Mocking Film

That looks great!
The first shot looks awesome, as does the dolly with the older lady in the living room...
 
Can you give us a rundown of each shot.. Camera settings, filters, lighting, sound etc..?
 
For each shot I adjusted the camera to my liking (not remembering the settings) however I found myself using auto more often then I thought I would. The first shot everyone seems to like the best, is natural sunlight w/ the camera on auto. The second shot of the lady in the room is lit with one homebuilt chinese lantern sliding on my homade dolly. The camera was custom set. All of the rest are natural circumstances with the cam set the way I like. I use Vegas 5 and use the media effects bright/contast, color curves, croma keyer, and sometimes color bal. to acheive the desired look, I am still learning so much! So stay tuned;)
 
it still looks video, doh, but I do like the dolly shot in the house. The lighting was a little flat too. Avatuar, I'm usually over at Sac, we could collaborate!
 
If you need help learning to shoot like film just let me know bro. I got buddies already in your location. I just have to find some time to drive there. I have a steadicam mini.. There's some places in Sac I would want to film.
 
Hard to tell the "look" of film with a compressed WMV on a mac, but I liked the crisp look of the living room dolly shot. Some of the other shots seemed like the blacks could have been crushed a little more. I would love to comment further, but I got totally distracted by that saucy little minx with the white scarf. Kinda looks like Keira Knightley. I feel older and older every day.
 
antomic said:
I would love to comment further, but I got totally distracted by that saucy little minx with the white scarf. Kinda looks like Keira Knightley. I feel older and older every day.
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dude, I think were old enough to be her dad. Well, maybe you. :laugh: People still think I'm in highschool. :cheesy:
 
But it's okay if you're not ACTUALLY her dad, right? It worked for Kevin Spacey in American Beauty...

Young girls dig gray around the temples, don't they?

:)
 
I really like the first shot... Although I think they still look quite "video-ish", the first shot is very professional. Nice framing.
 
Hey man,

Diggin' the opening shot dude. I was waiting for Denzel to enter the frame and pop a cap (training day). The sunlight worked real nicely for me and the car pulling into frame was cool. The other shots were a bit more standard dvx looking (not that that's a bad thing).

Don't sweat the number of views compared to number of posts. I had well over 1400 views on my short film post but only around 40 posted replies. Not everyone posts their opinion on everything they see. Most of us DVX'ers have A.D.D :beer: heh heh... Keep up the cool stuff!

PS: what's a lowel DV 55 kit contain as a package? Price? Details, I want details!
 
Lowel kit

Lowel kit

This is a truly sweet kit, I'm still learning it though. Although I'm pissed at myself, I was trying to focus the omni bulb and theres nothing to stop it from hitting the reflector plate so I pulled back a little to hard while it was on and... it blew out... anyway new bulb in 3 days unless anyone knows of a store in sacramento that carrys an ftk 500w 120v omni bulb.

You can check out this kit and it's awesome conents here

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http://www.lowel.com/kits/DVcreator55.html

I'm writing a movie and plan to start shooting within the month.
 
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I liked the first shot, nice composition, interesting character. When he opens the door, the exposure changes... that is the eeeevil of the AUTO exposure setting. Gotta avoid that for the whole filmic look.

I liked the dolly shot in the house with the actress looking at her watch. My criticism here is that she looks like she is acting. Think about it: nobody who is waiting looks around the room like she was doing. If I were directing that shot, I'd ask the actress to focus on some object in the room, and at some point nervously peek quickly at her watch, maybe do a subtle irritable noise, but then get back in focus on something in the room. In other words, let your audience piece together what is happening in the scene for themselves, instead of hitting them over the head with it. If you let your viewers arrive at the emotional story behind the scene, it is much more vivid and believable.

Good stuff, keep it up.
 
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