THE DEVIL'S TOY - a Sprocketboy production

Love the behind the scenes shots and the grabs. Looking forward to seeing it, big time! :-)
Great stuff.
 
TMerry said:
Love the behind the scenes shots and the grabs. Looking forward to seeing it, big time! :-)
Great stuff.
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I'm looking forward to see your film as well.

I consider the 6 minute version of The Devil's Toy pretty much done. From time to time, I give it a tweak. A possible upload this Thurday. The 8 min 17 sec version hits the sweet spot. I'll be entering that in other festivals.
 
I just finished compressing the video to upload and its a pixelated mess. In compressor, I created a setting with a 50 MB limit, just for this fest, that worked perfectly for the last film I entered. Not for this one. I'll have to make the video a size smaller (640 x 345), instead of 800 x 450. I'm assuming that I have too much movement in this one. Also, during lightning strikes the video pixelates like crazy. Here I go again...
 
Sprocketboy said:
It appear that it will be sooner than that.

I changed my compression formula around in Compressor and ended up with a 48 MB - 800x450 video that looks descent. Pixelation is gone.

100% Uploaded. Done. Now the approval.
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800x450?? Man, that's pretty sweet. I'm still trying to get 700 right.
 
Sprocketboy said:
It appear that it will be sooner than that.

I changed my compression formula around in Compressor and ended up with a 48 MB - 800x450 video that looks descent. Pixelation is gone.

100% Uploaded. Done. Now the approval.
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Good to hear. Compression is such a pain in the you know what...
 
Tom Marshall said:
Good to hear. Compression is such a pain in the you know what...
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That's an understatement. I didn't realize I had my Mac on the wrong Gamma setting (D65 Gamma 1.8) and compressed with the Gamma too high to compensate. It is unbelievably dark on my Windows computer which is set to Gamma 2.2 by default. This default is pretty much on the majority of monitors and is the standard for web graphics and video display.

It looks great on an HD TV set.

The short of it is that I am re-uploading my entry with the correct Gamma.
 
Flattery will get you no where. :thumbsup:

I must admit I had a lot of fun making this film. Don't expect edgy editing or heavy color grading. I took this one down the classic horror movie path and tried to create a creepy tale. Whether I succeed at it or not, is another story.
 
But you have the coolest dead cat ever...

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I know you mentioned the grading but I really do wish you had done something with it. Maybe that's just me.

I liked the story quite a bit. Some really interesting shots throughout. The sound seemed to be quite good as well, although I think I spotted some ADR here and there.
Great production value throughout! Really nice work there. The kids were fine as well. They came through.

Bet they had a LOT of fun with this one. :)

I loved the editing as well. Nice flow.

MAH
 
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