Michael Anthony Horrigan
More Cowbell Pictures
I'm sure it's very different. The shots and tag-line are just giving me flashbacks.
I had my daughter in mine as well.
Best of luck!
It's looking good.
Cheers,
Mike
WISH - a short movie by Dudley Christian
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I had my daughter in mine as well.
Best of luck!
It's looking good.
Cheers,
Mike
artofsuntzu
Active member
Here's a fraction of my crew and the beginning of the first interior shot.
This group is amazing. They're the kind of people who make you want to secure big movie budgets just so you can reward them and have them play in Hollywood.
(as you can tell, my entry for the lovefest could have been a documentary on how I feel about my crew)
This group is amazing. They're the kind of people who make you want to secure big movie budgets just so you can reward them and have them play in Hollywood.
(as you can tell, my entry for the lovefest could have been a documentary on how I feel about my crew)
artofsuntzu
Active member
This DIY head & tripod setup worked pretty good when the star would rather play with her entourage than watch us move lights around:
Ready the stand-in for lights ...
... ok, now shoot!
Ready the stand-in for lights ...
... ok, now shoot!
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Nice grabs.
And I'm loving the 'stand in'
Brilliant.
:thumbsup:
And I'm loving the 'stand in'
Brilliant.
:thumbsup:
artofsuntzu
Active member
artofsuntzu
Active member
I have no illusions... the crew works for the craft services table, not for me
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Chris Messineo
Veteran
Great BTS shots.
I've shot several shorts with children and stand-ins are great to have, as a child's patience disappears quickly.
I've shot several shorts with children and stand-ins are great to have, as a child's patience disappears quickly.
artofsuntzu
Active member
Great BTS shots.
I've shot several shorts with children and stand-ins are great to have, as a child's patience disappears quickly.
I think it might become a permanent addition to the old DIY toolbox... for kid and adult actors. Worked for focusing against the chart, white balancing, and f-stop ratio lighting all-in-one.
Now, if the rest of the production would work out as conveniently. Ah, well...
artofsuntzu
Active member
Night Exterior shots in BC.
(at the time of these grabs, THIS was going to be the best weather in 2 weeks according to weathernetwork.com)
Wet and cold ...
... even near the lighting.
There's nothing like 18 cents of Glad products to protect $5000 in equipment.
Yeah, after seeing BTS from those 'other' forum groups, we see how happy and fun and warm and dry it would be shooting exteriors in SoCal. But, maybe this builds character. Yeah, right. It just motivates us to shoot day-for-night more often.
(at the time of these grabs, THIS was going to be the best weather in 2 weeks according to weathernetwork.com)
Wet and cold ...
... even near the lighting.
There's nothing like 18 cents of Glad products to protect $5000 in equipment.
Yeah, after seeing BTS from those 'other' forum groups, we see how happy and fun and warm and dry it would be shooting exteriors in SoCal. But, maybe this builds character. Yeah, right. It just motivates us to shoot day-for-night more often.
artofsuntzu
Active member
I just updated the grabs section while we wait for the festival to open officially.
I'm glad to see my buddy (and some virtual buddies) get their uploads in, under the midnight wire.
I wasn't sure about Wish given some emotional obstacles during production: one family member passed away, only to be followed by another family death a week later. Two funerals in one month was more than I've ever seen. Then, during the compression/upload/weekend, a friend from the past died as well. Funeral's today. (as if crafting a short-movie story isn't introspective enough)
Anyway, I really wanted to update the thread earlier. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's entries.
I'm glad to see my buddy (and some virtual buddies) get their uploads in, under the midnight wire.
I wasn't sure about Wish given some emotional obstacles during production: one family member passed away, only to be followed by another family death a week later. Two funerals in one month was more than I've ever seen. Then, during the compression/upload/weekend, a friend from the past died as well. Funeral's today. (as if crafting a short-movie story isn't introspective enough)
Anyway, I really wanted to update the thread earlier. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's entries.
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Danielleus
Well-known member
Lloks like it'll be fun. Good luck.
I know it's a late comment, but I used 3DS and Poser way back to do some boards and it worked out really well. I'm glad to see you were able to employ 3DS here to great effect. My virtual sets weren't nearly as detailed as yours, but they got the job done. I mainly used it for quick and dirty visualizations. Seeing what you've been doing has me thinking of revisiting 3DS and maybe utilizing it as prep tool again...
Looking forward to the finished product!
Looking forward to the finished product!
Ted Arabian
Member with Ladder
Updating grabs while we wait for the festival to open for download:
Wow! Dude! I love these grabs! Nice. Very cool banner as well. Caught my eye. You should link this thread to it, though.
Great looking work. Can't wait to see.
-Ted
Ted Arabian
Member with Ladder
This DIY head & tripod setup worked pretty good when the star would rather play with her entourage than watch us move lights around:
Ready the stand-in for lights ...
... ok, now shoot!
LMAO!!! THIS IS GREAT, too!
artofsuntzu
Active member
Thanks, everyone had a fun time making it. They're already asking me about the next dvxfest crew call.
