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Dan Hasson

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  1. Hi Joerg, Thanks for these links. Not sure if I can see downloads for Mac? Do you know if they are PC only? Thanks!
  2. Hello, I am cutting a commercial project for a client and one shot they are asking to be stabilised. I spoke to the camera team and it was shot on a long lens (90mm) without a very good tripod / head as the operator panned the camera. It was a super low budget job so understandable. My first attempt to stabilise was using DaVinci Resolve's stabilise but it creates a weird lag effect to the wobble from the pans. Does anyone have any other programmes or solutions to this? Thanks, Dan
  3. Thank you for taking the time to answer. Very interesting to hear how he worked!
  4. Out of interest, what films did you work with him on? What was his relationship like as a director with the camera department?
  5. Richard Linklater's first feature was shot on super 8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8SZ6htuNB0
  6. Hi cinematography.com, I wanted to share a recent interview I co-wrote with my producing partner. It is with the Faroese writer/director (and poet/rapper amongst other creative outlets), Trygvi Danielsen. It is about his first feature, 111 Good Days - a Faroese language film. You can read the interview here. He is an amazing guy and the film is brilliant. Here is the trailer: Enjoy!
  7. I thought the explosion was amazing. I'm unsure how an atom bomb explosion technically should look apart from the obvious mushroom cloud imagery in my head. Personally, the scene was so gripping with all the elements combined, performance, sound, image, editing etc that whether it technically could have looked more 'real' with CGI, did not matter at all. I think Nolan's commitment to no CGI (or as little as possible) is a selling point / marketing material but fair enough, it's cool to have the money and ability he does to hire amazing crew to make it work. It does not mean it's right for every file, as CGI has of course created amazing things in films. This is all just my opinion though and definitely would like to know your thoughts when you see it.
  8. I went to see the picture yesterday where the local cinema had a 35mm print. It was fantastic, the film, the experience and the print. My opinion is, I found the film hard to follow at points, mainly during the b&w sequences. A lot of the dialogue sounded similarly mixed to Tenet (as in the notorious thing of not really being able to hear what people are saying). However, I thought it was not a problem in Oppenheimer like it was with Tenet. Kemalettin Sert mentioned about the focus. There was a number of times faces in closeups would go soft and the depth of field was razor thin. I can appreciate how tough it must have been to pull focus though, especially when the difference between someones eyes and their glasses is tiny. Other than that, technically speaking, the print was great especially the b&w and it sounded amazing on the big screen. Would highly recommend going to see the film no matter what format.
  9. Hi @Joerg Polzfusz, thanks for getting back to me. I tried some other software but I'll try Recoverit now and see. I also took it to one data recovery expert who could not recover. I'll get a quote from those two companies you linked and try them but I'm giving up now. It either looks like ADR or re-shoots... Thanks again for taking the time to research some places! Best, Dan
  10. Hi all, On one of my recent productions we used a Tascam DR-701D for a few days of the shoot. The rushes sound great and so we were all happy. However, just now I have gone through the rushes and on one day, a bunch of sound files are missing! We used a checksum verification when backing up on the shoot days and there were no issues. By chance that shoot days SD card did not get formatted and I still have it as it was from the day. So, the sound at the start of that day and the end of that day is on the SD card (as well as the drives it was backed up on). However, everything in between the start and end of the day is not. This has not made a gap in the file numbering, it still went in numerical order but there is just a load missing. I have of course contacted the sound recordist. I do trust them completely as we are friends. Unfortunately they do not know what could have gone wrong and swears they remember the slate tone at the head and tail (it was set to have this) going off and seeing the timecode roll for each clip as they would always check. We used various data recovery softwares today on the SD card and nothing. I know the most likely answer is that they're gone forever and we have no chance. I thought it best to ask everywhere I can though in case anyone has any ideas and my only hope is that I still have the SD card as it was on the shoot day. Even though we used data recovery I'd still love to hear if anyone has any recommendations. Thank you, Dan
  11. I prefer deeper depths of field. However for your point, on my recent feature we were shooting at a very public location, a fair ground on a pier. It was daylight, around 18:00 so the sun was lower but still very bright as it's the summer. We had permission from the location but there were a few thousand people. We didn't have enough time or people to get release forms and so we opened up the lens and added ND's. Like I said, it's not my preferred look for my work but it was required. It actually ended up working for the story and scenes on the Pier.
