"SOUVENIRS" - my first film

tslesicki

tslesicki

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My debut short film is almost completed. We're working on the sound now. I've been working on this project for nearly three years now and the concept has changed many times (for a moment there were some plans to have over 100 people involved!) to eventually end up being completely different from what I wanted to show at the beggining!

It's a story of my grandfather, who took part in the Warsaw Uprising. Now he's just an old and lonely man. It's not an epic story of a war hero who kills the Nazis and saves his country. It's not a story about war either. Instead making another film about the Uprising, I wanted to create a film about a normal man who used to live in abnormal times.
The film is a 10 minutes long docummentary in created in style simillar to the films by Wojciech Wiszniewski.

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First part was shot on SGPro Rev.3 with Pentax lenses and the second part with Brevis MP.2 and Nikon lenses. I will be posting reviews of both systems in some time on my blog - http://tslesicki.blogspot.com along with some Behind The Scenes stuff.

I'd like to thank both Wayne and Cinevate team for solving all my problems that I came across during the production period. Your support was a great help for me and I really appreciate it!

Best regards,

T.
 
The stills look very beautifull and the subject/approach makes me want to see it.

Jasper
 
Samm_Parnell said:
me too, is there a tralier yet?

nice stills, lots of character in that mans face.

samm
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The trailer will be released when the audio is processed and the music (featuring solo strings, soprano singer, clarinet and string orchestra) is recorded. This should happen till the end of February.
 
T, you're welcome :-) Please keep us posted and when you're ready to release footage, we'll be happy to help promote the piece. Just drop us a line when it's up.

The stills are very compelling and before even seeing moving images, I'm already interested in hearing your Grandfather's story. Make sure you share our feelings with him...it's really tough to hear the words "lonely old man". I'm sure once he sees the response to this piece he won't be quite as lonely.
 
Thank you all for feedback, I really appreciate it!

Dennis Wood said:
The stills are very compelling and before even seeing moving images, I'm already interested in hearing your Grandfather's story. Make sure you share our feelings with him...it's really tough to hear the words "lonely old man". I'm sure once he sees the response to this piece he won't be quite as lonely.
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Well, in fact he had not seen the movie yet and I'm not sure if he'd like it - it's just somewhat... sad.

For those of you who are interested in the processing/ workflow I've posted a short article on my blog: http://tslesicki.blogspot.com/2010/01/souvenirs-making-of-black-white.html

T.
 
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