"A Verse Before Dying" - AF-100 Western Short

Are we going to get some stills or is nothing going to be shown before it's wrapped, edited, finalized?
 
Great to see all the pics, wonderful! And I finally got to see the location. Looking forward to the outcome.
If it is destined for festivals does that mean you will not post it online anywhere in case of disqualification?
 
Can't speak for Mr. Mick, but i am pretty confidant it will be posted online.

There is a pretty agressive turnaround to complete post. I heard someone say 2 weeks total.
 
HVXguy said:
So, this is a short to show off the AF100? Or a short for film festivals and you are using the AF100 - or both? Or neither???
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This is a short film in and of itself. It was an opportunity to try out the AF100 as well, and get some answers for ourselves and for others.
 
groveChuck said:
Barry- will any clips be posted before the film is finished?
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That is still under discussion. Not really interested in having our stuff savagely attacked. It seems like people only want to tear stuff apart.

I mean, today I got a shot that looks like complete absolute crap. Should I post it?
 
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IMHO...I would opt not to show any individual clips.... and that's because I'm tired of single shots (still life, nature, photoshoot, charts...). I want to see how the images this camera produces help driving a story... that's why I would only show the final result (in glorious donwloadable full HD clip...to play back in my 130" projector screen...). And if I have to wait I'll wait hahaha....I just need some BTS footage to survive...hahaha
 
A few stills from today's shoot. I think we even wrapped early?

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EDIT: not sure why the quality on these images are crap. Must've been an old export setting. I'll fix them after dinner. As Timur would say, I has hunger.
 
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Barry_Green said:
That is still under discussion. Not really interested in having our stuff savagely attacked. It seems like people only want to tear stuff apart.

I mean, today I got a shot that looks like complete absolute crap. Should I post it?
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No, but perhaps tomorrow you guys can record a short clip just for the purposes of providing the raw clip online, that has audio as well. Something that looks really nice. I would love to test an MTS file on my editor.

With regards to your actual clips for the film, you should only release your final best work at the end, graded and complete, with no compromises.

Cheers.
 
Barry_Green said:
That is still under discussion. Not really interested in having our stuff savagely attacked. It seems like people only want to tear stuff apart.

I mean, today I got a shot that looks like complete absolute crap. Should I post it?
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Personally, I would never post anything I shot until the edit was locked and DONE. What's the rush?
 
The film camera (GSMO) with the Redrock mattebox on it:
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Crew lighting an exterior scene:
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Matt's mixer and recorder
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Matt Gottshalk. McGeeDigital. Need I say more?
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Timur with The Howitzer, checking the image on the SmallHD DP6 monitor
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Timur's review of the gear:
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The AF100 with the side handgrip removed, which Mikko has engineered a mount to hang some gear off of:
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This is why Melvin calls himself "The Black Flag"
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Steadi-Guru Mikko, who is likely the first person in the world to fly an AF100 on a Steadicam:
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Melvin hammin' it up:
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(and yes, he really is that tall)
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Kessler Crane giving us an overhead shot straight down:
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Superstar Luis (you may remember him from such classics as "Pipe vs. Machete" and "Depth of Phil" and "Shady, Texas" hanging with awesome makeup/FX artist Chris Payne:
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(this next one is my favorite shot of the day...)
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Mark Harris said:
Why on Earth would anyone compare it to a DSLR? It's a radically different machine.
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Agreed - it's obviously a radically different machine, not to mention in a different price bracket (somewhat).
As to why anyone would compare them - because that's what most of us have been doing a fair amount of shooting on for the past year or more... so it's only natural to start from that point of comparison.
Just take a look at all the "AF100 vs. 7D/5D/60D/T2i/Gh1/Gh2" type threads that we've seen pop up here.

Most people moved to DSLRs because of the larger sensor - but we gave up a lot to do that.
The AF100, from what I've seen, is what most of us wanted DSLRs to be.

Is it perfect? Probably not.
But you're right in saying it's a radically different machine - no question.
 
Day 3 complete!

Justin Netti, Behind The Scenes, here...getting a lot of great content on how this film is being shot, the incredible flow of the crew and the amazing versatility of the AF-100.

Let me put it this way...when you see the preview monitor you may drool just a little bit.

I can't wait till tomorrow!

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Did you mean drooling or drinking. I have no idea what that sentence means! :O)

interNETTI said:
Day 3 complete!

Justin Netti, Behind The Scenes, here...getting a lot of great content on how this film is being shot, the incredible flow of the crew and the amazing versatility of the AF-100.

Let me put it this way...when you see the preview monitor, you won't realize you've been drooling when you see the kind of footage we've shot.

I can't wait till tomorrow!

justinnetti.com
audio / video production and post
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Barry_Green said:
That is still under discussion. Not really interested in having our stuff savagely attacked. It seems like people only want to tear stuff apart.
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Valid concern, as is the discussion you all are having.
OTOH, if the footage got ripped apart, I think the "critic's" opinion would be summarily dismissed and he would be laughed/shouted off the forum.

I guess I had perhaps envisioned a montage of shots that weren't in the film, but captured the location- ie the gorgeous backlit grass, maybe combined with some BTS footage (CUs of cameras, hands on follow focus, etc. "Making of," tease worthy shots).
I would be curious how the ungraded footage compared to final graded footage.

But these are strange times, and I could understand nobody releasing footage at this point. Just thought I'd ask.
 
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