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Getting antsy...

My cast/crew is wanting to know when all of the movies are gonna be available to watch on-line...any clues at this point?
 
well it all depends.. if we do the dual uploads ( everyone submits the streaming version and the dvd version) then it can be up in a day.
 
I didn't mean the actual time it took, I meant it feels like a long week for us regardless ....

Like when your a little kid the week before your birthday party is longer than the rest of the weeks in the year.

You slave over this thing, try to get it perfect, and then it dissapears into this void for a week where you can no longer tweak it or protect it.

Then a week later it comes back to you like some homing pidgeon. Only smaller and with some additional artifacting :)
 
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This is my first DVX contest ever, and I'm already giddy with anticipation! This is the most fun I've had in a long time! But it's gut-wrenching waiting! I feel like those little kids on that Disney commercial "We're too EXCITED to sleeeeeep!"
 
Question about "Midnight on May 30th" - does that mean tuesday morning, or tuesday night/wednesday morning? thanks!
 
Hi Mike,

Probably means Wednesday night on the 30th / the eve of teh 31st.

But its been officially declared a "soft deadline" so even if i'm wrong you'd be OK ulpoading your film the following night or even a couple of nights after that.

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If you want to build your posts to try and vote, try hitting the new posts tab and you can see if any of the current discussions on several topics interest you.

Good luck,

Jack
 
No, not really. Not a single stitch of FX done ... but am I stressed? You bet your ass I'm stressed!

Score's coming along INCREDIBLY well, and is near perfection. ADR is nearly completed, with just one more session tomorrow (two for two different people, actually), and further sweetening of audio, then on to final CC. Our total film will be nearly 24 minutes, so as I watch the 6 minute cut it in some ways does feel like a bit of a trailer, but it's still pretty good from trying to get from nearly beginning to end in a very punctuated 6 minute cut.

Hopefully it'll do well enough that people will be interested in the full length version, that'll also be packed with all kinds of BTS, bloopers, interviews, etc.
 
HA HA yeah norm.. thats why im keeping a little quiet. Not pressuring you guys flipping your lids right now. Submissions will start Tuesday, and close sometime during the next couple days after that.
 
Licensed or Royalty-Free Music

Licensed or Royalty-Free Music

What does Licensed or Royalty-Free Music include???

We are planning on scoring our whole movie except for the end where we have a track that we would like to use. We've bought the cd and even contacted the production company to see how to go about getting rights to the song. Since this is not for profit does it matter if we use this for the competition?
 
So for Tuesday, a H.264 .mov will work correct? 720 x 480 size... or does it need to be smaller? I can't wait to start watching these.

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ryskamrr said:
What does Licensed or Royalty-Free Music include???

We are planning on scoring our whole movie except for the end where we have a track that we would like to use. We've bought the cd and even contacted the production company to see how to go about getting rights to the song. Since this is not for profit does it matter if we use this for the competition?
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it includes music from royalty free sites that you paid to use
it includes music you or your composewr make and agree to use for this film
it inlcudes permission given to you by a composer or band or record label, friend or unaquainted pro, that gives you LICENSE you to use the the music in your piece
it includes some music from the turn of the century too but I don't know the dates and I think they may have changed tha law recently
it includes any classical work - but not the recording -- you play motzart on your synth or your violin = fine -- you use a recording of such and such orchestra playing it = not fine.

If the music is owned you have to have permission (license) to use it.
Royalty free it still requires licensing but you don't have to pay fees for each use -- only once.
If it is public domain (not owned due to its age or because it was given away to the world by the creator) then you don't need permission to use the music but you do need permission to use a recording (unless someone has said anyone can use this or it has been placed in the public domain for some special reason i.e. recorded before such and sich date).

Check the composer threads on this forum. Some have said that you may use finished compositions from their sites for your film with their permission.

you may also purchase pieces for $15 - $50 a pop and sometimes $50 - $75 for a collection of themes at these royalty free sites:
http://www.royalty-free.tv

http://www.liquidcabaret.com/products/16.php

http://www.flyinghands.com/

and here's a discount you can use for the next few days at
www.opuzz.com
enter the promotion code "MAY2006" when you checkout.

Some of these are download and some you have to have shipped, obviously you would need download - but liquidcabaret (one of the better ones) does express ship, so you might be able to work with a lowfi sample and plug in the full quality one on wednesday.

-- Jack
 
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