"Diner for Two" - an Anthony Misiano film

Not much else to say about this one, it's extremely well done and shot, very professional. I'm hoping to do a musical myself soon, so I was particularly interested in this.
 
Brandon Rice said:
the "bad" dude, for some reason reminded me of Adam Lambert (American Idol)
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Ha ha yeah, he get's that A LOT. We had a few people walk by while shooting and ask, "Is that Adam Lambert?" I wanted to say yes and make some money selling them autographs... but alas, I was honest:engel017:... and broke.

I told him he could do a unauthorized biography of him but he didn't seem to keen on the idea:)
 
RodThompson said:
WOW...This was awesome! How did you lock down a Diner to shoot in? And how long did it take to shoot the whole thing?

Your opening shots were pro-level.
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Thanks a bunch for the compliments.

I knew I wanted an old fashioned looking diner that wasn't too large. I went to the San Diego film commission and looked through their photo library of locations and then proceeded to scout them out in person. Grab a burger and look around, covertly snap a couple photos to see how the light works in there.

Originally the film was supposed to take place during the day, it's just that kind of story, light mood, uplifting, easy. Securing a location during the day for less than several grand proved to be impossible, so then I decided, okay, night shoot.

The owner of Clayton's Coffee Shop, Mary Frese, is a very sweet woman and a supporter of the arts and only charged me $20 an hour to be there, and that money was simply to pay the person who stayed in the store while we shot to keep an eye on things.

We shot 3 nights. Out initial set up took from about 9pm to 10:30pm, and then we actively shot from about 10:30pm to about 3am each night with a (roughly) half hour meal break each night. We'd clean up from 3am to 4am, and be home between 4:30am and 5am.
 
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Anthony, what a nice surprise for QuestFest! At first watching, I was thinking 'uh, oh, attempt at a musical', but it didn't disappoint.

The cinematography was beautiful and the camera movement didn't distract. It was very comfortable to watch. I understand what a challenge it can be to acquire a location like that, so thumbs up to you on that.

The location added a lot of production value to an already well written piece. Good job! :thumbsup:
 
Liked a lot of the shots in this piece. You really worked the moving camera and matched it well with the dolly shots. The acting was great, the singing and audio great. My only little nit, I didn’t like the one handheld shot.

[FONT=&quot]Otherwise great production! Thanks for showing![/FONT]
 
kurtmo said:
Liked a lot of the shots in this piece. You really worked the moving camera and matched it well with the dolly shots. The acting was great, the singing and audio great. My only little nit, I didn’t like the one handheld shot.

[FONT=&quot]Otherwise great production! Thanks for showing![/FONT]
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I know how you feel about that handheld shot. It's one of two shots in the film that I'm not really happy with. I won't mention the other, because no one but I would notice it.
 
Easily the most gutsy entry of this fest (so far anyway)... I'll be surprised if I see something more daring this time around.
 
Hey .. Great / Sweet Musical ... Loved it ... although the Voice of the main Character at the very first shot he is singing is a bit off, and the music of the bad guy ... is a bit loud that his and the woman's singing are not understood ... but those are the only minor faults i could find ... very entertaining ... Great Film ... Very much looking forward to your next entry ....
 
Very beautifully filmed, as always. Simple, good story. I think it may have been better if all the dialog wasn't sung, but I'm not entirely sure. Great work and high marks, nonetheless. Good luck! :)
 
Wow man! I (thankfully) came into this one completely blind and was caught off guard by the fact that this was a musical...or i guess more of an opera! Bravo dude, you did a great job!
 
Refreshing change of pace here. Very well made film. Technically, it was very good. Great cinematography and crisp colorful images. Story was sweet and simple. The actors did a great job as well. I really enjoyed this one. Good work!
 
Fresh, surprising, very very well done, and lovely in any way.

My one and only 10 Star in this fest. :thumbsup:

Great work.

Frank
 
jeremytuttle said:
We did the 3 600 Watt China Balls down the middle of the Diner for an all over fill. Each one had 2 300 Watt Fluo. Bulbs.
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Thanks again for the info Jeremy. When you say you used 300 watt fluo bulbs, do you mean they were 300 watt tungsten equivalent, and are actually 85 watts? I've been shopping around and the highest fluos I've found are 200watt screw-in bulbs that are 600watt tungsten equivalent:
http://www.1000bulbs.com/150-to-200-Watt-Compact-Fluorscent/33999/

Were your bulbs scew-in or plug-in? Will I end up being able to use the bulb linked above?

