"Diner for Two" - an Anthony Misiano film

06/27/2009

Updated. Plenty of cool behind the scenes photos added from the shoot. Check them out. First page, third post.
 
I vote BEST BTS stuff I've ever seen! Really nice job. Someday I hope to know what it's like to have a crew.

This is a Must-see!
 
Anthony, it looks like you had a lot of fun making this, and that's the best thing!

Great location... and it looks like a period piece? You always seem to challenge yourself with story or costumes, locations, etc. Good for you!

I'm looking forward to seeing your film!
 
06/30/2009
Just finished recording some pretty hard core foley work, lol. Seriously so much fun. I think I'm gonna put together a special feature on the DVD for the foley work that had to be done. We got good dialogue, but there were so many unique sounds in that diner we shot in that were not successfully captured that we had to go in and get in post. Glasses, plates, silverware, coffee pots, shoes, footsteps, yada yada.
 
07/01/2009
So in keeping to the 6 minute time frame I found my film ran a little long, but luckily only a little.

If you watch and feel the ending is just the tiniest but incomplete, I'd agree with you. Basically two of our characters exit a building at the end, but now instead of finishing off with the external of the building, we simply finish seeing them start to leave from inside.

Not a big loss. For the first time I WILL be doing the whole 1 frame of credits thing though. As well as staring some audio during the leader (which I planned to do anyone to set the mood). Ah well. Rules are in place for a reason. Hope everyone enjoys.

Coming up is the part I always suffer with the most. Exporting. The last two fests in a row I've had problems here. You all remember the audio fiasco with STUPENDOUS. When I export with the h.264 codec my audio goes out of sync about 11 frames.

Wish me luck.
 
That six minute thing is a pain sometimes...

Looks like you had a fun shoot. Can't wait to see it. Hopefully the export process is a little more forgiving this time.
 
Looks like you made it in - suffered some of the same problems with audio you did last time on my export - any good way to fix it? I just ended up shifting the entire audio track 4 frames and that took care of it, but would love a better fix than that...

Good luck in the fest!
 
Jeff Anderson said:
Looks like you made it in - suffered some of the same problems with audio you did last time on my export - any good way to fix it? I just ended up shifting the entire audio track 4 frames and that took care of it, but would love a better fix than that...

Good luck in the fest!
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I was never able to figure out how to fix the audio issue I experienced with STUPENDOUS. This time around I just went with exporting as an mov instead of an mp4. Picture quality (in my opinion) not QUITE as clear and sharp, but still good enough.
 
Michelle J. LaBonney said:
I am really curious how you got your location. Was there a budget for the location fees or did you know someone? It is so perfect!
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Got lucky, the owner was VERY nice and VERY open to the idea of people filming there. Only charged me about $20 an hour and that was just to pay the person who'd be there sort of watching over the place, which ended up just being her mother! Luckily for me the layout of the place was almost exactly what I had in mind when coming up with the story.
 
Good luck mate. From your bts etc, looks like you guys really put a lot into it. I hope you get your reward for doing so.
 
Are you poo pooing kidding me? That was poo pooing fantastic!

That's all I have to say at this time.
 
An opera! This is the kind of fun I was looking for with Quest Fest! I was sort of floored by how well structured the entire piece was as well as the smooth sound design/mixing.

I feel that the film was blocked very well. The cuts and the camera's all-seeing eye seemed to work fluidly together. Cinematography is very strong. I find it particularly interesting that the film shows moments of stage-like direction, but it is primarily shot like a traditional intimate love story--S/RS setups, lines of axis, etc.

Excuse me for not getting a little more involved with the analysis, but I'm beat tonight! There weren't really any particular "faults" with the film. Some might come right out and call it "schmaltzy" or "cheesy"...and that may be so to just a small degree, but I really enjoyed it.

Nice work! :thumbsup:
 
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