[TimurCivan]

not to diminish what timur and aram and the crew did, but the lighting is like the easiest part. mainly because with guys that talented, you can just do it. they know what they're doing and just move in and make it happen. same with the costumes, set etc. Its all a lot of work, but with good people, they just go get the stuff and it's done.

I will detail more late, but what's hard is selling the writing. this thing is written very much like a film noir, which is what it is, and whats tough is having the actors sell the lines without them sounding stupid. It's working out, but I was pretty nervous last night. :)

Are you really nervous? I think Godfrey,Brandon and Linsdey Knocked it out of the park. ESPECIALLY godfrey on the third night of shooting.... HE was AWESOME.

[Mark Harris]

yeah, well looking at the raw footage, I was like: "this is silly." But it's cutting nicely. Even I'm pretty good! We missed some nuances of Lindsey's performance that she had in rehearsal. I think just nerves, but I should have stayed on top of her more...er, well...that came out wrong. Anyway, when i bring her in to ADR, I am going to adjust some line reads to bring those nuances back into the performance.

But it's cutting pretty nicely. I am about done with sc 3, and about to do the last scene for this cut.

[Mark Harris]

oh yeah, and if only we could've kept Aram from stepping into every other shot with his damned screw-light thing and red gel...

[Ted Arabian]

I hope that you can snap a few bts shots during ADR. Do you use a special room? I was checking out Ryan's (235 Studio) and Norm's (Envision) set-up. Would like to gather some ideas here for future work.

[Mark Harris]

I may try to get time in a studio for this. But may not have time for the dramafest cut

[Ted Arabian]

Oh yeah... I bet a studio is a great place to do ADR! :grin: And now that I say that, I do know a guy with a studio! I'll have to remember that. Here I was thinking of using blanketed walls and such.

[Beat Takeshi]

lucky its HD because then you can crop me out and still have the rez for the online cut.

[Mark Harris]

well, scene 3 is 8 minutes. Perfect!!!

[Jack Daniel Stanley]

Everything looks great and I'm glad everyone had such a great/rewarding time on it.
Can't wait to see it.
Looks like you really pulled out all the stops Mark. :thumbsup:
(been back in town a couple of days and just getting up to speed on everything after no internet for a while)

[conrad_johnson]

well, scene 3 is 8 minutes. Perfect!!!
Awsome!:2vrolijk_08:

[cinebuddy]

Late to the party but those are some beautiful looking grabs!

[Mark Harris]

Awsome!:2vrolijk_08:

Dude, you better drink your coffee, cause I got about 900 sound cues coming your way...

[conrad_johnson]

Dude, you better drink your coffee, cause I got about 900 sound cues coming your way...
Oh, I'm ready.

[TimurCivan]

sweet.... thanks for doing our soundmix man!!!!!!

[conrad_johnson]

sweet.... thanks for doing our soundmix man!!!!!!
Hey, you guys were so cool to us how can I resist?

[TimurCivan]

Thank you for your compliment a few days ago. I may have forgot to thank you for it. means alot. I studied "Dear Jane" alot to figure out how the hell you got deep shadows and lots a light. ;)

[Mark Harris]

I'm just running off the cut now to send to Joe and Herman...

[Brandon Rice]

well, scene 3 is 8 minutes. Perfect!!!

A little trimming to do? HEHE! :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)

[TimurCivan]

Hes running it off to herman while Timur has a Heart attack waiting to see how it looks..... Drool......!

[Mark Harris]

it's good. It's fun, and I know this is DramaFest, but it's really fun. And has some sweetness to it. Still need some ADR, and the sound will be HUGE in this one.

[Mark Harris]

I tell you though, Godfrey is so good in this it's sick.

[TimurCivan]

AH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TimurCivan]

Oh man i hope it hits that chord of suspension of disbelief. thats really all i want. i just want it to suck the viewer in......

[Mark Harris]

it sucks me in to be sure. Both in the seductive scenes and in the super tense part. Even editing with no sound effects or music, I found myself getting tense watching it...

[TimurCivan]

Sweet. Has anyone else watched it? have you gotten notes? not hat itmatters now, cause its off to be scored, but still.

[Mark Harris]

no just running off now, will give you the link when it's up. Going to ask nina to watch too, and Steve. He always gives very detailed notes.

[TimurCivan]

yea steve is very good at noticing small detials.

[Alex DePew]

I know for a fact this will be awesome guys. No need to worry. I could see what you were going for and you definitely hit it.

[J.R. Hudson]

These fests just are getting slicker and slicker

Cannot wait

[Mark Harris]

I know for a fact this will be awesome guys. No need to worry. I could see what you were going for and you definitely hit it.

