"FIFTY", a new short film

I bet it looks flawless on a large screen. Your lighting and composition was flawless...and the lazy susan on the characters was unexpected but hot! I remeber reading you were gonna hit the festival circuit...good luck!
 
Lol I don't think anyone realizes you put the footage up. May want to edit the first post with the link. Again this is inspiring...i love the characters on the lazy susan..that was awesome.
 
Wow. I know you're getting a lot of complements, but thought I'd add mine. The lighting/exposures are perfect. I especially liked the parts on the boat.
Can you give a full list of settings numbers? I'm interested because it sounds like you require little cc in post. You've said: B-Press, Detail +2, Coring +2, and Norm gamma. What about Master Ped and all the others? (if you don't mind).
Also, I'm curious as to how you typically set your exposures. Do you go by your monitor? Do you use a light meter/calculations? Do you have a zebra pattern method?
Are you ever only using natural light or always extra lights?
thanks!
 
haha, that was pretty cool man. how many days or how long was production? are you entering any festivals?

you should probably edit your first post and put the link there as well so people know you've posted it.
 
Great job. I found the story somewhat confusing. In fact, the style of the film overwhelmed the content for me but it was still a pleasure to watch.

The link to the footage is currently in post #58 for those trying to find it.
 
i was confused a little by the story at first too, especially when the woman in the beginning was killed by her husband/baby-daddy/boyfriend?

....i'm guessing the theme was about money & greed?
 
iposiniditos said:
Nikon for all internal scenes except one that we shot yesterday with zeiss:
Nikon 24mm f2.0
Nikon 28mm f2.8
Nikon 35mm f1.4
Nikon 50mm f1.4
Nikon 85mm f1.8

Zeiss for all external scenes:
Zeiss 50mm f1.4
Zeiss 85mm f1.4
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In addition to my questions above about settings/lighting, I'm also curious as to why you use Nikon for inside and Zeiss for outside. Wouldn't you rather use the Zeiss 50mm and 85mm instead of the Nikons?- Both are f1.4. Thanks.
 
Thank you all for your comments.
i'm on an island with crappy internet connections and i couldn't answer
as for today. From now on i'm sitting behind a great and super fast 56k connection :D

shortnstout said:
Wow. I know you're getting a lot of complements, but thought I'd add mine. The lighting/exposures are perfect. I especially liked the parts on the boat.
Can you give a full list of settings numbers? I'm interested because it sounds like you require little cc in post. You've said: B-Press, Detail +2, Coring +2, and Norm gamma. What about Master Ped and all the others? (if you don't mind).
Also, I'm curious as to how you typically set your exposures. Do you go by your monitor? Do you use a light meter/calculations? Do you have a zebra pattern method?
Are you ever only using natural light or always extra lights?
thanks! In addition to my questions above about settings/lighting, I'm also curious as to why you use Nikon for inside and Zeiss for outside. Wouldn't you rather use the Zeiss 50mm and 85mm instead of the Nikons?- Both are f1.4. Thanks.
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Thank you shortnstout.

These are my most of the times "standard" settings. As for the others, i setup differently on each situation.

As for the exposures, 50% of the situations monitor, 50% light meter. I don't use zebra.

All the external scenes in this film were with natural light. No extra lights, no reflectors or something. That was just due to budget. On the lake scene, we were 3 men crew. Actor, a guy with an umbrella to cover me and me :)

As for the lenses, we were 2 directors of photography. The other one trusted nikons more :)

Christopher Barry said:
Been waiting a while to see the footage, worth the wait. :thumbsup:

Lighting is awesome, together with everything else audio/visual.
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thank you Christopher Barry.

FilmBoy77 said:
haha, that was pretty cool man. how many days or how long was production? are you entering any festivals?

you should probably edit your first post and put the link there as well so people know you've posted it. i was confused a little by the story at first too, especially when the woman in the beginning was killed by her husband/baby-daddy/boyfriend?

....i'm guessing the theme was about money & greed?
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Thanks a lot FilmBoy77.
Shot in 5 days. I'll sent it in some festivals from now on.

The woman was killed by her husband because he wanted to
take their money and play cards.
The theme was the money corruption. The story is that a 50euro makes
a trip from hand to hand to show how some people use this. One kills for this, one other steals, etc...

disjecta said:
Great job. I found the story somewhat confusing. In fact, the style of the film overwhelmed the content for me but it was still a pleasure to watch.

The link to the footage is currently in post #58 for those trying to find it.
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Thank you very much disjecta.
Subtitles are quite bad (we will do this again),
maybe that is one of the reasons for the story confusion.

Link was in first post too but difficult to find with so many stills.
Now you can find it easier there.
 
I got a chance to watch this and loved it. I liked the transitions with the people on the turntable. I didn't understand why she was the only one to live though. The tear wasn't strong enough after the first two equaled death.
The cinematography was really nice with of course the last shots of the woman being stunning. Great job.
 
Everyone else remarked on the technical goodies, so I don't need to add my praises.

However, I have to agree with what a couple of posters hinted at - but having no manners, I'll be blunt about it. I thought the content was super weak. Watching this, one gets the feeling it was made by a DP in love with light and the craft, but poor with subject matter.

This has been said many times, but it should be repeated: the audience doesn't care about technical stuff 90% of the time. The only time they care is if it's a special effects movie, and that's the whole point (Jurassic Park). Otherwise, they'll only notice if it's very bad (especially sound problems). I'm talking general audiences, not DP geeks. If the movie fails to engage, no amount of technical wizardry will rescue it. That's the case here. It just does not engage. The moral is trite. The story confusing. The presentation is ostentatious with little to back it up content-wise. The first sequence of images was very promising - sombody on a lake putting money onto a fishing hook... very, very intriguing! I was crossing my fingers madly - please, please, please, don't let this be some kind of allegory or symbolism, please let there be some real life explanation! Sadly, I was disappointed - it was just that, empty cheap metaphor.

I hope this criticism is seen as constructive - you only gain by honest feedback. You have the technical chops. That's great. Now it's time to devote yourself to that which really matters - content creation... unless you want to be a DP. Good luck!
 
Many many thanks guys or your c&c.

@OldCorpse : I always love to hear the "bad things".
They help me to be better. Special thanks.
 
man this looked great...the lighting, sounds, blocking, all that you nailed...but i 'm with the other poster on the storyline. you lost me in the beginning with the couple and then when they got on the turning podium i was really lost. it didnt add anything to me. i didnt get the purpose or symbolism of the fisherman...i mean, it LOOKED sweet, but it seems to be style over substance.

this is just my opinion and you can take it for what it's worth, but you definitely got skills though man.
 
i do agree the screenplay was the only sour point of the entire film but i think that sustaining that surrealism throughout an entire picture is very hard to do.

i also, contrary to everyone else here think the film could have been even more stylized. but all in all i absolutely loved it and think it was the best piece i have ever seen on this site.

i am absolutely in love with the opening sequence of the boat and the fisherman. and the sequence at the end with the...prostitute? gorgeous.
 
also i think its super exciting to see indie filmmakers from outside of the states. its just very refreshing to see such a unique voice/vision.
 
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