Cheesesailor77
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnd... 1000!
Thanks for all the help guys. Because of this site I bought my camera which was a life changing event for me and you've had answers for all the questions I've come up with. I've learned more from this forum than any film class I've taken. Couldn't have made half my stuff without ya'
THANKS AGAIN!
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Ok, well not only am I not up to creating a 1000 posts video, but my camera officially has dirty heads and needs to be sent in. However, I will now do something I have NEVER done on this board... post my work.
Besides a single high school project, here is my entire catalog of work. Hopefully you can see the progression.
(i havnt mastered the art of cropping, so you might see some stuff on the sides that you don't see on tv)
October 2004: "Spanish Project" - This was right after I received my camera and was chomping at the bit to shoot something. My friend called me and said his spanish class required they do a movie and he immidiately knew who to call. This is the second thing I'd ever done so its rough lol. See if you can stick with it. The script is pretty funny, but honestly, I'm not sure whether it's funner if you speak spanish or english.
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/spanishproject.mov (47mb)
December 2004: "Music Video" - Ok, so basically my first 2 things sucked (what do you expect) so I was dead set on making something I wasn't embarassed to actually show to ppl. So I got my band mates to agree to spend 1 night in a warehouse in Salinas, pretending to play a Deftones song. I spent hours practicing lighting techniques nights before. We ending up starting at about 7pm and by 4am, everyone was sick of it and we went home unfinished. However when I showed them the finished results everyone was very impressed and loved seeing themselves on "film".
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/musicvideohigh.mov (12mb)
June 2005: “Dormez Vous” – So this was my first semester taking Film/Video production. At the end of every semester they have a mini film fest and show everyone’s work. I had seen the previous semesters work and had notice how many students chose very heavy, arty projects that were sure to win them lots of awards. Unfortunatly, the community college film education our school was providing apparently wasn’t preparing them for such tasks and they were horrible pretentious garbage. So this is MY horribly arty, pretentious, foreign film
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/dormezvous.mov (23mb)
December 2005 “Revolver Trailer” – Spaghetti westerns rule, and I felt it was time to tackle a real narrative short, with a real plot, dialog, and real, adult actors. Unfortunatly I had no idea what I was getting into and honestly thought I could shoot 15 pages in 2 weekends (maybe some ppl can, but I work slow and don’t skimp on set-ups). Anyway, 6 months later and I’m still not finished with it (close though).
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/traileronline.mov (19mb)
May 2006 “’Til Undeath Do Us Part” – My take on John Hudson’s “Luper” (thanks again for the support John!)
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/undeathhigh.mov (27mb)
So once again, this community had a lot to do with me going from a Bass player in high school to a Filmmaker in college. Hope you have as much fun watching as I did making
Thanks for all the help guys. Because of this site I bought my camera which was a life changing event for me and you've had answers for all the questions I've come up with. I've learned more from this forum than any film class I've taken. Couldn't have made half my stuff without ya'
THANKS AGAIN!
EDIT:--------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok, well not only am I not up to creating a 1000 posts video, but my camera officially has dirty heads and needs to be sent in. However, I will now do something I have NEVER done on this board... post my work.
Besides a single high school project, here is my entire catalog of work. Hopefully you can see the progression.
(i havnt mastered the art of cropping, so you might see some stuff on the sides that you don't see on tv)October 2004: "Spanish Project" - This was right after I received my camera and was chomping at the bit to shoot something. My friend called me and said his spanish class required they do a movie and he immidiately knew who to call. This is the second thing I'd ever done so its rough lol. See if you can stick with it. The script is pretty funny, but honestly, I'm not sure whether it's funner if you speak spanish or english.
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/spanishproject.mov (47mb)
December 2004: "Music Video" - Ok, so basically my first 2 things sucked (what do you expect) so I was dead set on making something I wasn't embarassed to actually show to ppl. So I got my band mates to agree to spend 1 night in a warehouse in Salinas, pretending to play a Deftones song. I spent hours practicing lighting techniques nights before. We ending up starting at about 7pm and by 4am, everyone was sick of it and we went home unfinished. However when I showed them the finished results everyone was very impressed and loved seeing themselves on "film".
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/musicvideohigh.mov (12mb)
June 2005: “Dormez Vous” – So this was my first semester taking Film/Video production. At the end of every semester they have a mini film fest and show everyone’s work. I had seen the previous semesters work and had notice how many students chose very heavy, arty projects that were sure to win them lots of awards. Unfortunatly, the community college film education our school was providing apparently wasn’t preparing them for such tasks and they were horrible pretentious garbage. So this is MY horribly arty, pretentious, foreign film
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/dormezvous.mov (23mb)
December 2005 “Revolver Trailer” – Spaghetti westerns rule, and I felt it was time to tackle a real narrative short, with a real plot, dialog, and real, adult actors. Unfortunatly I had no idea what I was getting into and honestly thought I could shoot 15 pages in 2 weekends (maybe some ppl can, but I work slow and don’t skimp on set-ups). Anyway, 6 months later and I’m still not finished with it (close though).
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/traileronline.mov (19mb)
May 2006 “’Til Undeath Do Us Part” – My take on John Hudson’s “Luper” (thanks again for the support John!)
http://www.stickypod.com/videos/data/541/undeathhigh.mov (27mb)
So once again, this community had a lot to do with me going from a Bass player in high school to a Filmmaker in college. Hope you have as much fun watching as I did making
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