Blog and screenshots from new FX1 short

smashedburrito

smashedburrito

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Hey everyone,

This is our blog for a short film some friends and I are making with the FX1.

www.thelifeguardmovie.com

We can't reveal the whole plot just yet, but the screenshots that are up are from an Indiana Jones style fantasy scene. We are filming some different scenes later this week. Feel free to critique and leave comments.

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UPDATE:

The Lifeguard is now finished and can be viewed at www.thelifeguardmovie.com

I posted a thread in User Films so I don't know if this one needs to be taken down or not but I thought I would just post the update.
 
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We just used telephoto. We thought about using a 35mm adapter but we decided that since a lot of scenes took place at night it would be too hard to light. The adapter would have been nice but I am pretty happy with the cameras performance without it. As for the lense flare, the film goes back and forth between fantasy and reality and I think the flare helps give it a dreamy feel. Thanks for your input, I will post some behind the scenes shots later tonight.
 
Lakmir0 said:
Nice lighting and res but seriously video looking.
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Thats because it IS video... and nothing wrong with that IMO. As long as you focus on telling the story, it should turn out fine. Doesn't look like you have any shakey camera moves.

Looks like it might be interesting.. I own almost ALL the same equipment LOL so I wanna check this out now.
 
Hi, I'm Ben and I'm working with Pat on this project. Keep in mind these clips have only been converted to 24p and nothing else. A lot will be done to this footage by the end process to help give it a more filmic feel. However the most important part of giving video the film feel begins on-set, which means moving the camera slowly, framing things right and above all, lighting. These are things that cannot be touched up in post no matter how hard you try.

The goal of the final look of this movie will definately not be to convince people it was shot on film. It will be to make the movie look good enough to prevent any production or post-production processes from distracting the audience and detracting from the story. Things like lens flares are immaterial to us and really to the majority of our audience as well. Things like interlacing, obviously, are not.

We have a Brevis adapter coming in the mail that we will hopefully begin using once it arrives. We toyed around with the idea of using an existing adapter of ours but decided against it for fear of resolution loss, dust and grain. In reality, there are lots of people who buy, tinker with and build 35mm adapters but never venture outside of their backyard garden to do test shots. Although they do bring a pleasing feel to the image they are not integral to making a good movie, and they certainly do not replace good acting, directing or editing.
 
This is the first time I've seen video critiqued for looking like .... video. Here's my version of the critique in about 2 years:

"Really liked your video, but why'd you shoot it with one of those #$%@# 35mm adapters? Jeez, if I see another video shot with an adapter overcranked on an HVX at 60fps I'm going to puke".

Sorry guys, I couldn't resist. :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG) :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
I liked this. It's a fun piece and the camera work is fine. The Jaws homage tracking scene was cool. You even got the 70's Spielberg sound going in that particular moment.

Good stuff. I thought the HDV held up pretty well.

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Thanks for the kind words overlandfilms. We had a lot of fun making this movie and we really enjoyed making all the references to our favorite movies growing up. I dont think there is anyone who hasnt wanted to be Indiana Jones or James Bond at some point in their life. The HDV did turn out pretty well, and the 24p conversion worked nicely. We work with a Brevis now so the adapter results are even better.
 
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