The Girl from Yesterday

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Huy Vu

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Hey guys! My 30 minutes romantic comedy The Girl from Yesterday is in post production! It's been a brutal two weeks but the film is 90% shot. We've still got some pickup shootings to do and it's going to be hell in post because we've only got less than a week to go. We're premiering it at a showcase on Nov. 2nd and 3rd at 7:30 pm on the U.C. Berkeley campus. If any of you guys are in Berkeley and can come out to that it would be awesome!

I've been preparing the script since June and finished around October, although all shooting was compressed into the last two weeks so that the film can be ready in time for the showcase. I was just going to shoot 24p SD on the XH-A1 for easy editing but decided to go HD 24F at the last moments. The extra resolution looks gorgeous of course, but I hope I won't have to pay the price for it in editing. All of the dolly shots were achieved with the IndieSnap! Flex Track, which is really amazing for the price.

dvxuser Alan Chang is doing sound for this project and user Nic Aragon have also been super nice by lending me the light kit. This is going to be something special and I can't wait to see what it looks like when I finally edit it.

UPDATE: The film is finally DONE! Link to it below. It's a 334 mb Quicktime. Enjoy!


http://www.hiddendreammedia.com/Videos/TheGirlfromYesterday.mov

Some outtakes here

http://www.hiddendreammedia.com/Videos/Blooper.mov

Full Length Audio Commentary Track here:

http://www.youngsterproduction.com/videos/Commentary.mp3

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The Cast

Andrew-Jerry Lee
Kristin-Tara Tomicevic
Malcolm-Eric Hsiao
Ally-Kat Mendoza

The Crew
Directed by Melvyn Manapsal and Huy Vu
Screenplay by Huy Vu
Music by Sherief Abraham, Yang Bai, Huan Doan, Julius Cheng and Jason Harwell
Edited by Huan Doan and Huy Vu
Sound Design by Alan Chang

Trailer
720p version:
http://www.youngsterproduction.com/videos/TrailerHD.wmv

Youtube version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFdpyFWRJnM

Some stills from the film, CC is still tentative

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this is gonna be good! its my pleasure to help out the best we can, it brings us considerably pleasure to be even the tiniest part of stuff like this and time permitting (i am in san jose on most days til 5-5:30) ill be heading up to the premiere. as long as its free! :) haha
 
I really hate to double post, but i just gotta say after watching it tonight up at UC Berkeley, I was really entertained, and very happy with how great it turned out. Speaking of turnouts, the crowd was at capacity, and they were laughing , oohing and "awwwww" (even the guys awwwed) at the touching moments in this flick. It was incredibly relatable, the comic timing was so spot on, and i loved how you homaged your fave flicks and paid tribute.

Thanks for this flick, even though parking was a pain, traffic was a nightmare and seating was at best limited, id go through 10x worse to be able to watch with the crowd again!

Congrats bro, great job to everyone involved! Even the credits were good!
 
Thanks for the kind words Nic :). After this week I'm going to start putting together a longer cut of the film (had to cut some stuff out due to time constraint of the show) and do a final sound mix for the DVD. I'll be sure to get you one once it's done. And hopefull I'll be able to post the film here after I'm done.
 
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shawneous said:
Nice BTS!

Btw, Alan, what audio setup were you using?
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Shawn, I believe Alan was using a Sound Device 302 mixer with the AT 4073a and AKG C451B going into the camera and a Zoom H4. We actually forgot to slate the takes so he had to spend quite a bit of time syncing the audio. I believed he got like 4 or 5 hours of sleep in the 72 hours leading to the premiere, yet he still delivered a great mix!
 
Okay. I just noticed this in the section and wanted to share a bit.

MAJORITY of the interior shots were used with the AKG C451b's. Had a pair, didn't need two. Up to this point, I can definitely say that having good booming techniques weighs much more than having an expensive mic. Probably a few of you are wondering why I specifically chose the C451's. I've used it in the past and have received a tremendous amount of positive feedback when I gave the dailies to one of my Supervising Sound Editors (Brad Semenoff on DVXuser) on a previosproject. He called me up and told me how the production sound went so well that the signal I was sending to the cameras were very useful. There was this one part of the scene where I used a pair of the 451s and O.o I was surprised at how they picked up. Yeah, it's not a very flat mic, but it's good with a little crisp on top. Things worked out great.

