"Dreamer" - A new live action Contour Film

tronderboo · 07-20-2002, 09:53 AM

Yeah man!

I just wrote a FUCKING LONG thread, but, on previewing, it came up blank, I pressed back and it was all FUCKING GONE!

Anyway, the past few days me and a bunch of suprisingly up-for-it friends have been filming a movie I wrote using my Hi8 video camera. Some screenshots are below:

The story of the filme centres on a boy called "Edward", played by my friend Jon, who is being targetted, in his sleep, by a man from Hell called Serpus, who needs Ed to say a word in his sleep so that he can pass through Ed and back into the real world, where he aims to better his status in Hell by killing the two people Ed holds most dearly. I play Orpheus, the narrator from Heaven who's been sent to help Ed against Serpus.

It's been really great fun filming on zero budget. We've managed dolly shots using a trolley my old building blocks were kept in, done one continuous shot where five of us were in a room moving things for when the shot moved back (very Sixth Sense and What Lies Beneath) and had an overall fun, yet very tiring time filming.

The screenshots below come from a scene at the start of the movie where Ed has taken sleeping pills to see if Orpheus will come back into his dream again. The result of his doing so, however, is a nightmare where Serpus violenltly appears for the first time in the movie and threatens to burn Ed's face off if he deosn't speak his password.

There's a subtle similarity to another well-known story. Serpus (Latin, I think, for Snake) needs Edward Victor Eastman to speak his password ("Apple") so that he can get back to Earth - or Ed's street, "Eden Road". It'll be more clear when I upload, which should be some time towards the end of the summer, as next week both my cast and I are all going on separate family holidays.

So here's the screenshots, Hi8 being to blame for the fuzziness:

Ed is in his kitchen when this door violently slams shut. This is the slow dolly shot after that... any similarity to the Sixth Sense not intentional... yup... riiiiiight...

After opening the door, Serpus jumps out from behind and pins Ed to the door.

As the nightmare reaches its burning conclusion, Ed is lifted out of the dream. This is the effect I used to demonstrate the dream being torn apart:

We then launch into a smooth love scene with Ed's desire, Julia. Though notice her tattoo:

Well, that's all for now. Thanks for your interest. The movie should be DEFINITELY done by September, though probably before then.

Tell me what you think!

Ben

Prof Spaz · 07-20-2002, 10:39 AM

could we download this when its finnished

or is it a "straight to video" affair

cos i would love to download it looks cool

*whispers*

it looks far better than tonys "film"

*giggles*

tronderboo · 07-20-2002, 11:08 AM

When it's finished I'm gunna nicely ask if anyone has some webspace for me to rape - my compressing skills leave lots to desire, so it'll probably tot up to about 30MB!

But yes, it's my intention to upload it when it's done.

Also to send it into BBC Blast, as my brother's mate said I should...

tronderboo · 07-20-2002, 11:09 AM

I'm gunna post a trailer soon actually...

Cheezemaster · 07-20-2002, 03:15 PM

Transfer Hi8 to computer = how? USB, firewire support on Hi8 camera?

tronderboo · 07-20-2002, 04:13 PM

Pinnacle Studio DC10 - captures analogue video for editing in AVI format.

Excellent tool, though 10 minutes = 1GB!!

I got a 20GB drive put in a year after I got it, and I've been editing Dreamer fine with it. I even had an hour long Documentary I made on the disc up until yesterday when I ran out of room and had to delete it.

Air Rick · 07-20-2002, 04:53 PM

You have a Pinnacle too?! Sweet piece of hardware, Benny-boy!

:-)

Can't wait to see your film. Sounds my-T-fine!

Prof Spaz · 07-20-2002, 04:57 PM

what you could do is do say 20 mins then compress it

then do another 20 mins and compress using thesame settings

then keep doing this till you have a few files

then use an avi meger to merge it all in to one file

then compress it again

and see what you get

www.divx.com

i think that has loads of info on how to compress avi to divx

tronderboo · 07-20-2002, 05:46 PM

Thanks Ryan! Thanks Spaz!

Crazy Ivan · 07-20-2002, 06:53 PM

I might be able to send you a program that i have for Premiere that can export the timeline into a streaming movie such as a .wmv or Real Video file. I managed to compress a 14 minute movie into a 4MB file.

