Trickle
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Anthony Todaro
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Love the poster guys. Lots of style and intrigue.
@KhamIsk - Good memory... They aren't related. This is a different story.
I wish someone would make THE MELT but I think it's to expensive to do it justice.
I got your stuff BTW. Give me a few days. I'm working on a bunch of writing projects at the moment, but I'll get to it. ;p
@KhamIsk - Good memory... They aren't related. This is a different story.
I wish someone would make THE MELT but I think it's to expensive to do it justice.
I got your stuff BTW. Give me a few days. I'm working on a bunch of writing projects at the moment, but I'll get to it. ;p
Anthony Todaro
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Chris Messineo
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Great BTS! I'm so psyched that someone is still rocking the DVX camera. That DIY lens adapter is funky. I can't wait to see the final look of the film.
)Zaza, I was so worried when building that thing about it not being structurally sound enough. What I ended up with was a monster! I wish 35mm adapters were still a big deal; I could totally refine my design and manufacture it, and if you listened at the end of the behind the scenes video, I'd have a huuuuge profit margin!
I'm working on the fine cut now, and I'll be getting the picture finished tomorrow and working sound and color until I submit. The good news is the rough cut came out to 5:43! And that's with clips that need ends trimmed too. No worries on the time constraint!
I'm working on the fine cut now, and I'll be getting the picture finished tomorrow and working sound and color until I submit. The good news is the rough cut came out to 5:43! And that's with clips that need ends trimmed too. No worries on the time constraint!
Picture is locked at 5 minutes and 10 seconds. The more I trim the better it seems to get! Saying bye bye to all those shots that just aren't perfect.
The best advice I ever got in college was never shoot a single frame that you wouldn't blow up and hang on your wall. I still shoot those because I'm not THAT good yet, but when I edit, they don't make the cut ;p
The best advice I ever got in college was never shoot a single frame that you wouldn't blow up and hang on your wall. I still shoot those because I'm not THAT good yet, but when I edit, they don't make the cut ;p
taylormade
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Looks great. Terrific BTS.
Anthony Todaro
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"I'd like to thank all the 'little people', The Smurfs, Webster, that little motherfuqr from Willow and Tom Cruise for making this all possible." - Dakota Fanning
You must avoid all temptation to toilet paper Casey Anthony's house. It will be hard, but use the FORCE. I'm 'willing' you good vibes.... ohm....ohm....ohm
You must avoid all temptation to toilet paper Casey Anthony's house. It will be hard, but use the FORCE. I'm 'willing' you good vibes.... ohm....ohm....ohm
Matt Harris
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Really nice poster, not sure how you got Joe Jonas in your movie though?
Anthony Todaro
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Can't you see? They tied his ass up... :thumbsup: Gracias amigo.
Hawk Teflon
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Spoiler:
Matt Harris
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OK i know i'm not suppose to piggy back someone else's review, but i agree with Hawk. The twist was great, totally nailed me. The image quality is not too bad for a classic dvx, you are single handedly keeping dvxuser legit!
I too did not quite understand the ending, so please throw us an explanation (I think I have it figure out). The rest of it was pretty cool, and i thought the leads were good.
I'm sure you had to use the shot of him with the gag in his mouth as it was probably the best take, despite the inconsistency of the shot. I've been there many a time. Otherwise, a good short film. Like i said, you really won me over with the twist. Good work.
I too did not quite understand the ending, so please throw us an explanation (I think I have it figure out). The rest of it was pretty cool, and i thought the leads were good.
I'm sure you had to use the shot of him with the gag in his mouth as it was probably the best take, despite the inconsistency of the shot. I've been there many a time. Otherwise, a good short film. Like i said, you really won me over with the twist. Good work.
taylormade
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Liked the DVX look - kind of retro. Some interesting twists and turns in this story. Nice job.
Spoiler:
Thanks for the great reviews guys - I really do appreciate it and it's mainly why I'm participating. Not often that you get people to watch and personally review your work.
