Grabs from my new (asian) noir short film "Black"

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Vincent Wong Yoon Wei

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Hi guys, check out the grabs from my latest short film, an attempt at noir.

The story is about Detective Black, a cynical private detective that has seen and experienced the darkest and most horrifying human has to offer.

What happens when the darkness could not be contained anymore and manifest itself as his worst nightmare?

This was supposed to be the first part of three that will eventually be assembled into a feature length version but due to time and money, I will probably have to settle for a short version for now. Check out the thread below http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=90155
for costume test pics and production diaries.

For now, enjoy some screen grabs, some CC-ed and some not.

Comments and questions welcomed.

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hi,..Vincent Wong

the grab looks nice.....did you shot it with an adaptor or just the dvx
 
Great work Vincent, would love to see the first 3 grabs uncc, and can't wait to see what your going to do with the last few when you cc them. Would be great if you could give us a walkthrough on how you color corrected those night shots and what programs you used to do so

Cheers
 
Thank you for all your comments.

And to answer some of your questions...

This project was shot with a PAL DVX102B 25P mode. Since I have used Cinegamma V and Cinegamma D extensively before, I tried Black Press this time. I find Cinegamma V and Black Press very similiar. I will probably stick with Cinegamma D from now on. Black Press and Cinegamma V while offering nice contrast from the get go also crushes to much detail in the dark areas for my liking.

Equipments are just three red heads and a bunch of gels and diffusers.

No 35mm adapter was used. I did use a Panasonic wide angle for wide shots though.

I am currently editing the short film on a G4 Mac with Final Cut Pro 3. It's an old machine and software but it works well enough though a little slow.

A lot of on set lighting work was done to get as close as possible to the look I want. The rest that I can't do on set I did it in post.

The first three stills and the last four are the CC-ed ones. Stills 4 and 5 are still uncorrected.

Hopefully I will be able to post a teaser trailer by next week. The short film is around 70% edited but still a lot of work in terms of sound effects, music, and voiceovers.

For now, enjoy a few more stills I have. I will be posting comparisons of CC-ed and unCC-ed stills this coming Monday.

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Man, you know how I know this guy is GOOD? I browsed into this thread without looking at the authors name and instantly recognized his style from a previous post he made in a thread with some guy inquiring about how to achieve a film look with the DVX. This guy has THE LOOK down! I've always been a proponent of the "get the right look on set" idea; I hate color grading.

Im a huge fan of the look you're achieving here Vincent, I hope to see alot more from you! I should aslo mention I was starting to get a little too carried away with my resolution obsession having just seen Spidey 3 in IMAX...then I come accross this and realize once again, it's about composition and lighting. Time to pull out my DVX.
 
Craig Ryan said:
Man, you know how I know this guy is GOOD? I browsed into this thread without looking at the authors name and instantly recognized his style from a previous post he made in a thread with some guy inquiring about how to achieve a film look with the DVX. This guy has THE LOOK down! I've always been a proponent of the "get the right look on set" idea; I hate color grading.

Im a huge fan of the look you're achieving here Vincent, I hope to see alot more from you! I should aslo mention I was starting to get a little too carried away with my resolution obsession having just seen Spidey 3 in IMAX...then I come accross this and realize once again, it's about composition and lighting. Time to pull out my DVX.
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I am also a huge proponent of the 'get the right look on set' though for this project, I did try to shoot a more "information rich" footages for certain scenes (namely the office and outfoor scenes) to experiment in post. While it's fun in post for a while, in hindsight, I will just get it right or as close as possible on set next time. Saves me time and to me, getting it on the set still looks better than in post.
 
Axel Segebrecht said:
Looks fab, when's it coming out? (and where) :-D
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I am trying to get it done by next week though it's very likely I won't finish it on time. I am in the middle of moving and also in pre-production for a feature length shoot in June.

I am trying to get it done by end of May, if not, it will have to wait until July.

As of now, I am about 90% with the edit and 50% done with the CC. I still have a lot of stuff that I need to do on sound and music.

I hope to submit this short to film festivals all over the world and that means I might not be able to post my work on the net for now.

I will try to post a teaser trailer by this week though.

Who knows, if I win enough awards, it might justify a DVD release.
 
As promised here are some unCC-ed stills. They were supposed to be CC-ed versions of the stills for comparison but they were somehow corrupted so this will have to do for now. Enjoy.

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Notice the difference isn't that drastic with the unCC-ed stuff. Despite shooting more information rich footages this time for experimenting, while editing I realized that I could have easily achieve 99% of the look on set.
 
Vincent Wong Yoon Wei said:
I am trying to get it done by next week though it's very likely I won't finish it on time. I am in the middle of moving and also in pre-production for a feature length shoot in June.

I am trying to get it done by end of May, if not, it will have to wait until July.
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Looks like I'm not the only busy-body :-) Good luck and don't forget to take a breather.

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As of now, I am about 90% with the edit and 50% done with the CC. I still have a lot of stuff that I need to do on sound and music.
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Cool, just remember that sound is half of the experience. Most stuff I've seen looks great but is let down by the "soundtrack" (and I don't mean the theme music).

I wish I wasn't such an idiot when it comes to editing, otherwise I'd be happy to help out. I know how to use a camera/camcorder or do websites though if that's any help.

Vincent Wong Yoon Wei said:
I hope to submit this short to film festivals all over the world and that means I might not be able to post my work on the net for now.

I will try to post a teaser trailer by this week though.

Who knows, if I win enough awards, it might justify a DVD release.
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Understandable. Just be real careful not to ruin your chances by posting too much online. Having said that, give us the trailer already! :-D

BTW Thanks for taking the time to post your diaries, stills and experience Vincent! (The same holds true for all the other great people posting theirs! I know I'm more of a lurker than poster - so this is long overdue).

I love film noir but am pretty much a n00b at editing and lighting. So reading up on how you did it ups my chances of one day producing something decent.
 
Great looking shots so far. Can't wait to see the trailer.
One thing I noticed is that anyone that knows how to use a gun would not have that gap between the thumb and back of the gun. If he were to fire like that the gun would kick up way more than it has too and it leaves a nasty blister if you fire a bunch of rounds, I know from experience. Plus there is the possibility of spraining your wrist. I know its a small detail but a detail is a detail. ;)








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