Qaz · 07-21-2002, 01:42 AM

yeah but streaming movie files is never a good idea...at least I think it's horrible.

Travis Wells · 07-21-2002, 02:07 AM

Cool.

tronderboo · 07-21-2002, 12:07 PM

Well if QAZ thinks it's horrible, then SORRY.

Joking - but, 14 minutes of film into 4MB ... I'm sorry, I'm finding that a little hard to believe!

JeremyM · 07-21-2002, 03:14 PM

Whos the girl in the picture?

tronderboo · 07-21-2002, 09:07 PM

Oh yeah, that's my good friend Anna, who plays Julia.

Crazy Ivan · 07-22-2002, 05:15 AM

Go check out my thread CrazyIvan Films Live Action Shorts in the off topic threads forum and download any of the movies in there to see how high of quality I can compress into a relatively small file. Go! In fact, here's a link to it:

http://www.3dmm.com/bboard/showthrea...threadid=17445

tronderboo · 07-22-2002, 11:55 AM

Yeah I been having loads of trouble with that. Though I was suprised that I downloaded a 50KB file and got about two seconds of footage and double that in music. Dunno how I managed to just download 50kb, but that's another story. I've been trying to get "Motion" for about two days, but what with my stupid connection, parents wanting to use the phone and my short temper I've only been able to get half way through a frikkin 3.something download.

If I'm successful today with it, I'll fire up GetRight and begin downloading Soul Man.

But please, if you have that compression software, I'd love it.

Prof Spaz · 07-23-2002, 10:52 AM

miltons run rules

end of story

what u should do is get a dvd writer or a cd writer and burn super high quality dvd's

vcd's are about 15 meg a minute

so u could get 1 or 2 films on 1 disc

but dvds hold 4.7 gig

u could put all your movies and special features on 1 disc

tronderboo · 07-23-2002, 06:58 PM

Hey PETE!

I'm really impressed by the codec you've used for your films. If there is any way in hell you can get it to me, I'd ... I dunno... father your children or something! PLEASE!

07-20-2002, 09:53 AM	#1
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	"Dreamer" - A new live action Contour Film Yeah man! I just wrote a FUCKING LONG thread, but, on previewing, it came up blank, I pressed back and it was all FUCKING GONE! Anyway, the past few days me and a bunch of suprisingly up-for-it friends have been filming a movie I wrote using my Hi8 video camera. Some screenshots are below: The story of the filme centres on a boy called "Edward", played by my friend Jon, who is being targetted, in his sleep, by a man from Hell called Serpus, who needs Ed to say a word in his sleep so that he can pass through Ed and back into the real world, where he aims to better his status in Hell by killing the two people Ed holds most dearly. I play Orpheus, the narrator from Heaven who's been sent to help Ed against Serpus. It's been really great fun filming on zero budget. We've managed dolly shots using a trolley my old building blocks were kept in, done one continuous shot where five of us were in a room moving things for when the shot moved back (very Sixth Sense and What Lies Beneath) and had an overall fun, yet very tiring time filming. The screenshots below come from a scene at the start of the movie where Ed has taken sleeping pills to see if Orpheus will come back into his dream again. The result of his doing so, however, is a nightmare where Serpus violenltly appears for the first time in the movie and threatens to burn Ed's face off if he deosn't speak his password. There's a subtle similarity to another well-known story. Serpus (Latin, I think, for Snake) needs Edward Victor Eastman to speak his password ("Apple") so that he can get back to Earth - or Ed's street, "Eden Road". It'll be more clear when I upload, which should be some time towards the end of the summer, as next week both my cast and I are all going on separate family holidays. So here's the screenshots, Hi8 being to blame for the fuzziness: Ed is in his kitchen when this door violently slams shut. This is the slow dolly shot after that... any similarity to the Sixth Sense not intentional... yup... riiiiiight... After opening the door, Serpus jumps out from behind and pins Ed to the door. As the nightmare reaches its burning conclusion, Ed is lifted out of the dream. This is the effect I used to demonstrate the dream being torn apart: We then launch into a smooth love scene with Ed's desire, Julia. Though notice her tattoo: Well, that's all for now. Thanks for your interest. The movie should be DEFINITELY done by September, though probably before then. Tell me what you think! Ben

07-20-2002, 10:39 AM	#2
Prof Spaz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 276	could we download this when its finnished or is it a "straight to video" affair cos i would love to download it looks cool whispers it looks far better than tonys "film" giggles
Prof Spaz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 276

07-20-2002, 11:09 AM	#4
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Re: "Dreamer" - A new live action Contour Film I'm gunna post a trailer soon actually...

