Corrado Part II

Hey Adam I came a couple of days ago to read the post and found it gone. I was upset to say the least. I then went to your site and looked all around and read your blog.

It was the first time seeing the trailer and I loved it. Hey is that you blazing away with the two others shooting it up in the film?

Hey gotta be in there someplace.

I'm glad you decided to try DVX User again and for one I appreciate all that I have learned form this post.

Too bad about the truck, it was a nice little setup, but thats what the hired help is to provide. Labor and equipment.

I'm sure you have decided that running the operation is tough enough. Spread the wealth around and keep your sanity by having yourself surrounded by competent people.

Good luck
 
Jason Ramsey said:
Looking good, man. Here's to a productive, informative, drama free thread :)

Looking forward to your updates.

Later,
Jason
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Thanks Jason, you get the credit for bringing me back. Also props to Hudson and Caffese who were never very far away and encouraged me back.
 
Michael T said:
Hey Adam I came a couple of days ago to read the post and found it gone. I was upset to say the least. I then went to your site and looked all around and read your blog.

It was the first time seeing the trailer and I loved it. Hey is that you blazing away with the two others shooting it up in the film?

Hey gotta be in there someplace.

I'm glad you decided to try DVX User again and for one I appreciate all that I have learned form this post.

Too bad about the truck, it was a nice little setup, but thats what the hired help is to provide. Labor and equipment.

I'm sure you have decided that running the operation is tough enough. Spread the wealth around and keep your sanity by having yourself surrounded by competent people.

Good luck
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Nope - no cameos for me! I wanted to have one but there was never a good time for me to slip in. Too busy!

I was at a party last night, and I played the trailer. When it ended the audience erupted in applause and cheering, and I felt so proud! My friends were like "You made that!!!???" - That's what it's all about for me - pleasing the audience, not being in the film.
 
Adam,
Happy to see you back.......By the way....that was an awesome spread about you and the movie in VideoPro Mag......we are all proud of you!

Billy
 
Hey Adam,

I just finished reading part three in HDVP, very cool!

I hope the added gravitas of the articles helps in your distribution deals.

Chris
 
visugeek said:
Hey Adam,

I just finished reading part three in HDVP, very cool!

I hope the added gravitas of the articles helps in your distribution deals.

Chris
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Part three??????

I wonder if part three is out already...

Was it the production part - the one where I am silhouetted on the left page? If so, that was part two.

I wonder if part three is out already...

As for gravitas, the articles are huge in meetings with distributors. It's not every day a guy shows up with two magazines with four or five page articles and giant pictures of himself within. They have been invaluable thus far, and Dan Brockett is the man to thank there.....

Anyways I haven't forgotten about you, Chris. I've got a lot of exciting things planned for H14!
 
hey adam,

i've been reading the first Corrado thread very closely and after everything you're said i expected a better trailer than that. Sorry but it just looks like a B Grade Action film. Maybe you should have spent more time in pre and invested some more money into it or something. I respect that you have gone and made a movie but i don't respect how arrogant you come across.

good day
 
Adam,

Nope, it's the December issue.

It showed up last Saturday. It's the post production, color correction, sound composer article. "Rock'n'Rolla" is on the cover. You're in good company with this one.

Dan put together a really nice piece. The last paragraph is publicity that you couldn't buy. You need to send him a case of scotch for this one. :)

I've been up to my eyeballs in work myself for the last few weeks. I can't wait to see what you have lined up in Hangar 14, I'm sure that it's going to be rock!

Not that you are hitting AFM, but if you are, good luck. Between the HDVP articles, your cast, and your footage, you should do quite well. This kind of free press and buzz has got to be worth gold to the distributors.

Limited theatrical would be quite a cool deal for your first film if they are down with it. They might want to look into a Digital release as opposed to Film. Since nothing about your film has been traditional, why stop now. It might leave them more money for advertising or allow them to put it up on more screens for the same cash. I think currently there are about 1600 digital screens nationwide and will be 5000+ by 2010 or so I'm told.

Congrats again on the article, Cheers!

Chris
 
jonesy123 said:
hey adam,

i've been reading the first Corrado thread very closely and after everything you're said i expected a better trailer than that. Sorry but it just looks like a B Grade Action film. Maybe you should have spent more time in pre and invested some more money into it or something. I respect that you have gone and made a movie but i don't respect how arrogant you come across.

good day
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Sorry I didn't meet your expectations. Your panacea of spending more time in prepro or a larger budget seem sort of off the cuff. What is your basis for those suggestions?

Life is so simple when you're seventeen, isn't it Jonesy?
 
Hey guys, I know I missed most of the drama on the original post. But Taormina - thanks so much for sharing the information you have. It is really indispensable. I am gearing up to enter into pre-prod on a feature myself.

Hearing what you did really helps.

