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5. Enemies Closer

by phanatik

2 months ago

4. intro to "Enemies Closer" short

by phanatik

3 months ago

3. Transitions

by phanatik

3 months ago

2. Warriors trailer

by phanatik

3 months ago

1. Time Clip

by phanatik

4 months ago

This is/was our final project for TV Production II. It too a long time to gather footage(sporadic days n times). There were very bad lighting situations in most shots. The endings scenes reveal this. Our camera shooting also wasn't the greatest and movements... though we had some fun making it. This was, for me, a first project. I learned so much from it as well as what not to do in future projects. One can only do with what they have. I tried to make the best of it and make it interesting. Hope yalll like!

This short is about 2 sets of "killers" unknowing (yet) working for the same man. Both sets are given (subliminal) assignments to kill the other which in turn is actually to kill their own partner. They all have their little tweaks, capabilities and or "other things" they do to thru off a bit that they're killers. 1 listens to soft music and lies, the other is a hip-hop producer/beatmaker, the other side 1 is a computer hacker and the last is a hard core killer.

We used 1 cam:Canon HV20, shot in various modes, mainly Cine24 and used a DIY 35MM with 50MM Nikon lens for the flashback shots.

There was some CC and all edited in FCP 5.

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Enemies 16
Closer 18
DIY 588
35MM 625
SChool project 71
Deception 25

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Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs. 2 months ago

Thanks for sharing this with me. What an interesting choice in song in the beginning...haha. This looks a whole lot better than anything I ever made for any of my video classes in college. Great job man I enjoyed it.
phanatik 2 months ago

thanks Karen,

the intro song is supposed 2 b ironic... he's a killer an the song is "Hero." A little contrast there. Though i really dont like how it started. We didn't have time 2 get the correct shots 4 the intro and really couldn't play with guns in an open street in this city. Might get shot by cops. but anyways, thanks for watchin and replyin.

Hopefully there will b more in the future. This was my very 1st project.
RogerB1 2 months ago

Keep up the GOOD work. I will be watching for more. The title was very professional. I liked the style of your movie.
Xerxes Sangco 2 months ago

Cool vid! Interesting story! Great job! =)

Some suggestions though if you don't mind.
I suggest you preform the pulldown removal procedure. There was a little bit of noticable ghosting in your footage. If you need help here's a link:

eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/07/13/canon-hv20-24p-pulldown/

It's easier than it seems.

Also, in the editing, watch out for those continuity errors. Stuff like that will distract the viewer.

Try and get more camera angles. It never hurts to reshoot a scene from a different point of view.

Do you lock your shutter speed to 1/48 when using CineMode? I noticed the motion blur was a bit much in some of the indoor scenes and this came to mind. I would recommend locking your exposure and shutter speed or maybe even using Tv Mode to set the shutter speed manually. It helps alot!

And lastly, I know you use Final Cut Pro and you're probably more comfortable with using it, but have you tried Sony Vegas 7 or 8? It's an incredibly simple to use editing program that many HV20 owners use.

Well, I hope this helps! =)
Good luck on future projects!
phanatik 2 months ago

I thought I did do pulldown removal. I use JES Deinterlacer importing captured footage BACK into FCP. I used the inverse telecine procedure.

I was aware of the continuity errors and lack of angles. We didn't have the best of time usage and or... other crew management n such... anyways. I tried 2 do best with what was captured. Like said earlier it was a great learning experience for me and awareness.

And the shutter was mostly locked @ 1/48 unless it was not permitted 4 some reason.

I appreciate ur comments Xerxes, this is the info I need to b more aware outside of myself of what was/is done.

Thanks!

...back to the editing board!
Scott McLeod 2 months ago

If you're cutting in Final Cut Pro, use the tutorial with compressor to do the pulldown removal (I don't have the link handy...but it's out there.). It's deadly easy, and you can put a flip into that workflow too, if your DIY ends up upside down.

Great work!

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