This is the second post digging a little bit deeper in some of the Production and Post Production Workflows employed in Christian Films. The first was for Kyle Prohaska’s Standing Firm. With The Enemy God (Written and Directed by Christopher Bessette, Produced and Edited by Tom Khazoyan) it is interesting to see that actual Film cameras were used; as you will read below, bring a whole different set of implications than when filming digital (especially to solid state).
Here is my post, early this year that I added after I watched the film. I loved the film because it was very real; first in terms of dealing with a very real culture living in harsh scenarios, the story did not shy away from the violence that happened, and that story focused on how lives were changed not on the change that transpired.
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Archives For Filmmaking
All that I learn, think about and experience in my journey to be a Filmmaker. This includes all aspects of filmmaking from conception to production; planning, filming, visual effects, editing and color correction. Also includes all the cool equipment and softawe associated with these aspects of filmmaking.
One Day on Earth is a worldwide media event where all participants offer up their contribution in the form of videos. It is a collaboration event of great proportions, anyone can be involved. The Purpose, you may ask: to create awareness:
We hope to enlighten, teach and benefit humanity through global collaboration and inspired media creation. We seek to find a deeper understanding of life on this planet.
History
One Day on Earth started in September of 2008 with the goal of creating a unique worldwide media event where thousands of participants would simultaneously film over a 24-hour period. The idea for the project was conceived while watching musicians from very different regions of the world collaborate on stage at the opening night of the 2008 World festival of Sacred Music. Their initial attempts to create music together were awkward, and it was clear that they had never collaborated prior to this moment. Eventually though, over the period of a couple minutes, what was disharmony became harmony, and a beautiful fusion of music came together for the first time. The moment inspired a similar vision for another universal form of communication—cinema.
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Welcome to Week 3 of the Filmmaking Links Video Series, Below is Video followed by the transcript that I attempted to keep to.
But you know how it goes 
Please let me know what you think.
This is insane!
Broadcasting 7680 x 4320.
While I think that Cameras with massive resolutions like the RED One and their proposed Monstro are not insane but amazing, I do think that broadcasting is. Imagine the data that has to be transmitted to maintain frame rates for that kind of resolution. Personally I would be nervous that my brain would get fried.
I know that HD broadcast is all over the place. Here in South Africa you get 720p at a premium on top of the regular subscription for the Satellite feed (DSTV). Even better than that was the Soccer World Cup held here with 3D in HD. Anyone notice those poor cameramen with the huge cameras on Steadicam? Hope that they got paid well. Continue Reading…
Here’s a great contest, be sure to check it out. You are given everything, all you have to bring is effort and creativity.
If you do not know what Ask a Ninja is about – be sure to click on the link earlier on in this sentence. Some funny stuff there, and something interesting happening on 4th Oct 2010.
I will give it a try, although I may struggle working with ProRes4444 footage originating from the RED One – and over USB (don’t ask).
Here is your mission – if you choose to accept it …
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Woot, I have entered my 1 minute short film to this Short Film Festival – here is their facebook page: the rly shrt flm fstvl. Well, it is not just my film. Credits go to the whole team; John Smith and John Werge who played their roles in Directing and filming as well. Extra credit to John Smith for handling the Tarantula and Katherine Werge for letting that huge thing crawl all over her. Gareth Richards for the Music and sound effects.
We had already entered this short film into the Skarlets competition where a RED Scarlet 8x fixed lens was the prize. We were excited that we had had a great entry that was doing well. However the RED Scarlet was delayed and the competition deadline extended a few times until the Competition website went down (the domain registration was not renewed).
One day I will win a RED Epic or Scarlet, until then I am entering every HDSLR competition I can find and saving for a Canon 550D.
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Part two of the video series where I speak about 5 interesting filmmaking link or articles. This week Software dominates the list:
- The Nuke 15 Day Fully Featured Trial
- Nuke6 8 Week Introduction Course
- 4 Powerful Tools for Color Correction via Final Cut Pro
- The new Panasonic GH2 and AG AF-100
- The Videography SubReddit
Anyone has spend time on the Personal Learning Edition of Nuke will be grateful for this. I have snapped up this opportunity and will blog abut it in furture. One day NukeX will replace Shake as my Compositing tool – I am not sure how (just too expensive for me), but it will.
A great 8 week online introduction to Nuke6 by Steve Wright. I wonder how many weeks the comprehensive course will be.
ChurchCreate always has great resources for creatives, here is a list of Color Correction Tools that can be used via Final Cut Studio.
It seems that there is something cool being announced every week in the realm of cameras. This week was not exception. The Lumix GH2 came put – it has 24mbs bit rate – we are waiting for someone to hack it up to 50mbs. The AF100 is billed to be an HDSLR killer with it’s interchangeable lens. If I had the money I would get both, but the AF100 is just too expensive to kill a market owned by budget minded filmmakers.
Got the privilege of been made a moderator on the Videography subreddit. Check it out and share links please. It’s pretty much for anything camera and filmmaking related.
Join Steve Wright, senior compositor and master compositing trainer for an 8 week introduction to Nuke6, the powerful new visual effects compositing program that is taking the visual effects industry by storm. It features a blazing fast 32 bit floating point workflow with full support for 3D compositing, the big new trend in visual effects compositing. While designed for compositors, this course is also ideal for 3D artists that want to understand the Nuke workflow as it is being integrated into modern CGI production pipelines.
Steve Wright has some great comp cred (like street cred but just in VFX, lol) with feature films like Shutter Island, Night at the Museum 2, Blade III, Ray, Solaris, Traffic, U-571, Air Force One. Being 20 years in the industry Steve is very good at what he does. The great thing is that he shares his knowledge and experience through lessons like this and books like: Digital Compositing for Film and Video and Compositing Visual Effects: Essentials for the Aspiring Artist. I have the latter and it is great.
The Foundry has also started to offer a 15 day Nuke trial that is completely functional. If you have had time on the Personal Learning Edition or have learned a bit about Nuke then getting started with this 15 day trial would be perfect to prepare for the course or to test out after the course.
The Foundry is now offering a fully featured 15 day trial. If you have tried the Personal Learning Edition then this is out of the world.
I am a Shake 4.1 user and will need to find a replacement some time, even if Shake will last (which it will have to so that my GenArts plugins get a good work out).
Interesting that Nuke has such an intricate install procedure, what with getting the system id (with a 5.2mb installer) and a license installer (5.4mb). A bit overkill of you ask me, I wonder how effective it is in preventing piracy.
The best strategy is probably to have a go at the Personal Learning Edition and then the 15 day Trial so that you don’t waste too much time on learning the interface.