But Jonesy, please let's keep this a friendly thread okay? I know I am not a mod - but really - is stuff like that needed when we are talking about how to move a film from pre through to sale?

Why try and kill this thing when it is only on page 3.

That said - I really hope this can stay civil and stay around. No matter what anyone tells you taormina, you did well. Best of luck with everything coming up - and I intend on reading this thing all the way through.

Best,

-Matty
 
Hey Adam,

You mentioned that the hvx camera's you were shooting on was never a concern of the agents or actors, I think you might have said no one ever asked. Are distributors asking what it was shot on? Do they care?
 
ChipG said:
Hey Adam,

You mentioned that the hvx camera's you were shooting on was never a concern of the agents or actor, I think you might have said no one ever asked. Are distributors asking what it was shot on? Do they care?
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Chip,

Very interesting question. Ask me after I sell the film, but to date, only one person asked what the film was shot on and exactly nobody cared that it was shot on HD when I mentioned it. It just hasn't been a factor.

Personally, I'd have liked to have shot it on film, just because I love the look and I think it would be more marketable, but i have been second guessing the "more marketable" statement. Maybe I'm wrong about that. Maybe the indie world really has revolutionized digital film making to the point of widespread acceptance.

You guys have only seen the milky vimeo'd SD footage, but the HD footage really looks filmic, a testament to the HVX. It does not look like it was shot on film, but it does look filmic.

Another interesting fact - Once they learn it was shot on HD no one cares what camera was used. I'm not sure in my budget level there was any advantage to shooting on RED, F900, F23, whatever solely in order to make the film more marketable. I just don't think it matters at this level.
 
taormina said:
Another interesting fact - Once they learn it was shot on HD no one cares what camera was used. I'm not sure in my budget level there was any advantage to shooting on RED, F900, F23, whatever solely in order to make the film more marketable. I just don't think it matters at this level.
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I think that's probably a very true statement - and in the end you probably did well to spend less on your camera package and put more of your money on the screen (both in production value and talent).

I guarantee no one would be more impressed with the film if you had shot on RED and didn't have Sizemore or Messner on the screen.

Making a film at this budget level is obviously full of compromises at every stage - and it seems like you made the right call on what you could and could not compromise so far.

Glad to see you back - and looking forward to the rest of this story.
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taormina said:
Chip,

Very interesting question. Ask me after I sell the film, but to date, only one person asked what the film was shot on and exactly nobody cared that it was shot on HD when I mentioned it. It just hasn't been a factor.

Personally, I'd have liked to have shot it on film, just because I love the look and I think it would be more marketable, but i have been second guessing the "more marketable" statement. Maybe I'm wrong about that. Maybe the indie world really has revolutionized digital film making to the point of widespread acceptance.

You guys have only seen the milky vimeo'd SD footage, but the HD footage really looks filmic, a testament to the HVX. It does not look like it was shot on film, but it does look filmic.

Another interesting fact - Once they learn it was shot on HD no one cares what camera was used. I'm not sure in my budget level there was any advantage to shooting on RED, F900, F23, whatever solely in order to make the film more marketable. I just don't think it matters at this level.
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I haven't been participatin' in the Corrado threads much but I have been watchin' and readin'. This is a very interesting topic to touch on. In the end, does it really matter what camera you shot? It's either FILM or VIDEO for the most part and I can see investors or those ready to purchase not really caring unless they're plannin' on gettin' the movie into theaters.

Were there no questions about that? I remember you mentioning that the movie might get a theatrical release. In that case, did the camera/originating format (DVCproHD) come into question or not yet?

THE SIGNAL got it's limited theatrical release, shot XL-H1 and looks downright nice especially for the content. It had that going for it. I wonder, in the end, if they would have shot HVX200 + Adapter would it have affected them in a negative way?
 
I have a buddy who I helped shoot a movie this past summer on two Reds and now he wants to upgrade them to Epic's when they come out, I keep telling him to put the money on the screen. It's crazy! I'd refer him to this thread but since I wrote this I can't. If you see this message deleted in the future you know why.
 
Kholi said:
Were there no questions about that? I remember you mentioning that the movie might get a theatrical release. In that case, did the camera/originating format (DVCproHD) come into question or not yet?

THE SIGNAL got it's limited theatrical release, shot XL-H1 and looks downright nice especially for the content. It had that going for it. I wonder, in the end, if they would have shot HVX200 + Adapter would it have affected them in a negative way?
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Not so far, Kholi.

Interesting story about the Signal. When Shoreline was heavily courting Corrado, before I turned them down, they trotted out the Signal story. Did you know the ownership of Shoreline produced this film?

Total budget, about $50k, but it did have tons of deferments. I suspect it was about a $200K film. Shoreline sold it to Magnolia for........$2.3 Million!!!!

Nice!
 
Chip, I agree.

Use the best camera you can afford and that fits your needs. No one will notice in the end.
 
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