A short film shot on the XHA1

91ststudios

91ststudios

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Hey everyone,

I just shot a recent short for a competition and I feel it turned out very well with what we were working with.

Here is a short description of what we were going for:
"There are millions of homeless in America, and some do not have any means of sanctuary. Our film shows one example of the response probably many have when they see a homeless man on the streets. With the economy on a downturn, some might find themselves homeless. We feel that we need to understand what the homeless are going through and offer any assistance we can to help make their lives better"

Technical Details:
Runtime: 00:04:38
Canon XHA1 and Redrock (I only used it in one scene)
Edited in FCP2 with color curves.
I built a homemade dolly out of 36x36 plywood, angle aluminum, inline skate wheels, and pvc pipe.

I hope you enjoy it and if you have feedback, please be helpful as I will definitely consider it for future projects.

http://www.vimeo.com/782672

Thanks,
-Josh
 
I live in Lincoln, Nebraska and there are alot of homeless here. I have wanted to film a documentary about the homeless soooo bad for the last year or so. I'm glad you chose this subject, I think it is really important to talk about.
 
Thanks for the feedback guys. I do agree, it definitely needs to be brought to the surface. I exported using h.264 at 1280 x 720. Then opened up the export setting within quicktime and made an mp4 copy with h.264 and a data rate of 5000.
If you check out the link for uploading to vimeo. They show a pretty good way to get it looking great.
http://www.vimeo.com/help/hd
 
i rendered out a video with those settings and its very coppy when I play it back, any reason? I did 100 quality 5000 bitrate
 
It looks very good!

My only helpful criticism would be:

a) the interior shot you crossed the line of action when it went to the over the shoulder shot

b) inside the church, you moved the microphone when you cut to the next angle, so the audio sounds more distant as well, it' be good to get smooth audio from the same spot the entire time even after your angle's change.

nit picky, but thought it'd help.
 
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