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FilmmakerJ, a great contribution, thanks a lot ! I was actually avoiding combining what I got so far with all sorts of mattes, solids, and what have you because I'm still a beginner in AE. It's my first project in fact so it intimidates me to make these complex combinations. I am also very much...

And here's the paradox again. Career wise, I make my own films hoping to control it well enough to become an established director. I cannot do this by being a service to market companies. Time management wise, it is humanly impossible because making your own films with a decent-to-high degree of...

I only tinted it to black and white beforehand, haven't done saturation and curves alongside though. I'll try it. It's the highlights in the leaves causing me issues. Have a look at what I'm getting. I'll show how much of the rotoscoping has been done so far too: 1...

I squeezed the levels together in what seemed to be the sweet spot so that I get the whitest highlights and the blackest shadows I could. I assume for the alpha it should be the same wouldn't it? EDIT: The problem is that the leaves in the background have quite some leeway between shadows and...

I always edit my own stuff, but I'd primarily look for samples of their work and try to "see between the lines" to figure out where the edit was his personal creative touch, that to me says the most about an editor. Also, how subtle or over the top he tends to be in his edits. And lastly, when...

All jokes aside, I'm in a world of pain. 2 minutes of rotoscoping outside of the green screen area. Well, 2 minutes left, I've done 20 seconds already. Here's what the job looks like. The last photo is what I need to get. Luckily, resolution in the final comp is greatly downscaled so I don't...

Well, yeah, the idea, the writing and the entire execution was coordinated by me. I funded the entire project too, and I'll continue to fund it, promotional and marketing that is, as well as possible festival fees (or at least raise the money myself). I did give this guy some money as a friendly...

Thanks for the awesome reply really ! Great insight into things and since you were so helpful I can't help myself but ask for more insight from you, apologies in advance. My particular case was as follows. The main creative aspects I fulfilled were the positions of writer, director & editor. I...

Is there any one person to hold the rights to an indie film? Let's say this film was made without investments from outside. Let's say the writer is also the director. Where do producers come into play? I recently came accross a film festival that offers cash prizes, to be shared equally...

Most of the prep work will have to be done for a succesful web release anyway. Walter, do you need a skyline shot of Paris for a work of your own? If so, I've had an experience in the past where I needed footage of Florence Italy and what I did was I started asking vimeo users who had work shot...

Wow, woke up to these amazing answers. Wrote mine with that in mind too, I kept it down to 8 minutes. I felt like there's enough obstacles as it is to start a solid career out of directing, so why set additional obstacles for myself? I mean you always hear about X filmmaker's first film being...

Hello guys, I wanted to start this new thread as a general discussion, hence in the lobby section too. I assume most of you guys are aspiring indie filmmakers and rather than bringing negativity in the place, the aim of this thread was rather to encourage discussion towards insights into...

Plan is somewhat different, plan is building up rep so that I can independently go for bigger and bigger projects. With prizes and/or official selections comes credibility into hiring more talented crew and talent, still indie. Then, repeat. You made some good points on networking too, and that...

UPDATE: Shooting was a wrap, it went well overall. Definitely have all the footage I need. I said overall because the green screen area (2.8m by 3m) was a little bit too small for the needs, therefore about 25% of the footage is outside of the green screen area and will have to be rotoscoped...

GUERILLA FILMMAKING. Robert Rodriguez type of balls FTW-in other words, just go and do the thing, whatever it is. I will keep it in mind Jax, where I'll fail, others won't, no worries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UOa7tkByrw

This is very encouraging. Shooting on BMCC jax, raw. Sweetie, thanks again for chiming in, I did not say I am professional a colorist and compositor, no need to contradict an inexistent statement. I said I am MY colorist and compositor which is ireffutably true. Also, you are making a lot of...

Thank you very much Sweetie, I am my compositor and colorist though. I haven't done compositing before (well only in photography) - but I feel I get a grasp of how things are done in the VFX world in general, I have watched hundreds of GB of VFX tutorials so far, precisely for this reason. "As...

Hi guys, what's going is that in A COUPLE of days I will have a shoot as follows: Premise: One actor doing his thing in front of a green screen that is placed outside, in a garden. This footage is to be taken and replaced on the face of a building, as if I can see him, through the window...

Do you have any solid reasons for using a certain aspect ratio? Lately I've been kind of feeling that cropping to 2.35.1 or any widescreen ratio is an artificial, added aesthetic and that it doesn't necesarilly add depth to filmmaking, but it rather merely imitates bigger budget, hollywood...

Thanks for the reply. I am, I'm also looking at tops 100, at local festivals, etc. But with 12 000 festivals in the world, it's hard to find the niche ones, the ones that prize the writing and narrative, sound design too. I appreciate all sources, espcially forums where you guys might know...