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I wish I could oblige you on that, but behind-the-scenes photos are admittedly in quite a short supply. The crew consists currently of just me directing, and my buddy as DP. As is the both of us have been scrambling around so much that behind the scenes footage has fallen completely by the...

Second day of filming wrapped on Wednesday night! We're wrapped on interiors now, and we're scheduled to shoot out our exterior shots on Saturday the 20th. As soon as I get a few screen-caps from the editor, I'll make sure to post them up for everyone, show you what we've got.

That's the point, though! Build that tension, let the audience know that something's going to happen. After they've followed your lead long enough, loosen up on the leash, and as they're just starting to calm, nail them. It's a cheap trick, but audiences just don't seem to get enough of it.

The XL1 is a MiniDV format camera, and not HD. As far as theater projection goes, you'll really to be struggling to find something for less than a few grand (the BlackMagic Design cinema camera shoots in 3k or 4k, both of which would be feasible for quality theater projection. Sounds like it's a...

Probably your best bet for something along these lines would be to consult an effects artist, have them give you some custom pieces.

Here's something I was told about screenwriting that I apply to much of filmmaking in general: "Don't focus on finding where you can or can't break the rules. Instead, focus on following the rules, and pursue your craft. The more you improve, the more you'll notice which rules can be bent or...

The Lakeview Terrace example seemed to be relatively unjustified tension. It wasn't awful, but it certainly felt like I wanted to tell the main character not to be an idiot. Die Hard I completely disagree with you on, though. Detective McClane was a police officer, his first instinct isn't going...

No one starts off as Spielberg. It's by making projects, and getting critiques like this that one masters their craft. Like the dude said, keep going.

Check out the FS700, it goes 1080p up through either 120 or 240fps. I'm getting a feeling that this might be one of the next REALLY big prosumer pushes.

At times it feels a bit like slam poetry vs a script, the characters are very colorful with their words, but it's difficult to tell whether or not that works to its benefit or its detriment without proper context. Overall, though, it's a nice job.

For something like this, you're going to need software along the lines of After Effects, or Motion, or something that allows you to create and render particle effects, as well as a plug-in that allows you to manipulate particles like they're suspended in a fluid. Trapcode Particular by Red Giant...

A really great primer for basic mics! Good find, Alcove!

I think you did pretty well. Not a giant fan of the music personally, but that's auxiliary to the quality of the video itself. The concept works for an independent music video, and the shot selection was pretty well done. I would suggest, however, to maybe pull back on the orange a bit, as well...

It looks at a glance like they're pushing the greens in the shadows (at least during the daytime interiors, the nighttime exteriors look almost like they're pushing magenta a bit in the shadows), and orange, almost leaning a bit red in the mids and highs. Very mildly desaturated, and not too...

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I'll go a bit above and beyond here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1759777461/sams-story-a-film-by-mae-catt ^ There's the fixed link, Rayw. kickstarter.com/projects/1759777461/sams-story-a-film-by-mae-catt ^ And there's the address minus hyperlink.

Hard rim straight behind the subject, soft key high and 8:00 to the subject. For $200 you could probably either rent a couple little baby PARs, or purchase a mediocre makeshift solution, like Halogen lamps and Wax Paper.

Pleased to see another Michigander!

Wrapped day one of a small no budget 5-page short last night. The editor sent me a few of the screen captures from the dailies, figured I'd upload them for you guys to check out. http://i.imgur.com/fgdyW.jpg http://i.imgur.com/H1zqE.jpg http://i.imgur.com/D6y4Q.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KjcY2.jpg...

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