GRABS - Feauture Premiering on 16th
- Thread starter Smithhouse
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hrmm...I live in Sacramento...I'm not doing anything on the 16th...im a DVXuser.comer. I'll sure as hell check this out. though technically im not a DVXer, I will be by the time Thursday roles around. (its in the mail). My name is Ruben Contreras, and I'd love to check it out. What time does the preshow start? I have a friend who is also a DVXer, I'll contact him and maybe youll get a coupla more tickets sold. I'm way f*cking excited to see a local get projected on a big screen. Gives the rest of us hope. I know very little about the DVX (its in the mail, give me a little bit), but I'd love to get some experience in on set. I'll go get the doughnuts if you want me too, just get me on the set! Who are some of the bands that'll be playing that night? Cant' wait.
Smithhouse
Well-known member
Artistiam... The guy in the boxing ring is James Irvin, and yes he does fight in the UFC... The big guy he's sparring with is Andy"Bo" Cantrell, Gladiator Challenge World Champion... Dave "Madman" Marinoble (3x IKF world champion) is our main villian in the movie...
Ruben... we would love to have you, man... The more the merrier. Doors open at 6:30pm, music will start around 6:45 ( Common Ground is a great local band and they will be playing along with - a rap group called the ASU MOB, and an up and coming singer songwriter named Daniel DeGeorge... The movie will start at 7:45pm and is an hour and forty five minutes with credits.
SmithHouse
Ruben... we would love to have you, man... The more the merrier. Doors open at 6:30pm, music will start around 6:45 ( Common Ground is a great local band and they will be playing along with - a rap group called the ASU MOB, and an up and coming singer songwriter named Daniel DeGeorge... The movie will start at 7:45pm and is an hour and forty five minutes with credits.
SmithHouse
Larry Rutledge
Fest Master
Film Review
Film Review
It's always exciting to see a fellow filmmaker, especially a fellow DVXuser.com'er, reach a milestone in their pursuit of this dream that we all share. So it was a great honor to go to the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, CA last week to see SMITHHOUSE's first feature production, VIGILANTES.
Of course, my first thought was, how well is the DVX footage going to hold up on the big screen. This wasn't a film transfer, but rather a digital projection and let me tell you, it was beautiful. As has been made obvious over the many years since its release, the DVX generates great footage and can be made to appear very film-like. That still held true after being blown up to fill the silver screen.
VIGILANTES is a tale of sacrifice, hope, and redemption. The film opens on four homeless teenagers who you would expect to be up to no good. They have been treated unfairly by life in general and most in their situation would feel like everyone "owed" them. However, these four teens take it upon themselves to "protect and to serve" where they feel law enforcement has failed to live up to that motto. When they uncover a criminal who is bigger than anything they should have to deal with they stand up and fight back, at the risk of their own lives. Through this they learn a lot about themselves and each other and learn to trust each other and find an opportunity to believe their is still good in this world.
This film definitely exceeds the lack of experience provided by all the cast and crew. From the writing, to the camera work, to the acting and score. They are aided by the fact that everything is "in camera" - there were no external special effects needed. All the cast were believable in their parts and got through their scenes without you thinking about them acting. Much of the score was provided by local bands and was a great showcase of local talent.
The primary issues I had with this project were the audio and the editing style, I'll elaborate. The majority of the time I was able to clearly hear all the dialog, however there were a couple times when the room sound and/or the score stepped on the dialog and I wasn't clear what was said. Secondly, the "ambient sound" in the various clips within a single shot often changed. In other words, in some exteriors you would hear traffic during the wide shot, then no traffic during one or more of the over-the-shoulder close-ups, then hear the traffic again during the cut back to wide or to a different medium/close shot. ADR would have solved most, if not all, the audio problems...fortunately, they didn't occur in every scene.
The editing seemed to follow a good progression, taking us through the story. However, I was occasionally distracted during "conversation" scenes when the camera would continuously jump from actor to actor as they said their line. It would have been nice to occasionally cut to a wide shot or stay on one actor (for their reaction) while the other actor said his/her lines. I think this is a style choice and some may disagree with me, but I didn't care for the continuous jump on each line.
All that said, I was very impressed and really enjoyed this project. SMITHHOUSE and gang should be very proud of themselves and I am really looking forward to the next project they turn out. My guess is they learned a lot during this project and that only means a better project next time, and the time after that, etc, etc, ad infinitum
Great Job!
Larry
Film Review
It's always exciting to see a fellow filmmaker, especially a fellow DVXuser.com'er, reach a milestone in their pursuit of this dream that we all share. So it was a great honor to go to the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, CA last week to see SMITHHOUSE's first feature production, VIGILANTES.
Of course, my first thought was, how well is the DVX footage going to hold up on the big screen. This wasn't a film transfer, but rather a digital projection and let me tell you, it was beautiful. As has been made obvious over the many years since its release, the DVX generates great footage and can be made to appear very film-like. That still held true after being blown up to fill the silver screen.
VIGILANTES is a tale of sacrifice, hope, and redemption. The film opens on four homeless teenagers who you would expect to be up to no good. They have been treated unfairly by life in general and most in their situation would feel like everyone "owed" them. However, these four teens take it upon themselves to "protect and to serve" where they feel law enforcement has failed to live up to that motto. When they uncover a criminal who is bigger than anything they should have to deal with they stand up and fight back, at the risk of their own lives. Through this they learn a lot about themselves and each other and learn to trust each other and find an opportunity to believe their is still good in this world.
This film definitely exceeds the lack of experience provided by all the cast and crew. From the writing, to the camera work, to the acting and score. They are aided by the fact that everything is "in camera" - there were no external special effects needed. All the cast were believable in their parts and got through their scenes without you thinking about them acting. Much of the score was provided by local bands and was a great showcase of local talent.
The primary issues I had with this project were the audio and the editing style, I'll elaborate. The majority of the time I was able to clearly hear all the dialog, however there were a couple times when the room sound and/or the score stepped on the dialog and I wasn't clear what was said. Secondly, the "ambient sound" in the various clips within a single shot often changed. In other words, in some exteriors you would hear traffic during the wide shot, then no traffic during one or more of the over-the-shoulder close-ups, then hear the traffic again during the cut back to wide or to a different medium/close shot. ADR would have solved most, if not all, the audio problems...fortunately, they didn't occur in every scene.
The editing seemed to follow a good progression, taking us through the story. However, I was occasionally distracted during "conversation" scenes when the camera would continuously jump from actor to actor as they said their line. It would have been nice to occasionally cut to a wide shot or stay on one actor (for their reaction) while the other actor said his/her lines. I think this is a style choice and some may disagree with me, but I didn't care for the continuous jump on each line.
All that said, I was very impressed and really enjoyed this project. SMITHHOUSE and gang should be very proud of themselves and I am really looking forward to the next project they turn out. My guess is they learned a lot during this project and that only means a better project next time, and the time after that, etc, etc, ad infinitum
Great Job!
Larry