Beginning Middle End Productions Presents...

pauly_the_hitman said:
I need to try this sometime with a little money it might be easier to get stuff done.
Pauly
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This is true... though there's a trade off that will occur when your spending more money... I think the chart below illustrates it the best...

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blindbuzta said:
So we just finalized out budget....

Total: $2946

...only $1546 OVER budget! Haha...

My wallets gonna be hurtin' for a LONG time...
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Yeah I know the feeling. We spent a pretty penny on Barn Dance, even though we were able to get quite a few things low/no cost. My empathies.
 
Wes and Dayn got a full rough cut done! It looks and feels great! The only problem is that it clocks in at 9mins... there's gonna be some MAJOR frame-f*cking...haha!
 
Hey Hey!

So we're picture locked on the DVX Cut!

Honestly, though, I'm not as happy with it as I'll be with the director's cut. Not that my film is epic, or anything, but we frame-f*cked it to death to get it under 6 minutes... and it really shows in the pacing. I'm sure the addition of the score will help ease my mind with this one, but I really think the film benefits from an extra minute-thirty to get the pacing right. Because right now, the film zips along to make it in under 6 minutes.

We'll be working on the final cut next weekend so we can have it ready for the big screening on November 9th. I invite all of you in the SoCal area to come down and check it out that night. It's gonna be a lot of fun and a great opportunity to meet some cool/talented people.

I just had a thought...
I'm gonna lay down some temp music to the DVX cut and I would love to get some feedback on the pacing... if you're interested in checking it out... PM we'll talk. I need an objective opinion...

Oh... and someone let me know if this could disqualify me before i show it to anyone.
 
blindbuzta said:
Hey Hey!

So we're picture locked on the DVX Cut!

Honestly, though, I'm not as happy with it as I'll be with the director's cut. Not that my film is epic, or anything, but we frame-f*cked it to death to get it under 6 minutes... and it really shows in the pacing. I'm sure the addition of the score will help ease my mind with this one, but I really think the film benefits from an extra minute-thirty to get the pacing right. Because right now, the film zips along to make it in under 6 minutes.

We'll be working on the final cut next weekend so we can have it ready for the big screening on November 9th. I invite all of you in the SoCal area to come down and check it out that night. It's gonna be a lot of fun and a great opportunity to meet some cool/talented people.

I just had a thought...
I'm gonna lay down some temp music to the DVX cut and I would love to get some feedback on the pacing... if you're interested in checking it out... PM we'll talk. I need an objective opinion...

Oh... and someone let me know if this could disqualify me before i show it to anyone.
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Nope. You are bringing someone on board to join your team. They are going to be working with you on the project just the same as the guy that did your edit, the person that lit your set, etc etc. I'd be happy to take a look at it, if you'd like.

I love Morgan Blair, dude. Her work is phenomenal. What an inspiration she's been for me.
 
Kyle Stebbins said:
Nope. You are bringing someone on board to join your team. They are going to be working with you on the project just the same as the guy that did your edit, the person that lit your set, etc etc. I'd be happy to take a look at it, if you'd like.

I love Morgan Blair, dude. Her work is phenomenal. What an inspiration she's been for me.
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Well consider yourself part of the team! Haha... you've been PM'd..

PS... I sent Morgan a link to this post... It'll mean a lot to her to know she's got a growing fan base!

Right now she's literally a starving artist, living off of peanut butter sandwiches in Brooklyn. I just paid her airfare to come out here to LA for the premier. It's the least I could do for all the free art she's done!
 
Hey Mike I'd like to take a look at it... And give you my feedback.

Also, we're still progressing on Plastic Perfect. Hopefully it'll be done early Dec.
 
Thanks!

A little update...

Danny is working on the score... we have picture lock for the Twilight Fest cut, VFX are locked... CC on the way...

Gonna have Sebastian do a quick ADR session this week..as a couple of lines have some weird electrical hum over it that I can't get rid of.

But yeah, everything's solid!
 
Hey.. so I need some opinions on some color correction.

Ideally, I'd like to have Kevin go through and CC the final cut, but for the sake of this festival (and the deadline), I dropped the Twilight Fest cut in After effects and did a CC run of my own.

Here are some side-by-side comparisons... what do you guys think? Feel free to grab them and do your own CC on them... I'd love to see what you come up with.

Kevin - if you're lurkin' around... what do you think? Dayn and I will have picture lock on the full cut this weekend and we'll pass it off to you if you have time to go through it.

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Hmm... generally for each shot I upped the contrast... crushing the blacks and pushing the whites a tad. And in some cases, I added some blue.

It's interesting that you prefer the greener look...especially considering that the walls are actually painted blue.. and not green..haha!

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Update:

Made a last minute change to the edit.. Kyle.. I think you'd be happy with the cut we made! Hahah...

We've also locked picture on the full cut... which only ends up being about a minute longer than the DVX cut.

Danny's been hard at work with the score... it sounds AWESOME.

We're also in the midst of setting up our screening/artshow/fundraiser on November 9th. Because of the outside promotion rule, I wont make the invitation public until next week.. but I hope to see all you Angelenos there! It's gonna be a very cool event, free drinks, raffle, silent auction... good times.

Anyway, we're on track to upload this weekend... can't wait to see all of your entries!
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
I have to say.... I kind of prefer the before shots. I especially like the green backgrounds. :thumbup:
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I agree for the most part or I'd try somewhere in between. Just a touch more contrast than the raw maybe.

I miss the green in the table scene too.

They look great though - were you shooting with a filter to get that glow off the shoulders?
 
Jack Daniel Stanley said:
I agree for the most part or I'd try somewhere in between. Just a touch more contrast than the raw maybe.

I miss the green in the table scene too.

They look great though - were you shooting with a filter to get that glow off the shoulders?
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Yeah we netted the front of the HVX lens with pantyhose...real make shift but it worked! Kevin said that the pantyhose he used for the effect come from a very specific brand of pantyhose, poplar amongst photographers and DP's (like Janusz Kaminski). You're supposed to net the back of the lens for the desired effect, but since the HVX's lens is not removable, he made it work with some snot tape on the front of the camera!
 
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