100% - Student Short/Commercial Filmed on D90

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vanlam

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Hello all.

My friend Jason & I recently shot a short film with the d90. It's only two minutes long, so please tell us what you think (Links on the right):

http://twocutfilms.com/films/100-percent/

It's basically a fake commercial for minute maid juice...

PS: The first part is really grainy, but that can't be helped.
 
Nice :) Love that you got it on iTunes

PS: The first part is really grainy, but that can't be helped.[/quote]

And... yes, you can !

Try something like Neat Video | Noise Reduction Software
 
Practice makes perfect...dont shoot on daylight against the sun...that scene is way to overexposed(window)/underexposed(interior), and grainy because you forced it to much.
The "magic" of a commercial, is to say in 30 seconds the product`s message in a cursive , natural and creative way.Cut the guy more and put the product in perspective ;)

Cheers
 
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Some great shots in there, but that script don't need more than 30 seconds to work. A better V.O or text could condense the message in two sentences, and the isolation vs. freedom, exploration, journey, is well understood, 5 seconds after the music starts. From there you would need only a little time to build a crescendo and kill it with your anticlimatic ending.

I suggest you, for the sake of exercise, cut that same script to a 30 second film. You won't like it at first, because you're attached to the footage but leave it in your hard drive for a couple of months and watch them again. The shorter will make more sense.

Good Work though, wish I knew how to make these images when I was a student.
 
illking said:
My biggest problem is the guy does not look one bit comfortable on the skateboard.
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Too true. Neither of us knew how (or knew anyone who did), hence all the weird angles and cutting.

mrmoe: Yeah. I was reading about that in another thread, sounds like an amazing plug-in. Kinda pricey though... plus I have a Mac. :(

stoiqa: Yup. This was our first time shooting with the camera, and I had trouble getting the hang of trying to adjust exposure/focus.

taubkin: I think its a little too long as well. More like a short film that happens to be a commercial, rather than the other way around.
 
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