It's a wrap- faith based film "Flowers for Fannie"

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Just spent that last few months shooting a feature and just now able to catch a breath. A couple of links of interest:

Interview by Christian film database about our untraditional shooting/editing style style:

http://www.christianfilmdatabase.com/up-coming-films/cfdb-interviews-fred-sharon-wilharm/

Facebook page with lots of BTS photos (likes appreciated)

http://www.facebook.com/FlowersForFannie

Since I don't work at a real job I've been editing daily as we shoot. Saturday we shot the final scene (a wedding), Saturday night I dropped it in the timeline after a few more days work I've got the movie basically done. A key festival date is looming (Nov 15) and I'm sending the audio to post for a quick pass. After the festival we'll complete post including some CC, but it will be minimal as I dialed in the look I wanted before I started shooting and have been very happy with the results.

I did run into some issues with the lack of dynamic range with the AF but was generally able to work around them. A few of my favorite screenshots:

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Congratulations on getting it done. That's a major accomplishment for indie filmmakers these days.

You may have answered this elsewhere, but what lenses did you use with the AF100?
 
I used a 14/140 Lumix, 20mm Lumix, Nikkor 35mm F1.8, and Nikkor 50mm F1.8. The last is my favorite for shallow focus, really snaps in focus when using a FF and very inexpensive. The 35mm is very versatile but doesn't focus quite as smoothly. The 20mm was handy when shooting indoor somewhat wide shots. I used the 14/140 a lot more than I thought I would, it became the go to lens for wide outdoor shots and quick focal length changes. Not great for indoors due to the amount of light it needs, so I only used it when I needed an extra wide.

I used cheap Rainbow Imaging adaptors for the Nikons (with aperture ring) and they worked great and had a tight fit. On occasion I used the adaptors to mount an 80-200 Sigma and an 18-55 Nikon I have lying around from still photography. They are slow lenses but still had their uses, such as a telephoto shot of the moon I got with the Sigma.
 
In the process of cutting our "official" trailer. We've asked the composer to make the score similar to "Driving Miss Daisy" since the storyline is similar. Here is what the trailer would look/sound like if we could actually use the score !



... and here is the actual trailer, scored with the composer's interpretation:

 
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I just finished reading your long post on making the movie (good read). I watched the trailer it looked good. It's not my type of movie but it looked professionally made end edited. Nice job.
 
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