Also, both Huy and I had the AT4073a so consistency was always there if I couldn't make it to a shoot. Huy can testify, too, that it really boils down to who is booming. Practice, Practice, Practice!

Sleep was a BIG problem, but I managed to pull it through. Luckily we got most of the footages and audio done right ON TIME to premiere in one of the school's lecture hall. I couldn't make it the first premiere, so I came back the second day to watch it. Amazing!!! The whole place was packed and heat was building up. There are still several more editings to fix before we call it a wrap, but overall we're impressed.

Before someone starts ranting me about using the H4 as a recorder, I must admit, I got used to this thing rather than the HDP2 or the trusty/bulky PD-4's. My motivation in using this device was to keep everything simple. Fortunately I knew where everything was, so it wasn't that awful to match sound to takes.

There were a lot of accessories with me, but you basically have an idea of what I mainly used.
 
hey man!! 510 homie ill be in the berkeley area when you premiere since i live down the street from campus and all ,soem telegraphians know me around there
i might have soem footage in the retail stores skateshops and all.....but yeah
408 has tons of talent(san jose) JUST THROW ME SHOUT EAST BAY YO!!
MIKE D
WWW.MIKEDVIDEO.COM
 
I watched the entire film and thoroughly enjoyed it! I thought it looked amazing visually, and the acting was pretty good too. I loved the part on the train where the girl threw up on him and then pointed at the other girl. Oh, and the part where he hopped into the back of the truck and then it took off. It had some good laughs.

I have to admit at some parts I really didn't know where the story was going (especially with the candy stuff), but overall it was great and I enjoyed it; it made me smile. Oh and one part that bugged me was when she was supposed to have ink on her shirt, but when she turned around it really didn't look like there was anything on her shirt at all. Not a big deal though.

Great job! Definitely enter this in some festivals and try to get some screenings around your area!
 
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IOh and one part that bugged me was when she was supposed to have ink on her shirt, but when she turned around it really didn't look like there was anything on her shirt at all. Not a big deal though.
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Thanks! I argued with my co-director quite a bit over the ink thing. We were actually going to spill ink on her and we bought that shirt just for that purpose. But the "ink" that we were going to use (food coloring) made such a mess during practice that it would be a one time shot. So in the end we just decided to fake it.

I added some outtakes on the top of the page as well.
 
After weeks of shooting and editing for the premier at UC Berkeley, the results were astounding! Hearing the audience laugh and cheer throughout the entire film felt very rewarding. Now having to watch the final product of the film, I'm speechless. More and more people I've talked with have been wanting to see this, asking me how the final turned out.

The CC change was more than I had expected, looked really good. I think one of the biggest challenges in terms of sound was during the "Birthday" scene. Didn't ADR the entire scene, but it was the most timespent on my end on this project. Otherwise two thumbs up :thumbsup:
 
Awesome job guys.

I thought it was a really "sweet" story. I totally felt bad for the guy when she flaked on him at the movies and not accepting his love letter.

I think every guy has been there at one point or another.

Oh, and the T.A. was hilarious.

Again, good job!
 
Hey, not bad. The cinematography was great over all, but some shots had a little to much head room. No biggie.

Who was she calling the whole time? Really bugged me...

Thanks for sharing!
 
Nice short budd. I digg the color and the cinematography. Didn't know there were people from the 510 here making movies. I'm in Fremont, and I liked the American sweat shirt the guys was wearing in the movie theatre scene.

The next time you are shooting I would like to get in on the action. I can hold a light or something. I go to sjsu and want to get involved with some shoots. I've been away from the camera for far to long now.

hit me up at mtebow@gmail.com
 
Hey Mike, thanks for the compliment. I'm actually from San Jose and I know a lot of people from SJSU. Pretty much all of my shooting take place in Berkeley now. Actually for my next short I can use an extra person on sound if you can make it up here. Shoot me a PM.
 
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