Below average cinema

Re: Below average cinema

I think this will get moved because it wasn't shot on a DVX.

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Re: Below average cinema

[quote author=antOmic link=board=Offtopic;num=1107503961;start=0#1 date=02/03/05 at 23:47:21]I think this will get moved because it wasn't shot on a DVX.

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But he used DVX100 correctly in a sentence, so it's OK.
 
Re: Below average cinema

Anyone is welcome to post links to non-DVX clips in the Cafe, just not in the Screengrabs/Clips forum or in DVXfest.
 
I thought it was very interesting. The images and scenes were quite dramatic. You definitely have something to say. It was intentionally dark, I know. I LIKE dark, but many of your scenes were too dark to gain an appreciation of what was actually happening in the scene. Some of your scenes needed only athe addition of some MED. or CU shots to bring the viewer more into the story. As it was, in addidtion to some scenes being too dark you add to that the camera being so far away that the action was difficult to identify and the faces were too small.

I just couldn't follow the events and after watching it only once All I can tell you is that the guy loved the girl and he was into voodoo and I think she died and then he did some stuff in a parking lot and some other stuff with maybe some other folks and then he laid down beside her and she came alive/woke up and he died (went to sleep?).

As for the sound, the cuts you used were appropriate to each of the scenes and they were the right volume. It seemed there were moments between the cuts when there was NO sound at all. This made me move closer to my speakers and even turn them up. But, when the next sound cut began my ears got BLASTED. I would have looked for an appropriate sound bed that would run the length of the film or actually when the highly dramatic music wasn't being played.

It might be similar to TYPING IN ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME AND WHEN YOU ARE TYPING IN CAPS IT IS LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING. THEN WHEN YOU AREN'T SHOUTING YOU ARE SAYING NOTHING AT ALL.



But we know something is going on because we see the action taking place before our eyes.

IMO, this film isn't very far from being a very entertaining film. Adding some MED & CU shots here and there, adding a sound/music bed and taking a look at the film with fresh eyes to determine which scenes can be shot, re-shot or deleted so that your message, your STORY is made clear.

I'm not saying you cant or shouldnt use mystery to tell the story. Im not saying you cant be subtle. But theres a point when you can be too subtle. Like a woman who is so subtle in letting you know she's interested in you that you don't even stop to talk with her. You dont have to SCREAM the message and make it a BILLBOARD or a POSTER, but you do need to make sure you do everything possible to get your story told.

I was pleased by your powerful, memorable images and hope you can learn from this film and create some more. You have talent.

Also, the DVC7 is surprisingly watchable. I'm pleasantly surprised and may get one, myself! LOL

P.S. I just found this site for Joe's Filters http://www.joesfilters.com/joesgradients.php
and among other kinds of filters that apparently are all included in the package for one low price there is one which simulates Tiffen Gradient Filters and would allow you to, let's say, shoot a scene very well lit, then in post (using FCP) you could darken the scene to achieve the dark feel you want, but you can control how dark or how light it looks. Check it out. Included is also a "film look" plug-in filter, too, since you aren't yet shooting 24p on a DVX100A. There are downloadable demos you can try as well. If you choose to buy, they are a bargain at $95.
 
I thought it was pretty damn cool.

Some of the stuff in the garage looked great...kind of 'Matrix'-y, in a good way.

She seems oddly happy, at the end, though, when she re-animates (?) and sees him lying there dead (?) with a big hole in his chest.

I liked it. Be sure to post linkage to what you do next!
 
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