Villain of the Month

[Lynchenstein]

First time entering a DVX Fest... should be fun!

 

[Lynchenstein]

Ok! Here's the poster. Script is done and locations secured. Shooting in 10 days...

Tagline: It's not evil if it's legal.
Synopsis: A professional villain is forced to cease all evil activities. Whatever shall he do?

 

[Lynchenstein]

Here's the BTS video:

And another BTS snapshot of some of the set dressing...



Crew: Just me and the cast
Gear:
- Camera: GH1 (non-hacked)
- Lenses: Panasonic 14-140mm and 20mm pancake lenses.
- Mounts: Cheap-o Velbon tripod mostly
- Audio: Rode Videomic on camera and h4n as well.
- Lighting was mostly practical, with a couple painter's lights for fill.

 

[Matt Harris]

Welcome and good luck.

 

[Lynchenstein]

Thanks Matt - I finally got off my arse and got things in motion.

 

[MSpencer]

I like your title

 

[Chris Messineo]

It is a very intriguing title. Best of luck in the fest!

 

[Lynchenstein]

Thanks Chris. I'm having a blast in preproduction. Nervous about not screwing up the shoot now.

 

[Noel Evans]

Sounds like fun. Good luck.

 

[Lynchenstein]

Thanks Noel - it'll take far (far) more than luck!

 

[Anthony Todaro]

Digging the concept and poster. Break a leg.

 

[Lynchenstein]

Struggling with Sony Vegas 10...trying to get the file size down to around 100mb on a 6 minute timeline. 250mb just won't cut it.

Anyone out there have some settings assistance??

 

[Jason Ramsey]

it's been a long time since i've used vegas personally...

but, what settings are you currently trying to use?

what codec, resolution, and bitrate? also, check your audio format as well... it can gobble up a lot of your file size unnecessarily

 

[taylormade]

If you use H.264 compression, 1280x720 at 2000kb/s you should be good to go. My film is a few frames short of six minutes and I got 76MB at 1600 kb/s and 96MB at 2000kb/s with a good looking file at both rates.

 

[ZazaCast]

Here's what I use....play with the rates to get your best.
http://photobucket.com/VegasRender

 

[Lynchenstein]

Thanks! You guys are awesome.

 

[Chris Messineo]

I love your BTS and I think the concept behind your story sounds awesome - very funny. I can't wait to watch all these films!

 

[Lynchenstein]

Newspaper prop, full of dumb poop jokes. Might be worth a chuckle.

 

[Hawk Teflon]

Awesome! I wasn't sure if this was still happening or not!

 

[MrFluffy]

Awesome! I wasn't sure if this was still happening or not!

Apparently its the fourth week with no end in sight!