FAT MONSTER FILMS presents "O2" ... Every. Breath. Counts.

Mark Johnson said:
I'm so glad The Moment After got DQ'd. I mean, who would actually CHOOSE to make a movie about sex rather than spaceships and science fiction? I'd much rather be looking at depth maps and CGI space cruisers than naked woman flesh, unless of course, the women are flashing their tits after taking a beer bong and yelling at me in Klingon. Now that would be exiting!
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Rock on Mark!:kiss:
 
Mark Johnson said:
Cool. She's a monster chick now.
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That just sounds scary...

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:D
 
Alright, Blane had a good point, it doesn’t help anybody to sugar coat things so be forewarned: I’m going to say what I feel and you can take it or leave it, but it's how I feel at the moment and I'm working really hard to help people, not hurt feelings...

So here we go...

Nice opening shot. Is that Jupiter? Or a made up planet not in our solar system.

Like the dolly, is he green screened? He looks different from the rest of the frame.

0:16 I wish I knew how to composite. The light is coming from the wrong direction though. I’d probably buy it if she was backlit too.

0:19 Nice shot composition, always giving the viewer a “handle” so we know where we are. How the hell do you motion track like that?

0:25 I can’t tell what the woman is saying “we’re all green now”?

Sound design is ****ing awesome!

Shots are awesome 1:20

1:58 love the close in on the dude handheld. Woo!

2:28 Not really buying the actresses performance, seems a hair forced.

Lighting and values are perfect, Damn.

3:09 do we need to cut back to the ship, I mean we know they’re on a ship.

3:25 actress seems forced again.

Lighting and camerawork is sooo good.

Red handles highlights better than an ‘80s hooker named Trixie.

Woman acting at 5:25 much better, less forced. But strong acting all around from the 3 of them, they did well.

5:38 again with the motion tracking, you bastards!

Nice dolly at end, I especially like the tracks and sandbags. Woo!

Really, really, REALLY great work fellas. I hope I can make stuff look like that someday. Just ****ing brilliant.

Pat yourselves on the backs.
-Joe
 
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Nice opening shot. Is that Jupiter? Or a made up planet not in our solar system.
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That is, indeed, Jupiter. There are some amazingly wonderful Jupiter images available on the net. Raptor 365 did a terrific job creating the planet for our film.

I might also mention for those of you who are into textures, there's a gorgeous high-resolution Jupiter texture here:

http://laps.noaa.gov/albers/sos/jupiter/jupiter/jupiter_rgb_cyl_www.jpg
 
Mark Johnson said:
That is, indeed, Jupiter.
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I can't believe you didn't have more to say about this Mark...

Joe... yes, that is in fact, Jupiter... and that was by far the most expensive shot in the film. I suggested that Mark use Venus... or even Mars... because Jupiter was twice as far. I thought Mars made perfect sense, since it IS the red planet... but Mark's friend Larry hated the idea... he said it was too cliche' and if we didn't go all the way to Jupiter it would compromise the story. I barely got out the word "mars" when suddenly Lars Attacks! So I kept my mouth shut for what seemed like a lifetime, for the rest of the journey... free tip... don't pack RPDM with your snacks on an already really long road trip. This was even worse then the time I licked one of those before a high-school graduation ceremony. I thought we'd never even get past the moon.

The coolest thing about planetary cinematography... is that you really don't even need to bring the dolly... it was pretty easy to get smooth shots... well, it wasn't pretty... but it was easy. We had Super-Lou rig up an arm... which wasn't going well... but fortunately in space nobody can hear Lou scream.

At one point a rogue astroid came flying towards the ship and we all ship our pants... but Super-Lou kicked it into the sun... :thumbsup:
 
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