REPOST of my first DVX film, PLUS A THANK YOU!

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BlueLaw

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Hi guys!

A number of months ago I posted the first cut of my first DVX short film… I really enjoyed the response I got from you guys and it gave me a lot of confidence and hope for the work.

So much so that I did pursue getting a proper score written for it (so that we could get around copyright issues and show it at film festivals) and I built a website to host it on (plus it’s sequel and other movies too, I hope!)

So like I said, I’ve already posted this film, but this time it’s the definitive cut, and it’s had a brand new score written especially for it.

Thanks again guys for helping me so much in the process of this project and in post-production too!

View it HERE…

:smile:

(DVX100B, Tripod, No lights, Good Actors)
 
.FLV settings, I can't remeber off the top of my head. I'll have a look when I'm at home and post them up. They're quite hight though. The file is around 60MB. On all the computers I've watched the film on it seems to play really well and you don't have to wait for it to load. Considering the file size I'm not sure how I'm getting away with this. Perhaps it's to do with where the file is being hosted.

So I'll get back to you mate.
 
.Flv Settings.

.Flv Settings.

The FLV settings gave me a bit of bother. Initially I used Final Cut Pro’s “QuickTime conversion” option and exported as a FLV, but once I’d uploaded it (to my horror!) the sound went out of sync with the video, which was most queer.

So in the end I wrote the movie onto a DVD and then copied that DVD back onto my computer using Handbrake (on MacOSX) as an .mp4 file. I then used Macromedia Flash 8 VideoEncoder to change that .mp4 to an FLV one…. And I used (roughly) these settings:

Encoding Method: Best (2 Pass)
FPS: 25
Limit Data Rate to: 680 kbits/sec
Keyframe every: 11
Audio: 96kbits/sec
Width: 440
Height: 247
 
I found this highly entertaining! I loved the surprise of suddenly seeing three guys standing in the street with big ears and blurred out naughty bits, just not where I thought you were heading with the movie. And the whole chase sequence with the three-wheeler was great. Can't wait to see the next segment!

steven
 
Thanks Man.

Thanks Man.

Thanks Steven!

Always nice to hear someone has “got it” – I have a feeling it’s been quite divisive. I’ve sat with people who haven’t found it amusing at all, but taken it deeply seriously.

We’d like to get on with the second one, but you know how money is, and for us scheduling is a big issue too.

If anyone has a million Euros they want to give us to make another one, you know where to find me.

Peace.
:kali:
 
you got it going on man!! looked like your shots were well planned. i'm not too sure if you utilized story boards or not but your shots were all clean and continuity was on point as well. i always appreciate the use of the DVX during night shots and you've definitely pushed the capabilities of the DVX to its full potential.
 
Toot Toot!

Toot Toot!

Thanks again for these comments, they mean a lot to me!

This was my fist picture and I did initially try and use storyboards. But I’m such a terrible artist and I found it so time consuming that I had to stop. Storyboarding wasn’t really a creative process for me, I was only putting the images to paper that had already been in my head for a long time. I wasn’t inventing anything at the storyboard stage.

In the end I generally had a few shot ideas I wanted in each scene, and then I would general cover the other shots around them. Sometimes me and my friend would go to the location early and use a still camera to get every shot we’d use, or, sometimes we would write a shots list the night before and then tick them off on set.

The rickshaw was the only time some serious pre-production was used. Because we only had the Rickshaw for 3 hours I wanted to take every single shot NOT featuring the rickshaw on a different day altogether. So I wrote an extensive shot list for the rickshaw chase scene, it had 60 different cuts in it, and from that I created a sort of schedule for filming.

It’s interesting you mention continuity. I’m trying to create an environment on set where more focus is given to the actors and their acting. So I told the actors not to worry or think about continuity at all. I also never asked them to “look here” or “cheat that” and I tried to use as few marks as I could.

It made editing harder, but as you say, I think it can work.

God that was long. Hope someone is interested!

:nads: this man is kicking the other one in the balls. FACT.
 
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