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ryancglover

ryancglover

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Jennifer Krukowski..........................Erin
Adam Christie...............................Shawn
Christopher Spaleta........................Chris
Dave Grimes.....................................Rob
Jamie Ricotonne............................Jamie


Written, Produced and Directed by Ryan Glover & Krista Dzialoszynski
Cinematography by Ryan Glover
Edited by Krista Dzialoszynski & Ryan Glover
Sound Recording by Isaac Elliott-Fisher
Sound Editing and Design by Kevin Brown
Original Music by Sarah Warren


2012 – 72 Minutes – Canada – English – Colour – 2.67:1


https://vimeo.com/63912291​

Links:
Website
Facebook page
GH13 specific thread

I’ve been meaning to post about our film in this section for ages, now that we’re in post sound, I can finally find a few spare seconds.
We shot the majority of the film in September of 2010 then shot scenes off and on until February 2011.
We’ll use this thread to update the progress of post production and beyond!

Where we’re at:
-edit is picture locked
-dialogue edit and sound design are under way
-composing has begun

Where we’re going:
-design posters
-cut theatrical trailer
-finish website
-finish festival plan (start submitting by end of February)


Thanks for looking. Comments, questions, critiques welcome!

UPDATE APRIL 2013. The film is complete! New Official Trailer added! Stayed tuned for Screening/Release information!

UPDATE OCTOBER 2013. The film is available on iTunes!

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2015. The film is now available on Vimeo On Demand as well!
 
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Looks good :)

A couple observations - The teaser trailer may be too long. I would like to see a few of your best shots, edited thematically. Something else that also piqued my interest was the 72 minute rt. What is the distrib/acquisition plan for your flick ?

What approx. iso's were the you shooting with the Lomo's int. and ext. ? I don't shoot dslr's, but out of curiosity...

Good luck with everything.
 
Stills look lovely!

I'm not a huge fan of the edit of your teaser though. Having footage of people talking (but not having any sound coming out of their mouths) is not a good move, in my opinion.

Much better to actually put a few snippets of dialogue in it. You know, to make us interested in the characters.

Either that or make it much shorter and just cool images. But I think the teaser is your first chance to hook everyone into your story. So give us a hint about the story!

Bruce Allen
www.boacinema.com
 
D_and_G said:
Looks good :)

A couple observations - The teaser trailer may be too long. I would like to see a few of your best shots, edited thematically. Something else that also piqued my interest was the 72 minute rt. What is the distrib/acquisition plan for your flick ?

What approx. iso's were the you shooting with the Lomo's int. and ext. ? I don't shoot dslr's, but out of curiosity...

Good luck with everything.
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Thanks for taking a look and giving some feedback! Much appreciated.

Yep, the film is short. We're hoping it gets programmed into a few festivals and opens a door or two for our next film.
In the long run we will probably distribute the film ourselves online and maybe sell blurays to those interested.

Interiors were all shot at 400iso, shooting stop usually 2.8 & 1/2 . Exterior at 100iso with up to 5 stops of NDs and a pola, shooting stops around 4 to 8.

Thanks again for the support. Nice to hear from someone else from TO.

bruceallen said:
Stills look lovely!

I'm not a huge fan of the edit of your teaser though. Having footage of people talking (but not having any sound coming out of their mouths) is not a good move, in my opinion.

Much better to actually put a few snippets of dialogue in it. You know, to make us interested in the characters.

Either that or make it much shorter and just cool images. But I think the teaser is your first chance to hook everyone into your story. So give us a hint about the story!
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Thanks very much for having a look Bruce. Good point about characters talking with no audio. That's something I'd probably do differently next time.
I thought a decent amount of the story came through in the visuals we chose though, but maybe not?
Thankfully, the teaser has been very successful for us and seems to have piqued a lot of curiosity, which is nice.


Thanks to everyone who has taken a look at the thread so far!
I'm going to be adding a couple posters up top soon.
 
ryancglover said:
Interiors were all shot at 400iso, shooting stop usually 2.8 & 1/2 . Exterior at 100iso with up to 5 stops of NDs and a pola, shooting stops around 4 to 8.

Thanks again for the support. Nice to hear from someone else from TO.
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Thanks for the info, Ryan.

T dot representin' :-)

Good luck, mate.

Cheers.
 
Hello again! A few updates to share:

-I added our first poster design to the top post.
-Finally created a Facebook group! Please like us if you're interested in the film :)
-Recording of the score has begun and I'll have a little behind the scenes video of that up shortly.
-We spent an afternoon doing additional dialogue for the film. Pictures below!:

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What's next:
-A little more ADR
-Another day of recording the score
-Colour correction, shot tweaks, grain
-Press package!

Thanks to all who have checked out this thread so far!
 
Hi all! Back with another update.
Things have been pretty crazy lately, but we're just about finished post production. At last.
We should be mixing the audio this weekend!

Here's a little video of us recording a track from the film's score, hope you enjoy;



Thanks to those who have been following our little film!
 
Lots of Toronto people in this thread! Lookin' good Ryan.

The actor in the second last post in the first picture - he auditioned for a role in a short film I just produced. It was super close between him and another...great actor from his audition.

Best of luck with wrapping up,

Kegan
 
Excellent looking video. Your video quality is the best I've seen so far, especially anamorphic. I was hoping you could help answer some questions. I'm very interested in making my GH2 anamorphic capable. If you could only buy one adapter which would you choose? How would you mount it and are there any issues that you ironed out through the process of creating anamorphic video with your GH2? Thanks, keep up the great work and good luck.
 
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Excellent looking video. Your video quality is the best I've seen so far, especially anamorphic. I was hoping you could help answer some questions. I'm very interested in making my GH2 anamorphic capable. If you could only buy one adapter which would you choose? How would you mount it and are there any issues that you ironed out through the process of creating anamorphic video with your GH2? Thanks, keep up the great work and good luck.
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Thanks! For this film, we used a set of anamorphic lenses, not an adapter (and a GH1 not GH2). But I would say, in my opinion, the kowa 8Z/16H is the best adapter out there, and I would grab a Redstan clamp to mount it. The biggest issue is the 2x squeeze on a 1080p 16x9 sensor. But thats just the price you have to pay to shoot anamorphic on the cheap. Hope this helps!
 
Just wow! I wish you all the best with your movie.
Just one question, I've seen some pics of LOMO lenses you used, but they are way expensive. As for you can I get sharp picture, or closer to yours using an LOMO 80-120 attachment on a 7D?
 
fdirector said:
Just wow! I wish you all the best with your movie.
Just one question, I've seen some pics of LOMO lenses you used, but they are way expensive. As for you can I get sharp picture, or closer to yours using an LOMO 80-120 attachment on a 7D?
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Hey, thanks!
The 80-120 looks like a projection attachment, which means it'll be huge and heavy and won't focus close. You'd probably also have to use a really long lens behind it to avoid vignetting.
I'd say it's not ideal for filmmaking.
 
Thanks for reply ryancglover,
I mounted it on my 15mm rains with no problems. Yeah it a bit heavy, but still usable... no vignetting with helios 58mm lens, which is 93mm on camera.
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Just ordered some diopters for close focusing, can't wait to test it :)

Again, good luck with your film!
 
The film is complete! Film festival submissions are in full swing:

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Still left to do:
-theatrical trailer
-press package

Thanks to all those still keeping tabs on the film!
 
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