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Post by Gonga on Jun 18, 2008 15:00:19 GMT
Sounds like a really nice project you have on the go, it will be interesting to see who get to play the dad.
*Cough*PeterMullanwouldbegood*cough*
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Post by Gonga on Jun 15, 2008 19:22:26 GMT
Not usually one to blow my own trumpet but I literally stumbled across this about 20 minutes ago. Seems my short won a wee prize on Shooting People. shootingpeople.org/join/example_bulletin.php?bulletin=6In the absense of Harry Secombe wailing at me on a Sunday Evening this has proper made my day. Just about to finish a colour recut with a few special effects thrown in for good measure. ;D
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 21:47:29 GMT
I've edited everything I've done so far. I've only ever used iMovie (for about 3 videos) then the rest of my stuff is all edited on Final Cut. I love the editing process and enjoy it, although unless i have a deadline, i'm very stop and starty. But once i et into it i can go for hours. My current project has hours of footage and has been hugely demanding editing wise. I have to say though, I don't want to be a pro editor. I much prefer the shooting, and directing side of things, its much more exciting, involving, and social even! I'd love to shoot something and let someone else edit.. see what happens. But i feel once i've shot something... it feels like my baby that I have to look after in the edit! If you know what i mean. I suppose i could always supervise the edit. Which i'd definitely do if i was a pro director anyway, it's essential in my opinion. Editing can make a film. But as my teacher at college would say "You can't polish a turd" meaning if the script, the filming and everything before the edit is shit. It's gonna be a shit film, simple as! So in my ooion, Pre-production, and production are more important that post. In the short film world I have to disagree, I would like to think I can discount myself from this but I have seen some absolute fucking tosh getting filmed, with little to no thought put in to it from the start and yet some good editing can pull it together and make something quite entertaining. I think perhaps back with film that was the way, but with technology these days, and I think Photography is a great example, you dont need to have great talent to produce something quite impressive. just an opinion though.
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 18:00:47 GMT
I think you have to have a very certain type of mind to be able to edit on a professional level. i actually have a bit of ADD myself which makes editing a real love/hate situation. If I like what I'm editing I can get in the zone, but if it starts going wrong or I cant get my head round a certain scene then I just switch off. Quite frustrating, but then I do feel Final Cut has set its dificulty level just right.
I had never touched it when I edited my recent short and yet like Wiggy I found it really intuitive to use. I basically just sat there and toiled through for 3 weeks solid. Which for a 12 min film out of 4 hours footage is quite a mission for the uninitiated.
Dave, re student filmmakers who don't think through the editing process, I kind of wonder if thats because they had a strong enough image of their film in the first place.
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 16:17:41 GMT
Personally I think Bovrill could do with the exposure.
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 16:13:39 GMT
20 second add for Starbucks in the first shot of the film, your gonna clean up in this business my friend.
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 16:00:50 GMT
I invested in Final Cut Studio 2 a wee while back and have been playing about with it over the last couple of months. Its still something that amazes me, just how powerful a tool it actually is.
Just wandered what software everyone else uses to edit, and if they had any experience with After Effects packages.
I came by a couple today and am in the process of mooching about with my last film, doing a couple of remixes if you like. ;D
So, whats your stories with regards to editing..?
Anyone hate it and get someone else to do it, or does holing up with a king size bag of quavers and a barrel of strong coffee get you excited.
Personally I enjoy it, although I find I have to be editing something I have an interest in or my mind wanders and before I know it I am googling images of Georgie Thompson again.
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 14:38:39 GMT
Sorry forget that, I engaged what few brain cells I have and noticed it says at the bottom of your site.
Must lay off the Port.
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Post by Gonga on Jun 6, 2008 14:36:16 GMT
Who did your website, it reminds me a lot of the kind of work a very close friend of mine does. www.northform.co.uk
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Post by Gonga on Jun 3, 2008 18:13:01 GMT
Thought it was nicely written and it always takes some guts to deal with tougher issues like mental illness. The acting was in the main well done, and the lead guy delivered a pretty touching performance.
My only gripe would be some of the image composition, I'm not sure cutting off the bottom half of someones face really works, and especially unless the sound is grade A. Having said that there were times I thought you had some really nice angles that worked well.
Good work.
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Post by Gonga on May 29, 2008 10:40:46 GMT
Someone did something similar in this "unnoficial" music video for the KLUTE song "Never Never"
In this they drive from San Fran to NY.
Incidently KLUTE is shit hot, not least because he let me use 3 tracks off his album for my film free of charge, but just because his music is shit hot.
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Post by Gonga on May 28, 2008 21:39:32 GMT
Paul McStay
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Post by Gonga on May 28, 2008 17:10:31 GMT
Be interesting to see what you come up with, especially in your native accent. Get it posted when its done..
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Post by Gonga on May 27, 2008 10:51:13 GMT
I really liked that, some funny dialogue you got there. As for the "shameless rip off" comment its more a case that once something has become massive in the sitcom world I dont think there exists a market for anything similar, even if it was better written/produced/shot etc etc.. Although I guess that depends on if you have your sights set on the main terrestrial channels 1-5, I dont watch a great deal of the tele so I dont know if channels like BBC4 are actually putting on new stuff or just repeating Little Britain all the time. Either way I would slit the throat of whoever gave 2 packets of lager and a pint of crisps the go ahead.
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Post by Gonga on May 26, 2008 13:01:27 GMT
I recently moved to London, about January this year, but before that I was living in Sheffield for the last 7 years. After seeing Dead Mans Shoes, I am certain I saw the same Citroen Dolly around Sheffield a fair few times, a few of which in the Tesco's opposite my old flat.
Is there any info on where it went after the film, how it was cast and if it had a name..? ;D
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