DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY - sci fi/action short

nice work mark.

i have a question about MAGIC BULLET. do you use the MAGIC BULLET EDITORS or MAGIC BULLET SUITE? do i understand correctly that MBE works right inside of the effects pallete in FCP and the MBS works inside of AFTER EFFECTS? i'm wondering if there's additional compression via renders of content into and out of AFTER EFFECTS vs. applying the effects right inside of FCP.

any info is appreciated.

thanks everyone.

jf
 
jfisher said:
nice work mark.

i have a question about MAGIC BULLET. do you use the MAGIC BULLET EDITORS or MAGIC BULLET SUITE? do i understand correctly that MBE works right inside of the effects pallete in FCP and the MBS works inside of AFTER EFFECTS? i'm wondering if there's additional compression via renders of content into and out of AFTER EFFECTS vs. applying the effects right inside of FCP.

any info is appreciated.

thanks everyone.

jf
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I'm using magic bullet in premiere actually. everything gets rendered at once when you export the film. in AE it works the same. btw, i just started using a program called Nucleo for AE that optimizes rendering for dual core processors. You guys might want to check that out if you use a lot of Magic Bullet... hope this helps.

and thanks everyone for the posts!!
 
thanks mark.

i'm using FCP on a quadcore g5 and haven't used MAGIC BULLET before. i'm thinking about getting it and and am wondering what's the best approach.

so you're using MAGIC BULLET EDITORS inside of PREMIERE?

since i'm not that familiar with AE, i like the work flow of applying the MB filters right inside the NLE.

thanks again. when/where will there be a nyc screening of DS?

jf
 
hey mark what was ur budget on ur film ?? , and i havent finshed reading ur blogs but read the one with ur wife wrote great lady when u get hollywwod buck dont forget to shell out that big kobe diamond bro , and are u planing on selling this as dvd soon as u finshed Mark ??

peace n luv

Mark Dog
 
jfisher said:
thanks mark.

i'm using FCP on a quadcore g5 and haven't used MAGIC BULLET before. i'm thinking about getting it and and am wondering what's the best approach.

so you're using MAGIC BULLET EDITORS inside of PREMIERE?

since i'm not that familiar with AE, i like the work flow of applying the MB filters right inside the NLE.

thanks again. when/where will there be a nyc screening of DS?

jf
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hey jf, yeah it's great to pull up MB from inside the NLE. render times can take forever tho, but you can just walk away once it starts and come back the next day.

planning to have an nyc screening, but right now just focusing on getting the roughcut, foley, soundtrack, and cgi done!!
 
ok last question -sorry i'm sounding so dense - but i haven't used AE or MB before, so if i get the MB SUITE, which works in AE, how do i get my content out of FCP, into AE/MB and back again?

jf
 
jfisher said:
ok last question -sorry i'm sounding so dense - but i haven't used AE or MB before, so if i get the MB SUITE, which works in AE, how do i get my content out of FCP, into AE/MB and back again?

jf
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this i'm not too sure about since i don't use Apple. AE can open Premiere projects so that's what I'm planning to do once i'm done with the fine cut to render out with MB. for single fx clips, i work in AE and just render as uncompressed video and import the result into premiere for editing.

i know that the new production suite from adobe has even more integration, but i guess none of this info helps you cuz you're working in fcp. sorry man.

mc
 
Cheesesailor77 said:
...budget?
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I spent roughly $5k in cash on this film, but there are a lot of caveats -

1) Almost everyone worked for free or for a severe discount on this project. many of them are very experienced so I owe them a lot for boosting the value. I believe they should be included in the budget some how

2) i work as a web application developer so I bartered my services with many who donated time and equipment on the film. this totalled roughly $15k. and i'm still working to repay all of them with websites!

3) there are a lot of things I had to build by hand like costumes and sets, and I also ransacked my house for things I could "recycle" into film props.

I mention these caveats because i think it'd be extremely misleading to just say it was a $5k project.

no one said film financing and budgeting was simple!

what do you guys think?

[EDIT: i've since spent $14K on the film..saving up..spending..saving up...etc! but i'm just about done!!]
 
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Slimothy said:
Hey Mark,
How long is the film exactly?

Great job BTW. Tim.
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thanks slimothy! we're going to come in at around 22 minutes. Trying to get it to that standard 30 minute show format (includes commercial time).
 
Mark,

It looks great! I'm not surprised though, I've met Patyk Rebisz (the DP) before and he is excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished film.

Jersey rocks.

Chris
 
CMessineo said:
Mark,

It looks great! I'm not surprised though, I've met Patyk Rebisz (the DP) before and he is excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished film.

Jersey rocks.

Chris
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hey chris, yeah, patryk's great! we got along well and I loved his work...he's definitely on for the next project! mc
 
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hey all, i just posted some updates of the 3D fx in my film, you can watch it here
The 3D work was outsourced to Art Duck Studios, a small shop in Poland.

This is another FX reel that's all DVX footage with all 2D fx done by myself in After Effects. Keep in mind that i rented non-firing gun replicas, so all those muzzle flashes are my own (oh why did they have to shoot so much??? :)

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mc
 
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