CLEAN - A short, short film by Mike O'Dea (Ifocus)

[SCHEN]

Continuity and development possibilities aside. Your short was damn good looking. Music adds different elements/emotions to different people, I liked the Cash choice, overly stylized..... whats wrong with that. Gave it a sense of desperation. (Last time I dropped a knife it stuck about 1" into my foot, so that part gave me some stress) From one New Englander to another, nice work. I'm looking forward to Townies.

 

[ShamrockFilms]

hey shamrock. I liked your short. i was risky and unique not showing the persons face. I really like that about it. I mean it could be developed a bit more, maybe add more shots and different angles to speed up the tension. Maybe add sound effects and more subtle music to build tension also. But i like the idea. Also the look is very nice. I actually own an ifocus that i purchased used. I dont see them around anymore. Tell you the truth, it for me is one of the best 35mm adapters out there. What lens size did you use. what did you edit on? And how was your lighting setup? What did you use for CC? All in all i like the idea. I mean if you just develope a bit more as far as shots and editing you have something that doesnt need much details. Its a short. Anyway keep it up!

Thank you everyone for your support in my feature film "Townies". Please bookmark http://www.towniesmovie.com and check up on our cast, we have a few known actors coming on board, Tom Sizemore likely to be one of them.

Deckard, I missed your questions previously.

Lens - Nikon lens Series E 50mm

Lights - I have 3200 watts of Tungsten lights at my pals house, so I was stuck using a clamp on utility lights. I found an image of one on google and attached it. That light is actually part of the Townies lighting kit. I can't recommend them enough. They're great for spot you need to hit, like under a bar top aiming up at the bartender or back lighting. I didn't backlight the bathroom in "Clean", because I forgot too, wish I had.

For the floor shot I had the bathroom light on, the basic lights above the sink that are part of the mirror, and I put the clamp on lam on the floor pretty close to my shoes, just off screen. Without that light it was almost black and you couldn't see any shine in my shoes. That light was magic for that shot, good research for furture use.

For the sink shots I had the clam on light clamped directly above the sink, at the bottom of the mirror, just off screen of the sink. I knew once I color corrected the footage I was going to lose 50% of the light. The attached images will give you an example of the difference.

Color Correction - Magic Bullet all the way. I always tweak their presets but I love them just the same. It just amazes me the difference and the money we save not having to send it out to a lab. The Digital revolution is ripping big hollywood studios a new A@s hole.

Edit - I edit on a Mac G5 HD editing system 1.2 Terrabytes of harddrive, 4gb ram, Kona 2, K-box, 32 inch live edit monitor. I bought the system off an HD editor who needed to upgrade. He said he put $15k into it, I got it for $5,500. I bought it to edit "Townies" on, originally we were going to shoot with the HVX, but not only was the DVX cheaper but it resulted in a grittier image that I was looking for in the movie. The actual editing was done on FCP.