New Short Film - The Standoff (48 hour film challenge)

Absolutely positive... shot it myself... but I guess thats a compliment! Thanks.

Any other feedback good or bad is welcome.
 
Man, yeah it's a very crisp clear image, I don't know how I could get my dvx images to look like that. Got any settings for us?
 
yeah sure...

DETAIL LEVEL to COLOR TEMP all set at 0
MASTER PED -5
A. IRIS LEVEL -3
GAMMA CINELIKE D
KNEE AUTO
MATRIX CINELIKE
SKIN TONE DTL OFF
V DETAIL FREQ THIN
and 24P(ADV)

and I believe I had ND on at 1/8

here's a grab pre and post CC

unCCd.jpg

CCd.jpg
 
pretty decent for a 48 h fest. a few things though such as boom shadows on the wall. the shot of the dude walking outside had some strange fur or hair in front of the lens on the top right frame, but otherwise very cool!

the effects, although sometimes cheesy, were still very well executed. the fire in the end was not very realistic, but i would still love to learn how to do this kind of stuff.

after effects? is it difficult to learn?
 
Great work for a 48 hour production. It looked good; well shot and edited. Most of the gunshots looked good.

Things that bothered me: The acting was lacking in some of it. You could tell they were supposed to be angry, but many of the actors seemed to be lacking intensity.

I know you probably don't have much of a prop budget, but I've seen that airsoft shotgun so many times it's hardly believable anymore.

The way the woman held the gun was terribly distracting. Anyone with any firearms knowledge would be instantly confused by the fact she's holding the slide of the gun. This draws attention to the lack of continuity in the next cut, where she's holding it properly to shoot. Of course, this could be intentionally put in as an error of the character, but with the effort this person put in getting all these people together you'd think she would learn to hold her gun properly.

I know it might not have been possible to use practical blood, but it would have been nice. Blood on the characters' bodies as opposed to just sprays would have added to it. I personally would stay away from digital blood sprays altogether. Yours looked just as good as anyone else's, but I've never seen any that I particularly liked, even in major features. It always just looks artificial.

None of this is to trash your movie; I liked it. Just offering some (hopefully) helpful criticism. Oh, and although it didn't look exactly real, the fire did look quite good. Much better than I expected. Could you give some insight into how you did it?
 
All of the stuff you guys bring up is absolutely valid... however being that it's a 48 hour deal, I had to deal with the boom shadows on a couple of shots and yeah the way she holds the gun is different in each cut, but couldn't really reshoot it. The blood effects were a choice both to practice with as this is pretty much my first attempt into digital effects (trying to be the complete indie filmmaker) and due to the fact we couldn't shoot up the actual motel room or get blood all over the joint. I agree, I'm a huge fan of using both practical and digital to compliment each other.

And as far as the fire goes, super easy. Go to detonationfilms.com buy the square fire packs, luma key out the black, and fit the shot to your windows/doors. And there ya go.

Oh and the fur in the corner was the GD windsock on the boom... hopefully only discerning DVXers notice it.
 
No real technique I guess... other than your standard zoom in calibrate the focus then zoom back to the desired frame.
 
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