Hats off to Anthony for the twist, that was all him. And us on the execution! It was a focal point on how to pull it off perfectly. It's typical of all my story elements not to come across, it's probably my biggest obstacle I've faced as a filmmaker. I did an assignment at school using only a series of photographs to tell a story. Mine was about a lone tourist trying to get a local to take a photo of him in a city (since he was alone and couldn't take a picture of himself). Only one person out of about 15 film professors understood the story, and I got responses reaching as far as one guy trying to sell the other guy a camera. Anyway. To answer some of your questions:
On continuity - I've been taught, and will always abide by Walter Murch. Emotion before anything else. So the takes you saw were the ones that (first, looked good, myself being a DP
) caught the right emotion. In reality, if a shot came up that didn't look good and didn't make the audience feel the right (or most right) emotion, I try to find a way to cut the shot. I feel that if you can grasp the audience so strongly with emotion they ignore continuity errors, you're golden. That's what I strive for, so I kind of ignore continuity to an extent when I'm editing (like his lack of a badge and gag in the bathroom! Ha!).
The script really left the villain ambiguous. So it's up to the viewer to piece all of it together. However, we did work within the confines of an explanation; the villain was put away by the cop, hence the mugshot photo on the door, and was enacting his revenge against him. The villain kidnapped their daughter, who didn't understand, and adopted the villain as a caretaker.
Our lead actor had the key around his neck on a string. He can be seen reaching for it awkwardly in one of the shots, but we probably should've had a close up of it. There was kind of one, but it was just a really ugly shot and his action was awkward. He killed himself in the bathroom because he himself was dying, poisoned by the villain. When he first sits in the bathroom he coughs blood, then he stands and blood drips down his nose, and finally the photo of him being stabbed with a syringe, presumably poison. Again, we probably were just missing close ups to make that all clear. Had one of the bloody nose, but again, it was a really ugly shot and didn't fit in anywhere. It also went way further in the script than we went, blood coming from eyes, etc. Come to think of it, a tear of blood might've been more effective than the nosebleed. Anyway.
Hope that clears it all up. I'm really glad you guys all seemed to enjoy the film. Thanks so much for watching it and taking the time to review it.
Hats off to Anthony for the twist, that was all him. And us on the execution! It was a focal point on how to pull it off perfectly. It's typical of all my story elements not to come across, it's probably my biggest obstacle I've faced as a filmmaker. I did an assignment at school using only a series of photographs to tell a story. Mine was about a lone tourist trying to get a local to take a photo of him in a city (since he was alone and couldn't take a picture of himself). Only one person out of about 15 film professors understood the story, and I got responses reaching as far as one guy trying to sell the other guy a camera. Anyway. To answer some of your questions:
On continuity - I've been taught, and will always abide by Walter Murch. Emotion before anything else. So the takes you saw were the ones that (first, looked good, myself being a DP
) caught the right emotion. In reality, if a shot came up that didn't look good and didn't make the audience feel the right (or most right) emotion, I try to find a way to cut the shot. I feel that if you can grasp the audience so strongly with emotion they ignore continuity errors, you're golden. That's what I strive for, so I kind of ignore continuity to an extent when I'm editing (like his lack of a badge and gag in the bathroom! Ha!).The script really left the villain ambiguous. So it's up to the viewer to piece all of it together. However, we did work within the confines of an explanation; the villain was put away by the cop, hence the mugshot photo on the door, and was enacting his revenge against him. The villain kidnapped their daughter, who didn't understand, and adopted the villain as a caretaker.
Our lead actor had the key around his neck on a string. He can be seen reaching for it awkwardly in one of the shots, but we probably should've had a close up of it. There was kind of one, but it was just a really ugly shot and his action was awkward. He killed himself in the bathroom because he himself was dying, poisoned by the villain. When he first sits in the bathroom he coughs blood, then he stands and blood drips down his nose, and finally the photo of him being stabbed with a syringe, presumably poison. Again, we probably were just missing close ups to make that all clear. Had one of the bloody nose, but again, it was a really ugly shot and didn't fit in anywhere. It also went way further in the script than we went, blood coming from eyes, etc. Come to think of it, a tear of blood might've been more effective than the nosebleed. Anyway.
Hope that clears it all up. I'm really glad you guys all seemed to enjoy the film. Thanks so much for watching it and taking the time to review it.