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  1. shortboy

    archived-videos (48hfp Albuquerque) Between Friends

    You guys had an 8min limit? Interesting. We've always had 7min down in San Diego. Decent story. What took me out was the delivery of the line. It came off more as a question as opposed to a sarcastic statement. You guys did get one of the more difficult genre's I think so kudos for having to...
  2. shortboy

    WIDESCREEN on a 60D?

    If you don't care all too much about the LCD screen. Scotch tape. It won't be exact but it'll give you a general idea of your framing. You can always add black bars in post, take a screenshot and view it back on the camera and go from there.
  3. shortboy

    cinematography Creating the illusion of more people.

    Firstly. While you're on set, get audio of the actors and crew talking for a minute or so. When shooting, don't have any of the background actors actually talk. Rather have them mouth their words. In post, add that audio in the background to simulate the effect that there's a bunch of people in...
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    actor :(

    I don't know if you're reshooting the whole movie or just the particular scene, but you NEED to make YOUR actors aware that YOU'RE the director. What you want is always priority. You suggested the best way by opting to shoot yours first and then the actors way if time allowed for it. Now, if...
  5. shortboy

    Fighting in suits?

    Easy. Loose clothing. We've done a few fight scenes where someone wore a more business suit. http://youtu.be/WrKY0G-Y2vQ?t=10m23s http://youtu.be/y8iK1YaBHDw?t=12m59s Most of our wear is just everyday clothing and stuff we wear outside of film and just put together to look good.
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    archived-videos LOVE LANGUAGE (48 Hour Film Project)

    Totally agree with you on the audio. We forgot to bring our usual set up for audio but we at least had a Rode Mic to work with. We just got the Rode so we haven't quite figured out a good setting for it but it does produce really bad hisses regardless. Add that to the fact that the Canon 60D...
  7. shortboy

    Bitten off more than I can chew for a first short?

    What do you mean by night? Do you mean the scenes is for night or you have to film at night? Because you can easily get some trashbags and cover up the windows. It's a hassle but a remedy to having to wait until night time to actually film some scenes.
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    archived-videos LOVE LANGUAGE (48 Hour Film Project)

    LOVE LANGUAGE -Romantic Comedy Action- (48 Hour Film Project) In collaboration with Almost Good Films, here's our short for the 48 Hour Film Project. I was the DoP. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTrk2NE_CXs A nice man has to overcome obstacles to meet his love at first sight. Our drama...
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    editing How do I make an invisible edit?

    Invisible cuts don't happen during editing, they happen during filming. The easiest way to do it is to have a huge foreground object take up a good amount of the frame. That will be your end point of the sequence. Start at the same object at the beginning of the next frame and go from there...
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    How do you feel about such accusations?

    I am going to have sex because this romance movie told that friends with benefits are awesome to have!
  11. shortboy

    Don't fall into the trap.

    I always say that it doesn't matter what kind of equipment you have, if you can tell a good story, frame properly, and edit, then you can film on anything. Even a webcam.
  12. shortboy

    Need Title Ideas for my Short Film, Help!

    Driving Force
  13. shortboy

    Will audiences believe a police procedure like this?

    I don't think it's about the believability of the more but more the execution. It actually sounds rad to see it.
  14. shortboy

    How to cast young actors?

    Easy... work with people that look like they're younger than their real age..... happens all the time.
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    How does this guy's camera get so bright at night?

    There are hundreds if not thousands of productions that should have never been on the distribution line but were anyway. If you have the money, people will produce.... hell even if you just want to distribute them yourself via online it's still being distributed.
  16. shortboy

    How does this guy's camera get so bright at night?

    Or just sounds like you need to shoot something simpler at your current state as a filmmaker. Don't get caught up on trying to get everything to look cinematic. Work more towards and getting scenes done. If you feel that you can't get certain things done with the amount of cast, crew, and...
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    cinematography How is this establishing shot?

    Well it is accepted provided that you had less shakiness and framed it properly. Hell, even placing the camera against your chest would've worked.
  18. shortboy

    cinematography How is this establishing shot?

    I think the part that's baffling everyone is that you could have easily worn the tripod around your upperbody.... that is to say that you actually have a bag for it.... and speaking of..... I don't exactly know what kind of equipment you have and what you carry them in....
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    cinematography How is this establishing shot?

    http://vimeo.com/64441546 That's my friend's aerial vid using a DJI Phantom drone and go pro. He also later rigged it so send to a wireless monitor
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    Can I legally use music if it's from a dead composer?

    Ron Wasserman, music composer of the original Power Rangers, recently recomposed music from the series. He said that you can legally cover a song so as long as the song being covered has been released to the public. http://www.rangerboard.com/showpost.php?p=4150032&postcount=1
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