07-20-2002, 04:53 PM	#7
Air Rick Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,733	You have a Pinnacle too?! Sweet piece of hardware, Benny-boy! :-) Can't wait to see your film. Sounds my-T-fine!
Air Rick Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,733

07-20-2002, 04:57 PM	#8
Prof Spaz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 276	what you could do is do say 20 mins then compress it then do another 20 mins and compress using thesame settings then keep doing this till you have a few files then use an avi meger to merge it all in to one file then compress it again and see what you get www.divx.com i think that has loads of info on how to compress avi to divx
Prof Spaz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 276

07-20-2002, 11:08 AM	#3
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	When it's finished I'm gunna nicely ask if anyone has some webspace for me to rape - my compressing skills leave lots to desire, so it'll probably tot up to about 30MB! But yes, it's my intention to upload it when it's done. Also to send it into BBC Blast, as my brother's mate said I should...

07-20-2002, 03:15 PM	#5
Cheezemaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,753	Transfer Hi8 to computer = how? USB, firewire support on Hi8 camera?

07-20-2002, 04:13 PM	#6
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Pinnacle Studio DC10 - captures analogue video for editing in AVI format. Excellent tool, though 10 minutes = 1GB!! I got a 20GB drive put in a year after I got it, and I've been editing Dreamer fine with it. I even had an hour long Documentary I made on the disc up until yesterday when I ran out of room and had to delete it.

07-20-2002, 05:46 PM	#9
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Thanks Ryan! Thanks Spaz!

07-20-2002, 06:53 PM	#10
Crazy Ivan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 9,462	I might be able to send you a program that i have for Premiere that can export the timeline into a streaming movie such as a .wmv or Real Video file. I managed to compress a 14 minute movie into a 4MB file.

07-21-2002, 01:42 AM	#11
Qaz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,355	yeah but streaming movie files is never a good idea...at least I think it's horrible.
Qaz Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 6,355

07-21-2002, 02:07 AM	#12
Travis Wells Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,147	Cool.

07-21-2002, 12:07 PM	#13
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Well if QAZ thinks it's horrible, then SORRY. Joking - but, 14 minutes of film into 4MB ... I'm sorry, I'm finding that a little hard to believe!

07-21-2002, 03:14 PM	#14
JeremyM Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 606	Whos the girl in the picture?
JeremyM Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 606

07-21-2002, 09:07 PM	#15
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Oh yeah, that's my good friend Anna, who plays Julia.

07-22-2002, 05:15 AM	#16
Crazy Ivan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 9,462	Go check out my thread CrazyIvan Films Live Action Shorts in the off topic threads forum and download any of the movies in there to see how high of quality I can compress into a relatively small file. Go! In fact, here's a link to it: http://www.3dmm.com/bboard/showthrea...threadid=17445

07-22-2002, 11:55 AM	#17
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Yeah I been having loads of trouble with that. Though I was suprised that I downloaded a 50KB file and got about two seconds of footage and double that in music. Dunno how I managed to just download 50kb, but that's another story. I've been trying to get "Motion" for about two days, but what with my stupid connection, parents wanting to use the phone and my short temper I've only been able to get half way through a frikkin 3.something download. If I'm successful today with it, I'll fire up GetRight and begin downloading Soul Man. But please, if you have that compression software, I'd love it.

07-23-2002, 10:52 AM	#18
Prof Spaz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 276	miltons run rules end of story what u should do is get a dvd writer or a cd writer and burn super high quality dvd's vcd's are about 15 meg a minute so u could get 1 or 2 films on 1 disc but dvds hold 4.7 gig u could put all your movies and special features on 1 disc
Prof Spaz Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 276

07-23-2002, 06:58 PM	#19
tronderboo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,743	Hey PETE! I'm really impressed by the codec you've used for your films. If there is any way in hell you can get it to me, I'd ... I dunno... father your children or something! PLEASE!