"Got Cow?" short documentary film

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georgizdr

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Hi everyone. My first entry into the D90 lexicon.

This is a short documentary film (23:51) produced for a "Green Screen" festival with a topic of "sustainability", shot on location in the Rhodope mountains in Bulgaria. Cinematic quality is compromised at times for the sake of storytelling, but I would otherwise appreciate all comments/constructive criticism you might have. Hope you find it enjoyable.

http://vimeo.com/4649113
 
Hey George,

just finished watching the entire thing with my girlfriend and it was really really enjoyable. some of the shots were absolutely terrific and we often found ourselves saying, "awww" or going back to watch the little ones jumping around.

You got some nice results, but interesting enough, this time around my lady and i found ourselves saying, " Wow, this really looks like a 1970's movie." And I think part of that was due to the majority of the shots being over exposed. The framing was terrific and i really liked the pacing, but i wouldn't have mind seeing those shots a little less exposed.

Great work!

-J
 
If it hadn´t been for the car and the money, I would have thought it´s about several 100 years ago. Really nice shots, light and colors. One feels the strong relationship with nature in these people...
 
Hi Zim. Most of the audio is the d90's own, combined with some on-site stereo recordings done with a Rode NT4 + Marantz PMD660 and some post-production sounds.
 
Nice documentary Georgi!

It makes me want to spend a couple of weeks on a farm. City life is making me sick...
 
Hi Georgidr,

the first 9 minutes didn't work for me it dragged on ,but after reading the comments the other posted I thought I should stick it through. I would shorten the first nine minutes and insert in the first music sequence or just right after the rooster cock a doodle do.
There are some really nice shot in there but the skew of the D90 bothered me .A few cuts are really sloppy.9 :01 the fade out, 12 :24 , 14 :21.
Its still is an intresting doc none the less. Watch it tree times....
 
I agree with you on those points. Noone should ever make themselves watch something just because others think it's good, though. That's just asking for bad reviews. Appreciate the feedback.
 
The Film really had an "aged" look, but the (very) rural setting with all the earthy colors probably helped more to that, than the D90´s image rendition.
The skew and motion rendition was annoying sometimes, but everything had such a consistant look and feel, that this is a great example for the usefullness of the D90 in the right hands!

(One thing though content wise: I always get annoyed when seeing meat and dairy production in the context of "green" or "sustainability".
I mean, it´s 2009, the facts are out there, animal farming is the biggest factor when it comes to destroying our enviroment and climate and even in this rural setting there already was a form of mass production.
Meat and dairy just ain´t green.)
 
You hit it right on the mark, the film is actually anti-green by nature. The way I see it, "green" has become the anti-thesis for pollution. Where pollution doesn't exist in the industrialized sense of the word, "eco-friendly" and "green" is an abstraction. To these people, the term "sustainability" is completely meaningless, because they exemplify it without having to think about it. People need to stop "thinking" about "green" and buying "green", and selling "green", because that's just perpetuating the problem. If you live a fulfilled life, and you're in sync with yourself and nature, then you're not going to be harming the Earth and it doesn't matter what color you call it.
 
great film. i grew up on a farm very similar to that one. while my parents had jobs and the farm was just a hobby by then my dad actually grew up with the struggle of having to produce your own food or simply don't eat. his stories as well as my own experiences with shepherding and endless hours of potato harvesting have convinced me there are much better ways of fulfilling your life than the old school way.

btw on the issue of greenness, do you have any idea how much chemicals, electricity and diesel fuel is needed to get a good outcome from a small farm? a large one is probably much more environmentally friendly per unit produced.

/matt
 
It looks great :)) Nice work, love the colours and the overall ambience. I agree with PaPa that it has a 70's atmospehere to it.
 
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