  12. Hi All, I posted about the pre-launch the other day. It is now launched and I wanted to share the page with you all to spread the news. We're very excited to bring it to life. All the details about the film can be found on the link to the page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3132film/thoughtless-in-remarks-a-feature-film Thank you!
  13. Hi Jeff, Thank you for your kind words. We look forward to launching early next week! Best, Dan
  14. Hi all, This seems like the most appropriate topic forum as my second feature film is currently in pre-production. I searched this forum and there had been previous posts about Kickstarters so it felt okay to write the topic here. The feature is titled Thoughtless In Remarks. Here is the synopsis of the comedy/drama set on the south coast of the UK in the city of Brighton & Hove: Their friendship is on the edge as Jack and Alex approach 30 years old. Will they last a weekend away together by the sea? We have acquired our funding but are soon to launch our Kickstarter for a final round that will help us get the final funds for production expenses (food & fuel) and some post-production expenses. I just wanted to share our Kickstarter's pre-launch page to see if there's people interested in the film. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3132film/thoughtless-in-remarks-a-feature-film I'll share again when we've launched in just over a week. Any questions let me know. Thank you, Dan
  15. Hey, My partner, some friends (the cast) and I (director) made a short a few weekends ago. We used my parents house, one of the friends parents house and whatever else we had access to and had a great time shooting it. It was an idea to be tounge in cheek of the usual Xmas commercials that pop up each year. Would love to hear what people think. It can be seen here: Thanks, Dan
  16. Definitely share the concept short, I'd love to watch it. I had the confidence for the feature for two reasons. One, it cost next to nothing and was written that way. Two, like you, I have worked on other projects over the years, mainly commercials here in the UK. Thank you for your kind words about mine getting made! Best, Dan
  17. Hi Vital, Thank you, that's very kind! Writing took just under two months then storyboarding, rehearsals and camera tests for a month. It was a seventeen day shoot. This could have been less however the lead and co-producer, Tom O'Brien, had another job. So some days we could not shoot or we had to wrap early. I was fortunate (or maybe unfortunate) enough to not be working at the time so had no other obligations. Post-production took a very long time. As soon as we wrapped I had a really busy year working as a 2nd AD on other films. So it was about thirteen months of post-production. This started with manually syncing every shot, a rough cut and eight cuts before picture lock. Visual influences were mostly films favouring deep focus. Obvious ones like, Citizen Kane, 12 Angry Men, Paper Moon and The Last Picture Show. I was also watching The Sopranos around that time which was a huge visual influence. A lot of The Walking Dead and other films / shows shot on 16mm with wide lenses. I used a 28mm lens stopped down usually to f16 and f22 for exteriors and f8 and f11 for interiors to achieve this. Thank you so much for taking an interest and asking about the film! Dan
  18. Hello all, Firstly I hope I am posting in the right sub and not too soon after my last 'critique my work' post. I have recently had an article published on No Film School about my first feature film's production process. It was made very 'El Mariachi' style. This is not to take away the importance of good crew but for this project I worked in the style I write about in the article. I am keen to share on this forum as I have enjoyed coming here and reading over the years. I hope you enjoy the article and get a chance to watch the film's trailer or watch the film itself online. Thanks, Dan
  19. Hi Ivan, Thank you! Yes I was very inspired after reading his, Rebel Without A Crew. Not to take away from the importance of crews but for this project, I wrote it with budget very much in mind. I shot digitally. The grade was done with Filmconvert and DaVinci Resolve. Thanks, Dan
  20. Hi all, I am a UK based writer/director. Recently my first feature film, 'When Are You Moving Out?' has been picked up for distribution on VoD in the USA & Canada! We are very excited and want to spread the word as well as looking for any feedback that you guys have. Here is the trailer. The film can be viewed here (paid: itunes/amazon). The film was shot in a 'Mariachi' style with mostly natural light. Any questions about the photography or anything else to do with the film let me know! Happy to talk about it. Thanks, Dan
  21. I haven't had experience myself in post. However I'm pretty sure the film La Haine was shot on colour stock and converted to B&W in post. I'm not sure specifically how they did this as I'm not familiar with the process from when the film was made (I'm sure someone else on here would know more about it). Sorry I don't have the exact reference/source to confirm that it was shot on colour.
  22. Very useful information. Thank you for that. Sorry for taking this long to get back. Thanks, Dan
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