Trailer for "Suicide For Two" DVX-100 & Mini-35mm

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gsummer

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Hi all,

Have a look at this trailer for a short film Produced by Summertime Productions. It is a comedy about suicide, shot with the DVX-100 and the Mini-35mm Adaptor with Zeiss cinema lenses. The film is currently beginning it's festival run. It showed last month at the Hollywood DV Festival. We used this site as a resource during pre-pro as well as in post, so we'd love to hear your comments.

To Watch the Trailer:

http://www.hzfilms.com/galen/Trailer improved.mov

For more Information on the film:

http://www.summertimeproductions.com

By-the-by, almost everything on our site is shot on the DVX-100. So feel free to check out our music videos too.
 
Had a professional feel to it. Dialogue audio was pretty good. A couple shots were better lit than others. I liked it!
 
well, hmmm, this trailer really felt like a trailer. the titles were superb, gave it that 'big hollywood comedy' type of feel. But as a comedy trailer, it's gotta have that one laugh out loud, i have to see this movie no matter what, moment. this film didn't have that. but it's certainly better than that "Benchwarmers" trailer.
 
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Hey, thanks for the responses. In regards to the lighting, it actually looks much better in MPEG2 on a DVD, I am still a relative newbie at web compression. I think I should have put a brightness filter on in Compressor, which I have done on recent projects and have noticed a positive effect. Compressor 2 is kind of garbage, though, (but that's another forum). Anyway, it's a short film not a feature. You can buy the DVD for $10 (which includes postage) by emailing:

galen@summertimeproductions.com

All proceeds go to funding the festival submission process.

Anyone else have comments about the content/style?
Any burning questions about the mini-35mm bull-ish?
Anyone got a story about using mini-35mm that in some way relates to this trailer?
Or not.
Who cares? It's a discussion, right. No rules.


G

"Independent Film, F**k Yeah!!"
 
Forgot to mention, there's an extremely pretentious filmmaker commentary included on the DVD. So, if you're not sold now I don't know what else I can do.
 
I hope you all realize I'm joking around. Seriously, though, who writes "Good job" for a post. What does that even mean? Come on, I want some constructive criticism here people.
 
Okay. I'm curious how you lit(what equpment,as well) the dark scene in the trailer where the person is sticking a gun to his head and speaking with the character with the shirt-and-tie(There is a TV flickering, as well, in this scene).
Could you explain your setup?
It looks natural to me, so I wonder how you pulled it off.
 
gsummer said:
Seriously, though, who writes "Good job" for a post. What does that even mean?QUOTE]

My guess is... Someone who thought you did a good job on your video...

I thought your trailer was great when I watched it at 3:30 this morning, but I was too tired to even write "Good Job"...

Just messin' with you, G... Honestly it was a great looking short, well acted, music was great, and looks totally funny... Lighting did seem a bit flat to me (not that I'm an expert) maybe it was just the white walls that made it seem that way.

Good Job. :)

SmithHouse
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apartment scene

apartment scene

The short was shot by Hillary Spera, a film school friend and a NYC based DP. The lighting is not as flat overall as it comes off in the trailer. Yes, the white walls were a concern and I think one of the largest downsides in the productions design. The scene with the TV was actually lit by a large HDTV with a DVD with randomnly flashing images on it, so yeah, it was real. I was happy with how it worked out. I punched up the blue in post, and we turned up the blue on the TV. There were other assorted lights used as practicals etc., but you'd have to ask the gaffer about that cause I don't remember (and I was pretty drunk).
 
Looks really professional. Don't know if it was a compression thing, but right when he says "I spent most of what I had on this gun", the audio really drops....Don't know if thats a compression thing. good job.
 
this was pretty damn funny. The trailer is very well cut and definitely has a professional feel to it. I liked the interior lighting in the office, high-key but with definition.
 
Audio drop

Audio drop

The audio dropout on the "I spent most of what I had..." line is a compression thing. It does not play that way in the Final Cut timeline. I may go back and look into that. Thanks.
 
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