Andy_Alderslade Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 (edited) As there have been some genuine complaints about nobody ever posting stuff related to this category I thought I'd post a link to this. Its a short called 'Texting' Was shot on 2 rolls of Vision 200T neg on a Beaulieu ZM4008 with the Schnieder lens. Filtration using an 85B. Thanks to the combined incompentance of Andec Filmtechnik (for losing part of the footage), The Widescreen Centre (for doing a ghastly telecine and for scratching the neg) and Todd AO for not bothering to provide a cleaning service (despite their high price) it looks pretty rough, and due to that i've tried to push it that way even further. Here on You Tube: and also here on Jump Cut: http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=84E38A4E476...0A31EE329CBD869 Edited September 20, 2006 by Andy_Alderslade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted September 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 21, 2006 Why does it look so flickery? That wasnt RANK, what type of service was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chad Stockfleth Posted September 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 21, 2006 definitely has a french new wave sort of feeling to it. i'm not sure i totally understand, but perhaps i'm not meant to. i did like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gonzo Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 That was a nice little film man...despite a few scratches to the negative the images look pretty nice. Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim Terner Posted September 21, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 21, 2006 I agree with dr_gonzo, it's the filming and plot that matters and it was an enjoyable 2 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Alderslade Posted September 21, 2006 Author Share Posted September 21, 2006 i'm not sure i totally understand, but perhaps i'm not meant to. Can you say what you did not understand, -i'm very keen to know. I'm concerned about some of the audio levels - wonder if people can undertand them. Some concerns about flicker? I believe it was telecined on an URSA Diamond, which is what Todd-AO use, however I suspect what you think is flicker is either, the considerable amount of neg dust or the stacato feel of the beaulieu's short shutter which is sometimes conbined with small amounts of post-slow-motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris evans Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 That was fun. Flicker? I thought of it more as a ghost sort of effect, seeming to trail in some areas. It was fun though, I liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick McGowan Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I really liked it man, it was a nice little story. Well paced and interesting. I don't usually see a lot of super-8 material, so the look seems rare and different. If this was DV and any longer, I would have had a different reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill Totolo Posted September 23, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted September 23, 2006 I liked it a lot. I love the format. As for the story though it felt a bit one dimensional, the character speaks his desire and there isn't any insight gained at the end. I'm not saying it's bad at all, but I think this is where a few viewers indicate confusion. I would suggest some sort of turning point in there but that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda L. McReynolds Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 ghost sort of effect, seeming to trail in some areas. How did you achieve this? Was it intentional/kharma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Schilling Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 I thought you did a nice job on the filming and editing. Kind of hard to judge otherwise with all that YouTube compression... except the dirt, I never had S8 neg come back that dirty myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_bennett Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Nice, simple and appealing story. Hahah- I know what that is like, texting and at the end I understood the title. Shorter and a bit faster/punchier, I would swear this was a commercial, a damn fine wireless commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andres victorero Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Very nice footage. Congrats ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Alderslade Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Cheers, for all the feedback everyone, its all appreciated. I liked it a lot. I love the format. As for the story though it felt a bit one dimensional, the character speaks his desire and there isn't any insight gained at the end. I'm not saying it's bad at all, but I think this is where a few viewers indicate confusion. I would suggest some sort of turning point in there but that's just me. I see what you mean, though admittedly this was an exercise to challenge myself with camera and lighting - i've lost my interest in writing films since experiences at film school. I believe the ghosting is from doing slow motion in post, perhaps combined with the short shutter speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Weis Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 It was a nice, sweet, feel good short film. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohen Phillips Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 A nice little film you got here. To bad about the labs not being more careful with it. :P But all in all in looks nice. Great to see you keeping Super 8 alive! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Lovell Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 A nice little film you got here. To bad about the labs not being more careful with it. :P But all in all in looks nice. Great to see you keeping Super 8 alive! :D You can get that strobing if you don't de-interlace when doing your compressing for web. What was it transferred on? Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Means Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I really liked it- the lens length on the girl shots did a good job of conveying the exaggerated focus of those first meetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Buick Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 That Negative...like silks...so soft...lovely film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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