Also, how were you guys fitting two bulbs in a single china ball? Did you just tape both sockets to the inside of the ball? I didn't think they were designed to hold two bulbs unless you guys modded them.

I'm shopping around if you couldn't tell :).
 
mentatDUKE said:
Thanks again for the info Jeremy. When you say you used 300 watt fluo bulbs, do you mean they were 300 watt tungsten equivalent, and are actually 85 watts? I've been shopping around and the highest fluos I've found are 200watt screw-in bulbs that are 600watt tungsten equivalent:
http://www.1000bulbs.com/150-to-200-Watt-Compact-Fluorscent/33999/

Were your bulbs scew-in or plug-in? Will I end up being able to use the bulb linked above?

Also, how were you guys fitting two bulbs in a single china ball? Did you just tape both sockets to the inside of the ball? I didn't think they were designed to hold two bulbs unless you guys modded them.

I'm shopping around if you couldn't tell :).
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Yeah, 300 watt equivalent (actually 68 watts) and screw in type. Got them at Home Depot in the more specialized/big light bulb section (for outside wall lights). They were about twenty bucks each. Keep in mind these bulbs are huge. The ones we got were about ten inches long the ones you found 13 inches. So a small china ball isn't going to cut it:) Unless you just put on bulb in each china.

My brother and I basically took a small 1to3 plug adapter and then got two fixtures that just had the two wires dangling out the end and connected those to short extensions that we plugged into the 1to3 adapter. So then the bulbs kinda just hung down on the five/six inch extensions and the adapter created a natural blank space in between (remember to tape the connections spots cause you don't want a cord with a bulb on it to slip out).

What we also use (for smaller sized bulbs 75w to 100w equivalent) is the simple 1 to 2 screw in y adpaters. Use three of those you have four bulbs, use seven of them you get eight bulbs and so on.

Let me know how the ones you found work. They seem a bit expensive but you could a lot more light doubling up the ones you found compared to the ones we got.
 
Watching and commenting. (although I've watched this a few times)

Record player: money.

Tiltles and spoon tapping: money, you're batting a thousand here buddy.

"Look in your eyes and see" is way out of tune.

God, dolly shot and subsequent cuts are seamless.

This singing is still out of tune.

Okay, Brothers Tuttle are knocking this out of the park (second baseball reference) Joe=jealous camera movement is ****ing flawless and exciting whilst being not distracting. Way to go guys!

Dudes at counter are fantastic, great acting/appropriateness to film

Singing is killing me.

Ooh, tough guy can sing!

Like the compresson/distortion on his vox as well

Damn, shot at 3:04 WINDOW WALL PROJECTION. Can I bear your children?

This needs a stronger thematic element in the songwriting.

Orch hits on the punching=happiness.

4:18. Lighting is amazing, dof, composition, yep, nailed it.

The story is great too, not to complicated, yet totally grabs the attention.

Blocking is excellent.

Watch those "in between" notes on the runs, etc... they're falling out of tune.

The synth drum and bass sounds are very GM (general MIDI) This would rock with some real instrumentation.

Dolly in on the two at the end is awesome.

Okay, This is so good. The singing and songwriting I have a problem with. I think this film needs a musical "theme" and some better singers, Their voices are nice, but man, the intonation killed me the whole way through. Everything else, spot on.

Nice work guys.:D
 
one of my favorites from the fest. in fact one of the only ones i remember at this point. entertaining and well produced. bad rocker guy was great.. i too.. yes.. i too was thinking adam lambert. anyway. :) hmm.. nothing really bad to say about this one.. .maybe couldve focused a little more on quest (charachter initiating quest on own initiative). as it felt a little like the opportunity sort of fell into his lap and all of a sudden he loved her specifically vs in the beginning it sounded like he would take about anyone with the whole.. "i just want love". ..had he said "her" instead of "love" .. sure they wouldnt have been lyrically balanced as well, but it wouldve made more questy sense. :) ..anyway . great great job on this one guys.
 
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