MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

TIME IS NEVER FREE! Its just bad practice for indy film producers to value there films ignoring the financial value of their contributers and cast (even if they are friends and family) it is also just looks completely amatuerish to anyone with experience when an indy producer says - oh yeah made it ...

Congrats on the film, and it is a massive achievement to make a feature with such little money - lol i wouldnt go around saying it cost $600 though (I mean you have to figure in the value of your time into that budget.)

muahaha hehe, well now i just can't wait to get the film done however, it is a lot longer too now - 25mins, If i posted the first and last drafts of the script it would be a completely different film. However on an upside though, a lot of firsts are being stuck in this film (for me that is) new grap...

Perhaps super 8mm is in some technical form Knightly but ive never seen s8mm look anything like 1080HD!!!

When will you have this done and online? Well hopefully it will be done before your friend Gyro hits puberty muhahahaah... In actual fact the film got delayed because of work and rubbishness (that will soon no longer be an obstacle to filmmaking time yipee) but basically ths film has taken about 4 ...

Heres some more pics ;) I've gone back to one with a car that someone mentioned here needing fixing ;) http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6540/new01du1.jpg http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4427/new03ze9.jpg http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3647/new04ma1.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/686...

Basically the soundtrack will consist of a sheet music composition especially made for the film - that will feature a mixture of synthetic and genuine instrument playing that is in the style of a classical music style composition (with piano, strings, and so on.) The music will have a romantic flavo...

Yeah ur totally right about the soldiers - its not as bad imo with the firing line (there executing civies aiee) but with the police it looks fake - i hadnt cloned em before so i was a bit overly paranoid ha! In post, I will add a few more thru keyed extras i think. Not been fixed yet. In fact we wi...

Yep that is why - absolutely. I just don't have time for people with unconstructive criticism who try to point score. Im known for giving detailed reviews that are long and constructive myself (albeit darkelastic is still waiting for his!) Well got more pics coming mostly from the 'funeral scene' th...

Ugh yeah i know its a bit annoying actually, its cos the ground was slanted in this old factory courtyard. I may rotate it in post i think (just a little) but you have to be careful cos where there standing its more level - its more to the right of the frame it starts to slant. Argh hehe, ill post a...

Yep likewise cos i thought Liza u were directing and u were just asking guys to help u film sone content that could be patched together

Yeah theres loads of moment in these pics believe it or not thouugh none of them are green screened (yikes) there just graphics added to choreographed movements in frames. So theres a way even if you ain't using keys to add in graphics etc. Yes you can have camera movements with chroma but its somet...

Okay more pics at work. Again there is a subtle comic book style which i think will really work for this film and its manner of performance. Again its more matte shots - the whole film isnt mattes or anything lol tho - promise. http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7243/poorheidiqx2.jpg http://img144.i...

Righto - well you know how the tragedy is now synonomous with the footage of Cho's video tirade. You have different people performing his words (of the speech) and you cut between them, people of different classes/race etc until the tirade is complete. It would show that it could happen to anyone - ...

What you've described is the classic talking heads documentary - and they will be getting made - and the visual punch could (as in the dramatisation) end in disaster, - plus it will not work to make people seek help - think about it - your telling them too with this kind of documentary. A more sublt...

First keep your eye on the prize - its not the library footage that makes my suggestion work or be effective - tho to be honest (its only 30 secs of something to roll out on) either from news footage of the event if ur allowed any or that portion could be recreated - even then we're talking about st...

Well personally i think you guys might want to reconsider this approach a little bit - If i just comment on your ideas Kene (as you've set out numerically) 1 - Dramatising of the shooting event is not a good idea - screen violence will not endear your film to an audience desperate for some kind of e...

Its all relative Zacatac - (whether it looks like 16mm or 35mm) depending on its aesthetic rather than anything black or white. Generally the resolution of most hd cameras or even SDs using mini35s has limited it usually to being compared to anything more than s16mm, but theres exceptions. Audiences...

Yes well i think we can just get back to talking films now, lets call a truce till i update the thread with actual film info

Gee your right Gyro - humouring a nob like you is easier than i thought!

1 Righto well there are no 'presets' used as in any kind of automatic function - however (you can often get away with auto tungsten / daylight white balance settings but I wouldnt recommend it.) I mean ugh there were so many different locations, lighting conditions etc that there is no blanket setti...

Your persistant aren't you Gyro - i'll answer your questions on msn if your THAT curious at lawriejaffa@hotmail.com - but i'd rather avoid talking to you on this forum.

If that seems eccentric to anyone else - thats fine, its my prerogative

Pics coming soon.

Gyros's just an a**, and if you think im an a** for calling him one - thats fine - and he can keep to pm instead of asserting i know nothing about cameras too right lol? I just don't intend to discuss my film with him - you can read any posts he's ever put in my threads to see why i won't give him t...

Yep, Definately - but perhaps one idea would be to focus less on the school shooting and more on the video manifesto made by Cho, - From a production perspective this is quite easy. However what you could do is have loads of different kids performing parts of the manifesto (reading from his script) ...

No your not, your an impertinent scumbag who can kiss my a** now beat it