The Twenty-Third Letter - Scene 10

Robert Sanders

Robert Sanders

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I posted this originally over at DVInfo. I thought you guys might like to take a look.

We recently wrapped production on The Twenty-Third Letter trailer. We put the XLH1 through it's paces and in different production scenarios.

I chose to show off Scene 10 because it has many different production qualities that hopefully many on these boards would find interesting. Low light. 3x SD lens on some shots. Jib arm shots. Special visual effects. Color correction. Etc. We also had a blast shooting this scene in downtown L.A.

You can view the Quicktime versions here:

http://starwaypictures.blogspot.com/2006/05/twenty-third-letter-scene-10.html

With a little luck I can offer WMV versions later today or tomorrow.

There are some noticable compression artifacts introduced by H264. It's always a tradeoff between picture quality and file size.
 
footage looks great, I could see this on tv. If they lower the price of this cam, I think i t could compete with the hvx. great work.
 
I moved this into the Cafe as it was getting NO LOVE in the Canon section. This dude has some skills guys.
 
I thought the footage looked great. Excellent job!

I didn't care for the editing during the "stab wound" conversation, though.
 
awesome.

awesome.

Looks awesome. The art direction was superb so was the cinematography. Nice work.

The only part that made me uncomfortable was the two shot - front and back - of the man and woman in the beginning to the CU's. I felt like I was thrown across the line a couple times. ie. the man is framed on different sides of the screen.

Keep it up.

-Kyle
 
Funny you mention that as it is being discussed already. I find it acceptable in this instance for sake of the body being revealed. Would I have made the jump ? No. But I believe it is set up properly and not totally disorienting.

I find the body act's as a sort of hinge

IMO
 
Yarr!

Yarr!

Yarr! Dang people get their ideas into words so much faster than me! Beat me to it...
 
The overall production value of this trailer is excellent.

All that would have needed to be done is for the man to have walked up to the women but not moved by her initially, start his dialog and then a bit later have him bring the line across with him as he walks to the other side. The move to walk is repeated from behind. The cut is then exactly when he brings the line right centered on our view directly in front of the woman from the front to the back.
 
Thank you for the commentary guys. Much appreciated. We've had our very own meta-discussion about the 180 rule for a couple days now. Everyone has some very valid points.

What I needed and didn't have was a POV shot of the crime scene. The original cut did not have the reverse. But everyone was getting impatient with not seeing what they're talking about. When I cut in the reverse, it seemed to feel much better. I didn't anticipate such a negative reaction the reverse.

Live and learn.
 
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