Standard Def HVX Student Film

[lawriejaffa]

Well i just wish the story / narrative/ and other things worked better but - the version im working on now - with more scenes etc is much better than it used to be.

I certainly can't agree that it looks better than most the stuff posted here - its a very professional side and massive kudos to the guys posting here. Certainly i'd hold your judgement of this film till u see it finished - that said thank you for your complement mon amie : )

Erm as an example of my amatuerishness hehe, all the CG is done in photoshop (there was no chroma screen used for this film though i did chroma one shot against a blue sky (a choice i made in the edit.) There are some 3d models used (and there not shots posted yet) but will be.

My only dread is that when i work with HD this is all gonna be x4 harder haha

 

[lawriejaffa]

Okay heres some pics (1 or 2) might be revisits, but only cos they will have been changed to the more sepia style im using oh and i replaced the car in one shot (i think this was the one a chap was referring to earlier)

 

[lawriejaffa]

Righto, well you will have this but, just as these new scenes have been done, so have the old scenes been re-edited and they include new grading. The effects might be a little less stylised than my first posts of pics (when they were all like different colours haha.)

 

[lawriejaffa]

http://www.filmlive.org/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=3252#3252

This isnt really a scene but a bit of fun really from the film! A bit over the top ha - i feel like Sergei Eisenstein!

 

[StMad]

Nice grabs. To my untrained eye it look like you've gone for a bleach bypass meets white diffusion look. Did you do all your ccing in photoshop? And can you explain a bit more of your process? I like what you've achieved here.

 

[lawriejaffa]

Yo my friend, Yes, well i like to call it er 'Bleached Sepia' (hehe but its basically is like bleach bypass with white diffusion lol) and yep your right a lot of the outdoor shots in particular use a lot of white diffusion. (Most of this films story relates to the past so it adds a kind of dreamy look)

I totally forgot to post this clip - this was what i was joking about feeling like Sergei Eisenstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV0SMGoPmwU hehe

The CC was done in premiere 2.0 using magic bullet and the basic RGB control from the image control panel. I do everything before adding the grading naturally - but all the special effects (the mattes) are photos edited from the net (in public domain useage of course.)

With HD i won't get away with that as much though for sure lol, just cos i'll need to go out and photograph such hi res pics - anyway im rambling!

Once again the link hehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV0SMGoPmwU

 

[DBoz699]

Your saying all the city background shots were from the web? Looks really cool.

I'm surprised you were able to find such pictures. Googled them?

 

[lawriejaffa]

Yep mon amie just googled, but had to check with folks regarding their copyright (not an issue for a lot of these pictures tho.)

Now for some more pics from a romantic scene

An impromtu kiss

Becomes a nice kiss!

This is from a completely different scene - a totally surreal animated sequence (theres loads of surreal stuff to come from this montage) - note shot from a XL

 

[lawriejaffa]

Alright here are some shots from the war montage (it lasts about 1 min - 30 secs) and happens in the middle of the film - signalling the russian invasion of hungary.
The montage is surreal basically and i use a few shots (from a crap student film i did ages ago called Chechnya) and its come out ok i reckons Anyway it does all look a lot better moving - had a go with my first 3d and while its crude lol i think its passable.

This is a frame (of a fast camera pan) that shows these jets bombing stuff below - they fly off frame (leaving a cool tilted shot of this russian officer) - anyway thought id show my fav jet - the Mig 21 hehe (don't ask my why they just look cool *ahem*)