If that happens, it might even be more fun to load up the van and hijack our way onto some of the other production sets... what's fat monster's address?
artofsuntzu
Active member
Not late at all. In fact, I was just making another pitch to my buddies about how this process might become a mainstay to our pre-production. Having animated camera renders just meant that we saved so much time during the shoot and during post edit.
Time management was a big worry for me with the kid actors.
artofsuntzu
Active member
Thank you very much.
About the banner link? Oh, man. Um, I'm looking away in embarassment. Yeah, I can deliver for clients, but when it comes to a simple link for myself... I guess it's that Cobbler's son and shoes paradox
I'm really looking forward to everyone's entries. The DVX fests beat so many other festivals I've sat through before.
Has anyone here ever thought of pooling the DVXfest talent into a collective towards making the ultimate full-length feature?
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mentatDUKE
Veteran
Hey SunTzu. I like the framing in your grabs. Most people use shallow focus as a storytelling technique, so it's a nice change of pace to see you forego DOF adapters and concentrate on framing, scale, color, comp, etc.
Looking forward to this.
Looking forward to this.
artofsuntzu
Active member
Thanks for the kind words. Although I am fond of my homemade, ground-glass adapter, I'm still kind of a sucker for mise-en-scene.
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WISH -- Very mature subject matter to tackle, here. Spoilerish
This is a tough one. Not only to think about, but well because of the subject matter. It's really sad, to be honest with ya. To the point where I wonder why? It seems like such a hard, sad lesson times two when you consider, in the span of what seems to be a day she's lost her fish and her brother.
Can I ask what moved you to write it this way? Or to have the outcome be so? For such an ending, I'm not sure if there was enough in place to really set me up for it. Whether it would feel the same the other way around I'm not sure. It's just thinking out loud, here.
Another thought I had was that the goldfish really seemed like a "gotcha" ploy. Perhaps you wanted us to think that she was being selfish over a goldfish the entire time when her brother was sick? That's okay, and choice. It kind of feels "placed" and again... with the goldfish dying and the sequence right after this becomes a bit hard on the mind.
I also didn't really get how sick her brother was in the beginning. Coughing told me that he had a cold, but beyond that he didn't seem to be critically ill. Such an unfortunate disability or illness probably needed to be played up in a bit more, but not to the point of beating us over the head either. It's a fine line to walk when dealing with disease, illness, etc because a lot of the time it comes off as a plot device. A good thing to do, as a writer, is to really research the illness/ail you're choosing to write about. Find experiences from family members, friends or the internet so that when you put it to paper it's real. The coughing, then the sudden jolt to blood was an eyebrow cruncher. Bad things happen! I just am not sure if so many unfortunate things happening in this works for me. For others? Who knows! Again, just thoughts.
Your camera action feels motivated, which is good. A lot of it seemed "Speedy" to me but not bad. I wonder if slowing a bit of it down or lingering a little while longer on the prime subjects instead of background elements, etc would've put me more in the place you wanted me to be: with the little girl. I especially like the shots at the end and had you the ability to light those and spend more time with them, they would've been even better.
It's a solid go for damned sure. Like I said, everything feels motivated. At some junctions they don't connect for me. I would love to see something, however, from you with a larger crew, more time, and a well written script.
Thanks for exhibitin! I hope nothing like that is going on in your life right now. That's terrible.
This is a tough one. Not only to think about, but well because of the subject matter. It's really sad, to be honest with ya. To the point where I wonder why? It seems like such a hard, sad lesson times two when you consider, in the span of what seems to be a day she's lost her fish and her brother.
Can I ask what moved you to write it this way? Or to have the outcome be so? For such an ending, I'm not sure if there was enough in place to really set me up for it. Whether it would feel the same the other way around I'm not sure. It's just thinking out loud, here.
Another thought I had was that the goldfish really seemed like a "gotcha" ploy. Perhaps you wanted us to think that she was being selfish over a goldfish the entire time when her brother was sick? That's okay, and choice. It kind of feels "placed" and again... with the goldfish dying and the sequence right after this becomes a bit hard on the mind.
I also didn't really get how sick her brother was in the beginning. Coughing told me that he had a cold, but beyond that he didn't seem to be critically ill. Such an unfortunate disability or illness probably needed to be played up in a bit more, but not to the point of beating us over the head either. It's a fine line to walk when dealing with disease, illness, etc because a lot of the time it comes off as a plot device. A good thing to do, as a writer, is to really research the illness/ail you're choosing to write about. Find experiences from family members, friends or the internet so that when you put it to paper it's real. The coughing, then the sudden jolt to blood was an eyebrow cruncher. Bad things happen! I just am not sure if so many unfortunate things happening in this works for me. For others? Who knows! Again, just thoughts.
Your camera action feels motivated, which is good. A lot of it seemed "Speedy" to me but not bad. I wonder if slowing a bit of it down or lingering a little while longer on the prime subjects instead of background elements, etc would've put me more in the place you wanted me to be: with the little girl. I especially like the shots at the end and had you the ability to light those and spend more time with them, they would've been even better.
It's a solid go for damned sure. Like I said, everything feels motivated. At some junctions they don't connect for me. I would love to see something, however, from you with a larger crew, more time, and a well written script.
Thanks for exhibitin! I hope nothing like that is going on in your life right now. That's terrible.