The final week (Status Report)

Yes! My short version is almost done! We've got all the music plugged in, and I just have a bit of audio mixing to do, and it's finished! I never thought we'd get here! It's a relief. Now to make that file for upload. Jarred, does it have to be a 16:9 anamorphic file?
 
darn briceman get some sleep brudda. good luck can't wait to see it. Chris Hurn just got the rough cut from Callaghan to make the music score, man i'm nervous. it's like watching someone on stage that i know and feeling nervous as all hell.can't wait til this thing is over! then of course on to the next project
 
Just finished shooting yesterday. Main edit is complete as of right now. Time to start sound design.
 
Yes, or at least masked 16:9.

Brandon, do you have your full version completed as well then? I know for myself, I HAVE to get the full version (8.5 minutes) done before the deadline, or that would drag on once I at least met the initial deadline for the 6 minute cut. So my goal is to have it all finished by tomorrow evening (working ALL day today and ALL of tomorrow morning/evening/night), then cut the sections that are planned to sit out for the 6 minute cut, and render several tests for best quality while staying under the MB maximum (40MB, I think).
 
Envision said:
... while staying under the MB maximum (40MB, I think).
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hey check the most recent submission sticky in sci fi
http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=44613
file sizes now are whatever they are basically as they are asking for MPEG2 files with embedded audio and estimating that our file sizes will be 200+mb

so no more encoding headaches but that control is out of your hands now.


EDITED TO ADD: read down -- the 200MB and other info is sortof strewn throughout.
 
Thanks, Jack. I also noticed in the rules thread, that the online submissions had been expanded up to 60MB! But, that's moot now, as we're all to submit the MPEG2's.

Thanks for that heads up!!
 
Envision said:
Brandon, do you have your full version completed as well then? I know for myself, I HAVE to get the full version (8.5 minutes) done before the deadline, or that would drag on once I at least met the initial deadline for the 6 minute cut. So my goal is to have it all finished by tomorrow evening (working ALL day today and ALL of tomorrow morning/evening/night), then cut the sections that are planned to sit out for the 6 minute cut, and render several tests for best quality while staying under the MB maximum (40MB, I think).
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Yeah, I finished the full version first. It clocked in at 10:40 without an end credit roll (still gotta add that). My other version clocks in at 5:59:22. 2 frames from 6 min! I need to tweak some audio edits in the 6 min. version, but then I'll be home free! :thumbsup:
 
Yes! Just sent off the long version to my co-director/writer in Virginia and he loved it! A few minor audio adjustments, and we're home free baby!!! WHOO!
 
I'm writing the score for Callaghan's film now. Pretty tight deadlines - I recieved the cut yesterday so I'm working around the clock to get it done! :)

Good luck to everyone involved, I look foward to seeing these shorts.

-Chris
 
I'm... still... waiting. :( God it's getting close. Might very well be the biggest challenge I've had to date(assuming I get it).
 
Well after a series of miracles, all of my actors actually showed up! I started actually shooting at about 9:00PM Saturday night and wrapped about 11:00PM. Everything went pretty quickly, all this with no crew--just me. Basically, a dolly shot set-up, and a handheld sequence. I'm just starting to ingest now. At least I'll have SOMETHING to turn in!
 
Edited. Solved (I think, at least for now) my lack of ability in Vegas 6.0 . Not embarrassed by the final result. Really don't want to let down all those that contributed. About three frames short of 6 minutes - with credits. Rendered. 287 MBs!

Tired now.

Must ... sleep ... now ... (in a William Shatner kinda way ...)

Long live Sci-Fest!
 
kimko said:
man , i would've helped you out with crew just ask
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Thanks! Actually didn't really need one--I move pretty fast. Used only four ights: a 2-foot, 2-bank KinoFlo, two small LowelPro open-face units, and a PAR64. And my track dolly is a total breeze to set-up. First dolly shot was lit and rigged in under ten minutes. The only person I really did need was, of course, a good BOOM OPERATOR! This shoot BARELY came together and was far too last-minute to involve skilled professionals!
 
I think I'm finished.

It looks better on a TV than it does on the computer, but... Well, it looks right if you crank up the brightness a bit and cut the contrast a tad. (Those are highly technical computer terms.)
 
GenJerDan said:
I think I'm finished.

It looks better on a TV than it does on the computer, but... Well, it looks right if you crank up the brightness a bit and cut the contrast a tad. (Those are highly technical computer terms.)
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I just woke up.

We finished yesterday, but was up way late working on exactly the same issue Gen... trying to get it to look as good for computer viewing... This is my first time doing so as I haven't delivered video via the internet before (just DVD).
 
Don't struggle too much with it. Computer monitors are just as wildly variable as TVs...even within systems, never mind the difference between PC & Apple.

I was tempted to include some NTSC bars right at the beginning, hoping the viewer would take the hint and adjust their monitor. :grin:

The main difference I've seen (on PC systems) is the picture will just be too dark...but cranking up the brightness and cutting down the contrast little bit helps. Just gotta be careful not to wash everything out.
 
Man, hope I finish mine by the end of the day. I would like to have a little time to walk away from the computer, come back later and see if my short still looks good to me.
 
GenJerDan said:
Don't struggle too much with it. Computer monitors are just as wildly variable as TVs...even within systems, never mind the difference between PC & Apple.

I was tempted to include some NTSC bars right at the beginning, hoping the viewer would take the hint and adjust their monitor. :grin:

The main difference I've seen (on PC systems) is the picture will just be too dark...but cranking up the brightness and cutting down the contrast little bit helps. Just gotta be careful not to wash everything out.
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Yeah, I hear ya about monitor variation -- I deal with that with photography and graphic design... so it's something I've learned to compensate for... but not so with video!

When I watch trailors at apple.com they look great, so I was wondering if people do an "internet version" of color correction, or if it's in the encoding/converting? I'm not such a noob at the filming at editing, but this is my first time putting a short on the net! :shocked:
 
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