"Once A Hero" - Envision / 235 Studios

I'll see what I can do. Sharpness naturally declines some with any 35 adapter (some more than others), so we CRANKED the details up to the maximum in the DVX's to help offset it, which seems to help a lot.
 
I will get some up (hopefully tonight), but keep in mind when looking at examples in that article that we weren't trying to get the BEST images ... in other words, we hadn't tweaked out the camera(s) to maximize the adapters as we had for this film. So I'd wager to say that the images in the film are superior to anything you'll see in that article.
 
i haven't read any the wopping 13 pages so forgive me if i am redundant or repeat something that has already been said.

the visuals on this were amazing. i really liked the shallow dof and the lighting. it was very soft and it contrasted with the story.

there was one line that i though was ridiculous and it really brought me out of the story. the line about the cockroach was too long and delivered too mechanically. it made me laugh. i don't mean to be harsh but... "this was enslaves cockroaches" was too much. you should have found a simpler metaphor or comparison instead of the wasp and cockroach.

alex
 
Heres my review of the film.

STORY: The story was unhearable. Anything you could hear you still didn't know what it was about. Something about a woman who was killed, by cockroaches, who came back to life, and had "super throw" and could people down. Other that I just know she was decieved, but why? I dont' know. This is mostly due to Audio reasons. See Below. Ending is too quick and leaves ????? to viewer more than it should had.

SFX: My friend said, " A poor example of rotoscoping and visual effects." You need visual effect supervisor if you dont have one. It will help you out so much. Other than that you can't say much.

SOUND: Very poor audio, can't hear anything. Soundtrack overrides all dialogue which makes everything difficult to understand. S story is lost and everything is leaving viewers in utter confusion. make sure ALL Dialogue is hearable than soundtrack.

SOUNDTRACK: sounded good but override. The song that breaks away after " I can't be saved" breaks story and what you had already (reminded me of MTV reality moment.). music clash. it ruined the flow you had. The music was good till that but made audio unhearable.

ACTORs: Acting seemed ok. A little over acting especially with the NOOOOOOOOO. Cliche. Made me Laugh more than care. The actor were overriden by audio once again so acting detail is lost and left in confusions. when the woman talks about roachs with green eyes makes me thing she was read the script we just could see her eyes and she was still. Pretty Women though.

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Good shots you told me about the greyness which look like a compression issue. The shots in the house were good but the warehouse look too open and set look undecorated look un interesting.

Overall I didn't know what was going on and lost interest due to audio and storyline was strange about cockroaches..... Work better with audio and script and you might have something.
 
Thanks Spidey for the details. So why or how could this have ended up in your top six films as great, when in fact the only two good things you found were the sound track & some good shots?

Just curious, but thanks again for the details vs. the previous general comments.
 
the cinematography mostly. looks better than most. me being a DP director I liked it. And yours looked better than most of the others. I still got to comment on others.
 
Full Res Stills

Full Res Stills

Ok, here you go- the following are stills (PNG's) taken from the footage- they are at full res-

Meltdown:
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Sparrow 01:
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Sparrow 02:
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Sparrow 03:
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Hope you enjoy!
 
ARGH!!! Now they will not show ... hold on, I'll let you know when it is fixed- somethings up with my server- the URL's are correct (At least when I view it via FTP ...)
 
Nice shots... still don't know if I LIKE the different grain that the Letus adapter gives the image... I like the grain that is on the stock lens better I think... it feels more natural.
 
DANGIT! The perfect cut

DANGIT! The perfect cut

So yeah, it's a little late in the festival now, but I was just talking to Ryan today about the cut we SHOULD have had in the festival, which wouldn't have felt rushed & probably would have been a lot more satisfying.

Start the film as is, go ALL THE WAY THROUGH the existing scene where he's telling her how she died, how the other Wardens died, etc., then go all the way through to when she finds the stinger, and up to when he comes in & drops the glass.

The entire sequence itself actually takes up a little over 6 1/2 minutes, so there'd still be a LITTLE cutting, but not much.

SHOOT! Hind sight is 20/20, right?
 
Thanks for posting those stills guys. It's interesting to see how the Letus is handling things...I'm working with the M2 right now and I've had a hell of a time finding the right lens combination/scene settings/perfect back focus.

Were you guys using a Letus Flip or the older version?
 
spidey said:
the cinematography mostly. looks better than most. me being a DP director I liked it. And yours looked better than most of the others. I still got to comment on others.
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Thanks for the comments and input.

Glad you liked the cinematography. :)
 
Nice sountrack. Not sure if it was intended but some place was too loud and drowned out the dialouge. Your lead actor's voice reminded me of Kevin Bacon. Nice camera and lighting work. :thumbsup:
 
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