test scene from work in progress road picture

Wow, everything looked and sounded great, especially for a "rough cut". Heck, I'd be amazed if I was able to get a "final cut" look close to that. Great job. Any 35mm adapter or anything, or is this just straight DVX? What did you use for editing/CC? Once again, great job. The acting was great as well. The one guy with the glasses reminds me of Matthew Brodrick for some reason. Anyway, great job!
 
Alright, when I made that first comment I had only watched the first minute or so. Well now I'm done and once again, bravo. That was probably one of the most filmic looking DVX features I've ever seen. Any chance you'll be selling the final product? I'd love to get a copy, and after watching that short clip, I really am interested in seeing the rest of it. Thanks!
 
I agree, definately very filmic. Great job with this so far! I really like the characters and their dialogue. The guy with the beard and glasses really reminds me of a younger Richard Dreyfuss.

the car and location for scenes 30 and 31. looove it.

the more I watch, the more I think this is some of the best dvx footage I've seen.
 
I agree with all above, great start. Look forward to the final product. Settings, share em! I just got my DVX and been experimenting, so any new 'looks' are appreciated...
 
Hey everyone, thank you for the very nice comments. I truly appreciate them. I've been pretty amazed with the camera's performance. And just to answer a few questions, though I strongly considered using a 35mm adapter, I decided against it and did not use one. The only thing in front of the lens is a Circular Polarizer, which is a life saver under the "big sky" conditions I have here in Idaho. The footage is "as shot" with no color correction applied at this point, it's straight up DVX100B goodness.

The settings I used are as follows (after much futzing around, looking for a 1970's road movie "washed out-golden look"):

Detail Level -4
V Detail Level -7
Detail Coring +3
Chroma Level -7
Chroma Phase +1
Color Temp -7
Master Ped +12
A. Iris Level -4
Gamma - CineLike V
Knee -Mid
Matrix -Cinelike
Skin Tone DTL -On
V Detail Freq -Thin
Progressive -24P(ADV)

I was a little concerned with washing it out so much it wouldn't really hold up image wise, but was very pleased once I was able to view it on a production monitor and realized it was giving me just what I had hoped for.

As far a the film goes, principal photography takes place in June-July and the film will be completed by the end of the year. We plan to have pretty extensive web updates and such at www.ibidmovie.com.

Again, thanks for the kind words.
 
Very nice. Professional directing and scene composition.

And sounds like something interesting is going on.

What's the budget like on this feature?
 
Hey i thought it looked pretty cool. I think in scene 31 it might have connected us a bit more if you threw in some pov of his mini camera, but then thats probably an aesthetic choice.

Also on your "day three" shot i think you might want to try key framing the text so that its blurry like the background, and then have it focus when the pull focus happens. And also play with the angles of the text a bit more, it was awkward.

excited to see the final product.
 
Kholi said:
What's the budget like on this feature?
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Budget?? What is this 'budget' you speak of?

epsilonbass said:
Hey i thought it looked pretty cool. I think in scene 31 it might have connected us a bit more if you threw in some pov of his mini camera, but then thats probably an aesthetic choice.

Also on your "day three" shot i think you might want to try key framing the text so that its blurry like the background, and then have it focus when the pull focus happens. And also play with the angles of the text a bit more, it was awkward.
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Thanks for the compliments and suggestions. As I stated it's a fairly rough cut just to make sure things are cutting together and working visually and aesthetically, so things like the text are temp (and I think the blurry, pull focus you are referring to is actually in the video compression, it's not actually a rack focus shot, just a video abberation).

The character's camera actually will be incorporated a quite a bit in the film, unfortunately it records in an odd windows mpeg4 compression format that Mac's don't like much, so I'm having to get the plugin to convert the clips to a useable video format, thus, they don't appear in the footage yet.

Again I appreciate the comments.
 
I love the look. And I love the idea of an onscreen character with a camera. I think the acting could use some work -- it seems a little stiff, like each actor is anticipating the other's lines rather than participating in a real conversation. The woman seems the most natural of the group.

I'd be interested in hearing how much rehearsal you've done for this, and what if any of it is improvised. What is your over-arching method of getting performances as a director?
 
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This is a rough cut of pre-production tests ? This isnt even the real production ?

Looks great; wonderful stuff.

Calibrate your monitor. Your blacks should be black as your letterbox bars.

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Use bounce on the actors
 
bklyndv said:
I think the acting could use some work -- I'd be interested in hearing how much rehearsal you've done for this, and what if any of it is improvised. What is your over-arching method of getting performances as a director?
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It might be an obvious conclusion that I disagree a little on you perception of the performances. It's hard in the context of one scene to see the overall scope of the film -obviously. It may be apparent that the film is an absurdist piece, and due to that, and the story as a whole the performances, or shall we say characters, should come off quite different in their rythyms and pacing. The 'rigidness' you speak of is purposeful, as the lines being delivered are so totally absurd that to go anything but straight would ruin the tone, and kill the humor. Again, I say all this with the knowledge that the overall film is not revealed here, and at face value, the whole cannot be assumed, so I take your critic respectfully.

And, no, there was no improv, this is all from the script, which we have been developing over the past two years or so...As far as rehearsal, we've spent a lot of time talking about character, which is what I am most interested in. Story and Character.


John_Hudson said:
Calibrate your monitor. Your blacks should be black as your letterbox bars.
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Thanks for the note. The look is purposefully washed out, including the blacks.
 
the blacks are purposely washed out. I noticed that, and i think this is the first film without crushed blacks that felt and looked very cinematic.

i disagree with something bklyndv said. I believe the acting was extremely strong on all parts. All characters were commited to the story and that came across.

Did you seriously film using a master Ped of +12?? seriously??
 
First of all, let me say that this was absolutely awesome. I want to see the whole thing so badly now!!

Also....THAT'S CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL!! That's an ACTUAL actor!! He was recently a major character in that "Book of Daniel" show. He played the gay son. How did you get him? Did you have to pay or is he a friend?
 
wow! sweet video man! very very flmic! How did you get the camera to mount on the hood of the car and how on the side to get the shot of the actor popping out his head to film/take a picture of the outside? I'm curious about this because I will need it for my movie. peace!
 
Uhh, yeah Christian Campbell, nice casting on that one. You said this is all straight from the camera, with no correction, but in the clip there seems to be a lot of good film grain, and I dont understand how you achieved that at this point. Also, how many cameras did you use to shoot this scene, and what kind of rig was used for cam mounts, etc. Looked and felt very professional. Congratulations.
 
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