What I learned this fest

Among other things, I learned that in all the entries that I saw till now, nobody used The Ball Element in a creative way, but mostly because it have to be done..

Children playing with it, baseball balls on locker without any so inportant need to be there..

Who knows, maybe on the other half of movies, I have to watch, I will be plesent surprised..

:beer:
 
leteeci said:
Among other things, I learned that in all the entries that I saw till now, nobody used The Ball Element in a creative way, but mostly because it have to be done..

:beer:
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Shameless plug- the ball in my film is actually used as a motivator and is in both the opening / closing because of its "importance." I actually reworked the entire first scene of the script to make sure it was there for some purpose. So if you're looking for balls with a purpose...go check out paired. Thanks! :thumbup:
 
I disagree! I find that the ball was used VERY creatively in a lot of entries.

See "My Name is Harold Allan," "Calls from the Furherbunker," "Cold Calls," etc..

How much more creatively can a ball be used? It still has to work within context of your film. Otherwise it could be TOO esoteric and take you out of the film... you know?
 
blindbuzta said:
I disagree! I find that the ball was used VERY creatively in a lot of entries.

See "My Name is Harold Allan," "Calls from the Furherbunker," "Cold Calls," etc..

How much more creatively can a ball be used? It still has to work within context of your film. Otherwise it could be TOO esoteric and take you out of the film... you know?
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Thanks, man.

I had a previous shot of the ball in place. The jib shot of Chris Flegel in his apartment starts under the coffee table. Guess what else is there? Yup... a ball.

When I saw it I deemed it unworthy and cut it out. I knew I still needed a location shot of the apartment building he was in so I packed up my dolly, a ball, and my daughter. Found a building that was made before the sixties and shot it.

Worked out MUCH better.

Mike
 
Simon Höfer said:
What? You didn't see my film yet? :D
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the tennis ball of the head was awesome! meant to ask you about that, how many times did you have to try that to get it right?


i thought i was clever with the use of a ball in "the devil inside" too! :laugh:



should've filmed my other idea, " ball buster " :D
 
Haha, yeah my actress hates me for that scene :D Had to throw the ball into her face like a million times! And we even had to shoot that scene twice, because the first time it was too dark.

I have yet to see your film. Was quite busy in the last days. Have to catch up watching, rating and commenting the films.
 
we had 2 balls. One was shamelessly thrown into the shot, quite literally. but the other ball hopefully showed the lonely nature of the character and was worked in as a game he ritually plays.

But I have to say Im not looking for creative use of the ball, it's just an element for the 'rules' - outside of this fest it means nothing. Whether you tie it in or not would have no bearing on another film festival or their appreciation of your film.

what did I learn? If shooting Red, double your production time. I learnt I prefer premiere over FCP and to get some stops on the end of your tracks (almost cost me a Red camera!). I also realised that there's no point in me storyboarding because I cannot make head nor tail of what I have drawn a day later.

Oh and I learnt that working with real actors is generally a good thing!
 
Ok I didnt submit anything but I did watch every one, with headphones.
What I learnt is that when I make a movie I'll set the audio level so that it matches intro logo all the way through so that the viewer doesnt have to keep adjustingf their headphones to avoid total silance or ear rupturing loudness.

:)
 
From watching everything. I learned that people overlook sound design more than anything else. Audio levels all over the charts. Poorly synced sound effects. Poorly mixed tracks. There are exceptions. But sound design overall seems to be overlooked.
 
What I learned from this fest? well...
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I guess that says enough.
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//edited.

I've learned that I still get a little too pasionate about things at times.
And that maybe I need to get out of the house a little more than I do.

:beer:

Note to self: Go fishing. Now.
 
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What I learned?

What I learned?

I learned was that if I can't get the proper sound equipment and people, go MOS.
 
Raptor365 said:
//edited.

I've learned that I still get a little too pasionate about things at times.
And that maybe I need to get out of the house a little more than I do.

:beer:

Note to self: Go fishing. Now.
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Awww. I prefered your original post raptor :-) Sometimes it's refreshing to have someone be totally blunt about film (I'll look back when I'm over the trauma and find it funny).
 
leteeci said:
Among other things, I learned that in all the entries that I saw till now, nobody used The Ball Element in a creative way, but mostly because it have to be done..

Children playing with it, baseball balls on locker without any so inportant need to be there..

Who knows, maybe on the other half of movies, I have to watch, I will be plesent surprised..

:beer:
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Hey... I think I have the only "crystal ball" of the fest, which was discovered to be a marble in "the other world". Seems you have pretty high standards for creative use.
 
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