"November" in Las Vegas, NV

PK Gillock,

Nice to know that. Do you know of a DVX users group here in Las Vegas? If not, do you think there would be enough people here to start a local DVX users group?

Mark
 
Not sure how many. But I do know that one of the big guys here, Barry Green, is in Las Vegas and I'm sure if there's a users group he'd be in it. :) He's good people. He even wrote a popular book on the DVX.
 
I may be mistaken but I think Barry has moved to the east coast and is no longer here in Las Vegas. Too bad. I would of liked to meet him.

Directinglegend: Show times run from 11:45 a.m. to 10:10 p.m. Can't make any of em'?

Mark
 
Not there yet, planning next year.

November meetup sounds workable -- I think many of the "Siren" crew are planning on going. Don't know what showtime yet though...
 
Oops!

Sorry Barry, I thought you moved. My error. Glad your still hear in Las Vegas.

Maybe we can meet in the near future. I could learn volumes from you. Looking forward to your book as well.

Best.

Mark
 
Hey Sirius_Doggy. I plan on going.

Haven't decided for which show though. My DVX100A is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow the 26th and I really don't want to miss it and have to wait until Monday.

Mark
 
Absolutely horrible indeed, especially as they were complying and he shot them anyway.

Okay, change of plans -- I'm goin' at 11:45...
 
Hm....seemms interesting to go to...ill try to make it...cuz tomorrow im packing to leave back home and on saturday i leave in the morning.

maybe the 3:55 or 6...suttin like that..hm....whos goin at 3:55? and 6?
 
Well. Saw it at the 11:45.

First things first -- as far as how the film looks -- it looks like a movie. If anyone had any doubts about how the DVX (without anamorphic adapter) holds up on the big screen, the answer is: it looks pretty darn good. Perfectly acceptable. It thoroughly blows away "28 Days Later" as far as clarity and sharpness. By that I mean -- no contest. Night and day. "November" looks far, far superior on the big screen than 28DL did.

It's not perfect, by any means. It's overall still a bit soft, but it looked akin to a 16mm film print blown up to 35mm. Downright acceptable, I'd say. If you want to make a movie, the DVX won't be the weakest link in the chain, it looked fine.

Now, with that said, there were some issues: there were some times where some cinegamma blowouts showed up, and they looked pretty nasty -- one time I remember is when Ms. Cox is ascending the staircase. And there's a whole scene of her in a darkroom, lit by only red light -- it looked awful. Totally stair-steppy and I would find it unacceptable. But that's red on DV for ya. Other than that, I found it just fine, and my eyes didn't hurt after the screening (like they did for 28DL, when I finally quit looking at the screen and realized -- hey, my eyes CAN focus!)

It gives me tremendous hope for the HVX -- if we can get the same aesthetic qualities, but 4x the resolution, and 8x the color resolution in each frame... wow. Should be completely acceptable results.

As far as the film itself -- I'll leave others to judge that. Noted that it isn't doing all that well in the IMDB, I think they've given it a 4.2.

But here's the kicker, which brings it all home in the indie film biz: there were five of us in the theater. It was totally empty except for us five. And we all went as a group. And that's for one of the most-anticipated, most-talked-about, biggest-buzz indie films, which had a "star", which had theatrical distribution. There were five of us. If it hadn't been for it having been shot on a DVX, I can guarantee that that screening would have been empty. (granted, it's a weekday at the noon show -- it would be interesting to hear back what the attendance is like if any of you guys go to any of the later shows).

So far it's grossed $127,000 nationwide since it was released a month ago. Contrast that with "Supercross", a nominee for worst movie ever, which has grossed twenty times as much in just one week. Marketing is everything. Ads are everything. It costs more to market a movie than it does to make it, and for good reason -- if you don't market it, you're dead in the water. Even if you're a Sundance Award-Winner for Cinematography, with a household name like Courtney Cox starring in it.
 
I went with a friend to the 3:55 p.m. show. Along with us there were 5 other people. Had my pic of the best seats available... :happy:

All the time when I was viewing this film, I kept saying to myself, this was shot with a DVX100A. Pretty amazing when you think of it.

Due to my lack of expierence, I can't technically analize the film but overall, it looked fine to me. There were a few shots that had some "visibile lines" for the lack of a better adjective.

One in particular was the reoccurring scene with miss Cox and her boyfriend parked out front of the convenience store. They looked fine but behind them in the car the rear window looked a little "rough". I'm sorry I can't be more specific and I'm really nit picking here.

The other annoyance that occured intermittenly through the film was some jitter, especially noticable when there was only text on the screen. I attribute this to the projector not being totally aligned or in sync.

I thought there were some very interesting scenes employing different lighting moods as well as camera angles.

I have to concur with Barry about the overall film though. Still wondering just what exactly did happen... :lipsrseal

Final thoughts: As I recieved my UPS order for my DVX100A and accessories earlier in the day, I had great anticipation to see this film knowing all time it was shot using this camera. I was not dissappointed knowning what the possibilites are with this little gem.

I would encourage any of you to check the film out if you have the opportunity.

Regards.

Mark
 
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