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Re: A favor from the board...OT

Postby Bensational on Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:58 pm

Hey mate, good work! Great topic with a good cause (I'm a big supporter of organ donation), and you had some great talent. Nice to see the film has picked up an award too! Sorry to hear about Annette, but it's great that you can dedicate something like this to her.

Got a couple questions for you... how come you went 4:3? Did you shoot this a while ago and edit it over a prolonged period? the only reason I ask is because shooting 4:3 makes it so much harder to create great looking shots.

What sort of stuff did you learn from the process of making it? Anything from that film stand out as a do or don't do for next time?

What kind of feedback would you like? Obviously, this film is a finished product, so there's no need saying "change this", etc. However, the one thing that I would say is worth changing/tweaking is the score. I know it's hard to find affordable production music, but if you find some indie/underground bands that you like, you can quite often approach them directly and ask for the rights. I really felt that the film could have used some more emotive music to it on those key emotional scenes, but for a large part it felt like the one constant looping track.

Also, I'm very wary with feedback, because I'm always aware that this is someone else's story to tell, so the way I envision it may not be the way they're intending to tell the story. You know? But, there are a few things I could point out for you that might be worth playing with on your next production, just to see if they can help communicate the message in a clearer tone.

FYI, here are some documentaries that some colleagues of mine made, and these are very much in the manner that I like to approach doco's. So if you're watching them and thinking "pffft, these are crap", then my feedback may not be of any use to you :D

https://vimeo.com/31583125

https://vimeo.com/39177524


And this is just a particular fav of mine. Don't know the guy that made it, but it's a simply beautiful piece of work.

https://vimeo.com/8191217
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Re: A favor from the board...OT

Postby Max Power on Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:49 pm

Ben, thanks for the feedback, I do take your opinion seriously, as the audience is a filmmakers barometer. Yes, it's a couple years old now and I shot it in standard def, which was what I had available. I loved the score for the doc but I agree it got repetitive during the interview segments. That and some small post production changes are all I'd change as well as a credit adjustment. I'll definitely watch the links your provided, I learn from everything I watch.

Thanks for the kind words about Annette, she was my mother and died a couple days into post production. Very appreciated man.
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Re: A favor from the board...OT

Postby Bensational on Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:24 pm

If you're interested, there are a couple little things that might help your next project. They're not as much for you as they are for your camera operators/producers, and ways to get more out of interview situations. Let me know your email address and I'll shoot you an email rather than posting on here.

By the way, I loved the kid at the start. "I drank a whole can of Mountain Dew in 15 seconds at lunch time!". Haha, like I said, great talent.
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Re: A favor from the board...OT

Postby Max Power on Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:45 pm

Sure Ben, GradeFProductions@yahoo.com, I'd love to hear more on what you have to say...fellow filmmaker too?
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Re: A favor from the board...OT

Postby Bensational on Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:53 pm

Max Power wrote:Sure Ben, GradeFProductions@yahoo.com, I'd love to hear more on what you have to say...fellow filmmaker too?


Yeah, I've been working predominantly in TV for the past 7 years, but moving into freelance music video/promo/drama at the moment. I've done a lot of work in the reality tv/ob doc field as a shooter/producer, which is why there were a couple things I noted about your film, particularly the interviews and overlay.

Nothing major, just a few bits and pieces that editors have corrected me on over the years which has really helped push the quality of my camera work, and gives them much more to work with in post (which I'm sure you could understand and appreciate!).
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PG - J. Lin/ J. Fredette/ M. Bibby

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Re: A favor from the board...OT

Postby OrlandO on Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:54 pm

If you want people interested in the topic to find your video, you should add more related keywords and type out a longer description for each YouTube video. :D
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