Good boy, Alex

http://www.chocolatemilkfilms.com/Katrina_Pics/Day%202/DSC_0506.jpg

[TimurCivan]

wow.....i just watched the rough cut.....

This is gonna be freakin sweet. :)

[Beat Takeshi]

(o.O)

[Mark Harris]

(o.O)

what does that mean, one of your balls is swollen?

[Ted Arabian]

If those are his balls, WHAT is the small little dot between the two!!! :grin:

[Mark Harris]

If those are his balls, WHAT is the small little dot between the two!!! :grin:

exactly...

[conrad_johnson]

(o.O):cry: ouch

[Brandon Rice]

wow.....i just watched the rough cut.....

This is gonna be freakin sweet. :)

Can't wait! :thumbsup:

[conrad_johnson]

Im not sure why, but that is very funny to me.

[Kyle Stebbins]

man i love this one. seriously. beautiful images and totally rad.

cannot wait, guys.

man.

-kyle

[Mark Harris]

Im not sure why, but that is very funny to me.

what, the movie? Or Aram's swollen ball?

[TimurCivan]

hey yous guys... this is katrina not Manhole:V........

[RebeccaD]

Really looking forward to your entry. Your last one for HorrorFest was one of my favs for sure.

[Beat Takeshi]

haha, no thats me waiting for a rough cut to look at.

My balls are small and flat as a wall
i stall when bras fall so i dont have to ball
short or tall, dont give me a call
cause left hook Leslie will make you all fall

[TimurCivan]

TWo hip Shakur....

[Mark Harris]

I am being very selective about who sees the rough cut right now. Probably later tonight or tomorrow will give it to you Aram.

[TimurCivan]

Hey everyone!! Read the First post in the Thread! Great work everybody!!!!

[Mark Harris]

Yeah, we decided to acknowledge everyone's hard work on this project, by including them in the submission.

[Beat Takeshi]

Thank you Mark, that means a lot.

[Jay Rodriguez]

that's cool as ish man. I organized the very first NJ/NY/PA DVXUser meeting a couple of years ago but only a few good relationships formed from that. You guys seem to be hitting it off really well.

[TimurCivan]

We've all worked togethr in this configuraton twice. Once on a Music Video in the summer, and on KAtrina. I ahve worked with Aram, on a commercial, and with mark and steve on 5 different projects. They are all fantastic, and instrumental to the final product. Ilve noticed the more of us work on these projects, the better they turn out.

[Beat Takeshi]

Don't worry Coffee, I'm expanding to Jerzey. DPing a feature out there this summer.

[Mark Harris]

Er, Timur? Steve Bowling????

[snodart]

Hey guys, those grabs look great! Looks like some hard work was going on. Can't wait to see it.

[TimurCivan]

fixed... I thought it was Boling, but then i saw it written Bowling somewhere and i though i had it wrong. I was right to begin with.... as ususal.... ;)

[TimurCivan]

Hey Herman..... The score is INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

[Brandon Rice]

Would we ever doubt it? Herman's brilliant! How on earth did we DVXuser's get so lucky with all of these talented composers here?

[TimurCivan]

i swear first big money i make im back paying herman.... and ARam..... and Steve... and Alex... oh hell my first big job is gonna leav me broke... lol

[TimurCivan]

Yo but you guys who have never had Herman do your score really dont understand how talented he is. he makes music from scratch, plays all the instruments, and composes it, in DIFFERENT GENRES as if he only played that Genre his WHOLE LIFE!!!!!

I am in Awe..... THank you again Herman.

[Herman Witkam]

Thanks Timur! I think you did a great job on the cimematography btw!

[Mark Harris]

i swear first big money i make im back paying herman.... and ARam..... and Steve... and Alex... oh hell my first big job is gonna leav me broke... lol


how 'bout me, mother-fucker?

[Mark Harris]

there's a new cut up timur.

[TimurCivan]

how 'bout me, mother-poo pooer?

you go without saying. :)

[TimurCivan]

Thanks Timur! I think you did a great job on the cimematography btw!


Thanks Herman! it was a team effort, between, myself, Aram, Steve, and Martina(costumer).

[Mark Harris]

So herman's delivered a few drafts of the score and its pretty amazing. Next up is ADR and Joe Johnson with the foley and sound mix...

[Texture]

Hey, only just checked your thread out.

Great grabs and can't wait to see how this all comes out...

Good luck guys!!!

E.

[TimurCivan]

i just watched the final edit ( contest version). WOW. And there isnt even a soiund mix. Conrad Johnson is doing that for us as we speak. Herman, is also CRANKIN on the final touches on the scrore.

The score is on my ipod and i listen to it all the time. the music is SOOOOOOOOO good. (think Bladerunner soundtrack, meets Charles Mingus)